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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 11
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,917 head
▼ 579 vs last sale 4,496▲ 453 vs year ago 3,464 · +13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle coming off grass. Compared to last week 650 to 700 lb steers sold 2.00 higher, 700 to 800 lb steers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, and 800 to 950 lb steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 650 to 800 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and 850 to 900 lb heifers sold 2.00 higher. The receipts were moderate and the demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.64/cwt on 2,863 head.
Average price
$183.64
2,863 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$40.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.29
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1823185.451,5262,376
Medium 1643179.001,1514thin
Medium and Large 1-2811175.821,426466
Large 11,065145.361,54717thin
One grade step is worth $40.09/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale2,863 hd
183.64
—
KS average3 barns · 6,334 hd
183.93
−0.29
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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318244.00/cwt244.00–244.0077626
Steers—Medium and Large 1418241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,00710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517186.75/cwt184.00–192.009656
Steers—Medium and Large 1578197.95/cwt195.00–204.001,14418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580190.17/cwt190.00–190.501,1039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629184.29/cwt179.00–191.001,15911
Steers—Medium and Large 1638203.41/cwt203.00–203.751,2989
Steers—Medium 1643179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned651180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,17510
Steers—Medium and Large 1667199.53/cwt194.00–202.001,33158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682188.69/cwt183.50–191.001,28749
Steers—Medium and Large 1714194.95/cwt193.00–198.501,392108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed721200.25/cwt200.25–200.251,44460
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729181.12/cwt175.00–187.501,32070
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781175.73/cwt173.00–180.501,37289
Steers—Medium and Large 1782189.14/cwt184.50–191.501,479356
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed785194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,52571
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy792193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,53371
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy800192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,540142
Steers—Medium and Large 1828182.03/cwt177.00–187.501,507270
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831173.74/cwt170.00–175.001,44435
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy869186.83/cwt185.00–188.351,624384
Steers—Medium and Large 1869175.56/cwt172.00–182.001,526562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889166.42/cwt165.50–169.001,47942
Steers—Medium and Large 1931178.42/cwt178.25–179.001,661141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936170.36/cwt165.75–173.001,595139
Steers—Medium and Large 1956165.89/cwt164.00–166.751,58690
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960158.67/cwt156.00–160.001,5236
Steers—Large 11,009155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5649
Steers—Large 11,127134.51/cwt129.00–140.001,5168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328237.00/cwt237.00–237.0077719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333195.00/cwt195.00–195.006494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1401220.00/cwt220.00–220.0088215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437193.30/cwt191.00–195.0084512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530182.74/cwt180.00–185.0096916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570179.87/cwt179.00–181.001,02532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624168.93/cwt165.00–171.501,05433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626178.11/cwt176.00–180.001,11549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667177.73/cwt174.00–180.001,18534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682164.24/cwt160.00–170.001,1207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed697178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,24447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728156.87/cwt154.50–163.501,14239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732177.94/cwt172.00–180.501,303134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787171.44/cwt165.00–172.501,34979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed796178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,42177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817151.33/cwt149.00–159.001,23617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2851154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855162.61/cwt158.75–164.001,39087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925151.90/cwt151.00–153.001,4059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969148.94/cwt145.00–156.001,44332
Heifers—Large 11,061143.69/cwt143.00–144.001,52513
Heifers—Large 11,228102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2533

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.