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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 27

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Receipts

4,630 head

▲ 1,458 vs last sale 3,172▲ 1,917 vs year ago 2,713 · +70.7%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Oct 27, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600 lb steers sold 10 lower while 650 to 750 lb steers sold 10.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs sold uneven 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower while heifers over 700 sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand with moderate to heavy receipts.

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 $372.90/cwt on 376 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −63.80 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$372.90

376 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$39.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.90

vs KS average

+8.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	379.99	2,109	284
Medium and Large 1-2	559	354.57	1,984	69
Medium 1	572	340.39	1,947	23

One grade step is worth $39.60/cwt here — about $162 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 sale376 hd

372.90

—

KS average3 barns · 624 hd

377.80

−4.90

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+8.92

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−63.80

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

106 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	280	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,372	6
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	486.24/cwt	482.50–490.00	1,444	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,584	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,462	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	480.75/cwt	475.00–482.50	1,822	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,834	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	417.86/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,776	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	422.94/cwt	417.00–425.00	1,819	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	432.75/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,891	69
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	6
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	451	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,804	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,037	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	390.57/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,843	23
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	412.08/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,974	69
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	384.18/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,879	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	358.90/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,877	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	397.85/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,101	80
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,109	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,164	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	563	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,942	14
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	566	347.23/cwt	347.00–347.50	1,965	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	372.34/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,126	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,016	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	355.53/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,083	31
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	589	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,891	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	353.44/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,184	216
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	333.70/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,072	55
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,187	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	323.75/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,140	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,463	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	683	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,919	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	337.42/cwt	322.00–351.50	2,308	84
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	307.70/cwt	301.00–314.00	2,129	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	312.64/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,264	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	305.69/cwt	295.00–318.00	2,369	71
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	280.06/cwt	279.50–282.00	2,190	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	268.23/cwt	263.00–271.00	2,199	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	283.94/cwt	281.00–293.00	2,374	130
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	878	290.83/cwt	290.25–291.50	2,553	134
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	277.61/cwt	273.00–286.00	2,437	346
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	273.51/cwt	271.00–290.00	2,418	80
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,486	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	263.14/cwt	259.10–267.25	2,534	240
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,402	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,517	4
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,447	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers47 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,288	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	427.69/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,416	28
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	348	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,392	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	424.23/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,527	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	400.16/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,549	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	407	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,363	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	408	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,795	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,689	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	407.96/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,677	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	385.44/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,596	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	389.63/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,675	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,829	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	378.01/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,807	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	481	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,621	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	352.68/cwt	337.00–362.50	1,703	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,717	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	496	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,622	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,779	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,838	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	508	350.76/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,782	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	342.62/cwt	332.50–348.00	1,782	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	312.65/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,688	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	324.64/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,773	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	572	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,905	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,737	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	318.52/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,838	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	299.57/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,761	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	307.41/cwt	291.00–317.50	1,915	99
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	283.33/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,810	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,753	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,040	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	295.25/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,969	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	269.43/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,813	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	268.34/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,809	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	706	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,054	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	278.30/cwt	271.00–287.50	2,057	210
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	271.30/cwt	266.50–276.00	2,111	267
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,028	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	248.96/cwt	247.00–252.00	2,044	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	261.25/cwt	253.00–266.00	2,153	116
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	848	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,277	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	259.57/cwt	257.00–263.00	2,279	56
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	251.04/cwt	246.00–252.00	2,322	73
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,435	7
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	984	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,125	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	308	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,448	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	376	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,748	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,038	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,950	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,984	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,898	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,093	4

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 4,630Last week 3,172Year ago 2,713

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
14	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
14	550–600	563	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	683	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	297	482.50–490.00	486.24
17	350–400	379	475.00–482.50	480.75
69	400–450	437	430.00–445.00	432.75
69	450–500	479	402.00–425.00	412.08
80	500–550	528	390.00–405.00	397.85
108	550–600	571	360.00–377.00	372.34
216	600–650	618	344.00–362.00	353.44
84	650–700	684	322.00–351.50	337.42
26	700–750	724	305.00–315.00	312.64
71	750–800	775	295.00–318.00	305.69
130	800–850	836	281.00–293.00	283.94
346	850–900	878	273.00–286.00	277.61
60	900–950	903	275.25	275.25
240	950–1000	963	259.10–267.25	263.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	420.00	420.00
19	400–450	430	417.00–425.00	422.94
63	450–500	489	365.00–390.00	384.18
24	500–550	523	345.00–365.00	358.90
31	550–600	586	350.00–359.00	355.53
55	600–650	621	329.00–340.00	333.70
52	650–700	692	301.00–314.00	307.70
29	750–800	782	279.50–282.00	280.06
10	800–850	820	263.00–271.00	268.23
80	850–900	884	271.00–290.00	273.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	403	455.00	455.00
31	450–500	463	440.00	440.00
58	550–600	552	382.00	382.00
19	650–700	673	366.00	366.00
134	850–900	878	290.25–291.50	290.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,022	235.00	235.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	239.00	239.00
3	1100–1150	1,133	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	589	321.00	321.00
8	600–650	628	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	400	455.00	455.00
12	550–600	562	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	490.00	490.00
3	300–350	345	459.00	459.00
12	400–450	425	415.00–420.00	417.86
23	450–500	472	385.00–405.00	390.57
26	550–600	576	350.00	350.00
12	600–650	634	345.00	345.00
10	650–700	661	319.00–327.00	323.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
17	550–600	566	347.00–347.50	347.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	470.00	470.00
21	350–400	387	395.00–405.00	400.16
27	400–450	430	385.00–395.00	389.63
12	450–500	492	349.00	349.00
17	500–550	508	347.00–352.00	350.76
3	550–600	575	302.00	302.00
7	600–650	642	273.00	273.00
9	650–700	674	261.00–278.00	268.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	408	440.00	440.00
14	450–500	455	402.00	402.00
55	500–550	501	355.00	355.00
45	550–600	572	333.00	333.00
32	650–700	659	309.50	309.50
12	700–750	706	291.00	291.00
33	800–850	848	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	405.00	405.00
20	400–450	414	380.00–387.50	385.44
39	450–500	483	337.00–362.50	352.68
14	500–550	546	324.00–327.00	324.64
17	550–600	588	289.00–310.00	299.57
20	600–650	639	271.00–289.00	283.33
17	650–700	673	266.00–275.00	269.43
6	700–750	746	249.00	249.00
3	750–800	780	260.00	260.00
10	800–850	821	247.00–252.00	248.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	950–1000	984	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	407	335.00	335.00
18	450–500	481	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	331	410.00–435.00	427.69
18	350–400	360	415.00–430.00	424.23
38	400–450	411	400.00–410.00	407.96
29	450–500	478	372.00–385.00	378.01
98	500–550	520	332.50–348.00	342.62
69	550–600	577	313.00–327.00	318.52
99	600–650	623	291.00–317.50	307.41
100	650–700	667	280.00–308.00	295.25
210	700–750	739	271.00–287.50	278.30
267	750–800	778	266.50–276.00	271.30
116	800–850	824	253.00–266.00	261.25
56	850–900	878	257.00–263.00	259.57
73	900–950	925	246.00–252.00	251.04
7	950–1000	978	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	496	327.00	327.00
23	500–550	540	305.00–316.00	312.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	410	412.00	412.00
5	500–550	505	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	615	317.00	317.00
8	650–700	659	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	703	270.00	270.00
4	800–850	837	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	470.00	470.00
7	350–400	376	465.00	465.00
13	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
9	450–500	493	365.00	365.00

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.