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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Apr 3

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

3,573 head

▼ 1,057 vs last sale 4,630▼ 542 vs year ago 4,115 · −13.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers calves under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher while steers over 600 to 800 sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower and steers over 850 sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher while heifers over 700 lbs. sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. There were a lot of unweaned cattle today that sold just as high as the weaned cattle. Buyers are willing to purchase unweaned cattle for grass as long as they are good quality cattle with vaccinations. The receipts were moderate and sold on good to very 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 $386.43/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −50.27 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$386.43

253 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$62.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs KS average

+17.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	392.19	2,130	208
Medium and Large 1-2	543	365.47	1,986	38
Medium 1-2	567	329.29	1,866	7thin

One grade step is worth $62.90/cwt here — about $264 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 sale253 hd

386.43

—

KS average3 barns · 438 hd

384.44

+2.00

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+17.42

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−50.27

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

84 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	495.89/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,627	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	486.73/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,674	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,475	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	364	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,784	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	458.55/cwt	447.00–472.00	1,706	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	471.57/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,759	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,610	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	442.21/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,848	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,076	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	431.69/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,865	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,075	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	405.86/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,981	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	488	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,928	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	423.06/cwt	417.00–430.00	2,077	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,808	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	383.85/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,973	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,185	22
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	527	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,208	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	392.82/cwt	387.00–400.00	2,082	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	369.32/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,965	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	357.12/cwt	343.00–368.00	2,028	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	377.01/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,145	75
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,083	9
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	598	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,899	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	361.39/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,183	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	353.82/cwt	345.00–362.00	2,201	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	330.26/cwt	319.00–332.00	2,084	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	635	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,115	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,168	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	330.72/cwt	322.00–335.00	2,239	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	309.40/cwt	305.00–312.00	2,138	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	300.28/cwt	294.50–305.00	2,144	61
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,117	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,108	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	283.41/cwt	281.00–294.00	2,236	125
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	283.42/cwt	271.00–289.50	2,304	119
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	828	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	2,358	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	270.29/cwt	266.50–277.00	2,376	284
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,287	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	273.17/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,502	151
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	928	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,399	24
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,481	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,357	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	997	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,468	19
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,533	10
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,054	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,688	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	259	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,321	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	450.67/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,411	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,341	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,399	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	359	412.49/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,481	36
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,577	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	403.18/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,714	70
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,775	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	379.87/cwt	365.00–387.00	1,785	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	378.42/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,790	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,948	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	339.79/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,679	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	353.75/cwt	347.00–362.50	1,801	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,761	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	341.73/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,804	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,779	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	537	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,487	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	323.26/cwt	314.00–329.00	1,865	132
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,897	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	308.47/cwt	301.00–312.50	1,894	78
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,956	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	300.15/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,026	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	272.46/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,888	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	276.14/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,994	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,951	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	265.02/cwt	263.00–274.00	2,072	174
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,032	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	261.49/cwt	256.00–270.00	2,168	184
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	258.69/cwt	255.00–261.00	2,251	219
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	245.56/cwt	245.00–247.00	2,144	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	245.71/cwt	243.00–246.50	2,302	51
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,316	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,779	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,884	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,952	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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,573Last week 4,630Year ago 4,115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	470.00–495.00	486.73
13	350–400	373	460.00–480.00	471.57
45	400–450	418	430.00–450.00	442.21
26	450–500	491	417.00–430.00	423.06
53	500–550	530	387.00–400.00	392.82
75	550–600	569	371.00–390.00	377.01
37	600–650	622	345.00–362.00	353.82
45	650–700	677	322.00–335.00	330.72
61	700–750	714	294.50–305.00	300.28
125	750–800	789	281.00–294.00	283.41
119	800–850	813	271.00–289.50	283.42
284	850–900	879	266.50–277.00	270.29
151	900–950	916	265.00–280.00	273.17
8	950–1000	958	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	527	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	425.00	425.00
5	350–400	388	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	492	367.50	367.50
26	500–550	532	365.00–372.50	369.32
12	550–600	568	343.00–368.00	357.12
36	600–650	631	319.00–332.00	330.26
15	650–700	691	305.00–312.00	309.40
8	700–750	735	288.00	288.00
5	750–800	772	273.00	273.00
3	850–900	890	257.00	257.00
3	950–1000	958	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	598	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,011	250.50	250.50
69	1050–1100	1,054	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	488	395.00	395.00
12	600–650	635	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	485.00–515.00	495.89
35	350–400	372	447.00–472.00	458.55
48	400–450	432	425.00–445.00	431.69
33	450–500	488	400.00–425.00	405.86
16	500–550	514	380.00–390.00	383.85
9	550–600	577	361.00	361.00
27	600–650	604	346.00–365.00	361.39
5	650–700	652	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	490.00	490.00
22	400–450	428	485.00	485.00
4	450–500	456	455.00	455.00
22	500–550	519	421.00	421.00
58	800–850	828	284.75	284.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	900–950	928	258.50	258.50
19	950–1000	997	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	415.00	415.00
48	450–500	494	331.00–357.00	339.79
13	500–550	531	335.00	335.00
54	650–700	693	270.00–286.00	272.46
7	700–750	742	263.00	263.00
6	800–850	800	254.00	254.00
21	850–900	873	245.00–247.00	245.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	259	510.00	510.00
20	300–350	313	435.00–460.00	450.67
14	350–400	387	407.50	407.50
22	400–450	433	410.00	410.00
52	450–500	470	365.00–387.00	379.87
58	500–550	528	337.00–350.00	341.73
132	550–600	577	314.00–329.00	323.26
78	600–650	614	301.00–312.50	308.47
72	650–700	675	290.00–310.00	300.15
71	700–750	722	268.00–288.00	276.14
174	750–800	782	263.00–274.00	265.02
184	800–850	829	256.00–270.00	261.49
219	850–900	870	255.00–261.00	258.69
51	900–950	937	243.00–246.50	245.71
11	950–1000	951	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	410.00	410.00
36	350–400	359	410.00–420.00	412.49
70	400–450	425	390.00–405.00	403.18
49	450–500	473	375.00–385.00	378.42
54	500–550	509	347.00–362.50	353.75
22	550–600	589	322.00	322.00
11	600–650	631	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	515	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	397.00	397.00
3	450–500	483	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
5	750–800	784	249.00	249.00

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.