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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,417 head
▼ 1,231 vs last sale 4,648▲ 1,754 vs year ago 1,663 · +105.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400 to 550 lbs and 600 to 650 lbs were 4.00 to 10.00 higher and steers 800 to 1000 lbs were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers 550 to 600 lbs and 650 to 800 lbs were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs were 1.00 to 6.00 higher, heifers 600 to 700 lbs were 1.00 to 5.00 lower, and heifers 700 to 900 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher. Receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.06/cwt on 1,805 head.
Average price
$142.06
1,805 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.66
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1758142.271,0781,665
Medium and Large 1-2660141.71935128
Large 11,016116.671,18512thin
One grade step is worth $25.60/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale1,805 hd
142.06
—
KS average3 barns · 8,772 hd
137.40
+4.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1427188.71/cwt183.00–193.0080621
Steers—Medium and Large 1480178.50/cwt175.50–181.0085715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483152.00/cwt152.00–152.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 1523177.86/cwt173.00–181.7593087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527153.52/cwt151.00–156.0080915
Steers—Medium and Large 1573167.88/cwt162.00–175.5096289
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580153.56/cwt151.00–159.0089119
Steers—Medium and Large 1619164.00/cwt156.00–167.501,015125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641143.12/cwt137.00–153.0091723
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy656161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,05625
Steers—Medium and Large 1669151.20/cwt148.00–158.001,012168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689143.77/cwt139.50–146.5099141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy723150.23/cwt150.00–151.001,08638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728128.06/cwt126.50–131.0093212
Steers—Medium and Large 1740140.20/cwt136.50–146.001,037158
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy766138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,06334
Steers—Medium and Large 1768133.64/cwt128.75–137.001,026110
Steers—Medium and Large 1818131.39/cwt126.50–136.751,075328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2847113.35/cwt111.00–122.0096014
Steers—Medium and Large 1874127.63/cwt123.85–131.501,115202
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy882132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,17168
Steers—Medium and Large 1921125.84/cwt120.75–127.001,159149
Steers—Medium and Large 1956124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,18848
Steers—Large 11,016116.67/cwt113.50–121.001,18512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394156.00/cwt156.00–156.006155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429161.37/cwt160.00–164.0069215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475151.41/cwt147.00–155.0071942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528151.09/cwt146.00–154.0079880
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533132.05/cwt125.00–137.0070418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586144.33/cwt137.00–147.0084697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589131.92/cwt130.00–135.0077724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633135.03/cwt128.50–139.00855143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637122.00/cwt122.00–122.0077719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676130.73/cwt126.00–138.00884170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685121.83/cwt120.00–124.0083511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726127.33/cwt123.50–133.00924229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775125.77/cwt123.00–128.00975190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822121.94/cwt119.00–125.001,002100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,05760
Heifers—Large 11,014108.25/cwt108.00–109.001,0988
Heifers—Large 11,065102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,0924

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.