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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 20
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,172 head
▼ 1,043 vs last sale 4,215▼ 573 vs year ago 3,745 · −15.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 850- 950 feeder steers sold 10.00 higher and the steer calves sold uneven 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher and heifer calves sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand. It is grass season and the pastures are going to need cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $367.46/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −69.25 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$367.46
227 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,061
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$39.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.24
vs KS average
+10.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557375.982,092174
Medium and Large 1-2584340.341,98642
Medium 1-2541336.091,81811thin
One grade step is worth $39.89/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale227 hd
367.46
—
KS average3 barns · 294 hd
367.70
−0.24
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+10.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−69.25
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

75 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3575
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420433.46/cwt432.00–435.001,8218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479404.64/cwt402.50–415.001,93826
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479366.99/cwt345.00–375.001,75814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy489425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,07812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned508370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8805
Steers500–550Medium 1-2527351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529397.24/cwt380.00–405.002,10123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy531412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,18845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0057
Steers550–600Medium 1-2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578355.05/cwt350.00–367.502,05294
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589335.52/cwt328.00–341.001,97637
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610363.17/cwt352.00–368.002,21597
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632328.34/cwt315.00–344.002,07518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654279.16/cwt271.00–284.001,8268
Steers650–700Medium 1672307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683322.80/cwt318.50–330.002,205141
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,14218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712307.46/cwt301.00–323.002,189133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738295.16/cwt285.00–298.002,17818
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,0543
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784290.55/cwt287.00–292.502,278104
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817279.92/cwt279.00–281.002,287111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,07819
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,2205
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874276.72/cwt268.00–282.002,419240
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy900259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,3317
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2906237.50/cwt234.00–241.002,1528
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918274.88/cwt266.00–276.002,52381
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy920280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,57662
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1974255.73/cwt252.50–258.502,491158
Steers1100–1150Large 11,105235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,5976
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4373
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369401.28/cwt390.00–407.501,48118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned401365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4644
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432352.59/cwt345.00–355.001,52327
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy450405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468368.55/cwt360.00–375.001,7257
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned494322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5935
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2499252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2608
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534308.68/cwt300.00–320.001,64857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537337.79/cwt329.00–347.001,81442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4605
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566337.36/cwt329.00–343.001,90954
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577286.25/cwt281.00–299.001,65220
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625313.45/cwt303.00–322.001,95977
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639286.06/cwt278.00–288.501,82845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666289.80/cwt276.00–299.001,93052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681267.44/cwt267.00–268.001,82134
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721275.30/cwt270.00–278.501,98539
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777269.59/cwt261.50–273.502,095297
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780238.06/cwt236.00–238.501,85722
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817262.93/cwt255.00–264.502,148227
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880255.50/cwt251.00–260.752,24879
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888243.10/cwt242.00–244.502,1599
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2916225.42/cwt223.00–226.002,06516
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1931249.71/cwt241.25–252.002,32580
Heifers950–1000Large 1990201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,9909
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1999223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,2287
Heifers1250–1300Large 11,252195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,4416
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,6243
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,78510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0518
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1524
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,90610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630320.66/cwt320.00–322.002,02018
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,0629
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2587
Bulls1000–1050Large 21,010150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,51511

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.