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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 2

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

2,476 head

▼ 287 vs last sale 2,763▼ 2,263 vs year ago 4,739 · −47.8%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle to start the new year. Compared to 2 weeks ago steer 600 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and steers over 850 sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 800 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower with the exception of 650 lb heifers that sold 5.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.66/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −118.04 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$318.66

87 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$81.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

−14.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	331.59	1,850	46
Medium and Large 1-2	553	309.67	1,713	34
Medium 1	576	298.00	1,716	4thin
Medium 1-2	570	250.00	1,425	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.59/cwt here — about $425 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale87 hd

318.66

—

KS average1 barns · 87 hd

318.66

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−14.21

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−118.04

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

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

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	391.81/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,657	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	344.84/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,635	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	369.25/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,780	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,670	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	342.59/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,847	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	563	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,576	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	325.72/cwt	318.00–336.00	1,850	30
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	576	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,716	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	302.99/cwt	294.00–315.00	1,757	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,992	23
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	289.93/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,821	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	306.89/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,946	51
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	667	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,894	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	281.31/cwt	269.00–284.00	1,876	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	295.58/cwt	286.00–302.00	1,980	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,918	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	286.22/cwt	277.00–293.00	2,049	150
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,718	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,005	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	758	282.75/cwt	282.75–282.75	2,143	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	271.73/cwt	268.75–275.50	2,122	140
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	782	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,799	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,063	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	816	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,836	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	268.54/cwt	259.00–270.50	2,210	35
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	869	272.75/cwt	272.75–272.75	2,370	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	256.19/cwt	254.75–265.50	2,247	259
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,234	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	904	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,353	30
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	250.67/cwt	245.00–254.75	2,306	182
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	237.34/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,210	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	989	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,275	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	235.78/cwt	231.00–236.50	2,334	63
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,426	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,114	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,246	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,469	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	299.14/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,430	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	504	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,638	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	296.40/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,577	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	278.05/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,479	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	558	289.29/cwt	262.00–294.00	1,614	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	279.38/cwt	272.00–288.00	1,623	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	265.03/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,558	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	261.14/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,606	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	269.71/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,691	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	630	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,742	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,755	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	260.22/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,767	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,723	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	254.21/cwt	250.50–256.00	1,856	90
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	246.77/cwt	238.00–249.50	1,811	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	745	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,825	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	247.34/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,947	183
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	810	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,049	67
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,878	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	238.11/cwt	237.50–246.00	1,995	67
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	236.37/cwt	234.00–238.50	2,019	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,134	14
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	966	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,029	3

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Jan 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Receipts 2,476Last week 2,763Year ago 4,739

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	423	380.00–394.00	391.81
42	450–500	482	365.00–371.00	369.25
16	500–550	539	341.00–350.00	342.59
30	550–600	568	318.00–336.00	325.72
51	600–650	634	296.00–313.00	306.89
83	650–700	670	286.00–302.00	295.58
150	700–750	716	277.00–293.00	286.22
140	750–800	781	268.75–275.50	271.73
35	800–850	823	259.00–270.50	268.54
259	850–900	877	254.75–265.50	256.19
182	900–950	920	245.00–254.75	250.67
63	950–1000	990	231.00–236.50	235.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	474	337.00–350.00	344.84
11	500–550	503	332.00	332.00
19	550–600	580	294.00–315.00	302.99
8	600–650	628	287.00–293.00	289.93
23	650–700	667	269.00–284.00	281.31
30	700–750	740	271.00	271.00
5	800–850	809	255.00	255.00
6	850–900	897	249.00	249.00
21	900–950	931	235.00–240.00	237.34
5	950–1000	989	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	576	298.00	298.00
4	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
4	650–700	667	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	716	240.00	240.00
4	750–800	782	230.00	230.00
3	800–850	816	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	600	332.00	332.00
17	750–800	758	282.75	282.75
38	850–900	869	272.75	272.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	563	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	900–950	904	260.25	260.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	680	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,011	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	558	262.00–294.00	289.29
41	600–650	630	276.50	276.50
28	700–750	745	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	356.00	356.00
9	450–500	478	292.00–308.00	299.14
23	500–550	532	291.00–307.00	296.40
48	550–600	581	272.00–288.00	279.38
28	600–650	627	267.00–272.00	269.71
108	650–700	679	255.00–264.00	260.22
90	700–750	730	250.50–256.00	254.21
183	750–800	787	243.00–254.00	247.34
67	800–850	838	237.50–246.00	238.11
36	850–900	854	234.00–238.50	236.37
14	900–950	928	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	966	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	655	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	504	325.00	325.00
67	800–850	810	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	328.00	328.00
6	500–550	532	275.00–281.00	278.05
7	550–600	588	261.00–268.00	265.03
9	600–650	615	260.00–262.50	261.14
4	650–700	692	249.00	249.00
18	700–750	734	238.00–249.50	246.77
3	800–850	813	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	337.00	337.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.