Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice cattle today. Compared to last week steers calves 600 to 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold mostly 8.00 higher and heifers over 800 sold 12.00 higher. Good demand with moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.94/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −131.49 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$362.94

210 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$48.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.51

vs KS average

+20.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	367.81	1,986	189
Medium and Large 1-2	574	319.10	1,833	21

One grade step is worth $48.72/cwt here — about $153 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.63, median $494.43 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale210 hd

362.94

—

KS average3 barns · 313 hd

354.43

+8.51

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+20.86

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−131.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	302.77/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,923	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	274.74/cwt	270.00–278.50	2,247	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	524	387.10/cwt	384.00–392.00	2,028	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	272.14/cwt	269.00–273.50	2,109	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	390.81/cwt	387.00–394.00	1,876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	278.84/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,988	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	303.23/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,035	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	256.33/cwt	250.00–258.50	2,392	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	493	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,806	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	274.62/cwt	263.00–281.00	2,392	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	264.26/cwt	258.00–269.00	2,183	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	289.94/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,983	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	356.62/cwt	349.00–366.00	1,894	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,194	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	604	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,042	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,053	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	264.33/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,758	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,818	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,709	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	716	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,912	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	353.33/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	256.24/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,983	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	272.66/cwt	265.00–275.50	1,849	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	261.08/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,906	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	277.73/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,725	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	320.10/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,559	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,891	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	293.93/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,525	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	258.00/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	287.89/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,693	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,033	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	250.74/cwt	242.00–253.00	2,079	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	864	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,458	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	657	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,843	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,832	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	715	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,902	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	281.35/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,189	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	322.64/cwt	321.00–331.00	1,733	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	299.49/cwt	291.00–307.00	2,159	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	905	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,475	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	773	296.75/cwt	296.75–296.75	2,294	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	578	352.59/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,038	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	328.95/cwt	319.00–334.00	1,875	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,037	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	321.86/cwt	314.00–331.00	2,024	67

How this sale compares

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	546	342.00	342.00
13	550–600	592	305.00	305.00
45	600–650	635	297.00–307.00	302.77
32	650–700	684	277.00–296.00	289.94
33	700–750	713	273.00–290.00	278.84
43	750–800	775	269.00–273.50	272.14
9	800–850	826	258.00–269.00	264.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	480	387.00–394.00	390.81
37	500–550	531	349.00–366.00	356.62
31	550–600	570	319.00–334.00	328.95
67	600–650	629	314.00–331.00	321.86
83	650–700	671	300.00–309.00	303.23
125	700–750	721	291.00–307.00	299.49
199	750–800	778	275.00–285.00	281.35
109	800–850	818	270.00–278.50	274.74
145	850–900	871	263.00–281.00	274.62
47	900–950	933	250.00–258.50	256.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	524	384.00–392.00	387.10
6	550–600	553	359.00	359.00
69	600–650	604	338.00	338.00
36	650–700	658	312.00	312.00
17	700–750	710	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	408.00	408.00
60	500–550	507	401.00	401.00
40	550–600	578	351.00–355.00	352.59
18	650–700	657	310.00	310.00
132	750–800	773	296.75	296.75
93	850–900	864	284.50	284.50
60	900–950	905	273.50	273.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	331.00	331.00
15	450–500	487	315.00–329.00	320.10
26	500–550	519	280.00–297.00	293.93
6	550–600	596	277.00	277.00
7	600–650	625	262.00–266.00	264.33
12	650–700	692	257.00–260.00	258.00
18	750–800	775	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	452	378.00	378.00
44	500–550	517	340.00	340.00
9	550–600	559	306.00	306.00
131	600–650	604	301.00	301.00
147	700–750	716	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	347.00–360.00	353.33
51	500–550	537	321.00–331.00	322.64
123	550–600	588	281.00–300.00	287.89
42	600–650	621	273.00–289.00	277.73
44	650–700	678	265.00–275.50	272.66
113	700–750	730	258.00–262.00	261.08
75	750–800	774	252.00–260.00	256.24
195	800–850	829	242.00–253.00	250.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	528	347.00	347.00
32	650–700	657	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	715	266.00	266.00

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.

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