Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today. The cattle were mostly unweaned. If they have good genetics and good shots they bring weaned cattle prices. We have one more special calf sale next week and then the weaned and vaccinated calf sale December 3rd. The receipts were light due to the rain, demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.84/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −214.45 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$293.84

252 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$21.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.71

vs KS average

−8.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	300.02	1,673	169
Medium 1	545	290.38	1,582	21
Medium and Large 1-2	537	278.17	1,494	62

One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $179 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 sale252 hd

293.84

—

KS average4 barns · 714 hd

294.55

−0.71

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−8.01

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−214.45

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

61 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 and Large 1-2	650–700	676	249.23/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,685	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	308.27/cwt	304.00–319.00	1,631	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	310.46/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,621	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	289.08/cwt	288.00–289.50	1,827	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,707	6
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	650–700	659	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,700	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	289.16/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,567	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	260.35/cwt	258.50–264.50	1,864	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	327.22/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,522	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	778	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,941	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	295.88/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,843	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	318.47/cwt	314.00–328.00	1,513	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	337.76/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,449	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	682	260.98/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,780	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	260.90/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,589	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	274.86/cwt	271.50–277.00	1,817	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,427	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	371	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,206	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	279.59/cwt	267.00–284.50	1,479	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	290.05/cwt	283.00–302.00	1,676	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	422	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,379	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	278.07/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,465	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	259.86/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,450	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	296.69/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,391	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	237.82/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,510	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,440	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	249.08/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,562	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	515	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	595	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	301.91/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,286	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	274.80/cwt	270.50–279.50	1,454	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	244.18/cwt	243.00–244.50	1,638	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	282.63/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,359	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	243.92/cwt	241.50–245.00	1,798	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,315	8
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	590	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,640	8
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	498	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	527	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	228.57/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,278	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,953	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	258.31/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,503	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	295.09/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,747	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,855	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	266.67/cwt	265.50–269.50	1,800	38
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	517	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,541	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	336.91/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,506	10

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,484Last week 3,450Year ago 2,174

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	320.00	320.00
12	500–550	542	271.00–295.00	289.16
29	600–650	609	248.00–267.00	260.90
12	650–700	676	244.00–251.00	249.23
13	700–750	737	241.50–245.00	243.92
3	800–850	811	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	355.00	355.00
10	400–450	447	325.00–342.00	336.91
26	450–500	465	316.00–334.00	327.22
34	500–550	529	304.00–319.00	308.27
35	550–600	592	284.00–300.00	295.09
14	600–650	632	288.00–289.50	289.08
38	650–700	675	265.50–269.50	266.67
26	700–750	700	265.00	265.00
24	750–800	769	254.00	254.00
4	800–850	805	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	360.00	360.00
22	400–450	429	335.00–340.00	337.76
23	450–500	475	314.00–328.00	318.47
34	500–550	522	300.00–314.00	310.46
59	550–600	578	283.00–302.00	290.05
84	600–650	623	285.00–305.00	295.88
58	650–700	661	271.50–277.00	274.86
85	700–750	716	258.50–264.50	260.35
12	750–800	778	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	495	286.00	286.00
45	500–550	529	267.00–284.50	279.59
5	550–600	597	239.00	239.00
6	600–650	637	268.00	268.00
34	650–700	682	259.00–263.00	260.98
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	659	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	297.00	297.00
13	500–550	517	298.00	298.00
8	550–600	590	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	527	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	313.00	313.00
36	450–500	469	294.00–305.00	296.69
45	500–550	527	272.00–283.00	278.07
27	550–600	558	258.00–261.00	259.86
24	600–650	635	235.00–245.00	237.82
4	650–700	672	242.00	242.00
7	700–750	726	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
22	400–450	426	298.00–306.00	301.91
40	450–500	481	277.00–289.00	282.63
61	500–550	529	270.50–279.50	274.80
77	550–600	582	255.00–263.00	258.31
95	600–650	627	245.00–254.00	249.08
43	650–700	671	243.00–244.50	244.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	576	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	531	259.00	259.00
10	550–600	559	221.00–240.00	228.57
3	600–650	626	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	515	258.00	258.00
4	550–600	595	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	320.00	320.00
6	500–550	505	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	326.00	326.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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