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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 6
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,830 head
▼ 1,901 vs last sale 3,731▼ 599 vs year ago 2,429 · −24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower while under 600 lbs did not have enough receipts for a good comparison. The receipts were light with good demand. We did have the last special calf sale of the season on Tuesday so that did play into the numbers for today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.31/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −91.40 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$345.31
137 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.38
vs KS average
+2.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567352.461,99894
Medium and Large 1-2547329.671,80343
One grade step is worth $22.79/cwt here — about $195 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 sale137 hd
345.31
—
KS average4 barns · 581 hd
353.69
−8.38
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
+2.93
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−91.40
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7334
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428398.98/cwt387.00–412.001,70817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471404.09/cwt397.00–410.001,90311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed479415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,98828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479377.68/cwt370.00–384.001,80922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520377.03/cwt370.00–390.001,9619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528336.11/cwt254.00–363.001,77524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571321.54/cwt320.00–330.001,83619
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572351.50/cwt342.00–362.002,01182
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629328.98/cwt322.50–335.002,06984
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646289.64/cwt283.00–315.001,87119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674307.17/cwt298.00–314.002,07086
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9624
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711283.55/cwt280.00–287.002,01662
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8724
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767268.83/cwt262.00–271.502,06275
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0598
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819250.46/cwt245.00–253.002,05111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825256.89/cwt255.00–258.002,11954
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875237.11/cwt233.00–242.002,07515
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883253.48/cwt246.00–255.002,238128
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930251.64/cwt248.00–252.002,34066
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969239.64/cwt235.50–245.002,32216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1292432.55/cwt420.00–440.001,2638
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371378.27/cwt367.00–382.501,40313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433358.47/cwt355.00–367.001,55221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479346.98/cwt342.00–357.001,66224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,6324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522324.71/cwt319.00–330.001,69529
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,6324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582296.29/cwt289.00–300.001,72436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591284.55/cwt284.00–286.001,68220
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6479
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619282.97/cwt275.00–289.001,752101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669270.69/cwt269.00–277.001,81138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,77515
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7183
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726253.30/cwt248.00–260.001,839108
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,75710
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774246.38/cwt243.00–250.001,90749
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823247.11/cwt243.50–249.752,034140
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865240.61/cwt234.00–246.502,08114
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867224.65/cwt222.00–228.001,9489
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,09313
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1954236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,25110
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,040220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2883
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,073220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3614
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,193186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,22521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1709258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,82911
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1816250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0404
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1851236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,00823

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.