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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jul 17
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,225 head
▲ 1,131 vs last sale 2,094▲ 388 vs year ago 2,837 · +13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of cattle today. Starting to see the cattle coming off grass in the barn. Due to the lighter offering last week, the comparables are limited, however, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher than last week. The receipts were 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 $421.73/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −14.98 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$421.73
145 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.97
vs KS average
+49.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559432.312,416103
Medium and Large 1-2559395.762,21042
One grade step is worth $36.55/cwt here — about $206 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 sale145 hd
421.73
—
KS average2 barns · 170 hd
417.76
+3.97
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+49.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−14.98
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

74 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375491.00/cwt491.00–491.001,8413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0937
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned460465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1395
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475422.12/cwt415.00–425.002,00521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481448.41/cwt430.00–455.002,15734
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509430.61/cwt418.00–441.002,19213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,19221
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,55015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,48634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570417.45/cwt403.00–429.002,37941
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573388.52/cwt382.00–392.002,22621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy622410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,55010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629400.48/cwt395.00–410.002,51950
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632379.48/cwt365.00–386.002,39868
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned647374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,42011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed662393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,60220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671351.42/cwt349.00–355.002,35818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,00015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673379.40/cwt366.00–386.002,553101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684358.76/cwt358.00–359.002,45428
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715368.21/cwt352.00–374.002,633110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed724378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,73735
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733337.73/cwt330.00–346.002,47631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned734358.39/cwt342.00–365.002,63110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed769358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,75317
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778324.28/cwt320.00–329.002,52347
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783349.84/cwt345.00–353.502,739154
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820316.45/cwt314.00–318.002,59532
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837327.79/cwt320.00–336.002,744172
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy853334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,85329
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Unweaned854318.74/cwt318.00–319.002,72223
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869319.25/cwt315.00–326.002,774190
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887313.76/cwt313.75–314.002,78361
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy898313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,8115
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926323.86/cwt321.00–325.252,999194
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928303.20/cwt300.50–307.502,81433
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954315.25/cwt315.25–315.253,00758
Steers1000–1050Large 11,013311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,15051
Steers1100–1150Large 11,109277.50/cwt277.50–277.503,0775
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378467.93/cwt460.00–472.501,76914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432414.70/cwt410.00–425.001,7929
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed473420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9879
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476408.17/cwt399.00–415.001,94340
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9478
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520400.20/cwt388.00–410.002,08147
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524391.43/cwt387.00–395.002,05113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536376.59/cwt375.00–383.002,01915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542373.75/cwt373.00–376.002,02644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy563395.50/cwt395.50–395.502,22722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,07011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576380.68/cwt368.00–384.002,19368
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584358.32/cwt351.00–367.002,09318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,22319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627338.47/cwt337.50–340.002,12221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,93432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633351.35/cwt346.00–365.002,224145
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665352.79/cwt345.00–356.002,346121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,1946
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement673380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,55719
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1703
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713316.11/cwt310.00–318.002,25426
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734325.18/cwt321.00–335.002,387163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768314.51/cwt308.00–323.002,415151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1598
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822310.62/cwt305.00–316.002,55352
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,4025
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned839296.66/cwt295.00–299.002,48917
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1881292.36/cwt289.00–293.002,57637
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,4565
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,041279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,90425
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0924
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0525
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0483

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.