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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Dec 11
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
4,313 head
▲ 1,813 vs last sale 2,500▼ 4 vs year ago 4,317 · −0.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There will be one more Thursday feeder sale before Christmas and one Tuesday special cow sale before Christmas. After the holidays, we will return for a Special Weaned and Vaccinated sale on January 6th. We had a really nice run of cattle today. 600 to 800 lb steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, and steers over 850 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers 600 to 700 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, and heifers over 700 lbs sold anywhere from 10.00 to 20.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy 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 $452.37/cwt on 347 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +15.67 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$452.37
347 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.63
vs KS average
+21.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551471.302,596203
Medium and Large 1-2587425.692,497144
One grade step is worth $45.60/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale347 hd
452.37
—
KS average3 barns · 645 hd
451.74
+0.63
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+21.74
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+15.67
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

94 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9364
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4323
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9554
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0903
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388539.66/cwt530.00–544.002,09434
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428525.28/cwt510.00–530.002,24820
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429534.70/cwt525.00–537.502,29428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned431450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,11510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Source/Aged454547.00/cwt547.00–547.002,48316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464495.03/cwt490.00–505.002,2979
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470462.60/cwt455.00–475.002,17412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482477.54/cwt470.00–480.002,30220
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy486518.00/cwt518.00–518.002,51714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,58110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Source/Aged522515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,68818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1697
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531479.24/cwt466.00–485.002,54545
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532489.28/cwt485.00–505.002,60326
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,4743
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,6293
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,6318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574423.63/cwt423.00–424.002,43211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575453.78/cwt445.00–462.002,60982
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,2274
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591426.97/cwt404.00–434.002,523130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,6388
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618396.74/cwt394.00–400.002,4529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620423.06/cwt410.00–433.002,62348
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629416.07/cwt405.00–420.002,61742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640389.11/cwt377.00–402.002,490135
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660391.82/cwt384.00–402.002,58648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674386.97/cwt380.00–398.002,608115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675368.39/cwt364.00–371.002,48715
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716378.04/cwt364.00–391.002,707182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723369.98/cwt363.50–373.502,67549
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728348.75/cwt341.00–354.002,53941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned749345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,58428
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned754348.20/cwt344.00–355.002,62521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy759383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,90716
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771335.73/cwt325.00–346.002,58824
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777362.59/cwt349.00–375.002,817301
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed815356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,90118
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826326.10/cwt325.00–330.002,69414
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831340.26/cwt337.00–352.002,82889
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy860355.75/cwt355.75–355.753,05956
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878341.75/cwt335.00–347.503,001163
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2897324.12/cwt324.00–326.002,90764
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925314.58/cwt312.00–317.002,91015
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935332.65/cwt332.00–334.003,11076
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954327.64/cwt324.50–331.003,126104
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,0379
Steers1050–1100Large 11,066292.00/cwt292.00–292.003,11317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328480.91/cwt475.00–490.001,57712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379484.76/cwt480.00–495.001,83719
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8083
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430461.97/cwt450.00–475.001,98627
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434470.17/cwt465.00–475.002,04119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,14716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456452.90/cwt440.00–460.002,06526
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482421.67/cwt415.00–430.002,03214
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2497342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7004
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned498417.30/cwt412.00–422.002,07813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,16825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526423.07/cwt410.00–432.002,22560
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540403.41/cwt399.00–408.002,17875
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574361.84/cwt354.00–372.502,07717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589362.41/cwt346.00–374.002,13527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590377.87/cwt375.00–380.002,22967
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613366.22/cwt360.00–371.002,24514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627360.38/cwt352.00–371.002,260217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633339.89/cwt336.00–345.002,15229
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement641378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,4235
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2777
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667356.48/cwt353.00–361.002,378179
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677329.58/cwt312.00–338.002,23125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2306
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned706324.86/cwt316.00–328.002,29423
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719319.99/cwt316.00–328.502,30159
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736340.99/cwt336.00–350.002,510235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed740356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,63421
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763293.36/cwt290.00–300.002,2389
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement767370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,8389
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782325.36/cwt323.00–332.502,544115
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815321.10/cwt316.00–326.002,61751
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865313.58/cwt309.00–315.002,71289
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,5053
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1901296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,6674
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2911270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4605
Heifers950–1000Large 1955293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,7983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3504
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1721320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3074

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.