Sale reports / Kansas / Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas / 2022-02-17

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,244 head
▼ 1,897 vs last sale 5,141▲ 2,244 vs year ago 1,000 · +224.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550 to 600 lbs sold 4.00 higher while steers 600 to 800 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower and steers 800 to 950 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 450 to 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher while heifers 700 to 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower and 600 to 700 lb heifers sold 9.00 to 10.00 lower. The market was moderate with moderate to light demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.51/cwt on 1,840 head.
Average price
$166.51
1,840 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.34
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1768166.761,2801,642
Medium and Large 1-2674164.441,108198
One grade step is worth $2.32/cwt here — about $172 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 sale1,840 hd
166.51
—
KS average3 barns · 4,696 hd
166.17
+0.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1387220.35/cwt218.00–223.0085337
Steers—Medium and Large 1410218.00/cwt218.00–218.008945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419192.32/cwt190.00–194.008067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464204.35/cwt196.00–208.0094813
Steers—Medium and Large 1482221.92/cwt219.00–228.501,07073
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy508220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1184
Steers—Medium and Large 1524204.59/cwt200.00–210.001,07222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535186.34/cwt185.00–197.0099718
Steers—Medium and Large 1567203.15/cwt197.00–206.501,15290
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575184.84/cwt179.00–192.001,06318
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,20319
Steers—Medium and Large 1615181.44/cwt178.50–185.001,11649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627152.84/cwt152.00–153.0095825
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy669187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,25412
Steers—Medium and Large 1670174.74/cwt172.00–177.501,17154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682164.65/cwt160.00–170.001,12334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,12230
Steers—Medium and Large 1727166.42/cwt159.50–170.751,210247
Steers—Medium and Large 1768158.80/cwt151.00–161.501,220177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782147.31/cwt146.50–148.001,15211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807148.34/cwt143.50–149.501,19727
Steers—Medium and Large 1825158.10/cwt156.00–162.001,304264
Steers—Medium and Large 1877152.38/cwt150.50–154.601,336392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,29710
Steers—Medium and Large 1915151.25/cwt151.00–151.751,384178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2917145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3305
Steers—Medium and Large 1968145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,40419
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327214.88/cwt211.00–219.0070328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2341200.00/cwt200.00–200.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382186.82/cwt182.00–188.0071414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428186.75/cwt182.00–194.0079948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441171.00/cwt171.00–171.0075414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469184.23/cwt175.00–186.0086454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473166.24/cwt161.00–171.0078617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515183.41/cwt177.50–187.50945105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519168.36/cwt166.00–176.0087417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575158.46/cwt156.00–162.0091126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580170.06/cwt166.50–175.5098643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622161.70/cwt156.00–164.001,00687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633146.00/cwt146.00–146.009246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674148.43/cwt148.00–150.001,00014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678157.14/cwt153.50–164.501,065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729152.30/cwt150.00–153.501,110127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763143.52/cwt143.00–144.501,0956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782152.00/cwt148.00–153.001,189136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817149.37/cwt145.00–152.501,220167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,29524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3414
Heifers—Large 11,022128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,31337
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350232.00/cwt232.00–232.0081214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468196.00/cwt196.00–196.0091715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1554191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0589

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.