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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 3
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
692 head
▼ 2,455 vs last sale 3,147▼ 1,838 vs year ago 2,530 · −72.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offering of cattle today due to the winter storm that went thru the area Tuesday night. Too few steers sold for a good comparison, except the 900 to 950 lb steers. 3 loads of 900 lb. steers sold 6.00 higher than last week. There were not enough heifers sold for a comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.44/cwt on 499 head.
Average price
$159.44
499 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,331
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.63
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840159.631,341481
Medium and Large 1-2682154.331,05218thin
One grade step is worth $5.30/cwt here — about $289 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 sale499 hd
159.44
—
KS average3 barns · 2,687 hd
170.07
−10.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1440213.50/cwt213.50–213.509396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492180.00/cwt180.00–180.008863
Steers—Medium and Large 1547180.00/cwt180.00–180.009858
Steers—Medium and Large 1575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009783
Steers—Medium and Large 1606184.05/cwt177.50–187.501,11545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676147.00/cwt147.00–147.009948
Steers—Medium and Large 1694171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,18838
Steers—Medium and Large 1717167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,19710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1613
Steers—Medium and Large 1791162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,28155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1694
Steers—Medium and Large 1880151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,32935
Steers—Medium and Large 1902152.87/cwt152.75–153.101,379175
Steers—Medium and Large 1967152.30/cwt151.75–152.851,473106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526156.46/cwt155.00–158.008238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553121.00/cwt121.00–121.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594161.00/cwt161.00–161.0095619
Heifers—Medium 1650148.50/cwt148.50–148.509653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687157.34/cwt152.50–158.501,08159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757145.59/cwt145.00–146.001,1025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1914

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.