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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 30
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,731 head
▲ 706 vs last sale 3,025▼ 724 vs year ago 4,455 · −16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today. Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher while heifers over 700 lbs sold sold steady to 2.00 lower. The receipts were moderate to heavy 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 $340.50/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −96.21 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$340.50
126 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.88
vs KS average
−8.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558347.771,94186
Medium and Large 1-2552324.871,79540
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale126 hd
340.50
—
KS average3 barns · 594 hd
354.38
−13.88
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−8.16
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−96.21
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

76 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,7319
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7247
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed461390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7986
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6538
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486372.35/cwt366.00–385.001,81018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522358.93/cwt351.00–372.001,87418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6965
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536332.08/cwt322.00–343.001,78021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,98132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585315.80/cwt305.00–323.001,84714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587334.85/cwt329.00–344.001,96632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy603344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,07412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618332.95/cwt323.00–342.502,05867
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622314.65/cwt308.00–320.001,95728
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670314.57/cwt305.00–320.002,108100
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679286.30/cwt276.00–299.001,94436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy704318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,23929
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714307.04/cwt300.00–314.502,192199
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725288.66/cwt272.00–298.002,09345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned741266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9715
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,94434
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy747287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,14447
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy751294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,21210
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778285.30/cwt275.00–291.002,220149
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786268.20/cwt263.50–271.002,10889
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2798241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,92314
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818275.97/cwt266.50–283.002,257298
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830259.82/cwt256.00–264.002,15733
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy851278.75/cwt278.75–278.752,37236
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2862246.55/cwt240.00–251.002,12518
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872258.22/cwt254.50–268.502,252246
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920262.02/cwt257.00–264.752,411356
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933249.46/cwt246.00–250.002,32722
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972247.93/cwt246.00–250.002,41069
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2983244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,3995
Steers1050–1100Large 11,093238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,60120
Steers1150–1200Large 11,153243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,8024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,1595
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned297337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,0024
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,30110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,33016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy404363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,46719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3563
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458338.29/cwt332.00–340.001,54914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4393
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy487354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,72419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy503357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7969
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,73629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513316.71/cwt313.00–318.001,62530
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566305.82/cwt290.00–311.501,731139
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588284.36/cwt272.00–288.001,67249
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6833
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631282.81/cwt276.00–287.001,785119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665278.99/cwt272.00–283.001,855102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686259.92/cwt248.00–269.001,78335
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy690283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,95322
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730265.13/cwt260.00–274.001,935143
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731254.19/cwt249.00–257.001,85828
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,90051
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770255.33/cwt251.50–262.001,96650
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825252.23/cwt247.00–260.002,081132
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828222.65/cwt220.00–224.001,84412
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1866241.63/cwt236.50–248.002,09358
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0366
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920234.01/cwt232.00–234.502,15345
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1958228.79/cwt228.00–229.502,19212
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,013226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2899
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,115180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,0077
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,74014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,86434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,98817
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1707256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8107
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,01911

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.