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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 29
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,523 head
▼ 342 vs last sale 3,865▼ 923 vs year ago 4,446 · −20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A lot of grass cattle again today. Compared to last week 700 to 900 lb steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher and steers over 900 lbs sold steady with last week. The 600 to 750 lb. heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and 750 to 850 lb. heifers sold in a range 3.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Some really nice replacement heifers weighing 719 brought 268.75. 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 $310.27/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −126.43 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$310.27
91 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.10
vs KS average
+41.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552315.431,74178
Medium and Large 1-2568279.331,58713thin
One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale91 hd
310.27
—
KS average3 barns · 116 hd
304.17
+6.10
National average155 barns · 6,455 hd
268.55
+41.72
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−126.43
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1825
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2036
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1452334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,51010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed454336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,52514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned455317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5185
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.64/cwt320.00–329.001,69316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned542314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7028
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562314.92/cwt300.00–321.001,77049
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568279.33/cwt273.00–289.001,58713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed624294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,83511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627286.17/cwt279.00–290.001,79434
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7275
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed655292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9137
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7278
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688268.80/cwt262.00–274.001,84919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688248.28/cwt245.00–257.001,70822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7773
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740266.57/cwt260.00–270.001,973167
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned757246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,86616
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772258.73/cwt252.00–268.001,99785
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791244.79/cwt242.00–248.001,93613
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829246.06/cwt241.00–251.002,040357
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy830237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,96760
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed831251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,086124
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy833254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,11634
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839234.44/cwt227.50–236.501,967141
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870230.37/cwt230.00–231.002,004175
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875240.87/cwt235.00–245.252,108169
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy894232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,07416
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy908241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,188118
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924235.34/cwt232.50–238.752,175243
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984223.25/cwt220.00–231.002,197170
Steers950–1000Large 1997219.37/cwt219.00–220.002,1878
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2254
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2401285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1436
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,35110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459298.90/cwt296.00–305.001,37216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471282.11/cwt272.00–291.001,32920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,50910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4584
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538288.88/cwt277.50–292.001,55422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572279.14/cwt272.00–285.001,59726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5277
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy617274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,69110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638262.24/cwt254.00–269.001,67382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned638255.55/cwt255.00–257.001,63014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673252.04/cwt250.00–257.001,69628
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy682266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,81411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689241.93/cwt241.00–242.001,66741
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement719268.75/cwt268.75–268.751,93224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730238.60/cwt238.50–239.001,74234
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754233.20/cwt232.50–235.001,75825
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796224.41/cwt216.00–226.501,786123
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed812233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,89660
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8187
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836225.20/cwt222.00–230.001,883220
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867218.70/cwt218.00–219.501,89626
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy870233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,0276
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed881230.66/cwt230.00–231.252,032105
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8948
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy896210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8828
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,8786
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1904221.43/cwt219.50–222.502,002106
Heifers950–1000Large 1952218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,07515
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,025194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9898
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,101181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9933

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.