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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Sep 11

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Receipts

1,684 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 1,640▼ 1,479 vs year ago 3,163 · −46.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lighter run of cattle this week with good demand. Compared to last week, steers weighing 750 to 900 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 750 to 900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and 700 lb heifers sold 10.00 lower. There will be a special cow sale on September 22nd at 6 PM-lots of pairs coming to town.

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 $418.02/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −18.69 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$418.02

50 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$20.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.50

vs KS average

+4.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	425.99	2,438	31
Medium and Large 1-2	596	405.00	2,414	19thin

One grade step is worth $20.99/cwt here — about $24 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 sale50 hd

418.02

—

KS average3 barns · 165 hd

430.51

−12.50

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+4.50

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

−18.69

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

48 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,002	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,139	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	465.72/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,152	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,217	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,403	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	424.21/cwt	424.00–425.00	2,465	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,380	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,414	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,414	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,688	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,483	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	377.68/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,576	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	382.61/cwt	369.00–387.00	2,766	66
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,545	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	376.71/cwt	366.00–379.50	2,848	107
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,719	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	792	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,748	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	353.62/cwt	351.00–354.50	2,868	39
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	861	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,057	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	346.64/cwt	339.50–350.50	3,026	237
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,986	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	328.53/cwt	326.00–329.50	3,052	59
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	315.26/cwt	314.00–322.00	3,118	65
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,182	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	445.87/cwt	442.00–460.00	1,730	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,914	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,003	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,973	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	384.14/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,044	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	370.87/cwt	367.50–374.00	2,144	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	369.43/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,342	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	637	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,293	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,295	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	359.71/cwt	354.00–364.00	2,396	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,377	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,438	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	346.31/cwt	344.75–349.50	2,507	95
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	741	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,453	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	339.62/cwt	338.50–345.00	2,612	90
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	331.15/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,586	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	820	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,788	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	327.92/cwt	324.50–332.00	2,692	94
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	326.56/cwt	323.50–329.00	2,841	57
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,018	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,904	6
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,125	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,942	22

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 11, 2025

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Receipts 1,684Last week 1,640Year ago 3,163

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
24	800–850	820	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1100–1150	1,125	261.50	261.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	388	442.00–460.00	445.87
3	400–450	430	445.00	445.00
67	450–500	491	408.00	408.00
22	500–550	532	380.00–395.00	384.14
23	550–600	578	367.50–374.00	370.87
14	600–650	634	367.00–374.00	369.43
23	650–700	666	354.00–364.00	359.71
95	700–750	724	344.75–349.50	346.31
90	750–800	769	338.50–345.00	339.62
94	800–850	821	324.50–332.00	327.92
57	850–900	870	323.50–329.00	326.56
3	900–950	946	319.00	319.00
6	950–1000	968	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	637	360.00	360.00
8	700–750	741	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	526	375.00	375.00
18	600–650	641	358.00	358.00
4	650–700	691	344.00	344.00
4	700–750	713	342.00	342.00
7	750–800	781	330.00–332.00	331.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,007	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	550.00	550.00
14	450–500	462	465.00–467.50	465.72
8	500–550	540	445.00	445.00
18	550–600	581	424.00–425.00	424.21
9	600–650	625	430.00	430.00
56	650–700	682	375.00–381.00	377.68
66	700–750	723	369.00–387.00	382.61
107	750–800	756	366.00–379.50	376.71
39	800–850	811	351.00–354.50	353.62
237	850–900	873	339.50–350.50	346.64
59	900–950	929	326.00–329.50	328.53
65	950–1000	989	314.00–322.00	315.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	850–900	861	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	560.00	560.00
4	450–500	496	447.00	447.00
5	550–600	592	402.00	402.00
25	600–650	619	390.00	390.00
30	650–700	664	374.00	374.00
17	700–750	727	350.00	350.00
19	750–800	792	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	596	405.00	405.00
4	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
3	750–800	766	355.00	355.00
4	850–900	898	332.50	332.50

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.