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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Apr 18

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Apr 11Apr 18Apr 25 →

Receipts

2,913 head

▼ 263 vs last sale 3,176▼ 1,411 vs year ago 4,324 · −32.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer cattle 500 to 700 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers weighing 500 to 800 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, while 700 to 900 lb heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. The receipts were average with moderate 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 $322.62/cwt on 263 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −114.08 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$322.62

263 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$27.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.52

vs KS average

+18.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	326.88	1,771	223
Medium and Large 1-2	568	298.91	1,699	40

One grade step is worth $27.96/cwt here — about $72 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 sale263 hd

322.62

—

KS average3 barns · 391 hd

317.10

+5.52

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+18.23

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−114.08

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.93, low $392.41, median $436.71 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

73 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	385.58/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,288	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	353.20/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,197	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	344	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,376	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	366.35/cwt	360.00–371.00	1,403	38
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,329	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	405	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,509	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	353.37/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,495	71
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,521	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	345.71/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,628	141
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	480	329.63/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,582	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,799	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	332.55/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,743	91
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,525	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	307.69/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,671	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	319.42/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,738	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	321.36/cwt	312.00–329.00	1,832	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	294.95/cwt	284.00–305.00	1,746	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	287.41/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,811	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,804	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	636	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,150	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	259.42/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,653	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,609	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	653	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,024	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	287.38/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,902	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	269.36/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,810	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	713	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,096	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	272.54/cwt	266.00–284.00	2,000	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,904	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	775	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,775	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	261.83/cwt	259.00–265.00	2,058	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,957	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,062	37
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	228.79/cwt	228.50–229.00	2,006	118
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	883	236.94/cwt	235.85–242.00	2,092	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	228.22/cwt	227.75–229.50	2,084	81
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,047	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,068	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	365.77/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,233	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,083	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	359	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,274	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	345.31/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,271	57
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,277	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	333.24/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,363	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	312.41/cwt	302.50–317.00	1,340	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,407	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	321.26/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,481	88
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	477	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,402	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	296.72/cwt	287.00–304.00	1,448	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	296.58/cwt	287.50–303.00	1,548	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	275.01/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,449	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	286.08/cwt	278.00–292.00	1,611	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	265.24/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,557	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,748	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	249.41/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,544	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	279.50/cwt	267.00–283.00	1,758	73
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	245.41/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,688	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,605	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	243.65/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,725	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,650	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	227.66/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,778	187
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,768	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	220.98/cwt	220.00–224.50	1,830	166
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,672	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	212.27/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,870	106
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	983	185.27/cwt	185.00–185.50	1,821	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,820	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,082	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,937	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,554	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,606	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	264.97/cwt	262.50–268.00	1,672	11
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,764	3

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 Apr 18, 2024

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Receipts 2,913Last week 3,176Year ago 4,324

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	380.00–387.50	385.58
38	350–400	383	360.00–371.00	366.35
71	400–450	423	347.50–365.00	353.37
141	450–500	471	340.00–350.00	345.71
91	500–550	524	321.00–343.00	332.55
63	550–600	570	312.00–329.00	321.36
32	600–650	630	276.00–293.00	287.41
26	650–700	662	281.00–296.00	287.38
76	700–750	734	266.00–284.00	272.54
56	750–800	786	259.00–265.00	261.83
37	800–850	840	245.50	245.50
118	850–900	877	228.50–229.00	228.79
81	900–950	913	227.75–229.50	228.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	347.50–360.00	353.20
11	350–400	391	340.00	340.00
6	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
14	500–550	543	297.00–315.00	307.69
22	550–600	592	284.00–305.00	294.95
13	600–650	637	255.00–267.50	259.42
49	650–700	672	252.50–276.00	269.36
3	700–750	735	259.00	259.00
19	750–800	794	246.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	400.00	400.00
23	400–450	405	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	332.00	332.00
56	500–550	544	319.00–325.00	319.42
3	600–650	633	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	641	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	480	327.50–332.50	329.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	1000–1050	1,047	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	520	346.00	346.00
49	600–650	636	338.00	338.00
6	650–700	653	310.00	310.00
62	700–750	713	294.00	294.00
73	850–900	883	235.85–242.00	236.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	775	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	337	355.00–375.00	365.77
57	350–400	368	335.00–355.00	345.31
26	400–450	409	325.00–350.00	333.24
88	450–500	461	312.50–327.50	321.26
60	500–550	522	287.50–303.00	296.58
79	550–600	563	278.00–292.00	286.08
73	600–650	629	267.00–283.00	279.50
62	650–700	688	242.00–249.00	245.41
12	700–750	708	238.00–250.00	243.65
187	750–800	781	224.00–230.00	227.66
166	800–850	828	220.00–224.50	220.98
106	850–900	881	206.00–215.00	212.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	983	185.00–185.50	185.27
4	1000–1050	1,034	176.00	176.00
10	1050–1100	1,082	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	605	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	346	313.00	313.00
9	350–400	387	330.00	330.00
13	400–450	429	302.50–317.00	312.41
32	450–500	488	287.00–304.00	296.72
19	500–550	527	272.00–285.00	275.01
9	550–600	587	260.00–272.00	265.24
10	600–650	619	240.00–255.00	249.41
7	650–700	692	232.00	232.00
5	700–750	708	233.00	233.00
7	800–850	826	214.00	214.00
6	850–900	853	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
13	500–550	518	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	550	292.00	292.00
11	600–650	631	262.50–268.00	264.97
3	750–800	767	230.00	230.00

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.