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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 9
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,931 head
▲ 455 vs last sale 2,476▲ 1,620 vs year ago 1,311 · +123.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice cattle today. Compared to last week steers calves 600 to 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold mostly 8.00 higher and heifers over 800 sold 12.00 higher. Good demand with moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $362.94/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −73.76 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$362.94
210 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.51
vs KS average
+20.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540367.811,986189
Medium and Large 1-2574319.101,83321
One grade step is worth $48.72/cwt here — about $153 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 sale210 hd
362.94
—
KS average3 barns · 313 hd
354.43
+8.51
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+20.86
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−73.76
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

53 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480390.81/cwt387.00–394.001,87611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy493408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,0113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,03360
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed524387.10/cwt384.00–392.002,02815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531356.62/cwt349.00–366.001,89437
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8678
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9856
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570328.95/cwt319.00–334.001,87531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy578352.59/cwt351.00–355.002,03840
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,80613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed604338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,04269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629321.86/cwt314.00–331.002,02467
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635302.77/cwt297.00–307.001,92345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy657310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,03718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed658312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,05336
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671303.23/cwt300.00–309.002,03583
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684289.94/cwt277.00–296.001,98332
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed710309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,19417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713278.84/cwt273.00–290.001,98833
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721299.49/cwt291.00–307.002,159125
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy773296.75/cwt296.75–296.752,294132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775272.14/cwt269.00–273.502,10943
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778281.35/cwt275.00–285.002,189199
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818274.74/cwt270.00–278.502,247109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826264.26/cwt258.00–269.002,1839
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy864284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,45893
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871274.62/cwt263.00–281.002,392145
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy905273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,47560
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933256.33/cwt250.00–258.502,39247
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy452378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,70930
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483353.33/cwt347.00–360.001,7076
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487320.10/cwt315.00–329.001,55915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy517340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,75844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519293.93/cwt280.00–297.001,52526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,83213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537322.64/cwt321.00–331.001,73351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588287.89/cwt281.00–300.001,693123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,818131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621277.73/cwt273.00–289.001,72542
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625264.33/cwt262.00–266.001,6527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed657280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,84332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678272.66/cwt265.00–275.501,84944
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692258.00/cwt257.00–260.001,78512
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement715266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,90260
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy716267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,912147
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730261.08/cwt258.00–262.001,906113
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774256.24/cwt252.00–260.001,98375
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,89118
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829250.74/cwt242.00–253.002,079195

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.