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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Oct 29
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
← Oct 22Oct 29latest
Receipts
2,129 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 2,328▲ 963 vs year ago 1,166 · +82.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Calf Sale Next Tuesday, November 3rd*

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly lower 3.00 to 15.00 with the exception of steers weighing 850 - 900 lbs selling 3.00 higher and 750 - 800 lb steers selling steady. Steers under 600 lbs not enough for market test. Heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher with the exception of heifers weighing 750 - 800 lbs, and 850 - 900 lbs selling 7.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs and over 900 lbs not enough for market test. Good demand for a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $423.19/cwt on 120 head, down $13.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −13.52 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$423.19
▼ 13.52 vs prior sale
120 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,359
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.31
vs KS average
−12.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557423.192,359120
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 sale120 hd
423.19
—
KS average4 barns · 742 hd
448.50
−25.31
National average189 barns · 34,086 hd
435.85
−12.66
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
−13.52
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

43 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned321510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6378
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1337560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,8872
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,19213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,30220
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned450507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,2846
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514445.69/cwt440.00–455.002,29134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523423.08/cwt410.00–430.002,21312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583412.87/cwt405.00–418.002,40774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617394.07/cwt387.00–410.002,43157
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623375.51/cwt373.00–379.002,33913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned640388.79/cwt381.00–394.002,48856
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675365.31/cwt352.00–369.002,46648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683368.45/cwt358.00–375.002,51729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713357.69/cwt342.00–366.002,55063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned730343.61/cwt337.00–350.002,50831
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767360.46/cwt354.00–365.502,765100
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775312.84/cwt310.00–320.002,42514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833341.08/cwt325.00–348.002,84181
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854338.11/cwt334.00–347.002,88773
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939330.56/cwt317.50–336.003,104148
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975310.13/cwt300.00–312.003,02469
Steers1000–1050Large 11,007283.64/cwt283.00–284.502,8567
Steers1050–1100Large 11,066282.00/cwt282.00–282.003,00611
Steers1150–1200Large 11,162272.48/cwt258.00–278.003,16622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned397470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,86632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482424.57/cwt415.00–427.502,04644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523391.24/cwt382.00–399.502,04631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned539384.30/cwt374.00–400.002,07136
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561369.62/cwt366.00–370.002,07421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581372.09/cwt362.00–380.002,16252
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622359.48/cwt348.00–368.002,23660
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629355.08/cwt346.00–366.002,23343
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned664348.62/cwt340.00–355.002,31533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683349.41/cwt336.00–360.002,38651
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726338.58/cwt326.00–345.002,45864
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786328.74/cwt315.00–330.502,58487
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823321.18/cwt311.00–327.002,64379
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887309.06/cwt305.00–316.002,741116
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,80223
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,028261.45/cwt245.00–270.002,68835
Heifers1350–1400Large 11,387183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,5389
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1762326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4845

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.