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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,286 head
▼ 1,459 vs last sale 2,745▼ 354 vs year ago 1,640 · −21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, however steers 700 to 797 sold steady to 5.00 higher. Steers under 700 lbs not enough for market test. Heifers under 560 lbs and over 850 lbs not enough for market test, heifers weighing 561 to 842 sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Very good demand on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.08/cwt on 113 head, down $4.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −40.14 against this barn's trailing median of $399.23.
Average price
$359.08
▼ 4.37 vs prior sale
113 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.40
vs KS average
+27.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560359.082,010113
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 sale113 hd
359.08
—
KS average3 barns · 187 hd
356.68
+2.40
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
+27.56
This barn, trailing median29 sales
399.23
−40.14
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
470424378332median 399.2303/0504/2307/2309/1010/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.10, low $346.17, median $399.23 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned361515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8593
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7185
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440478.48/cwt470.00–485.002,1057
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,1678
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524375.85/cwt360.00–387.001,96914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588398.58/cwt395.00–400.002,3447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626386.68/cwt382.00–387.002,42115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,3428
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732356.92/cwt344.00–366.002,61343
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1792336.89/cwt331.50–350.002,66871
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834323.26/cwt319.00–324.502,69631
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868316.71/cwt309.00–319.502,74996
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913314.78/cwt314.00–315.002,87432
Steers1000–1050Large 11,022296.00/cwt296.00–296.003,02565
Steers1100–1150Large 11,106282.00/cwt282.00–282.003,11957
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333463.30/cwt460.00–470.001,5433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470370.94/cwt367.00–385.001,74315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527368.20/cwt363.00–374.001,94016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565357.58/cwt352.00–362.502,02097
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664324.57/cwt324.00–326.002,15531
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2175
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed751329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,47561
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779314.93/cwt310.00–320.002,453133
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,58311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open824316.06/cwt309.00–318.502,60419
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed842312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,62757
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed867303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,62732
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,67739
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open996298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,96815
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,115255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,8438
Heifers1100–1150Large 1-21,143217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,4804
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1736295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1713

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.