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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Oct 23
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,688 head
▼ 480 vs last sale 3,168▲ 226 vs year ago 2,462 · +9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, while feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold mostly 15.00 lower. Still a lot of unweaned and short-wean cattle coming to town. Next Tuesday we have our first special calf sale of the season, expecting a nice run. The receipts were moderate with average demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.89/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −18.82 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$417.89
182 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,310
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$528
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$127.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.00
vs KS average
−40.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540442.462,390116
Medium and Large 1-2574380.672,18460
Medium 1-2591315.001,8626thin
One grade step is worth $127.46/cwt here — about $528 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale182 hd
417.89
—
KS average3 barns · 946 hd
426.89
−9.00
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−40.25
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−18.82
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

84 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned339460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5595
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361454.90/cwt450.00–460.001,6426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy406555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,2539
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425488.33/cwt485.00–490.002,0759
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1236
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy454485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2025
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0437
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned476374.18/cwt365.00–385.001,7819
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0886
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487457.18/cwt450.00–461.002,22617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506476.00/cwt476.00–476.002,40940
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520442.01/cwt437.00–450.002,29815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538382.89/cwt375.00–390.002,06015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,2025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,4709
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570415.92/cwt415.50–418.002,37152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588392.53/cwt380.00–396.002,30818
Steers550–600Medium 1-2Unweaned591315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8626
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593364.15/cwt362.00–377.002,15922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned601364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,18814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628382.19/cwt380.00–383.002,40022
Steers600–650Medium 1-2643345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2184
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646406.75/cwt391.00–409.502,62890
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned664339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,25122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned668377.48/cwt367.00–385.002,52232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670399.37/cwt392.00–410.002,67620
Steers650–700Medium 1-2Unweaned685364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,4935
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690377.60/cwt375.00–385.002,60515
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717367.89/cwt350.00–372.002,63833
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723341.83/cwt340.00–343.002,47110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed747381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,846114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770385.16/cwt374.00–394.002,966123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784359.08/cwt341.00–367.002,81528
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825351.62/cwt343.00–357.002,90144
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880346.27/cwt342.50–350.503,047120
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885356.07/cwt353.50–365.003,151201
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911351.61/cwt348.00–356.003,20388
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,9884
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,21155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2016
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4103
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4183
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8296
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned362375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377509.90/cwt500.00–515.001,92239
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned396480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,97515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy461455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,09811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465441.37/cwt431.00–455.002,05230
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,08329
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485413.22/cwt412.00–425.002,00432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514404.62/cwt395.00–408.002,08012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528387.29/cwt387.00–387.502,04514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534404.79/cwt397.00–420.002,16220
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed556385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573372.74/cwt365.00–377.002,13615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585360.45/cwt358.00–362.002,10913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589344.76/cwt325.00–350.002,03133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610339.14/cwt332.00–354.002,06919
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned613300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619374.05/cwt368.00–378.002,31540
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624341.25/cwt337.00–351.002,12923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657363.54/cwt356.00–365.002,38857
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677337.06/cwt335.00–341.002,28239
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1733
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720359.18/cwt355.00–361.002,58651
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy764351.50/cwt351.50–351.502,68530
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775339.23/cwt333.50–345.002,629277
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830329.06/cwt327.50–337.002,73187
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1866330.11/cwt328.00–333.002,85914
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,68411
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,000289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,89016
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned267545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,4557
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8624
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6933
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,82618
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,95923
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1692317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1946
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1706300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,11829
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned758345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6153
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1926280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5935

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.