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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Dec 19

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 2 →

Receipts

2,763 head

▼ 1,554 vs last sale 4,317▲ 1,263 vs year ago 1,500 · +84.2%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle for the last regular sale of the year. Steer calves under 650 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher and 650 to 800 lb steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 800 to 900 lb steers sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower and steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. The heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher while 650 to 700 lb heifers sold 7.00 lower. The 700 to 900 lb heifers sold 4.00 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 $331.19/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −105.52 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$331.19

188 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$48.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs KS average

+4.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	340.58	1,874	112
Medium 1	528	322.00	1,700	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	321.01	1,789	59
Medium 1-2	584	292.50	1,708	10thin

One grade step is worth $48.08/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale188 hd

331.19

—

KS average3 barns · 519 hd

324.95

+6.24

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+4.56

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−105.52

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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,438	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	405.19/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,524	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	392	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,223	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	392.52/cwt	387.00–403.00	1,637	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	375.67/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,623	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	384.92/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,794	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,693	30
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	488	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,513	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	501	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,578	5
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	528	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,700	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	328.82/cwt	313.00–334.00	1,743	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	348.45/cwt	341.00–358.50	1,857	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	332.99/cwt	326.00–343.50	1,888	57
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	584	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,708	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	314.31/cwt	314.00–314.50	1,870	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	288.52/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,818	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,874	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	305.26/cwt	298.00–310.50	1,932	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	640	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,606	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,688	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	287.73/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,951	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	271.40/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,865	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,927	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,699	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	280.78/cwt	273.00–288.00	2,016	113
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	261.58/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,917	47
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	758	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	2,124	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	252.12/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,911	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	268.69/cwt	258.00–277.50	2,093	65
Steers	800–850	Medium 1	824	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,056	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	254.79/cwt	251.00–264.00	2,127	339
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,831	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	861	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,208	60
Steers	850–900	Medium 1	878	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,085	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	246.78/cwt	244.50–249.00	2,186	210
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,067	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	236.89/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,158	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,265	50
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	240.84/cwt	240.50–243.00	2,334	73
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	995	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,333	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,122	216.97/cwt	215.00–223.00	2,434	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,328	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	355.12/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,477	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,427	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	329.03/cwt	323.00–332.00	1,537	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	271.59/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,293	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	308.14/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,615	74
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	301.58/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,595	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,561	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	546	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,392	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	282.88/cwt	271.00–299.00	1,601	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	274.43/cwt	270.00–276.50	1,674	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,557	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	264.96/cwt	262.00–268.50	1,675	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,692	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	254.96/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,731	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,696	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	255.13/cwt	252.00–255.75	1,847	81
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,828	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	250.33/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,910	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	235.34/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,927	54
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,007	24
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	228.75/cwt	227.00–230.00	2,116	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	947	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,989	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	219.02/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,138	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,097	5
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,102	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,050	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,830	6

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 Dec 19, 2024

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Receipts 2,763Last week 4,317Year ago 1,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	615	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,028	204.00	204.00
5	1100–1150	1,102	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	359	370.00	370.00
19	400–450	416	350.00–357.50	355.12
44	450–500	467	323.00–332.00	329.03
74	500–550	524	304.00–316.00	308.14
53	550–600	566	271.00–299.00	282.88
90	600–650	610	270.00–276.50	274.43
108	650–700	679	252.00–262.00	254.96
81	700–750	724	252.00–255.75	255.13
49	750–800	763	244.00–252.00	250.33
54	800–850	819	230.00–238.00	235.34
24	850–900	854	235.00	235.00
12	900–950	925	227.00–230.00	228.75
9	950–1000	976	217.00–220.00	219.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
8	400–450	431	331.00	331.00
12	450–500	476	265.00–282.00	271.59
15	500–550	529	295.00	295.00
40	600–650	632	262.00–268.50	264.96
8	650–700	695	244.00	244.00
8	700–750	740	247.00	247.00
19	750–800	790	236.00	236.00
5	900–950	947	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	586	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	529	299.00–307.00	301.58
11	600–650	618	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	666	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	312.00	312.00
5	500–550	501	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	640	251.00	251.00
4	650–700	657	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	355.00	355.00
9	400–450	432	375.00–377.00	375.67
30	450–500	481	352.00	352.00
27	500–550	530	313.00–334.00	328.82
27	550–600	595	314.00–314.50	314.31
30	600–650	630	281.00–297.50	288.52
17	650–700	687	270.00–273.00	271.40
47	700–750	733	255.00–270.00	261.58
32	750–800	758	248.00–255.00	252.12
7	800–850	836	219.00	219.00
7	850–900	887	233.00	233.00
8	900–950	911	235.00–240.00	236.89
10	950–1000	995	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	631	297.00	297.00
13	700–750	706	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	708	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	850–900	861	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	340	423.00	423.00
14	350–400	376	400.00–407.50	405.19
40	400–450	417	387.00–403.00	392.52
29	450–500	466	375.00–390.00	384.92
55	500–550	533	341.00–358.50	348.45
57	550–600	567	326.00–343.50	332.99
146	600–650	633	298.00–310.50	305.26
17	650–700	678	284.00–291.00	287.73
113	700–750	718	273.00–288.00	280.78
65	750–800	779	258.00–277.50	268.69
339	800–850	835	251.00–264.00	254.79
210	850–900	886	244.50–249.00	246.78
50	900–950	917	247.00	247.00
73	950–1000	969	240.50–243.00	240.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	310.00	310.00
10	550–600	584	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	528	322.00	322.00
15	800–850	824	249.50	249.50
20	850–900	878	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1100–1150	1,122	215.00–223.00	216.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	750–800	758	280.25	280.25

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.