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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 19

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26 →

Receipts

2,904 head

▼ 259 vs last sale 3,163▼ 274 vs year ago 3,178 · −8.6%

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 cattle, we are still seeing some cattle coming off grass. Compared to last week feeder steers over 750 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower and 600 to 850 lb heifers sold 12.00 to 15.00 lower.The supply was 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 $303.23/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −133.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$303.23

120 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$42.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.78

vs KS average

+36.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	307.17	1,746	107
Medium and Large 1-2	550	274.38	1,510	8thin
Medium 1	519	265.00	1,375	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.17/cwt here — about $371 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale120 hd

303.23

—

KS average3 barns · 265 hd

291.44

+11.78

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+36.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−133.48

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

65 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	309	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,196	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	372.24/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,444	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,512	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	475	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,325	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,291	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,637	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	316.48/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,548	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	492	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,456	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	519	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,375	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,513	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,506	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,769	88
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	287.13/cwt	272.50–291.00	1,640	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,266	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	271.04/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,718	93
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	647	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,637	24
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	670	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,628	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,731	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	269.79/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,818	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	237.21/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,599	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	679	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,884	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	247.04/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,791	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,810	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	257.99/cwt	253.00–266.50	1,886	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	768	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,974	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	231.72/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,807	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	249.89/cwt	247.00–256.50	1,954	81
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	234.35/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,938	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	250.27/cwt	244.50–256.00	2,080	137
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	241.76/cwt	238.25–246.00	2,123	229
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,442	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	231.14/cwt	210.00–235.75	2,059	48
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	234.15/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,168	160
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,145	37
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	228.64/cwt	226.75–234.50	2,197	151
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	204.67/cwt	201.50–213.00	2,081	11
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,143	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,000	5
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,180	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,912	6
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,232	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,971	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	366	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,144	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	270.76/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,134	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	254.92/cwt	244.50–267.50	1,175	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	249.27/cwt	248.00–262.50	1,276	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,343	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	252.59/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,442	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	255.04/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,507	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	256.54/cwt	249.00–262.50	1,621	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,551	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	247.87/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,653	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,642	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	714	247.44/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,767	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	239.49/cwt	235.50–244.50	1,734	118
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	733	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,774	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	231.58/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,811	264
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	224.08/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,781	38
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,762	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	803	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,863	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	227.80/cwt	223.00–230.75	1,850	257
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	225.35/cwt	224.50–226.00	1,936	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,882	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	203.67/cwt	194.00–209.50	2,061	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,487	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 19, 2024

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Receipts 2,904Last week 3,163Year ago 3,178

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,017	201.50–213.00	204.67
5	1100–1150	1,143	175.00	175.00
6	1150–1200	1,180	162.00	162.00
5	1200–1250	1,232	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	478	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	531	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	562	268.00	268.00
13	650–700	674	234.00–240.00	237.21
7	700–750	725	244.00–251.00	247.04
8	750–800	780	228.00–234.00	231.72
36	800–850	827	232.00–237.00	234.35
48	850–900	891	210.00–235.75	231.14
37	950–1000	950	225.75	225.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	279.00	279.00
5	500–550	519	265.00	265.00
10	650–700	670	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	492	296.00	296.00
3	700–750	745	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	417	362.50	362.50
45	450–500	483	339.00	339.00
88	550–600	568	311.50	311.50
93	600–650	634	265.00–272.50	271.04
55	650–700	674	260.00–272.50	269.79
72	700–750	731	253.00–266.50	257.99
81	750–800	782	247.00–256.50	249.89
137	800–850	831	244.50–256.00	250.27
229	850–900	878	238.25–246.00	241.76
160	900–950	926	230.00–237.00	234.15
151	950–1000	961	226.75–234.50	228.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	603	210.00	210.00
5	850–900	890	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	387.00	387.00
11	350–400	388	370.00–373.00	372.24
3	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
16	450–500	489	315.00–319.00	316.48
19	550–600	571	272.50–291.00	287.13
24	600–650	647	253.00	253.00
4	650–700	671	258.00	258.00
21	700–750	727	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	679	277.50	277.50
19	750–800	768	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	419	269.00–275.00	270.76
77	450–500	461	244.50–267.50	254.92
35	500–550	512	248.00–262.50	249.27
49	550–600	591	251.00–259.00	255.04
75	600–650	632	249.00–262.50	256.54
20	650–700	667	243.00–254.00	247.87
118	700–750	724	235.50–244.50	239.49
264	750–800	782	228.00–239.00	231.58
257	800–850	812	223.00–230.75	227.80
30	850–900	859	224.50–226.00	225.35
3	900–950	918	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,012	194.00–209.50	203.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	714	247.00–248.00	247.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	633	245.00	245.00
7	650–700	687	239.00	239.00
38	750–800	795	224.00–225.00	224.08
3	800–850	801	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	733	242.00	242.00
68	800–850	803	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	366	312.50	312.50
32	550–600	571	250.00–254.00	252.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	612	243.00	243.00

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.