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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Dec 4

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

2,500 head

▼ 440 vs last sale 2,940▼ 914 vs year ago 3,414 · −26.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold higher, mostly 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Steers over 750 lbs sold uneven from 2.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 800 lbs sold 1.00 lower. The receipts were moderate 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 $451.89/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +15.19 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$451.89

148 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$4.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.84

vs KS average

+22.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	452.51	2,523	128
Medium and Large 1-2	539	447.97	2,415	20

One grade step is worth $4.54/cwt here — about $108 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 sale148 hd

451.89

—

KS average4 barns · 751 hd

444.05

+7.84

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+22.74

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+15.19

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

79 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,096	4
Steers	400–450	Medium 1Unweaned	443	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,060	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,192	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	520.09/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,418	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	504.89/cwt	487.00–515.00	2,459	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	467.36/cwt	457.00–480.00	2,435	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	489.27/cwt	476.00–496.00	2,564	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	456.08/cwt	443.00–470.00	2,445	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,235	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	416.27/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,385	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	425.97/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,509	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	416.74/cwt	404.00–425.00	2,542	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	381.36/cwt	377.00–384.00	2,384	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	412.77/cwt	402.50–417.00	2,588	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,443	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	383.52/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,531	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	390.24/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,630	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	360.54/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,459	15
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	686	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,487	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	695	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,495	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	709	365.26/cwt	362.00–368.00	2,590	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,559	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	372.27/cwt	361.00–379.00	2,710	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	745	342.23/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,550	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,846	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	756	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,703	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	343.56/cwt	336.00–354.00	2,663	52
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	332.55/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,614	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	322.34/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,640	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	336.48/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,766	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	841	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,649	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	342.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	3,010	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	324.91/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,853	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	337.56/cwt	324.00–341.50	3,089	136
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	297.62/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,750	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	327.31/cwt	324.25–335.00	3,165	217
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,065	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,734	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	435.09/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,814	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,048	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	428.28/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,039	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,686	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	497	422.20/cwt	416.00–428.00	2,098	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	518	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,891	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	408.33/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,156	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	390.20/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,064	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	571	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,307	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	390.72/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,243	116
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,209	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	380.48/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,249	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	596	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,158	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,319	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,229	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	356.31/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,273	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,282	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	351.81/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,361	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	677	325.39/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,203	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	316.54/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,235	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	718	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,269	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	325.72/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,342	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	313.91/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,401	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,261	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,285	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	301.95/cwt	292.00–308.50	2,509	218
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	847	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,668	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	293.57/cwt	284.00–301.00	2,557	45
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	885	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,664	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	289.26/cwt	288.50–290.50	2,650	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,870	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	480.29/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,267	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,257	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,250	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	3,067	7

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,500Last week 2,940Year ago 3,414

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	550.00	550.00
15	450–500	465	500.00–525.00	520.09
48	500–550	524	476.00–496.00	489.27
59	550–600	589	407.50–430.00	425.97
45	600–650	627	402.50–417.00	412.77
83	650–700	674	380.00–400.00	390.24
68	700–750	728	361.00–379.00	372.27
52	750–800	775	336.00–354.00	343.56
55	800–850	822	335.00–341.00	336.48
25	850–900	878	340.00–345.00	342.80
136	900–950	915	324.00–341.50	337.56
217	950–1000	967	324.25–335.00	327.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	487	487.00–515.00	504.89
11	500–550	521	457.00–480.00	467.36
10	550–600	573	415.00–417.50	416.27
38	600–650	610	404.00–425.00	416.74
29	650–700	660	370.00–387.00	383.52
30	700–750	709	362.00–368.00	365.26
5	750–800	756	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	750	379.50	379.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	686	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	380.00	380.00
9	650–700	695	359.00	359.00
22	700–750	745	340.00–350.00	342.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	485.00	485.00
17	500–550	536	443.00–470.00	456.08
3	550–600	556	402.00	402.00
18	600–650	625	377.00–384.00	381.36
15	650–700	682	354.00–367.50	360.54
4	700–750	723	354.00	354.00
19	750–800	786	329.00–335.00	332.55
30	800–850	819	320.00–328.00	322.34
25	850–900	878	318.00–329.00	324.91
16	900–950	924	291.00–303.00	297.62
4	950–1000	976	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	841	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	365.00	365.00
12	700–750	716	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
22	400–450	417	432.00–440.00	435.09
27	450–500	497	416.00–428.00	422.20
27	500–550	529	381.00–398.00	390.20
25	550–600	591	369.00–386.00	380.48
8	600–650	604	369.00	369.00
16	650–700	650	351.00	351.00
4	700–750	718	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	571	404.00	404.00
10	600–650	604	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
26	450–500	476	405.00–437.00	428.28
24	500–550	528	404.00–414.00	408.33
116	550–600	574	384.00–400.00	390.72
19	600–650	638	351.00–363.00	356.31
56	650–700	671	351.00–354.00	351.81
32	700–750	719	319.00–340.00	325.72
38	750–800	765	310.00–318.00	313.91
218	800–850	831	292.00–308.50	301.95
45	850–900	871	284.00–301.00	293.57
24	900–950	916	288.50–290.50	289.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	450	455.00	455.00
6	800–850	847	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	496	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	586	377.00	377.00
18	600–650	645	350.00	350.00
13	700–750	706	315.00–317.50	316.54
3	750–800	796	284.00	284.00
7	800–850	813	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	596	362.00	362.00
13	650–700	677	325.00–326.00	325.39
3	800–850	820	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	885	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	639	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	560.00	560.00
13	450–500	472	470.00–490.00	480.29
20	500–550	531	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	592	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	345.00	345.00

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.