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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 22

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

3,853 head

▲ 354 vs last sale 3,499▲ 828 vs year ago 3,025 · +27.4%

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 last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and 600 lbs to 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 800 lbs sold 6.00 higher and heifers under 800 lbs sold 10.00 lower. 125 heifers weighing 928 lbs sold 338.00 cwt. Good demand for heavy supply.

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 $453.16/cwt on 276 head. That ranks 17 of 29 comparable sales and sits +16.46 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$453.16

276 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

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

$80.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.53

vs KS average

−12.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	466.91	2,613	189
Medium and Large 1-2	548	438.25	2,403	62
Medium and Large 2	574	386.20	2,216	25

One grade step is worth $80.71/cwt here — about $396 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 sale276 hd

453.16

—

KS average3 barns · 518 hd

458.69

−5.53

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−12.17

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+16.46

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

68 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 1Fancy	379	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,255	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	493.75/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,871	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	563.31/cwt	560.00–565.00	2,169	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,971	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,337	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,193	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	515.09/cwt	507.00–527.50	2,349	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	416.65/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,046	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	486.73/cwt	472.50–495.00	2,400	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	508.96/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,682	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	455.34/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,409	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,323	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	451.33/cwt	442.00–463.00	2,573	134
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	572	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,768	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	414.59/cwt	405.00–427.00	2,384	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	593	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,046	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,872	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	412.49/cwt	403.00–420.00	2,557	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	437.38/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,751	157
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,821	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	406.36/cwt	394.00–417.00	2,735	263
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	362.01/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,487	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	692	385.70/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,669	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	359.24/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,590	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	385.92/cwt	375.00–396.00	2,794	232
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	357.22/cwt	347.00–370.00	2,779	187
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,719	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	354.84/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,895	137
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	843	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,832	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	343.44/cwt	335.00–355.50	2,995	273
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,811	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	333.66/cwt	320.00–340.50	3,063	179
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	305.74/cwt	301.00–313.00	2,837	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	326.92/cwt	324.50–330.50	3,194	120
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,066	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	3,129	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,416	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,773	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,879	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,134	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,841	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,371	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	459.52/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,164	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,969	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	459.91/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,355	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	429.50/cwt	426.00–432.50	2,255	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	527	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,765	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	442.51/cwt	434.00–445.00	2,381	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,440	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	567	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,449	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	410.55/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,361	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	376.65/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,177	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	357.69/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,185	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	397.58/cwt	396.00–401.00	2,437	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	378.48/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,373	125
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	346.22/cwt	345.00–347.00	2,306	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,765	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	360.55/cwt	348.00–367.50	2,441	108
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	348.65/cwt	339.00–360.00	2,528	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	330.91/cwt	322.00–340.50	2,548	164
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	315.15/cwt	307.50–324.00	2,597	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	319.08/cwt	312.00–322.00	2,786	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	929	336.74/cwt	332.00–338.00	3,128	158
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	292.94/cwt	292.00–293.50	2,733	24
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,610	12
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,084	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,764	25
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,245	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,639	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

Thu Jan 22, 2026

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

Receipts 3,853Last week 3,499Year ago 3,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	491	407.50–430.00	416.65
7	500–550	534	435.00	435.00
8	550–600	585	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	610	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1050–1100	1,066	293.50	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	379	485.00–510.00	493.75
5	400–450	438	450.00	450.00
41	450–500	493	472.50–495.00	486.73
36	500–550	529	450.00–465.00	455.34
26	550–600	575	405.00–427.00	414.59
62	600–650	620	403.00–420.00	412.49
10	650–700	687	360.00–364.00	362.01
47	700–750	721	350.00–366.00	359.24
10	800–850	814	334.00	334.00
5	850–900	884	318.00	318.00
18	900–950	928	301.00–313.00	305.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	560.00–565.00	563.31
13	400–450	443	495.00	495.00
42	450–500	456	507.00–527.50	515.09
46	500–550	527	505.00–515.00	508.96
134	550–600	570	442.00–463.00	451.33
157	600–650	629	425.00–450.00	437.38
263	650–700	673	394.00–417.00	406.36
232	700–750	724	375.00–396.00	385.92
187	750–800	778	347.00–370.00	357.22
137	800–850	816	345.00–361.00	354.84
273	850–900	872	335.00–355.50	343.44
179	900–950	918	320.00–340.50	333.66
120	950–1000	977	324.50–330.50	326.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	692	385.00–387.00	385.70
9	800–850	843	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	595.00	595.00
9	400–450	441	530.00	530.00
9	550–600	572	484.00	484.00
9	600–650	611	470.00	470.00
10	650–700	656	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1050–1100	1,084	255.00	255.00
8	1200–1250	1,245	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	456	520.00	520.00
8	500–550	512	455.00–465.00	459.91
9	550–600	552	442.00	442.00
41	600–650	613	396.00–401.00	397.58
158	900–950	929	332.00–338.00	336.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	508	387.50	387.50
5	650–700	666	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	400.00	400.00
9	400–450	437	430.00	430.00
26	500–550	525	426.00–432.50	429.50
12	550–600	578	370.00–383.00	376.65
22	600–650	611	355.00–361.00	357.69
22	650–700	666	345.00–347.00	346.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	450.00	450.00
6	400–450	440	485.00	485.00
28	450–500	471	455.00–470.00	459.52
45	500–550	538	434.00–445.00	442.51
120	550–600	575	400.00–422.00	410.55
125	600–650	627	365.00–388.00	378.48
108	650–700	677	348.00–367.50	360.55
53	700–750	725	339.00–360.00	348.65
164	750–800	770	322.00–340.50	330.91
40	800–850	824	307.50–324.00	315.15
21	850–900	873	312.00–322.00	319.08
24	900–950	933	292.00–293.50	292.94
12	950–1000	974	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	567	432.00	432.00

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.