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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 12

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Sep 5Sep 12Sep 19 →

Receipts

3,163 head

▲ 1,913 vs last sale 1,250▲ 93 vs year ago 3,070 · +3.0%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of grass cattle again. 700 to 900 lb steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Light steers did not have enough for a good test. Unweaned calves were selling in the same range as weaned calves. 650 to 800 lb heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower and 800 to 850 lb heifers sold 2.00 higher.

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 $293.23/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −143.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$293.23

179 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$28.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs KS average

+25.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	296.72	1,603	157
Medium and Large 1-2	580	268.29	1,555	22

One grade step is worth $28.44/cwt here — about $48 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 sale179 hd

293.23

—

KS average3 barns · 246 hd

290.73

+2.50

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+25.03

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−143.48

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

72 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,284	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,342	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	334.55/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,378	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	416	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,444	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	330.91/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,403	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,415	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,472	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,372	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	481	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,448	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	306.48/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,496	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	308.21/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,600	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	293.11/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,577	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,534	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	291.22/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,642	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	288.35/cwt	288.00–289.00	1,632	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	266.28/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,558	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,545	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	275.73/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,696	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,695	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	265.86/cwt	258.50–272.00	1,797	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	252.56/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,715	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	256.55/cwt	254.00–264.50	1,870	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	246.46/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,816	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	752	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,974	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	235.82/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,811	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	250.99/cwt	246.00–259.50	1,965	109
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	246.04/cwt	241.50–249.00	2,018	275
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,018	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	220.18/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,924	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	237.99/cwt	231.50–245.00	2,099	336
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	914	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,205	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	926	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,220	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	232.42/cwt	228.00–235.75	2,152	285
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	223.82/cwt	223.50–225.00	2,095	14
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	967	216.51/cwt	211.50–219.00	2,094	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	226.84/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,212	79
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,264	54
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,060	205.75/cwt	205.75–205.75	2,181	22
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,075	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,384	50
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,105	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,414	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,128	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	341.63/cwt	340.00–343.00	1,083	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	366	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,144	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,122	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	305.61/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,174	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	276.41/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,208	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,206	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	442	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,304	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,149	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	272.62/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,292	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	262.59/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,350	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,326	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	519	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,453	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	567	260.12/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,475	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	265.38/cwt	259.50–269.00	1,521	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,471	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	258.88/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,608	81
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	245.76/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,538	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,618	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	246.26/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,652	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	239.85/cwt	235.00–244.50	1,725	86
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,645	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,826	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	231.87/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,829	190
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	817	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,928	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	227.91/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,898	107
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	968	207.20/cwt	205.00–208.50	2,006	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	422	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,393	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,375	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,578	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	649	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,597	7

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 Sep 12, 2024

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Receipts 3,163Last week 1,250Year ago 3,070

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	445	318.00	318.00
5	450–500	478	287.00	287.00
3	500–550	546	281.00	281.00
19	550–600	585	262.00–272.00	266.28
5	600–650	606	255.00	255.00
9	650–700	679	252.00–253.00	252.56
17	700–750	737	244.00–247.50	246.46
20	750–800	768	227.00–243.00	235.82
71	800–850	848	238.00	238.00
23	850–900	874	217.00–226.00	220.18
14	900–950	936	223.50–225.00	223.82
34	950–1000	967	211.50–219.00	216.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	481	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1050–1100	1,060	205.75	205.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	377.50	377.50
11	400–450	424	327.00–337.00	330.91
12	450–500	488	303.00–310.00	306.48
46	500–550	519	305.00–310.00	308.21
32	550–600	564	278.00–297.00	291.22
21	600–650	615	269.00–279.00	275.73
59	650–700	676	258.50–272.00	265.86
67	700–750	729	254.00–264.50	256.55
109	750–800	783	246.00–259.50	250.99
275	800–850	820	241.50–249.00	246.04
336	850–900	882	231.50–245.00	237.99
285	900–950	926	228.00–235.75	232.42
79	950–1000	975	224.00–228.00	226.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	347.00	347.00
58	900–950	926	239.75	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	339.00	339.00
9	400–450	412	328.00–340.00	334.55
4	450–500	457	322.00	322.00
65	500–550	538	289.00–299.00	293.11
14	550–600	566	288.00–289.00	288.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	642	264.00	264.00
3	800–850	825	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	750–800	752	262.50	262.50
59	900–950	914	241.25	241.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,013	223.50	223.50
50	1050–1100	1,075	221.75	221.75
50	1100–1150	1,105	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	968	205.00–208.50	207.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	442	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	357.00	357.00
6	350–400	384	301.00–310.00	305.61
17	400–450	437	272.00–285.00	276.41
25	450–500	474	270.00–275.00	272.62
42	500–550	514	258.00–271.00	262.59
23	550–600	573	259.50–269.00	265.38
81	600–650	621	252.00–265.00	258.88
41	650–700	671	244.00–249.00	246.26
86	700–750	719	235.00–244.50	239.85
190	750–800	789	231.00–239.00	231.87
107	800–850	833	225.00–231.00	227.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	340.00–343.00	341.63
4	350–400	383	293.00	293.00
5	400–450	447	257.00	257.00
20	550–600	579	254.00	254.00
21	600–650	626	241.00–248.00	245.76
8	650–700	670	241.50	241.50
10	700–750	731	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	519	280.00	280.00
5	750–800	750	243.50	243.50
9	800–850	817	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	312.50	312.50
6	400–450	440	274.00	274.00
30	500–550	516	257.00	257.00
25	550–600	567	257.00–264.00	260.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	491	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	580	272.00	272.00
7	600–650	649	246.00	246.00

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.