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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 9

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← May 2May 9May 16 →

Receipts

2,733 head

▼ 187 vs last sale 2,920▲ 24 vs year ago 2,709 · +0.9%

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 steer calves 400 to 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600 to 750 steers sold 5.00 lower, and feeders over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test, 650 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower and 800 to 900 lb feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. The 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 $322.26/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −114.45 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$322.26

131 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$15.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.56

vs KS average

+12.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	330.35	1,839	61
Medium and Large 1-2	570	315.20	1,798	70

One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale131 hd

322.26

—

KS average3 barns · 359 hd

327.82

−5.56

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+12.55

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−114.45

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

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

68 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,493	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	366.22/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,582	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	367.58/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,695	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	345.36/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,665	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	349.29/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,809	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	330.47/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,768	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	557	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,855	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	321.89/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,844	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	311.04/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,804	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	301.33/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,853	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	290.86/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,835	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	267.55/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,803	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	281.08/cwt	276.50–291.00	1,909	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,023	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	271.90/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,988	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,781	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,946	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	272.22/cwt	263.00–276.00	2,069	99
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	245.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,877	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	770	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,917	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	254.84/cwt	254.50–262.00	2,125	63
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	240.25/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,008	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	849	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,987	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	875	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,190	128
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	237.20/cwt	230.00–241.00	2,094	254
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,954	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	231.55/cwt	225.00–233.25	2,130	130
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	933	220.07/cwt	215.00–222.50	2,053	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	234.42/cwt	224.50–236.50	2,248	207
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	961	219.77/cwt	219.50–221.00	2,112	22
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,152	54
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	204.42/cwt	200.00–205.50	2,200	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,078	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	345.69/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,248	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,263	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	423	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,406	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	322.89/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,385	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,520	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,543	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	325.56/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,530	85
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,553	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,684	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	318.15/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,680	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	302.40/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,624	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,642	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	558	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,752	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	285.69/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,640	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,757	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	631	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,770	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	272.68/cwt	261.00–278.50	1,748	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	261.22/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,755	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	692	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,682	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	713	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,761	82
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	240.07/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,753	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	233.46/cwt	225.50–237.00	1,830	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	807	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,896	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	219.32/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,783	129
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	214.24/cwt	208.00–215.00	1,832	76
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	204.07/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,882	9
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	980	193.77/cwt	193.50–194.00	1,899	22
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,000	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,950	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,969	4
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,151	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,985	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	313.29/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,457	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 2,733Last week 2,920Year ago 2,709

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	417.00	417.00
12	400–450	432	357.50–375.00	366.22
60	450–500	461	360.00–375.00	367.58
16	500–550	518	342.50–355.00	349.29
38	550–600	573	317.50–331.00	321.89
20	600–650	615	297.50–305.00	301.33
67	650–700	679	276.50–291.00	281.08
80	700–750	731	268.00–276.00	271.90
99	750–800	760	263.00–276.00	272.22
63	800–850	834	254.50–262.00	254.84
254	850–900	883	230.00–241.00	237.20
130	900–950	920	225.00–233.25	231.55
207	950–1000	959	224.50–236.50	234.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	744	261.50	261.50
14	750–800	770	249.00	249.00
18	800–850	849	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,027	209.50	209.50
15	1050–1100	1,076	200.00–205.50	204.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
8	650–700	681	297.00	297.00
128	850–900	875	250.25	250.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
37	450–500	482	334.00–355.00	345.36
15	500–550	535	317.50–340.00	330.47
55	550–600	580	295.00–314.00	311.04
37	600–650	631	288.00–295.00	290.86
17	650–700	674	258.00–276.00	267.55
5	700–750	742	240.00	240.00
17	750–800	766	240.00–255.00	245.04
23	800–850	836	239.00–244.00	240.25
6	850–900	888	220.00	220.00
9	900–950	933	215.00–222.50	220.07
22	950–1000	961	219.50–221.00	219.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	557	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	317.00	317.00
11	350–400	361	335.00–350.00	345.69
18	400–450	429	317.00–330.00	322.89
85	450–500	470	322.00–330.00	325.56
52	500–550	528	310.00–323.00	318.15
32	550–600	553	297.00	297.00
61	600–650	641	261.00–278.50	272.68
15	650–700	672	253.00–267.00	261.22
61	700–750	730	235.00–244.00	240.07
29	750–800	784	225.50–237.00	233.46
129	800–850	813	215.00–226.00	219.32
76	850–900	855	208.00–215.00	214.24
9	900–950	922	197.00–211.00	204.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	337.00	337.00
9	500–550	518	325.00	325.00
20	600–650	606	290.00	290.00
82	700–750	713	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	950–1000	980	193.50–194.00	193.77
8	1000–1050	1,000	195.00	195.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	187.00	187.00
10	1150–1200	1,151	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	692	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	493	315.00	315.00
19	500–550	537	301.00–304.00	302.40
20	550–600	574	275.00–290.00	285.69
4	700–750	735	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	332.50	332.50
14	450–500	462	334.00	334.00
5	550–600	558	314.00	314.00
15	600–650	631	280.50	280.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	807	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	465	302.50–325.00	313.29
3	600–650	625	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.