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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,845 head
▲ 926 vs last sale 1,919▲ 2,845 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 800-900 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, instances 900 weights 3.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted. Heifers 450-950 lbs higher undertone noted, instances 4.00-5.00 higher. Heifer receipts much higher this week. Trade moderate. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.45/cwt on 1,517 head.
Average price
$141.45
1,517 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1846141.701,1991,284
Medium and Large 1-2806140.101,130233
One grade step is worth $1.60/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,517 hd
141.45
—
KS average3 barns · 2,903 hd
141.01
+0.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1544163.00/cwt163.00–163.0088712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583157.46/cwt157.00–158.0091811
Steers—Medium and Large 1601164.00/cwt164.00–164.009869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631149.47/cwt146.00–151.0094320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660144.58/cwt142.50–146.0095410
Steers—Medium and Large 1669150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,00411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,05411
Steers—Medium and Large 1727150.38/cwt148.50–154.001,093165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780143.65/cwt143.50–144.501,12027
Steers—Medium and Large 1792146.87/cwt145.00–151.001,163107
Steers—Medium and Large 1820145.45/cwt142.25–148.001,193269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2839138.22/cwt136.00–140.501,160134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned848128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0856
Steers—Medium and Large 1881137.64/cwt135.75–140.751,213356
Steers—Medium and Large 1910136.67/cwt134.50–137.101,244255
Steers—Medium and Large 1966133.92/cwt133.75–134.251,29494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2980126.50/cwt126.00–127.001,2408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,080121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,31212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465153.00/cwt153.00–153.007116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522141.78/cwt141.50–142.007407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy542135.00/cwt135.00–135.007326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624135.00/cwt135.00–135.008427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633139.17/cwt138.00–142.0088114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686144.15/cwt138.50–146.00989108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686136.31/cwt134.50–137.0093523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717137.97/cwt136.00–142.5098942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743135.73/cwt135.73–135.731,00813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771129.39/cwt128.50–130.5099820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775136.87/cwt134.00–138.751,061247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839132.38/cwt129.00–135.001,111166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863131.49/cwt129.00–134.601,135312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2906120.83/cwt120.60–125.001,09558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928127.77/cwt124.50–131.001,186145

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.