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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 14

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Receipts

2,034 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 2,080▼ 438 vs year ago 2,472 · −17.7%

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, feeder steers sold mostly higher 5.00 to 15.00 with the exception of 600 lb steers selling 5.00 lower. Heifers 500 lb to 750 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 750 lb and under 450 lb not enough for market test. Demand was good for a moderate 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 $507.65/cwt on 116 head, up $11.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 29 comparable sales and sits +70.94 against this barn's trailing median of $436.71.

Average price

$507.65

▲ 11.97 vs prior sale

116 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$19.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.97

vs KS average

+33.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	508.96	2,782	108
Medium and Large 1-2	535	489.93	2,621	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale116 hd

507.65

—

KS average3 barns · 299 hd

490.68

+16.97

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+33.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

436.71

+70.94

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	665.71/cwt	665.00–670.00	2,277	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	615.52/cwt	610.00–630.00	2,277	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	552.49/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,442	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	573.06/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,550	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	555.51/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,600	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	533.30/cwt	516.00–540.00	2,842	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	489.93/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,621	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,727	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	502.05/cwt	487.00–508.00	2,781	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	454.88/cwt	442.50–467.50	2,620	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	443.57/cwt	430.00–454.00	2,763	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,830	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,726	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	428.96/cwt	415.00–436.00	2,818	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	402.23/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,908	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,841	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	379.10/cwt	371.00–385.00	2,911	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	373.22/cwt	361.00–373.75	3,154	152
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	352.59/cwt	342.50–354.00	3,092	141
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	342.07/cwt	332.00–346.00	3,154	194
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	326.46/cwt	323.00–328.00	3,212	88
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,090	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,281	4
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,165	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	3,180	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,400	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,881	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,111	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	559.17/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,158	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	559.56/cwt	550.00–563.00	2,272	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	527.44/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,221	70
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	502.74/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,232	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	475	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,470	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	477.24/cwt	474.00–490.00	2,305	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	465.12/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,409	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	447.54/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,376	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,394	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	538	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,642	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	446.59/cwt	438.00–462.50	2,505	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	471.17/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,676	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	429.01/cwt	425.00–431.00	2,531	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	415.61/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,564	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,583	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,654	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,416	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	375.63/cwt	367.50–382.50	2,562	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	367.32/cwt	363.25–381.00	2,674	189
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,739	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	336.13/cwt	324.00–348.00	2,719	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	332.43/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,899	41
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,096	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,080	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,599	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,760	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 May 14, 2026

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Receipts 2,034Last week 2,080Year ago 2,472

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,096	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	406	550.00–563.00	559.56
9	450–500	475	520.00	520.00
9	500–550	538	491.00	491.00
20	550–600	568	470.00–472.00	471.17
18	650–700	654	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	560.00	560.00
11	300–350	349	605.00	605.00
4	350–400	386	540.00–565.00	559.17
70	400–450	421	520.00–540.00	527.44
90	450–500	483	474.00–490.00	477.24
45	500–550	518	455.00–480.00	465.12
59	550–600	561	438.00–462.50	446.59
53	600–650	617	410.00–425.00	415.61
53	650–700	682	367.50–382.50	375.63
189	700–750	728	363.25–381.00	367.32
9	750–800	787	348.00	348.00
20	800–850	809	324.00–348.00	336.13
41	850–900	872	325.00–339.00	332.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	532	450.00	450.00
7	650–700	657	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	555.00	555.00
11	400–450	444	500.00–515.00	502.74
13	500–550	531	445.00–450.00	447.54
12	550–600	590	425.00–431.00	429.01
9	650–700	673	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,090	301.00	301.00
9	1150–1200	1,165	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	554	487.00–508.00	502.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	342	665.00–670.00	665.71
7	350–400	370	610.00–630.00	615.52
54	400–450	445	570.00–595.00	573.06
14	450–500	468	540.00–560.00	555.51
57	500–550	533	516.00–540.00	533.30
20	550–600	576	442.50–467.50	454.88
74	600–650	623	430.00–454.00	443.57
27	650–700	657	415.00–436.00	428.96
93	700–750	723	397.00–410.00	402.23
26	750–800	768	371.00–385.00	379.10
152	800–850	845	361.00–373.75	373.22
141	850–900	877	342.50–354.00	352.59
194	900–950	922	332.00–346.00	342.07
88	950–1000	984	323.00–328.00	326.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	551	495.00	495.00
13	600–650	626	452.00	452.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	550.00–560.00	552.49
8	500–550	535	480.00–500.00	489.93
6	600–650	646	422.00	422.00
14	700–750	738	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	495.00	495.00
3	650–700	665	415.00	415.00

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.