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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 5

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,267 head

▼ 1,402 vs last sale 3,669▼ 519 vs year ago 2,786 · −18.6%

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 650 lbs to 850 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, under 650 lbs and over 850 lbs sold steady to weak. Heifers 550 lbs to 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 14.00 higher, under 550 lbs and over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. 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 $489.62/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +52.92 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$489.62

106 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$62.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.08

vs KS average

+14.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	505.79	2,785	59
Medium and Large 1-2	537	478.17	2,568	35
Medium and Large 2	567	443.54	2,516	12thin

One grade step is worth $62.24/cwt here — about $270 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 sale106 hd

489.62

—

KS average3 barns · 174 hd

489.70

−0.08

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+14.06

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+52.92

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

51 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,223	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,466	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,399	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,623	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,658	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	507.21/cwt	506.00–508.00	2,572	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,745	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,630	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,549	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	496.19/cwt	494.00–498.00	2,818	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	447.43/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,546	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,476	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	458.95/cwt	458.00–460.00	2,878	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,987	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,903	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	426.50/cwt	426.50–426.50	2,909	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	414.49/cwt	407.00–420.00	2,951	151
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	379.52/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,793	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,760	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	378.40/cwt	369.50–383.00	2,978	106
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,788	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	364.45/cwt	358.25–373.50	3,007	238
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,796	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	348.84/cwt	337.00–352.00	3,066	116
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	880	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	3,205	35
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	332.48/cwt	313.00–337.00	3,052	101
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,143	10
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,165	14
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,226	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,903	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,076	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,389	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,251	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,275	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,450	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	462.88/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,472	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,371	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,422	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	432.22/cwt	423.00–445.00	2,464	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	406.75/cwt	405.00–409.00	2,485	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	387.28/cwt	381.00–392.00	2,521	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	729	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,632	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	339.47/cwt	332.00–350.00	2,475	81
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	802	344.16/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,760	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,572	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	323.27/cwt	318.00–328.50	2,693	202
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	320.78/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,849	120
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,967	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	307.89/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,980	54

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 Mar 5, 2026

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Receipts 2,267Last week 3,669Year ago 2,786

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	455	525.00	525.00
34	700–750	729	361.00	361.00
15	800–850	802	342.50–345.00	344.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	405	512.50	512.50
11	450–500	457	492.50	492.50
69	500–550	534	445.00–470.00	462.88
41	550–600	570	423.00–445.00	432.22
21	600–650	611	405.00–409.00	406.75
35	650–700	651	381.00–392.00	387.28
81	700–750	729	332.00–350.00	339.47
202	800–850	833	318.00–328.50	323.27
120	850–900	888	315.00–322.00	320.78
62	900–950	930	319.00	319.00
54	950–1000	968	305.00–311.00	307.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	580.00	580.00
16	450–500	460	480.00	480.00
9	550–600	562	431.00	431.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	503	487.00	487.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	520.00	520.00
6	450–500	469	485.00	485.00
18	500–550	542	437.50	437.50
12	800–850	823	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	570.00	570.00
5	400–450	418	590.00	590.00
8	450–500	476	551.00	551.00
14	500–550	513	535.00	535.00
39	550–600	568	494.00–498.00	496.19
25	600–650	627	458.00–460.00	458.95
17	650–700	653	457.50	457.50
151	700–750	712	407.00–420.00	414.49
106	750–800	787	369.50–383.00	378.40
238	800–850	825	358.25–373.50	364.45
116	850–900	879	337.00–352.00	348.84
101	900–950	918	313.00–337.00	332.48
10	950–1000	964	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	593	417.50	417.50
11	650–700	679	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	486	547.00	547.00
18	500–550	507	506.00–508.00	507.21
17	550–600	569	446.00–450.00	447.43
14	650–700	682	426.50	426.50
44	700–750	736	365.00–383.00	379.52
27	750–800	784	352.00	352.00
5	800–850	808	345.00	345.00
9	850–900	871	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	468	512.50	512.50
6	500–550	526	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,031	307.00	307.00
26	1050–1100	1,063	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	880	364.25	364.25

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.