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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 26
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
3,280 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 3,364▼ 1,350 vs year ago 4,630 · −29.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 500 lbs sold steady to weak while under 500 lbs sold sharply higher. Heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to weak while under 500 lbs to 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, while under 500 lbs sold sharply higher. Quality and condition varied due to calves coming off wheat and off cow. Several fancy, reputation heifers sold as replacements. 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 $510.30/cwt on 381 head, up $12.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +73.59 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$510.30
▲ 12.74 vs prior sale
381 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$436
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$76.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.34
vs KS average
+32.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536516.182,768331
Medium and Large 1-2547474.802,59545
Medium and Large 2530440.002,3325thin
One grade step is worth $76.18/cwt here — about $436 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 sale381 hd
510.30
—
KS average3 barns · 555 hd
498.95
+11.34
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
+32.21
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+73.59
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

71 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1298710.00/cwt710.00–710.002,1164
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347660.83/cwt650.00–670.002,29313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy367660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,4226
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,32511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376646.98/cwt632.00–655.002,43355
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,3456
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418591.34/cwt580.00–605.002,47253
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434546.78/cwt542.00–557.502,37351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,28810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy443614.00/cwt614.00–614.002,72029
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455585.01/cwt582.00–590.002,66259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy461530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,44312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475512.09/cwt495.00–517.002,43225
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481555.62/cwt547.50–572.002,67387
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518533.88/cwt515.00–540.002,765176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523493.56/cwt490.00–500.002,58127
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526490.24/cwt475.00–500.002,57943
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed529502.25/cwt500.00–507.002,65716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy543560.00/cwt560.00–560.003,04119
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552511.00/cwt511.00–511.002,82112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576441.67/cwt440.00–445.002,54412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582446.67/cwt440.00–460.002,60018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592485.01/cwt475.00–490.002,87153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy606467.71/cwt465.00–470.002,83496
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635440.49/cwt425.00–450.002,797104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy637415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,64414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651440.77/cwt426.00–450.002,86913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,64310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685412.41/cwt409.00–422.002,82545
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed685402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,7546
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5559
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730389.34/cwt373.00–396.002,84249
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5285
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778376.18/cwt365.00–385.002,92749
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,6367
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825352.74/cwt350.50–356.002,91072
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873339.90/cwt320.00–346.002,967142
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928338.87/cwt331.00–341.503,145191
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980325.31/cwt325.00–327.003,18852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2257460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1825
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,8429
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8986
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed348600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0885
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1406
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383569.66/cwt560.00–575.002,18237
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422522.17/cwt510.00–535.002,20480
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429497.74/cwt495.00–500.002,13541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469498.08/cwt497.00–500.002,33655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473482.70/cwt471.00–490.002,28318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy489467.03/cwt455.00–475.002,284115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,21019
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526443.50/cwt427.50–450.002,333122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy562442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,48433
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy574410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,35311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583422.30/cwt417.00–431.002,46294
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613399.08/cwt394.00–405.002,44636
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement618416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,57120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662375.75/cwt361.00–380.002,48777
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement683442.00/cwt442.00–442.003,01916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy724358.21/cwt358.00–360.002,59385
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739337.14/cwt330.00–344.002,49135
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement775353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,73625
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775335.61/cwt335.00–337.002,60120
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816326.29/cwt319.00–329.002,663155
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement897325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,91529
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,8265
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement927318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,94828
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,095245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,6837
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,182245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,8966
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5074

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.