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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 5

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 12 →

Receipts

2,970 head

▲ 2,439 vs last sale 531▲ 1,140 vs year ago 1,830 · +62.3%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, February 17, 2026*

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher across all weights, several instances of sharply higher. Quality attractive with several fancy drafts. Very good demand for moderate to 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 $494.43/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 21 of 29 comparable sales and sits +57.72 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$494.43

155 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$51.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.95

vs KS average

+11.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	498.05	2,771	144
Medium and Large 1-2	561	447.00	2,508	11thin

One grade step is worth $51.05/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale155 hd

494.43

—

KS average4 barns · 761 hd

484.48

+9.95

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+11.40

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+57.72

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

54 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,336	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	376	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,200	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,314	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	596.59/cwt	588.00–600.00	2,524	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	551.05/cwt	550.00–552.50	2,590	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,365	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,760	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	508.01/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,677	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	509.32/cwt	506.00–512.00	2,822	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,508	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	488.39/cwt	481.00–497.00	2,803	87
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,856	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	438.41/cwt	430.00–452.00	2,657	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	449.62/cwt	442.50–459.00	2,770	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	406.13/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,567	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,930	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	427.87/cwt	416.00–439.00	2,845	105
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	385.18/cwt	371.00–396.00	2,646	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	709	400.56/cwt	398.00–402.00	2,840	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	326.67/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,368	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	365.80/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,692	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	339.54/cwt	322.00–341.25	2,581	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	377.60/cwt	363.00–386.00	2,892	162
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	363.25/cwt	353.00–369.00	2,979	112
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	344.65/cwt	328.00–355.50	2,998	382
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	339.58/cwt	334.50–347.00	3,111	157
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	328.01/cwt	325.00–330.50	3,172	115
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,091	272.75/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,976	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,001	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	504.31/cwt	490.00–507.00	2,209	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,257	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,680	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,219	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	476.19/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,352	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,391	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	483.08/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,498	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,090	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	443.52/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,377	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	577	462.52/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,669	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	426.09/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,463	113
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,547	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	400.25/cwt	387.50–414.00	2,474	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,517	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,895	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	384.50/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,568	62
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	365.83/cwt	355.00–379.00	2,630	117
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	732	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,844	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,495	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	748	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,618	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	348.94/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,704	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,503	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	327.23/cwt	323.00–330.25	2,680	216
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	323.33/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,761	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,853	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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Receipts 2,970Last week 531Year ago 1,830

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, February 17, 2026*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	660.00	660.00
14	400–450	423	588.00–600.00	596.59
14	450–500	470	550.00–552.50	551.05
39	500–550	527	505.00–515.00	508.01
87	550–600	574	481.00–497.00	488.39
60	600–650	616	442.50–459.00	449.62
105	650–700	665	416.00–439.00	427.87
38	700–750	736	362.00–370.00	365.80
162	750–800	766	363.00–386.00	377.60
112	800–850	820	353.00–369.00	363.25
382	850–900	870	328.00–355.50	344.65
157	900–950	916	334.50–347.00	339.58
115	950–1000	967	325.00–330.50	328.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,091	270.00–280.00	272.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	514	537.00	537.00
9	550–600	554	506.00–512.00	509.32
13	600–650	600	476.00	476.00
16	650–700	660	444.00	444.00
36	700–750	709	398.00–402.00	400.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	415	557.50	557.50
7	450–500	473	500.00	500.00
11	550–600	561	447.00	447.00
13	600–650	606	430.00–452.00	438.41
21	650–700	687	371.00–396.00	385.18
9	700–750	725	325.00–330.00	326.67
56	750–800	760	322.00–341.25	339.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	632	405.00–410.00	406.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	585.00	585.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	456	495.00	495.00
32	500–550	517	480.00–485.00	483.08
99	550–600	577	455.00–465.00	462.52
14	600–650	605	421.00	421.00
57	650–700	667	434.00	434.00
25	700–750	732	388.50	388.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	512	467.00	467.00
5	700–750	748	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	351	570.00	570.00
29	400–450	438	490.00–507.00	504.31
56	450–500	494	465.00–485.00	476.19
34	500–550	536	430.00–455.00	443.52
113	550–600	578	415.00–437.50	426.09
61	600–650	618	387.50–414.00	400.25
62	650–700	668	371.00–394.00	384.50
117	700–750	719	355.00–379.00	365.83
53	750–800	775	345.00–350.00	348.94
216	800–850	819	323.00–330.25	327.23
27	850–900	854	318.00–330.00	323.33
8	900–950	903	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	487	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	493	450.00	450.00
12	500–550	529	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	652	386.00	386.00
5	700–750	747	334.00	334.00
14	750–800	792	316.00	316.00

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.