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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 6

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

2,786 head

▼ 1,236 vs last sale 4,022▼ 102 vs year ago 2,888 · −3.5%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and 800 to 950 lb steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher while 650 to 850 lb heifers sold 1.00 higher to 1.00 lower. 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 $370.80/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.91 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$370.80

125 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$18.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs KS average

+21.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	373.97	2,151	103
Medium and Large 1-2	552	355.95	1,966	22

One grade step is worth $18.01/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 sale125 hd

370.80

—

KS average3 barns · 349 hd

363.75

+7.05

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+21.52

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−65.91

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

63 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,754	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,754	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,781	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	389.73/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,836	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	485	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,974	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	367.83/cwt	366.00–372.00	1,802	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	356.50/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,886	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,045	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	372.73/cwt	372.00–374.00	2,177	83
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,999	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,105	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	323.09/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,042	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	336.89/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,136	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	327.35/cwt	318.00–331.50	2,183	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	306.97/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,087	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	311.94/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,218	104
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	264.33/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,908	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	285.35/cwt	274.00–290.00	2,209	158
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	264.12/cwt	253.00–270.00	2,068	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	263.15/cwt	258.00–264.00	2,155	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	836	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,362	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	272.46/cwt	266.00–279.00	2,280	213
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	256.22/cwt	253.50–257.50	2,291	84
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	928	268.60/cwt	268.60–268.60	2,493	86
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	254.96/cwt	248.00–256.00	2,374	175
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	249.91/cwt	247.00–253.00	2,439	119
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,341	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	397.21/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,486	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	376	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,429	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	376.42/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,671	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,576	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	356.28/cwt	347.50–361.00	1,664	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	341.03/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,623	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	340.13/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,782	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	323.37/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,724	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	315.14/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,806	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	291.86/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,704	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	593	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,791	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	309.01/cwt	298.00–313.00	1,888	69
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	288.24/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,799	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	281.81/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,888	142
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	258.71/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,736	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	717	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,187	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	250.04/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,823	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	264.97/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,945	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	251.32/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,955	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	782	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,076	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	787	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,322	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	241.60/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,913	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	244.24/cwt	242.50–250.00	2,035	164
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	244.17/cwt	242.00–246.00	2,132	84
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,032	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,219	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,049	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,250	16
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,051	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,228	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,140	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,240	37
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,164	196.26/cwt	194.50–200.00	2,284	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,818	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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 2,786Last week 4,022Year ago 2,888

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	407.00	407.00
6	450–500	471	380.00–400.00	389.73
4	500–550	541	378.00	378.00
83	550–600	584	372.00–374.00	372.73
49	600–650	634	333.00–349.00	336.89
41	650–700	667	318.00–331.50	327.35
104	700–750	711	305.00–319.00	311.94
158	750–800	774	274.00–290.00	285.35
213	800–850	837	266.00–279.00	272.46
84	850–900	894	253.50–257.50	256.22
175	900–950	931	248.00–256.00	254.96
119	950–1000	976	247.00–253.00	249.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	432.00	432.00
8	450–500	485	407.00	407.00
9	500–550	500	410.00	410.00
16	800–850	836	282.50	282.50
86	900–950	928	268.60	268.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	403.00	403.00
7	550–600	588	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	366.00–372.00	367.83
14	500–550	529	352.00–360.00	356.50
8	550–600	593	355.00	355.00
33	600–650	632	320.00–328.00	323.09
28	650–700	680	301.00–315.00	306.97
9	700–750	722	260.00–272.00	264.33
19	750–800	783	253.00–270.00	264.12
28	800–850	819	258.00–264.00	263.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,036	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	655	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	717	305.00	305.00
12	750–800	787	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,049	214.50	214.50
3	1050–1100	1,051	212.00	212.00
37	1100–1150	1,140	196.50	196.50
28	1150–1200	1,164	194.50–200.00	196.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
10	750–800	782	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	374	395.00–400.00	397.21
31	400–450	444	366.00–380.00	376.42
70	450–500	467	347.50–361.00	356.28
84	500–550	524	330.00–346.00	340.13
63	550–600	573	310.00–323.00	315.14
69	600–650	611	298.00–313.00	309.01
142	650–700	670	276.00–290.00	281.81
38	700–750	734	256.00–270.00	264.97
110	750–800	778	244.00–258.00	251.32
164	800–850	833	242.50–250.00	244.24
84	850–900	873	242.00–246.00	244.17
5	950–1000	986	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	351.00	351.00
15	450–500	476	338.00–345.00	341.03
16	500–550	533	316.00–325.00	323.37
34	550–600	584	285.00–299.00	291.86
15	600–650	624	286.00–293.00	288.24
14	650–700	671	253.00–263.00	258.71
19	700–750	729	248.00–252.00	250.04
10	750–800	792	241.00–243.00	241.60
3	850–900	876	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
14	550–600	593	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	596	305.00	305.00

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.