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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 28
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,852 head
▲ 740 vs last sale 2,112▼ 671 vs year ago 3,523 · −19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Majority of the cattle today were cattle coming off grass, steers and heifers weighing 800 to 900 lbs. Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers 650 to 800 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $434.82/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits −1.88 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$434.82
151 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$55.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.37
vs KS average
+25.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551449.832,478110
Medium and Large 1-2544394.562,14541
One grade step is worth $55.27/cwt here — about $333 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 sale151 hd
434.82
—
KS average3 barns · 222 hd
433.46
+1.37
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+25.52
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−1.88
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

69 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,1446
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343635.00/cwt635.00–635.002,1783
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,9215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,2494
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2266
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430523.87/cwt500.00–535.002,25321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9985
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,49321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,39623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,52510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518412.17/cwt410.00–415.002,13516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy526512.78/cwt512.00–515.002,69715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534463.46/cwt460.00–467.502,47527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560383.29/cwt375.00–395.002,14625
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy570447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,55110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,4786
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574409.46/cwt405.00–415.002,35042
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,7126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy614456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,80012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,50310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629406.01/cwt401.00–422.502,55450
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640389.69/cwt387.00–390.002,49439
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657393.12/cwt388.00–400.002,58318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,51610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy695419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,91215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695362.00/cwt356.00–371.002,51610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned707372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6309
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718377.61/cwt363.00–389.002,71117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy720405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,91610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725351.43/cwt349.00–355.002,54810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771382.02/cwt379.00–385.502,94532
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776359.56/cwt355.00–366.002,79059
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816341.39/cwt327.00–346.002,78627
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1836362.73/cwt348.00–365.003,03289
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870354.77/cwt346.50–358.003,086263
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,01625
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy914355.00/cwt355.00–355.003,24560
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2916332.25/cwt332.00–333.003,04320
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930348.72/cwt344.00–352.603,243355
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968341.03/cwt339.25–343.003,301116
Steers1000–1050Large 11,018319.13/cwt315.00–320.003,24940
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419500.90/cwt490.00–505.002,09911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423468.50/cwt460.00–480.001,9827
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned436445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1346
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,3306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,32117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512417.56/cwt415.00–420.002,13829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,1199
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed578412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,38465
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579390.38/cwt387.00–410.002,26047
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2427
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629379.16/cwt365.00–385.002,385111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3068
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,3983
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685354.39/cwt352.00–355.002,42815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688373.03/cwt370.00–380.002,56634
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737355.35/cwt347.00–367.502,619138
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775347.30/cwt343.00–352.002,69257
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed796350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,78666
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6575
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834335.88/cwt333.50–339.002,801252
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862337.93/cwt327.00–341.252,91381
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed883337.75/cwt337.75–337.752,98263
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890320.50/cwt320.50–320.502,85217
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1914322.28/cwt320.00–324.002,94614
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,081286.50/cwt286.50–286.503,09710
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,123241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,7065

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.