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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,532 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 2,755▲ 537 vs year ago 1,995 · +26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most weights of steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower with the exception of 900 to 950 lb steers that sold 5.00 higher. Most weights of heifers there were not enough cattle for a test, however 600 to 650 lb heifers sold 3.00 lower and 750 to 800 lb heifers sold 3.00 higher. The receipts were moderate and the demand was light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.08/cwt on 1,581 head.
Average price
$183.08
1,581 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,379
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.42
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1776184.181,4301,287
Medium and Large 1-2651178.291,161294
One grade step is worth $5.89/cwt here — about $268 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 sale1,581 hd
183.08
—
KS average3 barns · 4,885 hd
182.66
+0.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1311208.55/cwt208.00–210.006498
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006668
Steers—Medium and Large 1380218.00/cwt218.00–218.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy384223.00/cwt223.00–223.008567
Steers—Medium and Large 1404213.76/cwt213.00–217.0086416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438191.69/cwt186.00–198.008408
Steers—Medium and Large 1460214.57/cwt210.50–217.0098740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485200.00/cwt200.00–200.0097015
Steers—Medium and Large 1532202.97/cwt197.00–207.001,08059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539193.13/cwt187.00–195.001,04117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy565211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1924
Steers—Medium and Large 1570200.61/cwt194.50–206.001,14331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589185.82/cwt184.00–188.001,09445
Steers—Medium and Large 1615196.92/cwt191.00–201.501,21158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628182.05/cwt176.00–186.001,14353
Steers—Medium and Large 1685190.14/cwt188.00–196.001,302100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686174.82/cwt172.00–184.001,19963
Steers—Medium and Large 1721185.17/cwt180.00–191.001,335146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738171.38/cwt167.00–179.001,26540
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767163.41/cwt157.00–168.001,25322
Steers—Medium and Large 1785177.72/cwt174.50–190.001,395187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835160.22/cwt159.00–163.001,33823
Steers—Medium and Large 1839178.32/cwt174.25–182.501,496205
Steers—Medium and Large 1876177.25/cwt171.25–179.251,553189
Steers—Medium and Large 1934180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,68160
Steers—Medium and Large 1958175.61/cwt169.00–179.851,682174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338186.00/cwt186.00–186.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428181.47/cwt173.00–184.0077727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483181.11/cwt176.00–184.0087531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495166.00/cwt166.00–166.008229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502174.45/cwt174.00–176.008769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532180.01/cwt178.00–186.0095822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580167.70/cwt161.00–172.0097316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582177.21/cwt173.00–183.001,03157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614175.22/cwt172.00–178.001,07656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,05616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662156.67/cwt155.00–157.001,03738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663174.01/cwt169.50–178.001,15490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718170.80/cwt168.00–173.501,22619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733154.33/cwt151.00–163.001,13120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791166.28/cwt164.00–170.501,315174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806151.55/cwt151.00–157.001,22122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828145.39/cwt145.00–146.001,2045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,38811
Heifers—Large 11,106119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,3225

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.