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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,743 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 2,703▲ 2,743 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, with instances 8.00 to 10.00 higher on outstanding quality. Steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; over 800 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Calves not well tested today however a higher undertone noted. Demand good on moderate supply. A good run of feeder cattle today with several straight loads of yearlings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.77/cwt on 1,751 head.
Average price
$144.77
1,751 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$45.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1786147.991,1631,458
Medium and Large 1-2731141.141,032152
Medium and Large 2548137.2575213thin
Large 1940132.271,24330
Medium 1-2763130.0499217thin
Large 21,075102.501,10281
One grade step is worth $45.49/cwt here — about $62 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 sale1,751 hd
144.77
—
KS average3 barns · 4,077 hd
146.81
−2.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 1472166.00/cwt166.00–166.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488164.43/cwt163.00–165.0080210
Steers—Medium and Large 2510138.00/cwt138.00–138.007046
Steers—Medium and Large 1524162.73/cwt162.00–163.0085311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529145.00/cwt145.00–145.0076715
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy561153.00/cwt153.00–153.008586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577151.48/cwt149.00–154.0087411
Steers—Medium and Large 1579166.34/cwt159.00–169.7596382
Steers—Medium and Large 2580136.60/cwt131.00–141.007927
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593145.00/cwt145.00–145.008605
Steers—Medium and Large 1627156.91/cwt150.00–165.0098442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634140.28/cwt133.00–143.0088911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638149.00/cwt149.00–149.0095112
Steers—Medium and Large 1672158.72/cwt150.00–165.001,067187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681144.21/cwt138.00–146.0098220
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,00810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734143.65/cwt140.00–146.001,05432
Steers—Medium and Large 1738154.33/cwt149.50–155.601,139149
Steers—Medium 1-2763130.04/cwt128.00–133.0099217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1036
Steers—Medium and Large 1787147.16/cwt140.00–149.751,158214
Steers—Medium and Large 1823144.27/cwt141.00–148.751,187331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825137.84/cwt135.00–139.501,13749
Steers—Medium and Large 1879140.61/cwt138.00–143.501,236104
Steers—Medium and Large 1917140.56/cwt134.50–141.001,289186
Steers—Large 1919133.26/cwt130.75–136.001,22523
Steers—Medium and Large 1966131.94/cwt128.00–135.601,275103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2970121.99/cwt119.00–125.001,1838
Steers—Large 11,009129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3027
Steers—Large 21,075102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,10281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431151.03/cwt144.00–155.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474146.35/cwt146.00–147.0069418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521140.39/cwt140.00–141.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525138.00/cwt138.00–138.007258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526147.13/cwt140.50–149.5077452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567146.07/cwt139.00–149.5082874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy577137.50/cwt137.50–137.507939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593140.60/cwt136.00–141.5083412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621142.21/cwt136.00–148.0088380
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy627127.00/cwt127.00–127.007966
Heifers—Large 1650137.50/cwt137.50–137.508943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666138.41/cwt137.00–140.0092247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy693132.00/cwt132.00–132.009154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730138.97/cwt134.00–142.501,014174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759135.14/cwt129.00–137.001,026104
Heifers—Large 1780129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818133.84/cwt126.00–135.251,095126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2837115.00/cwt115.00–115.009633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,10810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2955113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,07913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974120.04/cwt119.75–122.001,16931

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.