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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Jan 29

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

531 head

▼ 3,322 vs last sale 3,853▼ 3,200 vs year ago 3,731 · −85.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Wean/Vacc Sale, Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Compared to last week, not enough for market test. Short sale due to winter conditions.

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 $485.77/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +49.06 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$485.77

13 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.31

vs KS average

+1.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	485.77	2,598	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

485.77

—

KS average3 barns · 122 hd

470.45

+15.31

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+1.67

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+49.06

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

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	510.78/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,442	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,581	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,680	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	404.00/cwt	398.00–409.00	2,707	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,472	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	703	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,735	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,577	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	353.71/cwt	349.50–360.00	2,596	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	340.36/cwt	336.00–342.50	2,794	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	348.68/cwt	339.00–354.00	3,051	137
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,772	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,091	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,021	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,111	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,392	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,372	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	348.89/cwt	348.00–350.00	2,289	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	322.82/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,273	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	319.26/cwt	314.00–323.00	2,529	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	312.32/cwt	309.00–314.00	2,539	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,690	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,649	20

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 531Last week 3,853Year ago 3,731

Special Wean/Vacc Sale, Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Compared to last week, not enough for market test. Short sale due to winter conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	477	442.50	442.50
10	600–650	618	387.00	387.00
9	650–700	656	348.00–350.00	348.89
15	700–750	704	320.00–327.00	322.82
12	750–800	792	314.00–323.00	319.26
9	800–850	813	309.00–314.00	312.32
3	900–950	912	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,039	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	648	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	510.00–512.50	510.78
8	500–550	511	505.00	505.00
5	550–600	573	455.00	455.00
4	600–650	605	443.00	443.00
31	650–700	670	398.00–409.00	404.00
23	700–750	734	349.50–360.00	353.71
19	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
42	800–850	821	336.00–342.50	340.36
137	850–900	875	339.00–354.00	348.68
24	950–1000	997	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	682	362.50	362.50
15	700–750	732	352.00	352.00
3	850–900	880	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	389.00	389.00

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.