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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 19

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Receipts

2,886 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 2,726▲ 2,886 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher across all weights. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and under 600 lbs had instances of sharply higher. 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 $509.33/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +72.63 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$509.33

115 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$73.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.24

vs KS average

+21.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	528.01	2,947	61
Medium and Large 1-2	551	497.72	2,741	42
Medium and Large 2	576	455.00	2,621	12thin

One grade step is worth $73.01/cwt here — about $326 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 sale115 hd

509.33

—

KS average3 barns · 436 hd

497.09

+12.24

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+21.98

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+72.63

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

62 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,883	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,067	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,401	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,418	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	627.00/cwt	627.00–627.00	2,552	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	601.82/cwt	600.00–605.00	2,486	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,461	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	566.95/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,710	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	546.71/cwt	544.00–550.00	2,854	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,693	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	523.90/cwt	519.00–530.00	2,965	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,621	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	478.71/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,781	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	480.47/cwt	477.00–492.50	2,950	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	446.06/cwt	432.50–454.00	2,801	75
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	669	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	3,017	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	430.10/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,916	61
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	709	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,524	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	414.38/cwt	404.00–428.00	2,955	108
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,841	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	381.24/cwt	367.50–389.00	2,932	104
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	350.53/cwt	347.00–354.00	2,724	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	368.42/cwt	357.00–375.00	3,036	128
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	355.88/cwt	342.00–366.00	3,096	390
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	338.60/cwt	338.00–340.00	3,186	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	331.32/cwt	320.00–343.00	3,224	145
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,177	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	3,061	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	276	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,849	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	596.98/cwt	585.00–610.00	1,928	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	351	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,176	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	590.63/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,126	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,142	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	567.00/cwt	567.00–567.00	2,387	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	541.28/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,295	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,858	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	505.46/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,421	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,588	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	459.96/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,387	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	437.47/cwt	432.00–440.00	2,362	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,785	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	566	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,575	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,370	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	418.47/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,431	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	584	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,380	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	612	435.18/cwt	435.00–436.00	2,663	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	409.51/cwt	395.00–418.00	2,551	106
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	629	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,931	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,500	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	380.88/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,594	62
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	366.87/cwt	355.00–378.00	2,619	121
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	721	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,999	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	771	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,806	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	336.55/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,598	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	340.92/cwt	329.00–347.00	2,772	127
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,589	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	332.35/cwt	332.00–333.00	2,878	26
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	306.39/cwt	303.00–313.00	2,782	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,050	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,122	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,693	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,481	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,826	5

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 2,886Last week 2,726Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	292	645.00	645.00
5	300–350	323	640.00	640.00
18	350–400	361	665.00	665.00
16	400–450	413	600.00–605.00	601.82
50	450–500	478	550.00–575.00	566.95
11	500–550	522	544.00–550.00	546.71
50	550–600	566	519.00–530.00	523.90
44	600–650	614	477.00–492.50	480.47
61	650–700	678	420.00–446.00	430.10
108	700–750	713	404.00–428.00	414.38
104	750–800	769	367.50–389.00	381.24
128	800–850	824	357.00–375.00	368.42
390	850–900	870	342.00–366.00	355.88
87	900–950	941	338.00–340.00	338.60
145	950–1000	973	320.00–343.00	331.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	620.00	620.00
57	400–450	428	575.00	575.00
22	500–550	523	515.00	515.00
20	550–600	581	470.00–490.00	478.71
75	600–650	628	432.50–454.00	446.06
10	700–750	736	386.00	386.00
16	750–800	777	347.00–354.00	350.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,015	313.00	313.00
10	1050–1100	1,076	284.50	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	576	455.00	455.00
10	700–750	709	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	627.00	627.00
31	650–700	669	451.00	451.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	566	455.00	455.00
24	600–650	612	435.00–436.00	435.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	620.00	620.00
45	400–450	421	567.00	567.00
20	450–500	470	608.00	608.00
5	500–550	515	502.50	502.50
34	550–600	557	500.00	500.00
31	600–650	629	466.00	466.00
45	700–750	721	416.00	416.00
28	750–800	771	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	510.00	510.00
49	500–550	540	432.00–440.00	437.47
5	600–650	641	390.00	390.00
6	800–850	838	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,010	302.00	302.00
12	1100–1150	1,122	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	670.00	670.00
8	300–350	323	585.00–610.00	596.98
48	350–400	360	575.00–600.00	590.63
16	400–450	424	535.00–555.00	541.28
65	450–500	479	490.00–515.00	505.46
41	500–550	519	450.00–470.00	459.96
27	550–600	581	410.00–430.00	418.47
106	600–650	623	395.00–418.00	409.51
62	650–700	681	365.00–390.00	380.88
121	700–750	714	355.00–378.00	366.87
40	750–800	772	331.00–348.00	336.55
127	800–850	813	329.00–347.00	340.92
26	850–900	866	332.00–333.00	332.35
12	900–950	908	303.00–313.00	306.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	605.00	605.00
5	600–650	635	445.00	445.00

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.