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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Nov 21
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,618 head
▼ 1,546 vs last sale 4,164▼ 368 vs year ago 2,986 · −12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Compared to last week steer calves 600 to 750 sold 8.00 to 9.00 higher and feeder steers over 750 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. The heifer calves 600 to 700 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher and feeder heifers over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. We are still seeing some cattle coming off grass, I would say we should be at the tail end of grass cattle. I think the buyers are optimistic due to the nice rains that we have been getting. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.25/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −117.45 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$319.25
101 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.38
vs KS average
+9.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541323.391,74888
Medium and Large 1-2531291.271,54613thin
One grade step is worth $32.11/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale101 hd
319.25
—
KS average3 barns · 238 hd
316.88
+2.38
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
+9.99
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−117.45
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

72 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,5584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4604
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6837
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,68013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5954
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513295.84/cwt294.00–298.001,5189
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,74728
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7056
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,82111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6054
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,76921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604306.50/cwt306.50–306.501,85143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned607253.83/cwt247.50–259.001,54112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,80028
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615286.46/cwt272.00–290.001,76239
Steers600–650Medium 1617285.59/cwt280.00–287.001,76215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630299.36/cwt291.00–305.001,88673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643262.07/cwt255.00–274.001,6858
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685270.03/cwt267.50–282.501,85046
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687279.31/cwt275.10–288.501,919159
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721260.83/cwt255.00–266.001,88122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned723250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,80817
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728279.18/cwt275.00–282.502,03242
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned737269.03/cwt268.50–270.001,98314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy750275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,06360
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776267.40/cwt256.00–271.752,075190
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned780245.59/cwt236.00–249.001,91611
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed800268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,1446
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,96710
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy820265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,17751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821255.89/cwt251.75–262.252,101162
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874251.86/cwt246.50–258.002,201313
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0329
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930244.29/cwt241.00–245.002,27286
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1995241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,39812
Steers1000–1050Large 11,018232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,36210
Steers1050–1100Large 11,053205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,15910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3074
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2083
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426323.40/cwt320.00–325.001,3789
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed444339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,50513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493305.33/cwt298.00–309.001,5059
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514303.84/cwt297.00–307.001,56210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4093
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,63737
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5803
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned551233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2843
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5183
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579264.32/cwt257.00–267.001,53033
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581265.46/cwt262.00–270.001,54230
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,65218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned611247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5125
Heifers600–650Medium 1611245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4977
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630259.56/cwt254.00–268.001,63548
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,69417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned656261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,71215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660255.41/cwt250.00–264.001,68635
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned667244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6275
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683245.42/cwt245.00–246.001,6767
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732243.26/cwt240.00–248.001,78176
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7225
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned749233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,74517
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1793237.99/cwt236.00–245.001,887181
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809236.41/cwt234.00–237.001,91390
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873228.51/cwt227.50–230.001,99532
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906226.25/cwt225.00–228.002,05012
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1975221.50/cwt221.50–221.502,1608
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,049188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,97722

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.