Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle for the last regular sale of the year. Steer calves under 650 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher and 650 to 800 lb steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 800 to 900 lb steers sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower and steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. The heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher while 650 to 700 lb heifers sold 7.00 lower. The 700 to 900 lb heifers sold 4.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.19/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −163.24 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$331.19

188 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$48.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs KS average

+4.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	340.58	1,874	112
Medium 1	528	322.00	1,700	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	321.01	1,789	59
Medium 1-2	584	292.50	1,708	10thin

One grade step is worth $48.08/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.63, median $494.43 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale188 hd

331.19

—

KS average3 barns · 519 hd

324.95

+6.24

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+4.56

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−163.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

73 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,830	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,097	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	250.33/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,910	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	255.13/cwt	252.00–255.75	1,847	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	329.03/cwt	323.00–332.00	1,537	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	252.12/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,911	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	861	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,208	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	501	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	640	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	375.67/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,623	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	657	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,831	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	236.89/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	271.40/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,333	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	288.52/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,818	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	261.58/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,917	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	328.82/cwt	313.00–334.00	1,743	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,693	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	280.78/cwt	273.00–288.00	2,016	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	314.31/cwt	314.00–314.50	1,870	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,265	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	287.73/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,951	17
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	584	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	332.99/cwt	326.00–343.50	1,888	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	305.26/cwt	298.00–310.50	1,932	146
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	824	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,056	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	254.79/cwt	251.00–264.00	2,127	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	240.84/cwt	240.50–243.00	2,334	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	254.96/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,731	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	235.34/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,927	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	274.43/cwt	270.00–276.50	1,674	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,007	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	219.02/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,138	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	308.14/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,615	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	355.12/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,477	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	282.88/cwt	271.00–299.00	1,601	53
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	546	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	228.75/cwt	227.00–230.00	2,116	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,427	8
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	264.96/cwt	262.00–268.50	1,675	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,561	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	271.59/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,293	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	268.69/cwt	258.00–277.50	2,093	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,696	8
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	528	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,700	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	216.97/cwt	215.00–223.00	2,434	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	758	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	2,124	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,692	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	488	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	301.58/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	384.92/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,794	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	392.52/cwt	387.00–403.00	1,637	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	246.78/cwt	244.50–249.00	2,186	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	348.45/cwt	341.00–358.50	1,857	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	405.19/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,524	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,438	8
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	878	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,085	20

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Dec 19, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Receipts 2,763Last week 4,317Year ago 1,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	615	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,028	204.00	204.00
5	1100–1150	1,102	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	359	370.00	370.00
19	400–450	416	350.00–357.50	355.12
44	450–500	467	323.00–332.00	329.03
74	500–550	524	304.00–316.00	308.14
53	550–600	566	271.00–299.00	282.88
90	600–650	610	270.00–276.50	274.43
108	650–700	679	252.00–262.00	254.96
81	700–750	724	252.00–255.75	255.13
49	750–800	763	244.00–252.00	250.33
54	800–850	819	230.00–238.00	235.34
24	850–900	854	235.00	235.00
12	900–950	925	227.00–230.00	228.75
9	950–1000	976	217.00–220.00	219.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
8	400–450	431	331.00	331.00
12	450–500	476	265.00–282.00	271.59
15	500–550	529	295.00	295.00
40	600–650	632	262.00–268.50	264.96
8	650–700	695	244.00	244.00
8	700–750	740	247.00	247.00
19	750–800	790	236.00	236.00
5	900–950	947	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	586	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	529	299.00–307.00	301.58
11	600–650	618	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	666	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	312.00	312.00
5	500–550	501	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	640	251.00	251.00
4	650–700	657	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	355.00	355.00
9	400–450	432	375.00–377.00	375.67
30	450–500	481	352.00	352.00
27	500–550	530	313.00–334.00	328.82
27	550–600	595	314.00–314.50	314.31
30	600–650	630	281.00–297.50	288.52
17	650–700	687	270.00–273.00	271.40
47	700–750	733	255.00–270.00	261.58
32	750–800	758	248.00–255.00	252.12
7	800–850	836	219.00	219.00
7	850–900	887	233.00	233.00
8	900–950	911	235.00–240.00	236.89
10	950–1000	995	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	631	297.00	297.00
13	700–750	706	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	708	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	850–900	861	256.50	256.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	340	423.00	423.00
14	350–400	376	400.00–407.50	405.19
40	400–450	417	387.00–403.00	392.52
29	450–500	466	375.00–390.00	384.92
55	500–550	533	341.00–358.50	348.45
57	550–600	567	326.00–343.50	332.99
146	600–650	633	298.00–310.50	305.26
17	650–700	678	284.00–291.00	287.73
113	700–750	718	273.00–288.00	280.78
65	750–800	779	258.00–277.50	268.69
339	800–850	835	251.00–264.00	254.79
210	850–900	886	244.50–249.00	246.78
50	900–950	917	247.00	247.00
73	950–1000	969	240.50–243.00	240.84
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	310.00	310.00
10	550–600	584	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	528	322.00	322.00
15	800–850	824	249.50	249.50
20	850–900	878	237.50	237.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1100–1150	1,122	215.00–223.00	216.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	750–800	758	280.25	280.25

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