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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,868 head
▼ 542 vs last sale 2,410▲ 904 vs year ago 964 · +93.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers weighing 600 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower and steers 800 to 950 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. The heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower in most weight classes. The supply was light to moderate and the demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.30/cwt on 1,043 head.
Average price
$159.30
1,043 head · 758 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.01
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1739163.201,206742
Medium and Large 1-2802149.881,201297
Large 11,095135.001,4784thin
One grade step is worth $28.20/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale1,043 hd
159.30
—
KS average3 barns · 3,339 hd
156.29
+3.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy407216.00/cwt216.00–216.008797
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407204.00/cwt204.00–204.008305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418173.08/cwt171.00–175.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 1443190.24/cwt190.00–191.0084312
Steers—Medium and Large 1480187.19/cwt182.00–190.0089921
Steers—Medium and Large 1516187.85/cwt183.00–194.0096937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532174.73/cwt172.00–180.0093011
Steers—Medium and Large 1570185.21/cwt184.00–188.001,05656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579169.29/cwt169.00–170.009807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613155.51/cwt154.50–160.0095311
Steers—Medium and Large 1634166.21/cwt163.00–171.001,05448
Steers—Medium and Large 1675167.88/cwt164.00–174.001,13360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677159.56/cwt155.00–162.501,08051
Steers—Medium and Large 1717153.89/cwt153.00–156.501,10373
Steers—Medium and Large 1781154.21/cwt151.50–157.001,204142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2799147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,17518
Steers—Medium and Large 1825155.56/cwt153.75–157.251,283135
Steers—Medium and Large 1876157.88/cwt153.25–159.251,38387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2876144.72/cwt142.50–149.001,268195
Steers—Medium and Large 1939154.35/cwt154.35–154.351,44959
Steers—Large 11,095135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4784
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381158.00/cwt158.00–158.006027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392170.97/cwt166.00–173.006707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413167.43/cwt167.00–170.0069115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470162.09/cwt156.00–165.0076227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539158.73/cwt155.00–163.0085632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543151.29/cwt151.00–154.0082227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573153.68/cwt151.00–161.0088131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575149.00/cwt149.00–149.0085714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633147.67/cwt143.00–151.0093561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642141.83/cwt141.00–142.0091112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664145.23/cwt140.00–149.0096482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735145.15/cwt142.00–151.001,067145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755146.46/cwt144.25–149.001,10628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2819136.22/cwt135.00–138.001,1165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1847140.20/cwt139.75–142.001,18720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1852138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,17610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2868129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1962133.12/cwt125.00–135.001,28114
Heifers—Large 11,124115.03/cwt112.50–117.501,29326

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.