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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 15

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Receipts

2,472 head

▲ 821 vs last sale 1,651▲ 87 vs year ago 2,385 · +3.6%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Due to the light sale last week there was no good comparables. Heifers sold with a lower undertone and steer cattle sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Farmers and Ranchers is going into their summer sales and the last Thursday sale will be May 22, they will move to Monday sales for the month of June.

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 $384.61/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −52.10 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$384.61

177 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$47.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs KS average

+0.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	397.40	2,233	105
Medium and Large 1-2	558	370.97	2,071	55
Medium 1	549	349.71	1,920	17thin

One grade step is worth $47.70/cwt here — about $313 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 sale177 hd

384.61

—

KS average3 barns · 289 hd

382.50

+2.11

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+0.01

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−52.10

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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	353	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,783	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	481.69/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,850	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	409	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,616	7
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	451.00/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,975	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	412.93/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,999	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	451.78/cwt	445.00–457.00	2,205	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	498	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,191	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,985	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	416.44/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,232	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	546	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,157	8
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	13
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	552	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,015	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	389.47/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,236	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	358.04/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,077	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,396	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	343.91/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,139	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	364.93/cwt	362.50–373.00	2,336	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	369.34/cwt	368.50–372.00	2,438	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	667	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,465	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	328.23/cwt	319.00–333.00	2,229	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	338.79/cwt	336.00–341.00	2,351	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	324.41/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,371	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	306.73/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,362	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,357	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	300.45/cwt	298.00–303.00	2,497	196
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	286.09/cwt	280.00–289.50	2,475	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	279.61/cwt	271.00–283.75	2,561	157
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	256.60/cwt	255.00–259.00	2,407	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	263.56/cwt	262.00–264.00	2,586	71
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	983	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,261	3
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,350	21
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,117	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,658	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,712	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	418.27/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,782	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,517	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,825	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	391.55/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,836	67
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,633	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	496	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,538	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	337.22/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,784	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	366.61/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,947	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	567	354.28/cwt	352.50–357.00	2,009	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	335.34/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,979	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	326.34/cwt	319.00–333.00	2,056	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,817	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	309.43/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,138	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	283.11/cwt	277.50–296.00	2,104	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	247.96/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,927	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	277.16/cwt	276.00–277.50	2,192	139
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	275.59/cwt	270.00–279.25	2,296	196
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,206	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	263.83/cwt	258.50–267.00	2,285	51
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,423	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,337	10
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	992	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,143	21
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,061	222.21/cwt	205.00–233.50	2,358	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,679	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	351.36/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,841	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,932	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,997	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 May 15, 2025

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

Receipts 2,472Last week 1,651Year ago 2,385

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	390.00	390.00
10	550–600	567	352.50–357.00	354.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	350	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	440.00	440.00
7	400–450	426	410.00–425.00	418.27
67	450–500	469	377.50–400.00	391.55
44	500–550	531	360.00–375.00	366.61
65	550–600	590	325.00–339.00	335.34
37	600–650	630	319.00–333.00	326.34
25	650–700	691	305.00–315.00	309.43
59	700–750	743	277.50–296.00	283.11
139	750–800	791	276.00–277.50	277.16
196	800–850	833	270.00–279.25	275.59
51	850–900	866	258.50–267.00	263.83
7	900–950	932	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	950–1000	992	216.00	216.00
15	1050–1100	1,061	205.00–233.50	222.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	436	348.00	348.00
4	450–500	491	332.50	332.50
27	500–550	529	335.00–345.00	337.22
5	650–700	673	270.00	270.00
8	750–800	777	240.00–256.00	247.96
16	800–850	842	262.00	262.00
10	900–950	946	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	475.00	475.00
9	350–400	384	475.00–485.00	481.69
16	400–450	438	445.00–465.00	451.00
35	450–500	488	445.00–457.00	451.78
36	500–550	536	410.00–430.00	416.44
65	550–600	574	387.50–405.00	389.47
76	600–650	640	362.50–373.00	364.93
17	650–700	694	336.00–341.00	338.79
46	700–750	731	315.00–330.00	324.41
72	750–800	770	300.00–314.00	306.73
196	800–850	831	298.00–303.00	300.45
57	850–900	865	280.00–289.50	286.09
157	900–950	916	271.00–283.75	279.61
71	950–1000	981	262.00–264.00	263.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	505.00	505.00
14	650–700	667	369.50	369.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
5	450–500	498	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	595	355.00	355.00
6	600–650	620	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	410.00	410.00
13	500–550	548	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	552	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,013	232.00	232.00
7	1100–1150	1,117	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	600–650	605	396.00	396.00
83	650–700	660	368.50–372.00	369.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	484	400.00–422.00	412.93
13	500–550	509	390.00	390.00
34	550–600	580	352.00–368.00	358.04
44	600–650	622	340.00–347.50	343.91
68	650–700	679	319.00–333.00	328.23
5	750–800	799	295.00	295.00
4	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
15	900–950	938	255.00–259.00	256.60
3	950–1000	983	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	395.00	395.00
7	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
8	500–550	546	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	450.00	450.00
6	500–550	524	342.00–360.00	351.36
4	550–600	552	350.00	350.00
5	650–700	684	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	285.00	285.00

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.