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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 4

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Receipts

1,640 head

▼ 1,212 vs last sale 2,852▲ 390 vs year ago 1,250 · +31.2%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offering today with good demand. Compared to last week steers over 850 lbs sold mostly 4.00 lower while 750 to 850 lb steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 700 lb heifers sold 2.00 higher while 750 lb heifers sold 5.00 lower.

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 $447.03/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +10.32 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$447.03

78 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$37.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs KS average

+30.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	454.18	2,458	63
Medium and Large 1-2	564	417.00	2,350	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.18/cwt here — about $108 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 sale78 hd

447.03

—

KS average3 barns · 261 hd

445.69

+1.34

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+30.50

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+10.32

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

51 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,208	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,158	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,450	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	486.02/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,503	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	461.87/cwt	442.00–465.00	2,402	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,321	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	459.94/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,599	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,390	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	394.58/cwt	387.00–402.00	2,332	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,395	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	440.07/cwt	437.00–446.00	2,737	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	418.06/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,772	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	376.77/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,562	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	350.10/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,503	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	722	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,632	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	400.02/cwt	396.00–403.00	2,928	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	385.64/cwt	377.00–393.00	2,977	101
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	357.97/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,806	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	364.51/cwt	355.00–381.25	3,000	230
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	343.44/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,847	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	857	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,982	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	350.54/cwt	347.00–357.00	3,092	240
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	344.07/cwt	339.50–349.00	3,190	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,068	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,168	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,941	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,900	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,792	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	403.32/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,097	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,186	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,057	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	399.73/cwt	397.00–402.00	2,286	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	378.01/cwt	376.00–387.00	2,321	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,500	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	330.13/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,245	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,377	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,481	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	357.35/cwt	351.00–364.00	2,573	120
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	742	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,337	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	301.56/cwt	292.00–315.00	2,346	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	341.49/cwt	333.00–357.50	2,688	106
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,776	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	326.33/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,865	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,696	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,898	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,913	12
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,172	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,129	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,032	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,423	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	3

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 Sep 4, 2025

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Receipts 1,640Last week 2,852Year ago 1,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	525.00	525.00
6	450–500	497	487.50	487.50
3	550–600	570	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	522.00	522.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,014	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	495.00	495.00
5	450–500	490	500.00	500.00
9	500–550	515	475.00–500.00	486.02
15	550–600	565	450.00–465.00	459.94
23	600–650	622	437.00–446.00	440.07
20	650–700	663	410.00–419.00	418.06
24	700–750	732	396.00–403.00	400.02
101	750–800	772	377.00–393.00	385.64
230	800–850	823	355.00–381.25	364.51
240	850–900	882	347.00–357.00	350.54
25	900–950	927	339.50–349.00	344.07
5	950–1000	990	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	520	442.00–465.00	461.87
10	550–600	591	387.00–402.00	394.58
3	600–650	611	392.00	392.00
17	700–750	722	364.50	364.50
7	850–900	857	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	546	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	590	405.00	405.00
11	650–700	680	372.00–385.00	376.77
15	700–750	715	347.50–355.00	350.10
75	750–800	784	356.00–371.00	357.97
5	800–850	829	341.00–347.00	343.44
5	900–950	941	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,017	285.00	285.00
12	1050–1100	1,079	270.00	270.00
5	1150–1200	1,172	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	528	414.00	414.00
15	650–700	691	344.00	344.00
5	700–750	742	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	480.00	480.00
9	500–550	520	400.00–405.00	403.32
18	550–600	572	397.00–402.00	399.73
17	600–650	614	376.00–387.00	378.01
23	650–700	672	372.00	372.00
120	700–750	720	351.00–364.00	357.35
106	750–800	787	333.00–357.50	341.49
35	800–850	807	344.00	344.00
13	850–900	878	318.00–330.00	326.33
12	900–950	914	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	491	365.00	365.00
11	550–600	550	374.00	374.00
24	650–700	680	320.00–342.00	330.13
17	700–750	715	347.00	347.00
7	750–800	778	292.00–315.00	301.56

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.