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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 27
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,745 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 2,868▼ 107 vs year ago 2,852 · −3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Lighter calves, not enough for market test. Demand very good for high quality heavy weight calves coming off grass.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $397.76/cwt on 22 head, down $11.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −38.94 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$397.76
▼ 11.63 vs prior sale
22 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.05
vs KS average
+26.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560397.762,22722
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 sale22 hd
397.76
—
KS average3 barns · 169 hd
406.81
−9.05
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
+26.76
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−38.94
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

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441445.63/cwt440.00–455.001,9658
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,0689
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533422.68/cwt415.00–435.002,25312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592367.86/cwt365.00–380.002,17810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,32214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638374.02/cwt360.00–384.002,38628
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688356.93/cwt350.00–366.002,45635
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725343.61/cwt327.50–353.002,49135
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757344.49/cwt338.00–347.002,60868
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832331.74/cwt317.00–341.502,760350
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886323.97/cwt314.00–333.002,870174
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2914267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,44539
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923317.31/cwt311.00–321.502,929487
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1991294.91/cwt284.50–308.502,923355
Steers1000–1050Large 11,007297.72/cwt281.00–303.002,998407
Steers1050–1100Large 11,059303.00/cwt303.00–303.003,20931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned406415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8459
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484374.50/cwt365.00–377.501,8134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518385.36/cwt379.00–395.001,9965
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,98412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,16423
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624355.30/cwt338.00–364.002,21730
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,23117
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668347.06/cwt336.00–355.002,31817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722326.22/cwt324.50–331.002,35559
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,3157
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776326.71/cwt315.00–335.002,53574
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824310.20/cwt307.50–314.502,55683
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859309.91/cwt290.00–313.002,662110
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed897306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,74514
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1761320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4359

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.