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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
2,726 head
▼ 244 vs last sale 2,970▲ 2,726 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cow sale, Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher while steers under 750 lbs sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances of sharply higher. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.90/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 26 of 29 comparable sales and sits +64.19 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.
Average price
$500.90
162 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs KS average
+22.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553508.232,812135
Medium and Large 1-2554464.222,57027
One grade step is worth $44.01/cwt here — about $242 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 sale162 hd
500.90
—
KS average3 barns · 491 hd
497.12
+3.78
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+22.51
This barn, trailing median29 sales
436.71
+64.19
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
529479429378median 436.7103/0504/2307/2309/1010/29
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

48 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464571.66/cwt562.50–585.002,65322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,4398
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy505550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,77812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508472.83/cwt465.00–482.502,40211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526526.83/cwt525.00–530.002,77127
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567497.78/cwt491.00–507.502,82296
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585458.30/cwt451.00–475.002,68116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623457.42/cwt447.00–470.502,850155
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668424.74/cwt415.00–435.002,837146
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,6398
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712399.83/cwt386.00–411.002,84751
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763386.05/cwt372.00–391.502,946163
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779352.93/cwt348.00–361.002,74975
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833359.25/cwt355.00–367.002,993139
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873346.36/cwt329.00–352.503,024206
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927339.12/cwt329.00–343.003,144238
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2971316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,0688
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976331.50/cwt328.00–337.003,23528
Steers1000–1050Large 11,017318.03/cwt306.00–325.503,23434
Steers1050–1100Large 11,085304.50/cwt304.50–304.503,30411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326592.86/cwt585.00–600.001,93316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,0529
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9065
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5526
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422508.54/cwt500.00–516.002,14613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy488513.59/cwt512.00–515.002,50627
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy501552.00/cwt552.00–552.002,7665
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514427.50/cwt422.00–435.002,19714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525527.00/cwt527.00–527.002,7677
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy528506.24/cwt504.00–509.002,67339
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534468.66/cwt460.00–480.002,50339
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned553427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,3615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560423.16/cwt420.00–425.002,37028
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582458.49/cwt450.00–469.002,66856
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,38617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614411.72/cwt396.00–420.002,528133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,3035
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679374.64/cwt365.00–389.002,544100
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729357.79/cwt341.00–365.002,60853
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,5789
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774342.07/cwt336.50–355.502,648117
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809329.02/cwt322.00–332.502,66276
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885320.91/cwt316.00–334.002,840104
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,9408
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,144259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,9638
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4745

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.