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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

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

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Tue, Oct 29

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1894

← Feb 6Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

3,450 head

▲ 1,153 vs last sale 2,297▲ 1,261 vs year ago 2,189 · +57.6%

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

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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 — 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 $301.24/cwt on 754 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −145.85 against this barn's trailing median of $447.08.

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.

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 median2 sales

447.08

−145.85

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. 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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,159	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,369	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,142	3
Steers	350–400	Medium 1Unweaned	382	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,165	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	402	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,343	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	365.61/cwt	357.00–372.00	1,565	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,442	12
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	473	345.33/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,633	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	355.72/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,729	24
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	488	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,283	38
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	503	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,471	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,737	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	326.67/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,666	84
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,537	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	536	303.89/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,629	63
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	537	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,533	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,790	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	280.61/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,580	10
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	565	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,571	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	566	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,783	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	298.72/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,724	287
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	579	278.70/cwt	261.00–282.50	1,614	60
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	589	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,626	20
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	4
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	603	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,508	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,663	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	624	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,903	100
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	277.31/cwt	269.50–290.50	1,739	299
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	254.18/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,604	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	645	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,896	31
Steers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	648	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,672	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,733	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	260.60/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,754	213
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	674	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,597	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	249.91/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,689	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	683	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,912	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	703	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,982	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	707	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,941	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	251.64/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,807	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	732	255.83/cwt	244.00–262.50	1,873	189
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	762	246.57/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,879	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	232.86/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,865	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	247.73/cwt	240.50–250.00	2,019	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,133	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,380	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,242	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	313.32/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,300	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1Unweaned	440	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,197	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,344	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	457	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,161	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	459	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,405	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	291.21/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,386	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	292.06/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,411	129
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,328	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	270.79/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,335	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,353	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	521	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,276	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	275.91/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,460	172
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,280	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	261.42/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,480	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	264.61/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,506	264
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	576	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,296	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	244.66/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,436	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	592	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,462	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	606	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,400	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,670	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	250.39/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,550	158
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	625	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,431	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	239.57/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,516	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	242.54/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,623	106
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,661	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	734	236.70/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,737	20
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,974	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	488	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,028	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	841	190.00	190.00

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.