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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 19
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,000 head
▼ 1,060 vs last sale 3,060▼ 592 vs year ago 2,592 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts there was no comparison for steers under 800 lbs or heifers under 750 lbs. The 800 to 950 lb steers sold steady to 4.00 higher compared to last week and 750 to 900 lb heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. This weeks receipts were light 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 $160.68/cwt on 934 head.
Average price
$160.68
934 head · 780 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$297
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$38.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.06
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2614166.951,02534
Medium and Large 1784160.921,261884
Medium 1621151.009384thin
Large 11,027128.751,32212thin
One grade step is worth $38.20/cwt here — about −$297 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 sale934 hd
160.68
—
KS average3 barns · 3,475 hd
152.62
+8.06
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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316215.00/cwt215.00–215.0067921
Steers—Medium and Large 1372214.50/cwt214.50–214.5079839
Steers—Medium and Large 1438195.72/cwt191.00–197.5085740
Steers—Medium and Large 1480190.00/cwt190.00–190.0091214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480173.64/cwt169.00–181.0083310
Steers—Medium and Large 1535192.06/cwt189.50–197.501,02823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543184.00/cwt184.00–184.009996
Steers—Medium and Large 1582176.18/cwt175.50–180.001,02520
Steers—Medium and Large 1614175.44/cwt170.00–179.001,07744
Steers—Medium 1621151.00/cwt151.00–151.009384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0283
Steers—Medium and Large 1674169.49/cwt167.00–177.501,14250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696161.44/cwt157.00–165.001,1249
Steers—Medium and Large 1745159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,1883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1536
Steers—Medium and Large 1788158.76/cwt155.00–159.751,25144
Steers—Medium and Large 1834156.07/cwt153.50–159.001,302139
Steers—Medium and Large 1865150.04/cwt145.00–153.501,298151
Steers—Medium and Large 1923147.01/cwt141.00–147.851,357180
Steers—Medium and Large 1976142.01/cwt140.00–144.101,386116
Steers—Large 11,015130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3209
Steers—Large 11,062125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311177.00/cwt177.00–177.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312188.00/cwt188.00–188.0058713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned320169.00/cwt169.00–169.005415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367198.00/cwt198.00–198.0072727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407175.91/cwt175.00–177.0071618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy447194.00/cwt194.00–194.0086727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466170.26/cwt169.00–172.007937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515172.56/cwt164.50–175.0088934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529160.11/cwt159.00–161.008477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563159.56/cwt156.00–165.0089831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570154.00/cwt154.00–154.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617159.81/cwt156.00–163.5098630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673150.37/cwt148.00–154.501,01234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704144.36/cwt143.00–147.501,01620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773140.81/cwt137.75–142.751,088126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793123.00/cwt123.00–123.009753
Heifers—Medium 1819109.00/cwt109.00–109.008935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831133.04/cwt130.00–133.751,106112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879131.71/cwt129.50–133.101,158177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0944
Heifers—Large 11,015122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2383
Heifers—Large 11,086119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2925
Heifers—Large 11,117110.30/cwt110.00–111.001,23210
Heifers—Large 11,238107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385185.00/cwt185.00–185.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533179.00/cwt179.00–179.009544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575163.74/cwt160.00–167.0094211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,06610
Bulls—Medium 1928114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0586

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.