Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NIce offering of unweaned cattle today. This was the first of 4 special calf sales. The last special calf sale will be a weaned and vaccinated sale. That sale will be on Dec. 3 rd at 11:00 AM. Receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.24/cwt on 754 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −207.06 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$301.24

754 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$80.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.11

vs KS average

+0.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	310.37	1,729	485
Medium and Large 1-2	557	290.87	1,619	136
Medium 1	559	280.02	1,566	129
Medium 1-2	593	230.00	1,364	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.37/cwt here — about $365 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $489.12, median $508.29 across 3 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 sale754 hd

301.24

—

KS average4 barns · 1,805 hd

295.13

+6.11

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+0.55

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−207.06

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

77 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Feeder Cattle Special - 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
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	603	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,508	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,442	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	247.73/cwt	240.50–250.00	2,019	17
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	674	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	280.61/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,580	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,896	31
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	707	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,941	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,783	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,737	34
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	537	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,533	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	762	246.57/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,879	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	251.64/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,807	18
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	565	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,571	81
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	648	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,672	48
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	382	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,165	10
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	260.60/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,754	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	365.61/cwt	357.00–372.00	1,565	14
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	503	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,471	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	298.72/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,724	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	326.67/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,666	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	278.70/cwt	261.00–282.50	1,614	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	402	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	254.18/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,604	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	303.89/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,629	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	732	255.83/cwt	244.00–262.50	1,873	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,369	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	355.72/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,729	24
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,283	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	277.31/cwt	269.50–290.50	1,739	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	345.33/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,633	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	249.91/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,689	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,133	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	232.86/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,142	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	440	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,982	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,903	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	683	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,912	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	313.32/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,300	34
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	589	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,626	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,462	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,400	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	270.79/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,335	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	264.61/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,506	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,790	66
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	457	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	292.06/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,411	129
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,296	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	625	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,431	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,670	63
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	521	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	242.54/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,623	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	250.39/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,550	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	275.91/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,460	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,353	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	236.70/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,737	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	291.21/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,386	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,405	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	244.66/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,436	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	261.42/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,480	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	239.57/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,598	3

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Feeder Cattle Special - Salina, KS

Tue Oct 29, 2024

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

Receipts 3,450Last week 2,297Year ago 2,189

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	537	285.50	285.50
20	550–600	589	276.00	276.00
17	600–650	603	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	674	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	366	312.00	312.00
12	400–450	437	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	521	295.00	295.00
10	550–600	563	280.00–281.00	280.61
9	600–650	643	260.00	260.00
7	800–850	801	232.00–234.00	232.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	360.00	360.00
9	600–650	607	274.00	274.00
6	650–700	654	265.00	265.00
18	700–750	718	246.00–255.00	251.64
17	800–850	815	240.50–250.00	247.73
16	850–900	860	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	505	344.00	344.00
14	550–600	566	315.00	315.00
31	600–650	645	294.00	294.00
42	700–750	707	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	377.00	377.00
14	400–450	428	357.00–372.00	365.61
24	450–500	486	350.00–375.00	355.72
84	500–550	510	317.00–336.00	326.67
287	550–600	577	285.00–309.00	298.72
299	600–650	627	269.50–290.50	277.31
213	650–700	673	255.00–270.00	260.60
189	700–750	732	244.00–262.50	255.83
24	750–800	762	239.00–252.00	246.57
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
13	500–550	503	292.50	292.50
81	550–600	565	278.00	278.00
48	600–650	648	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	402	334.00	334.00
38	450–500	473	340.00–348.00	345.33
63	500–550	536	290.00–310.00	303.89
60	550–600	579	261.00–282.50	278.70
18	600–650	631	251.00–259.00	254.18
34	650–700	676	236.00–255.00	249.91
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	488	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	550–600	556	322.00	322.00
100	600–650	624	305.00	305.00
15	650–700	683	280.00	280.00
25	700–750	703	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	272.00	272.00
5	500–550	521	245.00	245.00
13	600–650	625	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	415	308.00–320.00	313.32
129	450–500	483	279.00–300.00	292.06
172	500–550	529	265.00–284.00	275.91
264	550–600	569	251.00–275.50	264.61
158	600–650	619	240.00–258.00	250.39
106	650–700	669	233.00–250.00	242.54
20	700–750	734	236.00–237.00	236.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	302.00	302.00
25	450–500	493	264.00–274.00	270.79
17	550–600	592	247.00	247.00
18	600–650	606	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	457	254.00	254.00
3	550–600	576	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	459	306.00	306.00
47	550–600	559	280.00	280.00
63	600–650	615	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	476	290.00–294.00	291.21
10	500–550	501	270.00	270.00
23	550–600	566	255.00–267.00	261.42
14	600–650	633	238.00–240.00	239.57
3	650–700	678	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	410	303.00	303.00
4	450–500	483	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	531	241.00	241.00
8	550–600	587	242.00–249.00	244.66
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,028	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	841	190.00	190.00

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