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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 7

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Receipts

2,080 head

▼ 767 vs last sale 2,847▲ 429 vs year ago 1,651 · +26.0%

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 5.00 to 10.00 lower, while heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a heavy supply of mostly grass-weight cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $450.08/cwt on 137 head, down $0.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +50.86 against this barn's trailing median of $399.23.

Average price

$450.08

▼ 0.76 vs prior sale

137 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$67.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.51

vs KS average

+22.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	452.04	2,577	133
Medium and Large 1-2	592	385.00	2,279	4thin

One grade step is worth $67.04/cwt here — about $298 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 sale137 hd

450.08

—

KS average3 barns · 758 hd

434.57

+15.51

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

+22.18

This barn, trailing median29 sales

399.23

+50.86

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.10, low $346.17, median $399.23 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,596	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	301	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,957	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,574	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	574.10/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,486	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,588	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,690	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	549.18/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,675	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	518.22/cwt	505.00–527.00	2,814	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	472.46/cwt	460.00–477.00	2,788	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	449.65/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,801	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	424.58/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,896	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,943	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	369.06/cwt	364.00–376.00	2,868	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,763	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	354.18/cwt	340.00–364.00	2,926	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	347.42/cwt	337.50–360.00	3,050	153
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	919	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,217	90
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	339.90/cwt	330.00–341.50	3,141	72
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	328.46/cwt	325.00–330.00	3,196	85
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,276	26
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,050	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,678	5
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,135	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,428	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	574.85/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,483	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	606.21/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,922	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,123	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	530.30/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,264	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,261	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	505.16/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,420	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	468.13/cwt	455.00–477.50	2,504	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,670	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,279	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	440.24/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,615	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	437.27/cwt	432.00–439.00	2,659	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,553	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	413.04/cwt	406.00–418.00	2,668	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	379.89/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,568	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,353	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	376.98/cwt	362.50–379.25	2,699	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	344.53/cwt	338.25–359.00	2,705	293
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	335.40/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,760	79
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	331.31/cwt	321.00–337.50	2,879	166
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	319.41/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,932	24
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,590	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	287.99/cwt	284.00–289.00	3,018	69
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	3,025	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,350	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	448.64/cwt	408.00–460.00	2,526	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,500	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	652	418.50/cwt	418.50–418.50	2,729	11
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,555	2

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 May 7, 2026

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

Receipts 2,080Last week 2,847Year ago 1,651

Compared to last week, steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, while heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a heavy supply of mostly grass-weight cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	560.00	560.00
3	300–350	301	650.00	650.00
4	350–400	387	665.00	665.00
7	400–450	433	570.00–580.00	574.10
35	450–500	487	545.00–555.00	549.18
34	500–550	543	505.00–527.00	518.22
33	550–600	590	460.00–477.00	472.46
76	600–650	623	445.00–470.00	449.65
37	650–700	682	415.00–435.00	424.58
23	700–750	747	394.00	394.00
17	750–800	777	364.00–376.00	369.06
5	800–850	826	340.00–364.00	354.18
153	850–900	878	337.50–360.00	347.42
72	900–950	924	330.00–341.50	339.90
85	950–1000	973	325.00–330.00	328.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	820	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1000–1050	1,005	326.00	326.00
5	1050–1100	1,050	255.00	255.00
2	1100–1150	1,135	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	472	570.00	570.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	456	567.50	567.50
90	900–950	919	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	570.00–580.00	574.85
5	300–350	317	600.00–610.00	606.21
10	350–400	366	580.00	580.00
38	400–450	427	510.00–535.00	530.30
44	450–500	479	500.00–510.00	505.16
52	500–550	535	455.00–477.50	468.13
77	550–600	594	440.00–450.00	440.24
53	600–650	646	406.00–418.00	413.04
55	650–700	676	370.00–389.00	379.89
50	700–750	716	362.50–379.25	376.98
293	750–800	785	338.25–359.00	344.53
79	800–850	823	322.50–340.00	335.40
166	850–900	869	321.00–337.50	331.31
24	900–950	918	319.00–320.00	319.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	471	480.00	480.00
4	550–600	592	385.00	385.00
10	600–650	635	402.00	402.00
5	650–700	680	346.00	346.00
5	900–950	925	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	470.00	470.00
8	600–650	608	432.00–439.00	437.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	1000–1050	1,048	284.00–289.00	287.99
21	1050–1100	1,092	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	500.00	500.00
5	550–600	563	408.00–460.00	448.64
3	600–650	621	402.50	402.50
2	750–800	757	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	652	418.50	418.50

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.