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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Apr 2

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

3,525 head

▲ 245 vs last sale 3,280▼ 48 vs year ago 3,573 · −1.3%

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 over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves, not enough for market test. Several reputation heifers sold as replacement and several lots of off wheat calves contributed to fleshy condition. Good demand for 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 $497.41/cwt on 298 head, down $12.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 29 comparable sales and sits +60.70 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$497.41

▼ 12.89 vs prior sale

298 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$13.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs KS average

+14.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	500.33	2,733	232
Medium and Large 1-2	540	487.16	2,629	66

One grade step is worth $13.17/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale298 hd

497.41

—

KS average3 barns · 390 hd

492.61

+4.80

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+14.23

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+60.70

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

85 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,875	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,357	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	665.97/cwt	660.00–670.00	2,437	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,306	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	376	707.50/cwt	707.50–707.50	2,660	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	402	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,452	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	621.78/cwt	617.00–625.00	2,599	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	589.33/cwt	580.00–602.50	2,528	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,690	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	555.86/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,668	111
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,550	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,616	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	530.88/cwt	518.00–540.00	2,745	58
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	510.88/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,682	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	507.24/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,709	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	553	500.26/cwt	490.00–502.50	2,766	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	504.91/cwt	500.00–506.00	2,817	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	475.25/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,699	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	465.66/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,678	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,268	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,837	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	468.94/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,875	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	448.77/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,773	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	666	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,917	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	378.38/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,528	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	419.38/cwt	416.00–423.00	2,839	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	705	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,933	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	707	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,948	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	714	413.61/cwt	411.00–416.00	2,953	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	389.49/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,871	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	388.21/cwt	384.00–390.00	2,962	80
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,728	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	373.92/cwt	364.00–379.50	3,077	254
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	351.62/cwt	346.75–360.00	3,077	236
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	343.30/cwt	334.00–347.00	3,200	434
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,312	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers46 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	587.66/cwt	585.00–590.00	1,704	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,958	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,001	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	357	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,088	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,268	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	499.00/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,066	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	530.26/cwt	520.00–537.50	2,264	59
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	433	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,382	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,141	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,984	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	533.59/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,439	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	472.26/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,210	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	508.31/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,425	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	482.18/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,348	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	432.31/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,166	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,277	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,437	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	444.53/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,316	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	445.59/cwt	436.00–455.00	2,491	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	413.50/cwt	407.50–428.00	2,390	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	442.21/cwt	432.00–452.50	2,583	191
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,753	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,280	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,627	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	401.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,451	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,500	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	392.60/cwt	391.00–393.00	2,568	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	367.28/cwt	357.00–374.00	2,538	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	715	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,728	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	355.27/cwt	348.00–364.00	2,604	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,484	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	764	346.65/cwt	339.00–356.00	2,648	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	349.47/cwt	339.00–358.00	2,673	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,644	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	338.89/cwt	338.50–339.00	2,755	86
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,631	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	865	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,872	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,911	26
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	980	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,940	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,818	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	301.78/cwt	300.00–304.00	2,966	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,899	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	273.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,935	13
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,140	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,987	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,481	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	4
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,950	4

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 Apr 2, 2026

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

Receipts 3,525Last week 3,280Year ago 3,573

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	710.00	710.00
15	350–400	366	660.00–670.00	665.97
75	400–450	429	580.00–602.50	589.33
111	450–500	480	540.00–565.00	555.86
58	500–550	517	518.00–540.00	530.88
60	550–600	568	470.00–490.00	475.25
70	600–650	618	435.00–460.00	448.77
36	650–700	677	416.00–423.00	419.38
30	700–750	737	386.00–400.00	389.49
80	750–800	763	384.00–390.00	388.21
254	800–850	823	364.00–379.50	373.92
236	850–900	875	346.75–360.00	351.62
434	900–950	932	334.00–347.00	343.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	250	750.00	750.00
4	400–450	402	610.00	610.00
21	500–550	525	500.00–515.00	510.88
17	550–600	553	490.00–502.50	500.26
15	600–650	601	472.00	472.00
11	700–750	705	416.00	416.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	707.50	707.50
31	400–450	418	617.00–625.00	621.78
27	450–500	456	590.00	590.00
40	550–600	558	500.00–506.00	504.91
15	600–650	613	465.00–475.00	468.94
22	650–700	666	438.00	438.00
31	700–750	714	411.00–416.00	413.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	513	510.00	510.00
23	550–600	575	460.00–470.00	465.66
8	700–750	707	417.00	417.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	375	615.00	615.00
48	500–550	534	500.00–510.00	507.24
11	550–600	589	385.00	385.00
21	650–700	668	375.00–385.00	378.38
9	750–800	775	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,016	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	500	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	580.00	580.00
10	350–400	357	585.00	585.00
5	400–450	437	490.00	490.00
11	450–500	468	470.00–475.00	472.26
5	500–550	506	450.00	450.00
26	550–600	559	436.00–455.00	445.59
9	650–700	651	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	405	560.00	560.00
21	450–500	457	530.00–535.00	533.59
24	500–550	513	475.00	475.00
8	550–600	592	465.00	465.00
8	600–650	611	430.00	430.00
30	650–700	654	391.00–393.00	392.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,028	282.00	282.00
13	1050–1100	1,072	270.00–280.00	273.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,140	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	290	585.00–590.00	587.66
7	300–350	345	540.00	540.00
15	400–450	414	490.00–505.00	499.00
59	450–500	487	480.00–487.50	482.18
13	500–550	501	430.00–435.00	432.31
48	550–600	578	407.50–428.00	413.50
6	600–650	600	380.00	380.00
4	700–750	735	338.00	338.00
4	750–800	787	336.00	336.00
6	800–850	838	314.00	314.00
5	950–1000	980	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	610.00	610.00
14	350–400	380	550.00	550.00
59	400–450	427	520.00–537.50	530.26
45	450–500	477	500.00–520.00	508.31
120	500–550	521	432.50–455.00	444.53
191	550–600	584	432.00–452.50	442.21
50	600–650	611	390.00–410.00	401.09
15	650–700	691	357.00–374.00	367.28
56	700–750	733	348.00–364.00	355.27
26	750–800	765	339.00–358.00	349.47
86	800–850	813	338.50–339.00	338.89
26	850–900	893	326.00	326.00
9	950–1000	983	300.00–304.00	301.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	700–750	715	381.50	381.50
11	750–800	764	339.00–356.00	346.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	850–900	865	332.00	332.00
6	950–1000	980	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	577	430.00	430.00
4	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
4	1000–1050	1,035	285.00	285.00

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.