Sale reports / Kansas / Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas / 2022-07-21

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jul 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
1,215 head
2,155 vs last sale 3,370 1,375 vs year ago 2,590 · 53.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialTue Aug 18, 2026Feeder Cattle SpecialTue Feb 3, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable weights on most weight classes of cattle due to a light sale this week. Steers 750 to 800 and 950 to 1000 lbs sold 9.00 to 10.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs sold 4.00 higher. On the heifers 750 to 850 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs sold 10.00 higher. The offering was light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.75/cwt on 556 head.
Average price
$171.75
556 head · 846 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.35
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1812175.811,427408
Large 11,004161.001,616110
Medium and Large 1-2758159.341,20838
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale556 hd
171.75
KS average3 barns · 2,313 hd
168.40
+3.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1745157.60/cwt151.00–158.751,17433
HeifersMedium and Large 1671163.31/cwt161.00–164.501,09618
HeifersMedium and Large 1770165.08/cwt163.50–168.601,27157
HeifersMedium and Large 1535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009105
HeifersMedium and Large 1609167.24/cwt165.00–172.501,01820
HeifersMedium and Large 1483175.00/cwt175.00–175.008455
SteersMedium and Large 1775181.92/cwt175.00–183.101,41074
SteersMedium and Large 1960164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,57754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2819155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2699148.33/cwt147.00–155.001,03712
SteersLarge 11,004161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,616110
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy875177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,55160
SteersMedium and Large 1565186.54/cwt182.00–190.001,0547
SteersMedium and Large 1734177.37/cwt174.00–183.501,30225
HeifersMedium and Large 1814162.85/cwt156.00–165.851,326171
HeifersMedium and Large 1877157.33/cwt156.00–160.001,380130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1677
SteersMedium and Large 1611182.99/cwt181.00–185.001,11828
SteersMedium and Large 1902165.57/cwt160.00–166.501,49314
SteersMedium and Large 1548191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682169.16/cwt165.00–176.001,15416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2977143.07/cwt140.00–149.001,3986
SteersMedium and Large 1420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008406
SteersMedium and Large 1879170.84/cwt166.00–172.751,50290
SteersMedium and Large 1829164.81/cwt164.00–165.001,36621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1739
SteersMedium and Large 1450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1685189.90/cwt185.00–193.001,30120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773152.27/cwt152.00–155.001,17723
HeifersLarge 1986143.38/cwt140.00–145.001,41415
HeifersLarge 11,102116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2786
HeifersLarge 11,222115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy741167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,24127

How this sale compares

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.