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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Apr 16
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
4,748 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 4,908▲ 1,063 vs year ago 3,685 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. An influx of heavy weight steers over 800 lbs sold steady. Feeder Heifers under 500 lbs not enough for market test, heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a high supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $499.89/cwt on 462 head, up $4.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +63.18 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$499.89
▲ 4.00 vs prior sale
462 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$625
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$105.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs KS average
+11.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537518.232,780293
Medium and Large 1-2550485.772,671128
Medium and Large 2522412.862,15541
One grade step is worth $105.37/cwt here — about $625 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 sale462 hd
499.89
—
KS average3 barns · 815 hd
495.76
+4.13
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
+11.54
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+63.18
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

81 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,1514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366633.96/cwt630.00–640.002,32023
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370607.49/cwt600.00–615.002,24817
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2018
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy400625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,5005
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,94416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430594.27/cwt580.00–605.002,55558
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430562.07/cwt560.00–570.002,41718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy466598.00/cwt598.00–598.002,78738
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1249
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477530.54/cwt520.00–545.002,53164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478557.44/cwt550.00–570.002,66542
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy483490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3676
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,07511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3376
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy514538.46/cwt535.00–542.502,76874
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed518370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,91711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519521.10/cwt505.00–530.002,705107
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533496.69/cwt480.00–500.002,64764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537436.44/cwt430.00–450.002,34419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558517.25/cwt515.00–522.002,88625
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571497.78/cwt490.00–509.002,84287
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573476.38/cwt460.00–485.002,73058
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy608485.71/cwt480.00–490.002,95391
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627462.96/cwt452.00–477.002,903158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635434.10/cwt420.00–444.002,75724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy656445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,9196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7206
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692416.79/cwt416.00–419.002,88492
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711418.75/cwt408.00–429.002,97787
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719382.67/cwt371.00–395.002,75131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772389.51/cwt383.00–399.003,007113
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,90715
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7876
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835366.64/cwt361.00–374.003,061122
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865360.94/cwt347.50–368.503,122129
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,92324
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926339.03/cwt329.50–348.503,139282
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960346.65/cwt334.00–350.003,328189
Steers1000–1050Large 11,014327.00/cwt327.00–327.003,31630
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,9044
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368546.74/cwt540.00–560.002,01229
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368502.85/cwt500.00–510.001,85014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned391525.38/cwt520.00–532.502,05414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9958
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy401546.82/cwt545.00–550.002,19311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421521.81/cwt515.00–527.502,19742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429494.78/cwt480.00–502.002,12396
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460503.45/cwt500.00–505.002,31630
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470454.57/cwt450.00–465.002,13649
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472475.69/cwt470.00–490.002,245107
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy485435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1107
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed507404.27/cwt400.00–405.002,05035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy508477.09/cwt475.00–480.002,42417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514434.52/cwt432.50–440.002,23355
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522459.22/cwt445.00–470.002,397228
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy543417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,26714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy556465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,58514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,8575
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568437.14/cwt425.00–450.002,483123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570419.15/cwt410.00–425.002,38952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,2259
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy603425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,56313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616382.77/cwt376.00–390.002,35833
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630410.61/cwt396.00–416.002,587129
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2834
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy667402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,68117
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668383.12/cwt372.00–393.002,559103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729364.13/cwt361.00–368.002,65542
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766352.42/cwt343.00–364.002,700236
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy777374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,90619
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794336.91/cwt321.00–338.002,67577
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6625
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827345.54/cwt337.00–358.002,858207
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887329.50/cwt320.00–332.002,92380
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1949330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,13235
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4487
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3455
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4265
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1864342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,9556

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.