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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 8
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,962 head
▲ 1,068 vs last sale 2,894▲ 1,031 vs year ago 2,931 · +35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice big run of cattle today. Steer calves 600 to 750 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 700 lbs sold 25.00 to 30.00 higher while heifers over 750 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 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 $496.04/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 23 of 29 comparable sales and sits +59.33 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$496.04
247 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$49.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs KS average
+29.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558513.442,862161
Medium and Large 1-2575463.472,66686
One grade step is worth $49.97/cwt here — about $197 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 sale247 hd
496.04
—
KS average4 barns · 1,150 hd
492.77
+3.27
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
+29.71
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+59.33
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

66 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1391565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2095
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419567.44/cwt552.00–577.502,37816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476539.37/cwt530.00–550.002,56712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy481571.00/cwt571.00–571.002,74752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed490560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,7446
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496500.67/cwt490.00–507.002,48312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,6884
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532528.40/cwt510.00–537.502,81159
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549504.00/cwt504.00–504.002,76711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568518.50/cwt518.50–518.502,94552
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579457.52/cwt440.00–465.002,64975
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581488.82/cwt473.00–505.002,84046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy600460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,7606
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630436.32/cwt427.50–453.002,749150
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638417.68/cwt412.00–423.002,66538
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,6786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672388.25/cwt375.00–393.002,60933
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677408.64/cwt399.00–420.002,766168
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726388.80/cwt377.00–400.002,823154
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy759396.00/cwt396.00–396.003,00621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed762391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,97916
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769375.70/cwt367.00–386.002,889220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785346.72/cwt330.00–356.002,72257
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy809372.75/cwt372.75–372.753,01666
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813341.35/cwt337.00–346.002,77529
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826358.58/cwt351.00–369.002,962203
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy864365.50/cwt365.50–365.503,15823
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882328.98/cwt320.00–336.002,90248
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888349.49/cwt342.00–355.503,103244
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1909340.82/cwt337.50–345.503,098297
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2953323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,0788
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958334.00/cwt334.00–334.003,200122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9783
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,94412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430488.22/cwt480.00–495.002,09927
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy446533.00/cwt533.00–533.002,37739
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480480.07/cwt470.00–487.502,30428
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1745
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned501450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2559
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy509471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,39754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523450.38/cwt447.00–457.502,35525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543401.51/cwt400.00–407.002,18014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,43616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,46211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572422.32/cwt405.00–432.502,41686
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629391.98/cwt377.00–400.002,46658
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3866
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636370.78/cwt368.00–374.002,35855
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed648422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,7359
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed658385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,53310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669371.11/cwt365.00–378.002,48396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688359.37/cwt359.00–360.002,47216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed704402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,8308
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718358.38/cwt353.00–359.502,573120
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738344.60/cwt325.00–348.502,54347
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766339.02/cwt335.00–343.002,59728
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,5838
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy809348.25/cwt348.25–348.252,81767
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825331.17/cwt325.00–337.002,732360
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868321.08/cwt314.00–330.002,78764
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,6555
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,005273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,74417
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,083270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,9247
Heifers1200–1250Large 11,234230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,83813
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7068
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Medium and Large 2774260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0128

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.