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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Dec 18

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,894 head

▼ 1,419 vs last sale 4,313▲ 131 vs year ago 2,763 · +4.7%

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 for the last sale of the year. Steer calves sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 6.00 higher, while feeders 750 to 900 lbs sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10 higher. Steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers also sold uneven with calves selling 8.00 lower to 8.00 higher and feeders selling 7.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Receipts were moderate with good demand. The first sale next year will be a special weaned and vaccinated sale on January 6th.

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 $446.54/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 16 of 29 comparable sales and sits +9.84 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$446.54

220 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$61.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs KS average

+2.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	456.56	2,580	134
Medium and Large 1-2	561	433.64	2,434	80
Medium and Large 2	563	395.00	2,224	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.56/cwt here — about $356 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 sale220 hd

446.54

—

KS average3 barns · 447 hd

452.46

−5.92

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+2.44

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+9.84

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

78 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	289	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,618	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	505.26/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,657	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,670	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	360	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,070	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	512.27/cwt	502.50–530.00	1,895	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	522.48/cwt	520.00–524.00	2,257	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	433	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,327	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	468.32/cwt	465.00–472.00	2,047	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	460	548.00/cwt	548.00–548.00	2,521	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	525.61/cwt	525.00–526.00	2,470	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	489.80/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,576	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	445.52/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,392	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,224	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	456.46/cwt	437.00–460.00	2,574	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	448.22/cwt	439.00–455.00	2,577	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	589	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,686	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	430.78/cwt	412.00–435.00	2,546	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,438	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	412.70/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,571	68
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	390.62/cwt	385.00–392.00	2,480	71
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	666	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,667	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	392.90/cwt	384.00–399.00	2,652	145
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	349.56/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,374	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	373.53/cwt	358.00–382.00	2,678	75
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	350.60/cwt	337.50–353.00	2,552	74
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	334.91/cwt	322.00–337.00	2,579	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	355.54/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,752	94
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	321.37/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,606	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	349.63/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,846	168
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	335.43/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,935	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,878	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	308.85/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,780	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	331.41/cwt	323.00–335.50	3,072	202
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	955	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,961	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	327.28/cwt	325.00–327.50	3,135	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,508	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,725	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	521.47/cwt	517.50–530.00	1,945	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,974	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	492.47/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,054	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	448.23/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,941	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	463.62/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,040	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,051	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	455.50/cwt	435.00–461.00	2,114	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	466	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,167	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	425.20/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,028	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	416.73/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,154	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	401.80/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,081	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,018	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	385.94/cwt	372.00–393.00	2,204	84
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	355.48/cwt	348.00–369.00	2,072	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	354.89/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,090	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	361.00/cwt	347.00–369.00	2,245	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	339.67/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,164	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	348.09/cwt	342.00–353.00	2,343	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,146	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	333.47/cwt	326.00–337.50	2,264	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	709	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,528	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	310.09/cwt	303.00–321.00	2,239	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,401	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,197	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	327.05/cwt	317.00–329.00	2,522	130
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,581	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,650	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	317.61/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,738	70
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,332	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,764	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,263	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,503	4

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,894Last week 4,313Year ago 2,763

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	562	415.00	415.00
8	650–700	690	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
3	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
4	900–950	927	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	500.00–510.00	505.26
8	350–400	370	502.50–530.00	512.27
10	400–450	432	520.00–524.00	522.48
24	450–500	470	525.00–526.00	525.61
20	500–550	526	480.00–500.00	489.80
55	550–600	575	439.00–455.00	448.22
68	600–650	623	400.00–424.00	412.70
145	650–700	675	384.00–399.00	392.90
75	700–750	717	358.00–382.00	373.53
94	750–800	774	340.00–367.00	355.54
168	800–850	814	336.00–358.00	349.63
60	850–900	875	334.00–338.00	335.43
202	900–950	927	323.00–335.50	331.41
67	950–1000	958	325.00–327.50	327.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
7	550–600	575	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	560.00	560.00
3	300–350	348	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
6	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
27	550–600	564	437.00–460.00	456.46
8	600–650	611	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	433	537.50	537.50
5	450–500	460	548.00	548.00
26	550–600	589	456.00	456.00
31	650–700	666	400.50	400.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	437	465.00–472.00	468.32
42	500–550	537	440.00–457.00	445.52
31	550–600	591	412.00–435.00	430.78
71	600–650	635	385.00–392.00	390.62
22	650–700	679	345.00–358.00	349.56
74	700–750	728	337.50–353.00	350.60
45	750–800	770	322.00–337.00	334.91
11	800–850	811	320.00–322.50	321.37
6	850–900	880	327.00	327.00
33	900–950	900	308.00–312.00	308.85
9	950–1000	955	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	530.00	530.00
4	350–400	360	575.00	575.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	490.00	490.00
11	400–450	440	460.00–470.00	463.62
28	450–500	477	419.00–430.00	425.20
7	500–550	527	383.00	383.00
22	550–600	583	348.00–369.00	355.48
21	600–650	637	335.00–342.00	339.67
13	650–700	679	326.00–337.50	333.47
27	700–750	722	303.00–321.00	310.09
5	750–800	751	292.50	292.50
12	850–900	852	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	709	356.50	356.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	520.00	520.00
8	300–350	335	490.00	490.00
9	350–400	373	517.50–530.00	521.47
14	400–450	417	490.00–495.00	492.47
29	450–500	464	435.00–461.00	455.50
53	500–550	517	410.00–427.50	416.73
84	550–600	571	372.00–393.00	385.94
68	600–650	622	347.00–369.00	361.00
72	650–700	673	342.00–353.00	348.09
8	700–750	733	327.50	327.50
130	750–800	771	317.00–329.00	327.05
64	800–850	822	314.00	314.00
70	850–900	862	317.50–320.00	317.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	510.00	510.00
16	400–450	433	445.00–450.00	448.23
8	450–500	461	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	518	397.00–410.00	401.80
14	550–600	589	352.00–357.00	354.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	466	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
3	650–700	676	317.50	317.50

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.