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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,962 head
▲ 676 vs last sale 1,286▲ 278 vs year ago 1,684 · +16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher with steers weighing 700 to 780 lbs selling steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers over 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Steers and heifers under 700 lbs not enough for market test. Good demand for 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 $360.61/cwt on 43 head, up $1.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −38.61 against this barn's trailing median of $399.23.
Average price
$360.61
▲ 1.53 vs prior sale
43 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,984
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.09
vs KS average
+22.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550360.611,98443
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 sale43 hd
360.61
—
KS average3 barns · 182 hd
370.70
−10.09
National average138 barns · 5,113 hd
337.79
+22.82
This barn, trailing median29 sales
399.23
−38.61
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381490.93/cwt485.00–500.001,8705
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465463.06/cwt455.00–473.002,15313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484410.54/cwt402.50–417.001,98711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532416.60/cwt409.00–431.002,21627
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574405.70/cwt399.00–415.002,32920
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578404.25/cwt400.00–407.502,33716
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622376.20/cwt365.00–387.002,34035
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661364.22/cwt360.00–366.002,40710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727352.59/cwt344.50–365.002,56350
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768348.18/cwt340.00–352.002,67422
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818346.29/cwt335.00–357.002,833198
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889337.88/cwt330.00–342.753,004289
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,5727
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935328.85/cwt325.25–335.003,07596
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,12641
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,85312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272499.41/cwt490.00–509.001,3587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383404.17/cwt400.00–405.001,54812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490390.65/cwt380.00–395.001,91414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521367.72/cwt353.00–374.001,91619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559340.94/cwt332.50–357.501,9069
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582363.42/cwt362.50–364.002,11515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1039
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730333.37/cwt324.00–337.002,43448
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788322.76/cwt315.25–328.002,543200
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818313.62/cwt301.00–319.002,565218
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed823329.65/cwt322.50–335.002,713118
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885309.72/cwt304.00–310.002,74163
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed897309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,77246
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1944290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7385
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1954304.48/cwt302.00–310.002,90513
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed961306.25/cwt306.25–306.252,943120
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7396

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.