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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 19
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,364 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 3,400▲ 192 vs year ago 3,172 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady and 650 lbs to 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers over 900 lbs sold 20.00 higher, 650 lbs to 900 lbs sold unevenly steady and 5-weights sold steady to 6.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves not well tested. Several quality heifers sold as replacements. Quality and condition were large contributor to buyers discretion today. Moderate to good demand for heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $497.56/cwt on 184 head, down $17.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +60.85 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$497.56
▼ 17.37 vs prior sale
184 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.97
vs KS average
+25.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527508.812,684138
Medium and Large 1-2549465.182,55531
Medium and Large 2539461.002,48515thin
One grade step is worth $47.81/cwt here — about $199 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 sale184 hd
497.56
—
KS average3 barns · 495 hd
485.59
+11.97
National average160 barns · 7,757 hd
472.12
+25.44
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+60.85
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

73 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 1Fancy317675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,14012
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7715
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0825
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,4058
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,4608
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423566.76/cwt560.00–580.002,39729
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,3606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy463530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,45411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481523.00/cwt523.00–523.002,51613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481512.89/cwt500.00–517.502,46737
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488472.22/cwt465.00–490.002,30421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503543.12/cwt537.00–560.002,73261
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539498.65/cwt485.00–510.002,68818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned539466.46/cwt455.00–472.002,51431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539461.00/cwt460.00–462.502,48515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5628
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,9267
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552484.99/cwt480.00–495.002,67739
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy600485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,910132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619424.80/cwt420.00–428.002,63027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630442.69/cwt435.00–452.502,78969
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,23011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673437.09/cwt421.00–444.002,942211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675395.83/cwt385.00–404.002,6729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4827
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721409.06/cwt398.00–420.002,94944
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733372.51/cwt369.00–381.002,73040
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768384.75/cwt374.00–400.002,955159
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,5285
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,64811
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820350.73/cwt344.00–358.002,876106
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870342.20/cwt326.00–349.002,97784
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy878352.50/cwt352.50–352.503,09549
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy915347.25/cwt347.25–347.253,17761
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917329.54/cwt316.00–334.003,022224
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1957327.97/cwt326.00–330.003,139122
Steers1000–1050Large 11,012317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,20831
Steers1050–1100Large 11,079304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,28033
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369556.42/cwt550.00–560.002,05314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0905
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed414470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9468
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416504.00/cwt503.00–505.002,09716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425501.16/cwt480.00–505.002,13043
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475443.06/cwt440.00–445.002,10516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2495
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525429.93/cwt417.00–440.002,257163
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574380.29/cwt374.00–395.002,18323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583410.40/cwt409.00–412.502,39322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,47518
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601376.57/cwt365.00–385.002,26347
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement604410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,47633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661378.84/cwt370.00–386.002,50493
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,2417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy672413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,7755
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673357.44/cwt357.00–358.002,40618
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy704360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5346
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738341.99/cwt328.00–347.502,524118
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2975
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761335.58/cwt322.00–344.002,55462
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement770354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,72626
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811324.39/cwt311.00–330.002,631138
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement817351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,86811
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement871335.91/cwt328.00–342.002,92694
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879310.90/cwt304.50–314.002,73366
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2934292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,72713
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1951320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,04360
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2986297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,9289
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,002286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,86611
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,067259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,7647
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,5776
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1177
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6114

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.