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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Oct 28

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Receipts

2,211 head

▲ 184 vs last sale 2,027▲ 738 vs year ago 1,473 · +50.1%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there was no test on steers or heifers under 600 lbs. Steers 600 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower with the exception of 650 to 700 lb steers selling 6.00 higher. Steers 800 to 900 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower and heifers 800 to 850 lbs sold 6.00 higher. The supply was moderate and the demand was moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.91/cwt on 1,297 head.

Average price

$157.91

1,297 head · 794 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$173

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$25.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	796	158.57	1,262	1,212
Medium and Large 1-2	719	150.96	1,085	74
Large 1	1,082	132.64	1,436	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale1,297 hd

157.91

—

KS average4 barns · 4,001 hd

165.02

−7.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	178.95/cwt	174.00–182.50	750	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	869	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	175.81/cwt	174.00–177.00	835	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	161.98/cwt	160.00–166.00	782	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	793	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	910	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	164.28/cwt	163.00–165.00	885	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	165.66/cwt	165.00–166.00	944	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	160.50/cwt	156.00–163.00	984	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	152.56/cwt	151.50–154.50	954	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	151.16/cwt	151.00–152.00	964	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	157.94/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,055	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	146.56/cwt	144.50–152.00	994	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,024	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	723	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,178	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	726	142.01/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,031	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	769	140.56/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,081	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	158.22/cwt	153.10–162.50	1,221	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	148.68/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,154	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	789	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,288	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	148.63/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,208	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	822	165.85/cwt	165.85–165.85	1,363	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	160.11/cwt	157.00–162.50	1,321	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	157.40/cwt	154.00–160.50	1,365	257
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	888	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,436	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,217	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	158.66/cwt	156.00–162.50	1,464	218
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	949	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,310	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,505	30
Steers	—	Large 1	1,047	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,455	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,125	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,406	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	693	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	151.86/cwt	151.00–154.00	730	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	794	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	782	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	547	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	788	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	141.33/cwt	140.00–144.00	800	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	767	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	767	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	138.08/cwt	135.00–140.00	844	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	133.59/cwt	129.00–134.50	859	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	647	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,048	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	651	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	999	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	151.55/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,031	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	128.78/cwt	125.50–131.00	889	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	717	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,119	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	725	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,153	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	143.86/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,046	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	148.56/cwt	143.50–151.00	1,148	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	792	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,275	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,247	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	819	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,278	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	138.18/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,162	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	989	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,007	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,203	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,051	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,156	7

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 Oct 28, 2021

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Receipts 2,211Last week 2,027Year ago 1,473

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	776	146.00–151.00	148.68
3	—	655	151.00	151.00
12	—	949	138.00	138.00
7	—	419	174.00–182.50	178.95
3	—	895	136.00	136.00
5	—	502	158.00	158.00
18	—	625	151.50–154.50	152.56
8	—	813	148.00–149.00	148.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	613	156.00–163.00	160.50
14	—	475	174.00–177.00	175.81
194	—	772	153.10–162.50	158.22
12	—	570	165.00–166.00	165.66
14	—	539	163.00–165.00	164.28
218	—	923	156.00–162.50	158.66
35	—	709	144.00–145.00	144.49
257	—	867	154.00–160.50	157.40
56	—	825	157.00–162.50	160.11
4	—	439	198.00	198.00
93	—	668	157.00–162.00	157.94
30	—	976	154.25	154.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,125	125.00	125.00
6	—	1,047	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	789	163.25	163.25
20	—	523	174.00	174.00
7	—	723	163.00	163.00
31	—	888	161.75	161.75
64	—	822	165.85	165.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	726	141.00–143.00	142.01
9	—	483	160.00–166.00	161.98
7	—	678	144.50–152.00	146.56
31	—	638	151.00–152.00	151.16
19	—	769	137.00–145.00	140.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	860	115.00	115.00
6	—	568	135.00	135.00
5	—	532	147.00	147.00
7	—	715	126.00	126.00
17	—	690	125.50–131.00	128.78
11	—	841	138.00–139.00	138.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	773	143.50–151.00	148.56
28	—	566	140.00–144.00	141.33
18	—	481	151.00–154.00	151.86
90	—	680	150.00–152.00	151.55
41	—	727	140.00–147.00	143.86
6	—	420	165.00	165.00
106	—	818	152.50	152.50
25	—	611	135.00–140.00	138.08
20	—	509	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,007	119.50	119.50
7	—	1,051	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	651	153.50	153.50
63	—	717	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	581	132.00	132.00
24	—	643	129.00–134.50	133.59
5	—	547	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	647	162.00	162.00
7	—	819	156.00	156.00
20	—	792	161.00	161.00
8	—	725	159.00	159.00

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.