Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle today had at least a 30 day wean and 1 round of shots, a lot of cattle had a 45 + wean and 2 rds of shots. Very nice cattle today. Due to this being a special weaned and vaccinated sale there was no sale to compare it to. Farmers and Ranchers will be having 3 more weaned and vaccinated sales after the first of the year. The receipts were moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.55/cwt on 375 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −175.74 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$332.55

375 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$39.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+7.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	342.34	1,893	274
Medium and Large 1-2	578	308.38	1,784	54
Medium 1-2	533	305.13	1,626	11thin
Medium 1	578	302.64	1,749	36

One grade step is worth $39.70/cwt here — about $143 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

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 sale375 hd

332.55

—

KS average1 barns · 375 hd

332.55

+0.00

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+7.18

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−175.74

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

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	399	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,552	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,754	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	619	275.50/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,705	42
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,654	9
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	565	264.54/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,495	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	256.43/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,885	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	362.27/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,692	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,723	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	533	305.13/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,626	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	274.93/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,826	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	305.42/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,930	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	273.30/cwt	265.00–280.50	1,987	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	395	434.92/cwt	434.00–439.00	1,718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,046	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	266.42/cwt	256.50–271.00	2,150	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	305.43/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,781	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	387.47/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,883	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	289.97/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,920	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	331.99/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.25/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,874	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	488	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,796	4
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	752	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,811	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	260.42/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,750	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	343.87/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,530	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	266.77/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,542	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,546	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	363.18/cwt	355.00–368.00	1,576	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	297.57/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	242.61/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,834	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,580	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	265.89/cwt	259.00–271.00	1,670	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	281.18/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,628	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	256.28/cwt	254.00–268.00	2,007	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,417	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	309.80/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,648	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,018	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	367.03/cwt	364.00–368.00	1,923	20
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	578	302.64/cwt	301.00–311.00	1,749	36
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	694	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,832	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,870	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	325.23/cwt	316.00–332.00	1,851	119
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	445	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,362	5

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,107Last week 1,484Year ago 3,253

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	399	389.00	389.00
5	400–450	414	377.00	377.00
42	600–650	619	275.00–276.00	275.50
40	650–700	651	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	565	260.00–266.00	264.54
9	600–650	615	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	386	367.00	367.00
19	400–450	434	355.00–368.00	363.18
12	450–500	470	329.00	329.00
137	500–550	532	305.00–315.00	309.80
80	550–600	579	270.00–285.00	281.18
134	600–650	628	259.00–271.00	265.89
45	650–700	672	255.00–267.00	260.42
13	700–750	716	253.00	253.00
23	750–800	756	240.00–245.00	242.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	445	337.00–350.00	343.87
3	450–500	493	302.00	302.00
7	500–550	525	290.00–303.00	297.57
10	550–600	578	265.00–268.00	266.77
8	650–700	684	252.00	252.00
6	700–750	702	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	382.00	382.00
17	450–500	450	351.00	351.00
5	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	395	434.00–439.00	434.92
8	450–500	457	426.00	426.00
32	550–600	556	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	322.00	322.00
25	450–500	467	360.00–363.00	362.27
6	500–550	542	330.00–334.00	331.99
48	550–600	583	300.00–310.00	305.43
8	600–650	610	280.00–285.00	282.51
42	650–700	664	271.00–276.00	274.93
19	700–750	735	255.00–262.00	256.43
6	750–800	761	250.00	250.00
6	800–850	848	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	306.00	306.00
11	500–550	533	296.00–310.00	305.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	404.00	404.00
3	400–450	413	411.00	411.00
46	450–500	486	380.00–395.00	387.47
94	500–550	535	342.00–357.00	350.25
119	550–600	569	316.00–332.00	325.23
214	600–650	632	294.00–310.00	305.42
97	650–700	662	285.00–293.00	289.97
228	700–750	727	265.00–280.50	273.30
44	750–800	783	254.00–268.00	256.28
81	800–850	807	256.50–271.00	266.42
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	368.00	368.00
36	550–600	578	301.00–311.00	302.64
12	650–700	694	264.00	264.00
4	750–800	752	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	524	364.00–368.00	367.03
9	550–600	578	340.00	340.00
23	700–750	713	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	680	275.00	275.00

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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