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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

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

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Tue, Nov 5

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1894

← Oct 29Nov 5Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,484 head

▼ 1,966 vs last sale 3,450▼ 690 vs year ago 2,174 · −31.7%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 2 comparable sales and sits −153.24 against this barn's trailing median of $447.08.

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.

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 median2 sales

447.08

−153.24

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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,050	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	371	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,206	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,372	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,370	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	337.76/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,449	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	336.91/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,506	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	327.22/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,522	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	318.47/cwt	314.00–328.00	1,513	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,416	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	498	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,479	4
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	517	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,541	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	310.46/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,621	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	527	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,676	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	308.27/cwt	304.00–319.00	1,631	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	279.59/cwt	267.00–284.50	1,479	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	289.16/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,567	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	290.05/cwt	283.00–302.00	1,676	59
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	590	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,640	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	295.09/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,747	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	597	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,427	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	260.90/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,589	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	295.88/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,843	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	289.08/cwt	288.00–289.50	1,827	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,707	6
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	659	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,700	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	274.86/cwt	271.50–277.00	1,817	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	266.67/cwt	265.50–269.50	1,800	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	249.23/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,685	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	682	260.98/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,780	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,855	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	260.35/cwt	258.50–264.50	1,864	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	243.92/cwt	241.50–245.00	1,798	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,953	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	778	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,941	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,988	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,865	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	411	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,315	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,359	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	301.91/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,286	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,393	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	296.69/cwt	294.00–305.00	1,391	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	282.63/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,359	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,475	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	515	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,329	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	278.07/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,465	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	274.80/cwt	270.50–279.50	1,454	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,375	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	259.86/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,450	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	228.57/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,278	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,440	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	258.31/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,503	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	595	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,386	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,490	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	249.08/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,562	95
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	237.82/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,510	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	244.18/cwt	243.00–244.50	1,638	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,626	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,583	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,379	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,533	4

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	659	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	527	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	576	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	515	258.00	258.00
4	550–600	595	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.