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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 28

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 4 →

Receipts

2,713 head

▼ 1,032 vs last sale 3,745▼ 1,563 vs year ago 4,276 · −36.6%

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 500 to 700 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The grass cattle buying season is slowly coming to an end and the buyers are trying to buy the steers that fit their grass cattle program and that is what is driving the light steers. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.78/cwt on 241 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −109.45 against this barn's trailing median of $399.23.

Average price

$289.78

241 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$33.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs KS average

+22.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	290.60	1,605	235
Medium and Large 1-2	560	257.50	1,442	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.10/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale241 hd

289.78

—

KS average3 barns · 385 hd

284.92

+4.86

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

+22.91

This barn, trailing median29 sales

399.23

−109.45

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.10, low $346.17, median $399.23 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	362	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,439	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	377.98/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,451	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	352.37/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,473	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,467	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,633	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	363.45/cwt	352.00–373.00	1,719	128
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Fancy	501	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,879	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	508	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,864	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	511	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,865	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,898	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	346.33/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,822	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	328.26/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,740	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	328.15/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,834	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	310.52/cwt	297.50–314.00	1,838	40
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	285.04/cwt	277.50–292.00	1,776	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	309.99/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,962	102
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,765	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	306.73/cwt	288.00–313.00	2,077	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	708	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,082	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	256.31/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,863	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	274.21/cwt	268.00–280.00	2,007	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,111	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,670	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	256.89/cwt	244.50–264.00	1,993	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	248.79/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,023	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	220.91/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,893	73
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	880	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,182	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	233.67/cwt	230.00–235.50	2,063	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	237.93/cwt	236.00–239.50	2,184	92
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,130	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,181	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,144	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	368.86/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,225	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	336.58/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,245	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	313.62/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,236	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	314.59/cwt	312.50–321.00	1,346	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,361	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	459	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,501	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	311.15/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,472	140
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	287.00/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,372	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	494	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,396	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,539	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	292.83/cwt	284.00–296.50	1,575	115
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,442	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,641	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	282.14/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,651	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	277.70/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,716	196
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	256.98/cwt	242.00–266.00	1,629	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	658	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,846	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	241.46/cwt	233.00–259.00	1,649	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	242.93/cwt	236.50–245.50	1,727	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	237.85/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,860	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	222.32/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,747	91
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	225.57/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,829	134
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	823	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,000	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,870	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,908	21
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Replacement	1,054	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,003	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	277.96/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,782	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,799	4

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 Mar 28, 2024

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

Receipts 2,713Last week 3,745Year ago 4,276

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	332	360.00–372.50	368.86
20	350–400	370	330.00–340.00	336.58
43	400–450	428	312.50–321.00	314.59
140	450–500	473	300.00–319.00	311.15
115	500–550	538	284.00–296.50	292.83
70	550–600	585	270.00–288.00	282.14
196	600–650	618	269.00–286.00	277.70
25	650–700	683	233.00–259.00	241.46
82	700–750	711	236.50–245.50	242.93
84	750–800	782	229.00–242.00	237.85
134	800–850	811	223.00–233.00	225.57
13	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
21	900–950	915	208.50	208.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	327.00	327.00
5	800–850	823	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1050–1100	1,054	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	357.50	357.50
15	350–400	394	305.00–320.00	313.62
16	400–450	439	310.00	310.00
18	450–500	478	286.00–288.00	287.00
6	550–600	560	257.50	257.50
38	600–650	634	242.00–266.00	256.98
91	750–800	786	215.00–226.00	222.32
5	800–850	846	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	306.00	306.00
31	550–600	562	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	658	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	384	370.00–385.00	377.98
34	400–450	418	345.00–360.00	352.37
128	450–500	473	352.00–373.00	363.45
49	500–550	526	340.00–350.00	346.33
82	550–600	559	327.00–337.00	328.15
102	600–650	633	302.00–316.00	309.99
16	650–700	677	288.00–313.00	306.73
56	700–750	732	268.00–280.00	274.21
64	750–800	776	244.50–264.00	256.89
32	800–850	813	240.00–255.00	248.79
92	850–900	883	230.00–235.50	233.67
92	900–950	918	236.00–239.50	237.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	470	347.50	347.50
37	500–550	530	322.00–335.00	328.26
40	550–600	592	297.50–314.00	310.52
17	600–650	623	277.50–292.00	285.04
7	650–700	661	267.00	267.00
14	700–750	727	251.00–262.00	256.31
5	750–800	759	220.00	220.00
73	850–900	857	220.00–226.00	220.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	397.50	397.50
3	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	513	370.00	370.00
33	750–800	750	281.50	281.50
18	850–900	880	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1100–1150	1,130	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	508	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	511	365.00	365.00
9	700–750	708	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	641	270.00–297.00	277.96
4	750–800	759	237.00	237.00

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.