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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 21

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28 →

Receipts

3,178 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 3,070▲ 1,599 vs year ago 1,579 · +101.3%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 700 to 850 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower and 850 to 950 lb steers sold steady to 2.00 higher with 2 loads of fancy 909 lb blacks coming off grass brought 254. The heifer calves weighing 500 to 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher while feeder heifers 700 to 850 ls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower and 900 lb heifers sold 3.00 lower. The supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $265.10/cwt on 1,805 head.

Average price

$265.10

1,805 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$771

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$38.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	604	266.90	1,613	20
Medium and Large 1	760	265.47	2,017	1,476
Medium and Large 1-2	586	263.99	1,548	302
Large 1	1,043	228.50	2,383	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.40/cwt here — about −$771 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 sale1,805 hd

265.10

—

KS average3 barns · 4,977 hd

263.26

+1.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

70 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	318	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,256	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,064	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,127	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	355.00/cwt	348.00–360.00	1,292	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	290.57/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,212	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	316.45/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,392	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	281.28/cwt	278.00–292.00	1,288	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	304.42/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,504	19
Steers	—	Medium 1	494	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,403	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	497	273.96/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,362	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	527	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,576	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	283.36/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,502	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	554	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,208	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	267.31/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,518	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	280.76/cwt	275.00–285.50	1,614	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,860	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	279.55/cwt	277.00–288.50	1,733	58
Steers	—	Medium 1	620	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,624	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,653	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	272.35/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,746	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	253.53/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,668	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,961	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	663	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,919	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	266.33/cwt	264.00–267.50	1,808	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	701	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,012	9
Steers	—	Medium 1	701	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,781	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	716	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,044	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	269.79/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,937	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	239.54/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,744	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	256.06/cwt	246.00–259.75	2,000	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	251.57/cwt	248.00–258.50	2,113	297
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	857	245.43/cwt	245.00–246.00	2,103	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	250.85/cwt	248.00–253.50	2,197	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	909	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,309	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	246.16/cwt	243.50–248.25	2,240	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	232.84/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,163	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	996	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,366	60
Steers	—	Large 1	1,043	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,383	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	339	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,136	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	401	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,223	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,190	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	286.81/cwt	286.00–287.50	1,248	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	456	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,149	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,254	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	273.04/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,311	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	287.65/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,384	71
Heifers	—	Medium 1	489	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,311	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	273.25/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,448	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	264.03/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,415	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	269.15/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,453	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	558	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,378	22
Heifers	—	Medium 1	562	250.94/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,410	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	265.35/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,520	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	261.64/cwt	256.00–263.50	1,648	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,587	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	237.61/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,594	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	252.63/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,700	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	233.70/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,715	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	244.33/cwt	241.50–248.50	1,796	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	242.03/cwt	238.00–246.50	1,893	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	233.20/cwt	228.50–238.00	1,936	156
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	222.91/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,975	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	223.63/cwt	219.00–228.00	2,069	82
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	4

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Sep 21, 2023

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Receipts 3,178Last week 3,070Year ago 1,579

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	728	234.00–245.00	239.54
9	—	658	250.00–258.00	253.53
55	—	458	278.00–292.00	281.28
7	—	857	245.00–246.00	245.43
22	—	641	270.00–275.00	272.35
52	—	568	260.00–269.00	267.31
19	—	929	230.00–240.00	232.84
8	—	417	285.00–300.00	290.57
5	—	515	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	440	309.00–322.00	316.45
158	—	781	246.00–259.75	256.06
136	—	876	248.00–253.50	250.85
70	—	575	275.00–285.50	280.76
3	—	322	350.00	350.00
58	—	620	277.00–288.50	279.55
60	—	996	237.50	237.50
19	—	494	303.00–310.00	304.42
149	—	910	243.50–248.25	246.16
90	—	718	259.00–272.50	269.79
67	—	530	280.00–288.00	283.36
10	—	364	348.00–360.00	355.00
18	—	679	264.00–267.50	266.33
297	—	840	248.00–258.50	251.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	620	262.00	262.00
7	—	494	284.00	284.00
7	—	701	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,043	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	527	299.00	299.00
25	—	716	285.50	285.50
18	—	663	289.50	289.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	505	285.00	285.00
3	—	320	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	554	218.00	218.00
12	—	418	280.00	280.00
54	—	632	261.50	261.50
29	—	497	267.50–275.00	273.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	320.00	320.00
9	—	701	287.00	287.00
116	—	909	254.00	254.00
21	—	601	309.50	309.50
6	—	659	297.50	297.50
6	—	318	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	562	246.00–256.00	250.94
8	—	489	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	401	305.00	305.00
7	—	339	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	260.00–268.00	264.03
29	—	480	265.00–274.00	273.04
14	—	671	230.00–242.00	237.61
10	—	734	233.00–234.00	233.70
4	—	640	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	481	278.00–295.00	287.65
28	—	782	238.00–246.50	242.03
22	—	530	271.00–282.00	273.25
68	—	630	256.00–263.50	261.64
11	—	435	286.00–287.50	286.81
85	—	673	249.00–257.00	252.63
156	—	830	228.50–238.00	233.20
90	—	573	258.00–270.00	265.35
82	—	925	219.00–228.00	223.63
22	—	735	241.50–248.50	244.33
21	—	886	219.00–227.00	222.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	540	269.00–270.00	269.15
43	—	428	278.00	278.00
20	—	468	268.00	268.00
22	—	558	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	456	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	285.00	285.00
3	—	562	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	245.00	245.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.