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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jul 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,390 head
▼ 920 vs last sale 2,310▼ 704 vs year ago 2,094 · −33.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to taking the month of June off. Very good demand for a light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.70/cwt on 72 head, up $13.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +48.00 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$484.70
▲ 13.46 vs prior sale
72 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.17
vs KS average
+25.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567484.702,74672
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale72 hd
484.70
—
KS average3 barns · 169 hd
482.53
+2.17
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
+25.22
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+48.00
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

31 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381598.94/cwt590.00–613.002,2825
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427550.36/cwt535.00–560.002,35010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5246
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520507.20/cwt493.00–515.002,63717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581477.75/cwt465.00–485.002,77655
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632436.52/cwt425.00–442.002,75937
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,70412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683423.92/cwt407.50–430.002,89586
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy712417.52/cwt417.00–418.002,97321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726393.62/cwt384.00–407.002,85848
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783373.88/cwt357.00–383.002,92742
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830350.06/cwt340.00–363.002,90533
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892340.39/cwt340.00–354.003,03680
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935346.50/cwt346.50–346.503,24059
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958344.00/cwt344.00–344.003,29654
Steers1000–1050Large 11,034330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,41259
Steers1050–1100Large 11,078327.00/cwt327.00–327.003,52554
Steers1150–1200Large 11,163306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,55912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437513.26/cwt510.00–525.002,2439
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482510.98/cwt506.00–516.002,4636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524490.88/cwt477.50–501.002,57224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4526
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578422.19/cwt415.00–435.002,44072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621405.46/cwt393.00–411.002,51859
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661380.54/cwt362.00–385.002,51522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720361.82/cwt354.50–371.002,605105
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780347.13/cwt340.00–352.502,70892
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818336.51/cwt330.00–337.002,75345
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,87319
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,005285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8641
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,065260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,7692

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.