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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 23

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

3,025 head

▼ 1,841 vs last sale 4,866▼ 300 vs year ago 3,325 · −9.0%

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 today, especially coming off of a big sale last week. Compared to last week steer cattle were mostly 9.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand. The special cow sale that was scheduled for January 21st will now be on January 28th.

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 $353.80/cwt on 165 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −82.90 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$353.80

165 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$38.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.75

vs KS average

+12.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	362.28	1,973	124
Medium and Large 1-2	559	328.76	1,837	36
Medium 1	552	324.00	1,788	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.28/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale165 hd

353.80

—

KS average3 barns · 240 hd

348.05

+5.75

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+12.86

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−82.90

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

77 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	418	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,338	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,806	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	400.48/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,758	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,707	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	350.80/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,691	11
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	482	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,533	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	365.16/cwt	356.00–374.00	1,877	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	522	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,984	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	326.53/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,711	18
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	552	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,788	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,002	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,866	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	347.30/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,007	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	591	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,856	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	334.39/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,986	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	603	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,044	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	318.00/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,956	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	320.29/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,024	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,939	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	276.99/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,897	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	309.93/cwt	307.00–317.00	2,126	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	689	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,778	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	266.41/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,889	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	301.40/cwt	283.00–306.50	2,176	39
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	729	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,034	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	730	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,993	3
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	751	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,885	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	773	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,257	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	274.28/cwt	274.00–274.50	2,131	102
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	262.85/cwt	252.50–271.00	2,053	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	804	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,287	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	813	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,317	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	263.20/cwt	262.00–264.00	2,142	47
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	273.11/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,237	110
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	263.85/cwt	255.00–267.00	2,303	307
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,130	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	256.49/cwt	251.50–262.00	2,365	89
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,323	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	256.11/cwt	249.50–263.75	2,495	104
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,516	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,031	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,380	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	350.45/cwt	342.00–362.00	1,479	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,420	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,352	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,731	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	331.77/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,626	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	317.45/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,660	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	316.37/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,655	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,789	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	299.62/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,735	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	289.04/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,685	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	280.81/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,721	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	285.18/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,760	74
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	260.71/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,661	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,718	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	270.29/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,843	147
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,851	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,818	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,869	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	265.61/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,939	135
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	768	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,062	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	256.23/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,970	237
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	254.14/cwt	247.00–256.00	2,109	190
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,892	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	244.34/cwt	241.50–253.00	2,104	24
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,148	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,108	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	209.12/cwt	205.50–214.50	2,250	20
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,153	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,736	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,839	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,704	5

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 23, 2025

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Receipts 3,025Last week 4,866Year ago 3,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	439	395.00–425.00	400.48
3	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
22	500–550	514	356.00–374.00	365.16
43	550–600	578	342.00–355.00	347.30
53	600–650	632	315.00–328.00	320.29
66	650–700	686	307.00–317.00	309.93
39	700–750	722	283.00–306.50	301.40
102	750–800	777	274.00–274.50	274.28
110	800–850	819	267.00–278.00	273.11
307	850–900	873	255.00–267.00	263.85
89	900–950	922	251.50–262.00	256.49
104	950–1000	974	249.50–263.75	256.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	387.00	387.00
11	450–500	482	347.50–355.00	350.80
18	500–550	524	320.00–335.00	326.53
15	550–600	594	333.00–336.00	334.39
5	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
56	650–700	685	273.00–283.00	276.99
25	700–750	709	257.00–277.00	266.41
59	750–800	781	252.50–271.00	262.85
47	800–850	814	262.00–264.00	263.20
11	850–900	873	244.00	244.00
8	950–1000	950	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	482	318.00	318.00
5	550–600	552	324.00	324.00
5	700–750	729	279.00	279.00
3	750–800	751	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	522	380.00	380.00
60	600–650	603	339.00	339.00
25	800–850	804	284.50	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	422.00	422.00
6	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	557	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	615	316.00–320.00	318.00
14	650–700	664	292.00	292.00
10	700–750	715	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	591	314.00	314.00
7	650–700	689	258.00	258.00
3	700–750	730	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
30	750–800	773	292.00	292.00
43	800–850	813	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,031	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1050–1100	1,076	205.50–214.50	209.12
13	1100–1150	1,133	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	473	366.00	366.00
43	550–600	559	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	376	367.00	367.00
17	400–450	422	342.00–362.00	350.45
30	450–500	490	321.00–336.00	331.77
23	500–550	523	310.00–327.00	317.45
28	550–600	579	295.00–307.00	299.62
74	600–650	617	277.00–289.00	285.18
147	650–700	682	262.00–280.00	270.29
135	700–750	730	261.00–269.50	265.61
237	750–800	769	252.00–262.50	256.23
190	800–850	830	247.00–256.00	254.14
24	850–900	861	241.50–253.00	244.34
5	900–950	914	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	978	215.50	215.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	305.00	305.00
3	450–500	460	294.00	294.00
8	550–600	583	287.00–291.00	289.04
22	600–650	637	258.00–267.00	260.71
4	650–700	671	256.00	256.00
8	700–750	713	255.00	255.00
3	850–900	856	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	322.00	322.00
21	500–550	523	308.00–324.00	316.37
34	600–650	613	276.00–286.00	280.81
18	650–700	688	269.00	269.00
6	700–750	716	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	768	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	477	364.00	364.00
7	600–650	605	304.00	304.00
5	650–700	653	261.00	261.00

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.