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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Oct 24

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Receipts

2,537 head

▼ 567 vs last sale 3,104▲ 2,537 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. A nice run of yearling steers and heifers as well as a sprinkling of weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.31/cwt on 1,571 head.

Average price

$148.31

1,571 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$34.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	754	149.57	1,128	1,413
Medium and Large 1-2	705	139.04	980	119
Medium and Large 2	578	138.89	803	21
Large 1	1,074	127.50	1,369	7thin
Medium 2	580	123.00	713	4thin
Large 1-2	1,022	115.00	1,175	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.57/cwt here — about −$48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,571 hd

148.31

—

KS average3 barns · 3,498 hd

148.73

−0.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

71 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	548	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	618	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	648	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	711	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	165.44/cwt	162.00–168.00	781	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	139.43/cwt	134.00–143.00	711	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	157.03/cwt	153.00–159.00	817	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	149.07/cwt	144.00–153.00	784	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	144.55/cwt	139.00–155.00	772	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	157.07/cwt	150.00–163.00	898	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	142.19/cwt	140.00–147.00	825	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	148.03/cwt	147.50–149.00	862	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	607	133.65/cwt	131.00–135.00	811	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	859	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	140.58/cwt	138.50–142.50	884	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	149.95/cwt	145.00–154.50	960	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	154.02/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,024	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	137.36/cwt	132.00–139.00	933	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	145.78/cwt	144.00–146.50	999	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	697	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	878	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	698	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,012	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	709	141.35/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,002	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	144.25/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,059	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	152.81/cwt	149.00–156.50	1,125	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	739	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	894	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	153.36/cwt	145.50–156.50	1,167	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,037	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	141.27/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,092	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	792	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	950	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	146.68/cwt	143.00–152.25	1,195	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	139.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,227	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	144.68/cwt	142.00–147.25	1,283	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,247	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	146.92/cwt	142.00–149.10	1,343	312
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	941	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,195	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	988	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,334	31
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,022	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,175	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,074	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,369	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	462	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	147.31/cwt	145.00–149.00	557	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	132.41/cwt	130.00–136.00	507	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	138.95/cwt	135.00–140.00	649	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	140.91/cwt	138.00–145.00	662	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	136.49/cwt	135.00–137.50	652	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	136.17/cwt	131.00–140.00	716	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	128.96/cwt	119.00–130.00	691	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	139.62/cwt	139.50–140.00	764	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	139.91/cwt	139.00–141.00	797	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	740	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	130.42/cwt	126.00–134.00	767	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	593	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	729	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	133.97/cwt	128.00–135.50	819	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	619	132.70/cwt	125.00–136.00	821	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	139.56/cwt	136.00–143.00	868	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	962	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	675	129.86/cwt	129.50–131.00	877	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	126.65/cwt	126.00–127.00	855	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	132.70/cwt	132.00–133.00	901	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	129.10/cwt	126.00–134.00	926	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	142.86/cwt	137.00–145.75	1,034	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	744	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	908	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	138.03/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,090	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	798	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,045	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,107	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	126.67/cwt	125.50–135.00	1,117	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	951	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,132	20
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,009	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,160	12
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,130	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,266	5

This sale against other markets

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. - Salina, KS

Thu Oct 24, 2019

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

Receipts 2,537Last week 3,104Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. A nice run of yearling steers and heifers as well as a sprinkling of weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	140.00–147.00	142.19
4	—	471	151.00	151.00
23	—	734	140.00–147.00	144.25
8	—	880	135.00–140.00	139.40
7	—	941	127.00	127.00
24	—	685	144.00–146.50	145.78
8	—	773	137.00–144.00	141.27
11	—	534	139.00–155.00	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	582	147.50–149.00	148.03
9	—	372	166.00	166.00
40	—	629	138.50–142.50	140.58
11	—	709	140.00–144.00	141.35
3	—	328	167.00	167.00
26	—	526	144.00–153.00	149.07
15	—	679	132.00–139.00	137.36
5	—	426	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
312	—	914	142.00–149.10	146.92
123	—	640	145.00–154.50	149.95
96	—	665	150.00–158.00	154.02
34	—	472	162.00–168.00	165.44
156	—	761	145.50–156.50	153.36
97	—	887	142.00–147.25	144.68
47	—	520	153.00–159.00	157.03
172	—	815	143.00–152.25	146.68
106	—	736	149.00–156.50	152.81
80	—	572	150.00–163.00	157.07
31	—	988	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	145.00	145.00
14	—	894	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,074	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	768	135.00	135.00
13	—	510	134.00–143.00	139.43
4	—	609	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	792	120.00	120.00
9	—	739	121.00	121.00
5	—	697	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,022	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	131.00–135.00	133.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	526	131.00–140.00	136.17
7	—	550	132.00	132.00
20	—	679	132.00–133.00	132.70
17	—	611	128.00–135.50	133.97
5	—	383	130.00–136.00	132.41
17	—	717	126.00–134.00	129.10
5	—	478	135.00–137.50	136.49
20	—	951	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	588	126.00–134.00	130.42
16	—	378	145.00–149.00	147.31
6	—	300	154.00	154.00
19	—	467	135.00–140.00	138.95
13	—	700	115.00	115.00
31	—	536	119.00–130.00	128.96
14	—	675	126.00–127.00	126.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	882	125.50–135.00	126.67
32	—	470	138.00–145.00	140.91
6	—	814	136.00	136.00
88	—	724	137.00–145.75	142.86
33	—	622	136.00–143.00	139.56
13	—	675	142.50	142.50
127	—	790	134.00–142.50	138.03
35	—	570	139.00–141.00	139.91
28	—	547	139.50–140.00	139.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	675	129.50–131.00	129.86
26	—	619	125.00–136.00	132.70
5	—	798	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,130	112.00	112.00
12	—	1,009	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	593	123.00	123.00
4	—	744	120.00–124.00	122.00

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.