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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Aug 14

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Aug 7Aug 14Aug 21 →

Receipts

2,024 head

▼ 2,201 vs last sale 4,225▼ 1,576 vs year ago 3,600 · −43.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Most of the cattle today were grass cattle. Steers 750 to 850 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, and 850 to 950 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. There were not enough heifers today for a good comparison. 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 $437.75/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +1.05 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$437.75

43 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$12.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.92

vs KS average

+50.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	441.30	2,432	31
Medium and Large 1-2	539	428.59	2,310	12thin

One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale43 hd

437.75

—

KS average3 barns · 116 hd

433.83

+3.92

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+50.26

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+1.05

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

54 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	325	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,820	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	511.92/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,961	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,065	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,129	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,299	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	456.17/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,422	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	428.59/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,310	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	427.36/cwt	425.00–431.00	2,436	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,568	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	380.08/cwt	377.00–388.00	2,364	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,195	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	388.10/cwt	377.00–397.00	2,488	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	648	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,398	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	386.76/cwt	382.00–398.00	2,603	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	365.37/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,481	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,610	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	374.91/cwt	366.00–380.00	2,703	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	361.36/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,689	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	775	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,658	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	360.45/cwt	358.00–369.00	2,804	89
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	341.70/cwt	327.00–347.00	2,682	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	346.14/cwt	335.00–348.50	2,783	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	348.61/cwt	347.00–354.00	2,925	208
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	345.82/cwt	339.00–348.00	2,991	36
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	323.68/cwt	315.00–325.50	2,874	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	317.77/cwt	316.00–318.50	2,911	48
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	332.82/cwt	331.25–333.85	3,102	386
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,967	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,139	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,081	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,317	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	320	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,760	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	426.14/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,849	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	436	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,993	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	397.56/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,888	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	486	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,100	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	387.09/cwt	386.00–397.50	2,110	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	388.22/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,256	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,207	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	380.14/cwt	373.00–384.00	2,372	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	350.05/cwt	343.00–368.00	2,202	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	369.35/cwt	359.00–377.00	2,467	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	364.26/cwt	360.00–372.00	2,437	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	671	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,583	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,352	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	710	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,641	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	717	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,639	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	723	341.41/cwt	341.00–342.00	2,468	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	352.62/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,581	139
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,574	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	324.21/cwt	323.50–335.00	2,603	34
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	306.97/cwt	303.00–311.00	2,668	23
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	305.11/cwt	304.00–306.00	2,920	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	987	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,665	8

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

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Receipts 2,024Last week 4,225Year ago 3,600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	671	385.00	385.00
18	700–750	710	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	425.00–427.50	426.14
15	450–500	475	392.50–400.00	397.56
20	500–550	545	386.00–397.50	387.09
29	550–600	581	380.00–397.00	388.22
72	600–650	624	373.00–384.00	380.14
43	650–700	669	360.00–372.00	364.26
139	700–750	732	349.00–355.00	352.62
65	750–800	780	330.00	330.00
34	800–850	803	323.50–335.00	324.21
23	850–900	869	303.00–311.00	306.97
20	950–1000	957	304.00–306.00	305.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	550.00	550.00
18	400–450	436	457.00	457.00
11	700–750	717	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	590	374.00	374.00
7	600–650	629	343.00–368.00	350.05
6	650–700	674	349.00	349.00
8	950–1000	987	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	668	359.00–377.00	369.35
12	700–750	723	341.00–342.00	341.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	486	432.00	432.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	510.00–515.00	511.92
6	450–500	484	475.00	475.00
15	500–550	531	445.00–460.00	456.17
16	550–600	570	425.00–431.00	427.36
70	650–700	673	382.00–398.00	386.76
45	700–750	721	366.00–380.00	374.91
89	750–800	778	358.00–369.00	360.45
208	800–850	839	347.00–354.00	348.61
36	850–900	865	339.00–348.00	345.82
386	900–950	932	331.25–333.85	332.82
5	950–1000	963	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	560.00	560.00
7	400–450	409	505.00	505.00
10	600–650	610	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,007	306.00	306.00
52	1050–1100	1,077	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	629	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	450.00	450.00
12	500–550	539	415.00–435.00	428.59
11	600–650	622	377.00–388.00	380.08
17	650–700	679	364.00–368.00	365.37
23	700–750	744	354.00–365.00	361.36
29	750–800	785	327.00–347.00	341.70
29	800–850	804	335.00–348.50	346.14
76	850–900	888	315.00–325.50	323.68
48	900–950	916	316.00–318.50	317.77
9	950–1000	951	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	641	377.00–397.00	388.10
13	700–750	713	366.00	366.00
6	750–800	775	343.00	343.00

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.