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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jul 25
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,001 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 2,837▼ 1,064 vs year ago 4,065 · −26.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice cattle coming off-grass today. Compared to last week calves under 550 lbs did not have a good test today. Steers 550 to 750 bls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and steers 850 to 950 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold un-even 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Expecting to see lots more of the cattle coming off grass in the coming weeks. The receipts were moderate and the demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $296.54/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −140.16 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$296.54
56 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$686
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$135.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.65
vs KS average
−1.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544320.281,74241
Medium and Large 1-2587285.001,6737thin
Medium and Large 2571185.001,0568thin
One grade step is worth $135.28/cwt here — about $686 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
296.54
—
KS average3 barns · 110 hd
305.19
−8.65
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
−1.28
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−140.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
529479429378median 436.7103/0504/2307/2309/1010/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.93, low $392.41, median $436.71 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

55 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1356400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2397
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421365.21/cwt352.00–377.001,53813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,6503
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510319.62/cwt310.00–323.001,63020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568318.59/cwt318.00–320.001,81010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0568
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,88611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6737
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616317.85/cwt310.00–328.001,95849
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635162.67/cwt160.00–165.001,03313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned647301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9475
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674272.75/cwt269.00–275.001,83811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682304.20/cwt301.00–305.502,07517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,99018
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed703309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,17214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713287.11/cwt282.00–298.002,04735
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,00411
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed755292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,20522
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766253.34/cwt244.50–261.001,94163
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778267.60/cwt264.50–279.002,082112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy789260.50/cwt260.50–260.502,05512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy809265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,14467
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834262.14/cwt251.00–264.502,186271
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy862259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,23362
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886250.22/cwt249.00–255.502,2171,169
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy888238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,118112
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2899242.07/cwt238.00–242.752,17621
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929247.77/cwt242.00–248.502,302154
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy940252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,369114
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,17999
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977237.03/cwt236.00–238.002,316125
Steers1000–1050Large 11,010234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,3637
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,02912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,14112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3236
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5687
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556293.84/cwt287.00–296.001,63421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568272.33/cwt271.00–274.001,54716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned599288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7259
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,76619
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637273.99/cwt271.00–279.001,74546
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671264.72/cwt260.00–268.001,77680
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727256.89/cwt253.00–263.001,868109
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742244.75/cwt244.75–244.751,81658
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned747251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,8796
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778244.89/cwt238.00–250.001,905109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy804246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,97866
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1806240.61/cwt239.25–245.001,939131
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874238.51/cwt234.50–242.002,085200
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1937224.50/cwt224.50–224.502,10420
Heifers950–1000Large 1965210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0275
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1816230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8773

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.