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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jul 10
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,094 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 2,120▼ 366 vs year ago 2,460 · −14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Due to taking the month of June off from reporting, there were no good comparables. The receipts were light to moderate 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 $408.65/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −28.06 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$408.65
39 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,236
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.53
vs KS average
+29.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551410.212,26035
Medium and Large 1-2513395.002,0264thin
One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about $234 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 sale39 hd
408.65
—
KS average2 barns · 43 hd
404.12
+4.53
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
+29.52
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−28.06
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

47 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,0473
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0264
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,23624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586393.21/cwt389.00–405.002,30411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603388.53/cwt384.00–397.002,34372
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610364.01/cwt350.00–369.002,22012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,17015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3264
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684361.48/cwt350.50–365.002,47374
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,2929
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711369.11/cwt365.00–370.002,62473
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned725320.84/cwt319.00–325.002,32610
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780335.26/cwt330.50–339.002,615133
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned783305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3884
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784318.57/cwt317.00–319.002,4989
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,3909
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,67231
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,71863
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929299.76/cwt298.00–307.002,78558
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976292.37/cwt290.00–293.502,854177
Steers1000–1050Large 11,000298.25/cwt298.25–298.252,98362
Steers1050–1100Large 11,078281.35/cwt277.50–283.503,033339
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,84510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,78511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,7223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484404.53/cwt404.00–406.001,95842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535380.91/cwt380.00–386.002,03863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,09112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9839
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625332.19/cwt324.00–336.502,07654
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy628356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,23640
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned689310.79/cwt309.00–314.002,14111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1694318.85/cwt316.00–320.002,21324
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy696336.50/cwt336.50–336.502,34256
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,28513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1744320.15/cwt318.00–321.002,38214
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771309.11/cwt306.50–316.002,383214
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,43067
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,4456
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882277.04/cwt276.00–282.002,44329
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900289.50/cwt289.50–289.502,60617
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,32411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0084
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1691325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2463
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1998260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,5954

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.