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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 13

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

4,215 head

▲ 1,429 vs last sale 2,786▼ 320 vs year ago 4,535 · −7.1%

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. Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with moderate 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 $368.48/cwt on 233 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −68.22 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$368.48

233 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$15.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.66

vs KS average

+9.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	376.17	2,127	120
Medium and Large 1-2	559	360.32	2,014	113

One grade step is worth $15.85/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale233 hd

368.48

—

KS average3 barns · 782 hd

363.82

+4.66

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+9.81

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−68.22

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

81 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	323	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,486	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,484	6
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	382	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,604	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	419.56/cwt	417.00–425.00	1,737	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	428.88/cwt	417.00–435.00	1,878	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	423.88/cwt	415.00–434.00	1,958	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	385.62/cwt	382.00–395.00	1,816	19
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	393.85/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,064	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	372.07/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,009	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	547	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,750	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	558	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,221	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	370.60/cwt	360.00–374.50	2,138	88
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	346.62/cwt	330.00–352.00	2,038	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,206	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	323.51/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,960	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	355.49/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,215	133
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	317.26/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,148	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	329.85/cwt	321.00–341.00	2,250	124
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	709	316.15/cwt	316.00–316.50	2,242	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	309.43/cwt	305.00–314.00	2,231	92
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	721	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,149	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	294.90/cwt	284.00–298.00	2,173	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	288.30/cwt	281.50–299.00	2,234	89
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	267.30/cwt	264.00–275.00	2,077	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	48
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	279.31/cwt	269.00–287.00	2,307	249
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	841	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,229	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	861	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,178	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	265.86/cwt	260.00–269.00	2,302	276
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	869	274.75/cwt	274.75–274.75	2,388	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	257.94/cwt	252.00–263.50	2,401	399
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	254.81/cwt	250.50–258.00	2,441	80
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fancy	959	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	2,510	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	446.87/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,484	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,303	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,451	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,542	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	386	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,332	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,449	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,612	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	377.84/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,587	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	353.07/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,536	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,696	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	323.56/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,543	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	337.18/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,618	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	321.40/cwt	318.00–329.00	1,556	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	353.38/cwt	352.00–353.50	1,788	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	324.34/cwt	312.50–336.00	1,713	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,548	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	333.99/cwt	326.00–339.00	1,887	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	318.79/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,827	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	306.79/cwt	302.00–321.00	1,921	104
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	255.46/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,602	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	291.50/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,842	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	636	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,080	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	289.36/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,936	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	278.64/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,867	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	273.84/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,983	208
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,649	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	754	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,028	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	257.55/cwt	253.75–263.00	1,988	129
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	248.03/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,927	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,849	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	254.80/cwt	250.00–258.50	2,092	364
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	251.32/cwt	247.00–255.50	2,189	164
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	232.12/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,054	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,235	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	947	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,112	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	437.09/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,394	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,851	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	355.73/cwt	328.00–393.00	1,836	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,832	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,838	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,844	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,808	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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 4,215Last week 2,786Year ago 4,535

Nice run of cattle today. Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
9	700–750	721	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	841	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	606	364.00	364.00
48	800–850	820	290.00	290.00
34	850–900	869	274.75	274.75
60	950–1000	959	261.75	261.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	438	417.00–435.00	428.88
13	450–500	462	415.00–434.00	423.88
17	500–550	524	385.00–402.00	393.85
88	550–600	577	360.00–374.50	370.60
133	600–650	623	340.00–358.00	355.49
124	650–700	682	321.00–341.00	329.85
92	700–750	721	305.00–314.00	309.43
89	750–800	775	281.50–299.00	288.30
249	800–850	826	269.00–287.00	279.31
276	850–900	866	260.00–269.00	265.86
399	900–950	931	252.00–263.50	257.94
80	950–1000	958	250.50–258.00	254.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	361	465.00	465.00
9	550–600	558	398.00	398.00
26	700–750	709	316.00–316.50	316.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	400.00	400.00
19	450–500	471	382.00–395.00	385.62
65	500–550	540	370.00–372.50	372.07
44	550–600	588	330.00–352.00	346.62
16	600–650	606	320.00–332.00	323.51
35	650–700	677	313.00–318.00	317.26
67	700–750	737	284.00–298.00	294.90
20	750–800	777	264.00–275.00	267.30
8	850–900	861	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	414	417.00–425.00	419.56
6	500–550	523	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	547	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	334	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	397	365.00	365.00
10	400–450	435	350.00–355.00	353.07
8	450–500	477	317.00–330.00	323.56
23	500–550	528	312.50–336.00	324.34
25	550–600	573	312.00–322.00	318.79
16	600–650	632	290.00–292.00	291.50
28	650–700	670	278.00–279.00	278.64
10	750–800	777	245.00–251.00	248.03
7	800–850	818	226.00	226.00
7	850–900	885	230.00–235.00	232.12
6	900–950	947	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	553	280.00	280.00
37	600–650	627	235.00–265.00	255.46
8	700–750	743	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	475	357.00	357.00
8	600–650	636	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	390.00	390.00
18	450–500	484	318.00–329.00	321.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	445.00–450.00	446.87
24	350–400	378	408.00	408.00
36	400–450	420	370.00–385.00	377.84
35	450–500	480	331.00–351.00	337.18
61	500–550	506	352.00–353.50	353.38
82	550–600	565	326.00–339.00	333.99
104	600–650	626	302.00–321.00	306.79
68	650–700	669	285.00–298.00	289.36
208	700–750	724	265.00–280.00	273.84
129	750–800	772	253.75–263.00	257.55
364	800–850	821	250.00–258.50	254.80
164	850–900	871	247.00–255.50	251.32
10	900–950	939	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	435	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	400.00	400.00
37	750–800	754	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	319	430.00–440.00	437.09
4	450–500	487	380.00	380.00
12	500–550	516	328.00–393.00	355.73
6	550–600	591	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	625	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	638	289.00	289.00
3	700–750	723	250.00	250.00

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.