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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 8

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← May 1May 8May 15 →

Receipts

1,651 head

▼ 817 vs last sale 2,468▼ 1,082 vs year ago 2,733 · −39.6%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited weekly comparison due to a light offering this week. However, both steers and heifers had a higher undertone. The receipts were light 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 $408.37/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −28.34 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$408.37

200 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$51.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.57

vs KS average

+29.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	418.03	2,289	136
Medium and Large 1-2	547	389.59	2,130	59
Medium 1	596	367.00	2,187	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.03/cwt here — about $102 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 sale200 hd

408.37

—

KS average3 barns · 273 hd

400.79

+7.57

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+29.58

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−28.34

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

69 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	349	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,797	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,794	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,969	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	446.01/cwt	442.50–450.00	1,954	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,120	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	468	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,260	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	433.06/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,087	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	381.14/cwt	375.00–406.00	1,849	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,992	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	504	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,268	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	426.31/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,238	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	398.13/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,130	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,137	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,290	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,382	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	366.65/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,119	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	397.33/cwt	392.50–403.00	2,301	34
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	596	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,187	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,237	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	367.64/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,287	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	341.06/cwt	330.00–348.00	2,179	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	361.75/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,388	94
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,244	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	329.11/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,254	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	330.79/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,415	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	316.95/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,339	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,132	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	319.97/cwt	318.50–325.50	2,454	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	300.12/cwt	294.50–306.50	2,437	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	283.49/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,359	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,519	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	859	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,663	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	908	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,660	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	274.24/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,520	79
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	277.28/cwt	270.00–279.50	2,654	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	982	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,578	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,756	8
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,065	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,705	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	291	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,455	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	357	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,392	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	461.97/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,709	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,701	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,632	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	405.55/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,797	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	392.94/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,835	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	366.27/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,718	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	361.85/cwt	357.00–377.00	1,900	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,863	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	359.21/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,015	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	337.86/cwt	331.00–340.00	1,922	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	331.36/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,061	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,947	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,074	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	323.26/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,124	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,137	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	298.55/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,012	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,058	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	294.44/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,158	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	286.38/cwt	282.00–294.00	2,208	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	270.12/cwt	269.50–272.00	2,245	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	264.42/cwt	258.00–265.75	2,316	59
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,379	12
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	993	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,224	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,247	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,337	7
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,272	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,493	9

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,651Last week 2,468Year ago 2,733

Limited weekly comparison due to a light offering this week. However, both steers and heifers had a higher undertone. The receipts were light with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	646	321.00	321.00
6	650–700	670	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	500.00	500.00
10	350–400	370	450.00–470.00	461.97
25	400–450	443	405.00–410.00	405.55
28	450–500	467	385.00–397.50	392.94
58	500–550	525	357.00–377.00	361.85
24	550–600	561	352.00–375.00	359.21
50	600–650	622	325.00–339.00	331.36
20	650–700	657	319.00–326.00	323.26
12	700–750	733	290.00–300.00	294.44
8	750–800	771	282.00–294.00	286.38
12	800–850	831	269.50–272.00	270.12
59	850–900	876	258.00–265.75	264.42
12	900–950	933	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	993	224.00	224.00
6	1000–1050	1,010	222.50	222.50
7	1050–1100	1,067	219.00	219.00
9	1250–1300	1,272	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	450	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	469	355.00–375.00	366.27
7	500–550	537	347.00	347.00
27	550–600	569	331.00–340.00	337.86
3	600–650	628	310.00	310.00
6	650–700	674	290.00–307.00	298.55
5	700–750	722	285.00	285.00
3	750–800	780	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	472.00	472.00
13	400–450	438	442.50–450.00	446.01
9	450–500	482	425.00–450.00	433.06
38	500–550	525	410.00–430.00	426.31
34	550–600	579	392.50–403.00	397.33
32	600–650	622	360.00–380.00	367.64
94	650–700	660	347.00–365.00	361.75
27	700–750	730	328.00–333.00	330.79
39	750–800	767	318.50–325.50	319.97
33	800–850	812	294.50–306.50	300.12
15	850–900	851	296.00	296.00
79	900–950	919	270.00–275.00	274.24
64	950–1000	957	270.00–279.50	277.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	428	460.00	460.00
10	450–500	466	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	537	398.00	398.00
3	600–650	613	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	672	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	483.00	483.00
26	550–600	574	415.00	415.00
67	850–900	859	310.00	310.00
65	900–950	908	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,048	263.00	263.00
24	1050–1100	1,065	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	950–1000	982	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	504	450.00	450.00
9	550–600	562	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	596	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	485	375.00–406.00	381.14
43	500–550	535	390.00–402.00	398.13
16	550–600	578	350.00–375.00	366.65
14	600–650	639	330.00–348.00	341.06
29	650–700	685	325.00–342.00	329.11
6	700–750	738	310.00–324.00	316.95
5	750–800	764	279.00	279.00
10	800–850	832	280.00–287.00	283.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	400.00	400.00

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.