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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Dec 5
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,414 head
▲ 796 vs last sale 2,618▲ 1,045 vs year ago 2,369 · +44.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A nice run of cattle today, still a lot of unweaned cattle coming to town. Compared to 2 weeks ago feeder steers over 600 lbs sold mixed from 1.00 higher to 1.00 lower, with the exception of 800 to 850 lb steers selling 6.00 higher. Heifers over 750 lbs sold mixed 1.00 higher to 1.00 lower and 700 lb heifers sold 7.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with very 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 $324.63/cwt on 289 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −112.07 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$324.63
289 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$38.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.65
vs KS average
−0.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548332.191,819216
Medium and Large 1-2565313.761,77331
Medium 1557293.791,63642
One grade step is worth $38.40/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale289 hd
324.63
—
KS average4 barns · 1,903 hd
336.29
−11.65
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−0.74
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−112.07
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

87 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4963
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378363.77/cwt360.00–370.001,37515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409392.00/cwt370.00–405.001,6038
Steers400–450Medium 1-2416290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,20610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417335.67/cwt325.00–350.001,4007
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3703
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy443430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9056
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed448447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,0054
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,5365
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy452430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5443
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473369.44/cwt362.50–376.001,74710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481386.16/cwt380.00–395.001,85724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491358.42/cwt340.00–370.001,76013
Steers500–550Medium 1514284.21/cwt282.00–285.001,46116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed527370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,95011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527341.87/cwt337.00–359.001,80280
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529339.01/cwt328.00–346.001,79321
Steers500–550Medium 1Unweaned534312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6666
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540331.50/cwt331.00–332.001,79010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7656
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560325.76/cwt314.00–334.001,82455
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580312.20/cwt306.00–324.001,81149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586300.23/cwt297.00–309.001,75915
Steers550–600Medium 1598296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,77020
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603300.97/cwt292.00–306.001,81528
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,7124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed617313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,93122
Steers600–650Medium 1-2621260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627299.69/cwt290.00–310.001,879131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636282.13/cwt273.00–287.001,79471
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662281.70/cwt268.00–286.001,86551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672278.14/cwt268.00–286.001,869111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690260.34/cwt254.00–264.001,79632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy708281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,98922
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719261.22/cwt256.00–264.001,87826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722269.90/cwt265.00–278.501,94986
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775245.03/cwt239.00–248.001,8999
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778268.03/cwt258.00–272.002,08571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy806272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,19610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821249.17/cwt246.00–250.002,04684
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823262.04/cwt254.00–269.002,15789
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871252.76/cwt246.00–260.002,20221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884241.66/cwt241.50–242.502,13649
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910244.83/cwt243.50–251.002,228274
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy919253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,32560
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,25646
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1995238.75/cwt238.75–238.752,37650
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0853
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4246
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy368415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,36110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410313.50/cwt310.00–317.001,2856
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416363.99/cwt357.50–366.001,51422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425341.08/cwt340.00–342.501,45012
Heifers400–450Medium 1Unweaned445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3805
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466331.99/cwt323.00–336.001,54716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478328.04/cwt323.00–339.001,56841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482309.75/cwt300.00–320.001,49312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,60712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526305.88/cwt299.00–311.001,60960
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533306.48/cwt305.00–309.001,6348
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538295.83/cwt295.00–297.001,59212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy556299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,66221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573287.76/cwt279.00–297.001,649148
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579272.78/cwt265.00–278.001,57939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585276.80/cwt270.00–283.501,61923
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,71217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,67415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625261.23/cwt259.00–263.001,63321
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629269.51/cwt264.00–280.001,695113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy650276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,79411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662265.60/cwt257.00–273.001,75889
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,77810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671246.16/cwt240.00–255.001,65235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718251.14/cwt245.00–259.001,80381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy727267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9417
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770239.04/cwt231.00–241.501,84143
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,80315
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808235.71/cwt234.50–242.001,905176
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887229.84/cwt228.00–230.002,039120
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,00610
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,083200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,1665
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725242.05/cwt239.00–248.001,7559
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6833

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.