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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Apr 30

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

2,847 head

▲ 301 vs last sale 2,546▲ 379 vs year ago 2,468 · +15.4%

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 and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with spots up to 20.00 higher. There was an increased supply of yearlings over 800 lbs. Demand was very good for a good supply.

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 $450.84/cwt on 211 head, up $12.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +51.61 against this barn's trailing median of $399.23.

Average price

$450.84

▲ 12.95 vs prior sale

211 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$17.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.40

vs KS average

+26.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	453.45	2,511	179
Medium and Large 1-2	546	436.24	2,381	32

One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $129 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 sale211 hd

450.84

—

KS average3 barns · 357 hd

440.44

+10.40

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+26.77

This barn, trailing median29 sales

399.23

+51.61

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

70 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 1	266	702.50/cwt	702.50–702.50	1,869	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,149	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,244	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	356	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,385	30
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,227	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	638.41/cwt	635.00–640.00	2,528	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,279	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,482	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,654	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,826	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	557.64/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,705	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	460.81/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,359	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	546.22/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,851	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	507.86/cwt	502.00–520.00	2,722	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	521.29/cwt	515.00–526.00	2,919	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	476.47/cwt	465.00–489.00	2,759	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	423.77/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,610	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	459.79/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,860	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	665	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	3,052	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	416.61/cwt	402.00–426.00	2,841	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,796	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,824	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	404.49/cwt	392.00–415.00	2,977	47
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	773	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	3,154	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	393.06/cwt	376.00–397.50	3,093	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	364.89/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,879	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	355.95/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,972	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	843	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,178	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	860	382.42/cwt	372.50–385.00	3,289	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	368.34/cwt	345.00–370.00	3,175	110
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	342.52/cwt	338.50–344.00	3,055	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	346.51/cwt	330.00–352.25	3,198	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	339.50/cwt	333.25–349.50	3,307	198
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	330.36/cwt	325.00–331.75	3,333	73
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,057	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,393	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,967	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	616.43/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,948	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,890	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	562.54/cwt	547.50–570.00	2,104	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	488.20/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,016	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	525.77/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,261	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	489.26/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,373	121
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	457.14/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,217	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	487	515.71/cwt	512.50–520.00	2,512	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	506.29/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,618	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	470.68/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,523	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	441.28/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,370	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,512	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	433.24/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,474	95
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,429	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,222	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	390.77/cwt	382.00–407.00	2,474	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	386.45/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,593	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,554	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	364.57/cwt	353.00–370.00	2,669	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	349.05/cwt	345.50–357.00	2,723	110
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	343.65/cwt	332.50–349.00	2,832	250
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,775	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,740	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	330.82/cwt	329.50–334.00	2,868	58
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	321.36/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,944	89
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	295.95/cwt	290.00–300.00	3,193	5
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,188	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,053	12
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,212	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,272	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,093	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,727	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,620	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,544	4
Bulls	1200–1250	Large 1	1,238	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,971	3

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 2,847Last week 2,546Year ago 2,468

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with spots up to 20.00 higher. There was an increased supply of yearlings over 800 lbs. Demand was very good for a good supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	266	702.50	702.50
16	300–350	316	680.00	680.00
19	350–400	396	635.00–640.00	638.41
11	400–450	428	580.00	580.00
32	450–500	485	550.00–565.00	557.64
42	500–550	536	502.00–520.00	507.86
27	550–600	579	465.00–489.00	476.47
64	600–650	622	450.00–475.00	459.79
20	650–700	682	402.00–426.00	416.61
47	700–750	736	392.00–415.00	404.49
84	750–800	787	376.00–397.50	393.06
31	800–850	835	350.00–363.00	355.95
110	850–900	862	345.00–370.00	368.34
87	900–950	923	330.00–352.25	346.51
198	950–1000	974	333.25–349.50	339.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	680.00	680.00
11	350–400	365	610.00	610.00
4	400–450	426	535.00	535.00
3	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	512	455.00–465.00	460.81
10	600–650	616	417.50–430.00	423.77
8	650–700	699	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	727	388.50	388.50
10	750–800	789	360.00–367.00	364.89
11	850–900	892	338.50–344.00	342.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	587.50	587.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	1000–1050	1,009	325.00–331.75	330.36
4	1050–1100	1,057	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	356	670.00	670.00
37	400–450	435	610.00	610.00
40	500–550	522	540.00–550.00	546.22
30	550–600	560	515.00–526.00	521.29
30	650–700	665	459.00	459.00
8	750–800	773	408.00	408.00
6	800–850	843	377.00	377.00
69	850–900	860	372.50–385.00	382.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	540.00	540.00
15	400–450	413	487.50–490.00	488.20
7	450–500	485	455.00–460.00	457.14
27	500–550	537	435.00–442.00	441.28
5	550–600	594	409.00	409.00
9	600–650	613	362.50	362.50
9	650–700	683	374.00	374.00
5	800–850	846	328.00	328.00
3	850–900	863	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	690.00	690.00
28	300–350	316	600.00–620.00	616.43
46	350–400	374	547.50–570.00	562.54
63	400–450	430	510.00–535.00	525.77
121	450–500	485	480.00–505.00	489.26
52	500–550	536	450.00–475.00	470.68
95	550–600	571	420.00–445.00	433.24
13	600–650	633	382.00–407.00	390.77
80	650–700	671	375.00–400.00	386.45
74	700–750	732	353.00–370.00	364.57
110	750–800	780	345.50–357.00	349.05
250	800–850	824	332.50–349.00	343.65
58	850–900	867	329.50–334.00	330.82
89	900–950	916	315.00–325.00	321.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,079	290.00–300.00	295.95
12	1150–1200	1,188	257.00	257.00
2	1200–1250	1,212	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	487	512.50–520.00	515.71
19	500–550	517	500.00–515.00	506.29
13	550–600	552	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1200–1250	1,238	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	650.00	650.00
10	550–600	561	467.00	467.00
4	600–650	613	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	487.00	487.00

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.