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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 1
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,939 head
▲ 938 vs last sale 3,001▼ 476 vs year ago 4,415 · −10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle coming off grass today. Steers over 750 lbs sold un-even from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs. sold un-even from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. There were 750 head of spayed heifers that brought a premium price today. The receipts were moderate to heavy with good demand. Expecting to see more grass cattle in the coming weeks.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.93/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −131.77 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$304.93
89 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.49
vs KS average
+17.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554304.931,69089
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale89 hd
304.93
—
KS average2 barns · 92 hd
304.44
+0.49
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+17.14
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−131.77
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

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368392.01/cwt375.00–400.001,4439
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2645
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4357
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424380.57/cwt362.50–390.001,6149
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,72212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490322.34/cwt317.00–327.501,5796
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537325.38/cwt312.00–330.001,74732
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564293.45/cwt290.50–311.001,65557
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615312.81/cwt310.00–318.001,92443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641289.56/cwt272.00–295.001,85646
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676301.83/cwt298.00–313.002,04023
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679274.45/cwt263.00–287.501,86440
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717262.77/cwt252.00–270.001,88414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned724269.32/cwt265.50–273.001,95019
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729282.22/cwt275.00–287.002,057216
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753251.51/cwt249.00–254.001,8948
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778266.23/cwt261.00–274.002,07190
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823263.60/cwt258.25–266.852,169329
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827250.09/cwt244.00–255.002,06821
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857260.01/cwt252.50–261.502,22879
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873247.31/cwt247.00–249.002,15925
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905235.73/cwt235.00–236.252,13346
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy910251.73/cwt251.50–251.852,291177
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933245.49/cwt239.00–249.002,290516
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970239.41/cwt238.25–240.002,322173
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2989230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,27560
Steers1050–1100Large 11,072231.75/cwt231.75–231.752,48465
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1843
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394342.52/cwt337.50–347.501,3508
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476318.43/cwt315.00–325.001,51620
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519300.49/cwt292.50–305.001,56014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581285.29/cwt279.00–293.001,65836
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640271.98/cwt267.00–275.001,74162
Heifers650–700Medium 1671267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7924
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679261.79/cwt258.00–269.001,77832
Heifers700–750Medium 1710249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,77116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722240.00/cwt233.00–245.001,7337
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739252.45/cwt252.25–258.001,866154
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed756254.25/cwt254.25–254.251,92273
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758248.29/cwt241.50–249.501,882163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8443
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0813
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820244.38/cwt239.75–245.752,004373
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed834241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,01065
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed861239.17/cwt238.00–240.352,059262
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1933212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,9833
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed935228.34/cwt228.25–228.502,135187
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed959226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,167121
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,106207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,2896

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.