Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice offering of cattle today. Steers over 800 to 900 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower and steers 600 to 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Light 500 lb steers sold 9.00 higher and 500 lb. heifers sold 18.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. The receipts were heavy with moderate demand. The special cow sale for next Tuesday has been rescheduled for January 28th due to frigid temperatures in the forecast. The next and final weaned and vaccinated sale of the season will be Feb 4th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.57/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −149.09 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$344.57

205 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$32.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs KS average

+2.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	350.75	1,936	153
Medium and Large 1-2	565	328.91	1,857	40
Medium 1	551	318.00	1,752	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.75/cwt here — about $184 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 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 sale205 hd

344.57

—

KS average4 barns · 1,515 hd

346.02

−1.45

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+2.12

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−149.09

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

67 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	450–500	476	399.41/cwt	392.00–405.00	1,901	19
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	551	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,101	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	291.55/cwt	279.00–299.00	2,140	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	261.74/cwt	258.00–268.00	2,191	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	365.69/cwt	361.00–372.00	1,935	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	359.45/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,567	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	337.81/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,932	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,941	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	369.21/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,772	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	318.58/cwt	310.00–329.50	1,988	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	239.39/cwt	237.00–240.00	2,334	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	258.55/cwt	254.50–263.50	2,267	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	296.51/cwt	284.00–308.00	1,895	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	270.87/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,996	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	339.79/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,825	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,287	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,156	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,200	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,940	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	249.68/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,933	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	244.39/cwt	243.50–247.75	2,006	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	306.19/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,745	109
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,097	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,326	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	346.36/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,624	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	278.96/cwt	274.00–288.00	1,741	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,277	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	227.38/cwt	223.00–228.00	2,124	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	239.32/cwt	235.50–248.50	2,118	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	340.10/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,405	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	256.10/cwt	248.50–264.50	1,859	117
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	268.16/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,789	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	321.65/cwt	314.00–331.50	1,669	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,219	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	312.35/cwt	312.00–313.00	1,674	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	286.42/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,696	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	327.87/cwt	321.00–331.00	1,607	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	729	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,242	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	267.62/cwt	250.00–271.50	1,673	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	852	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,271	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	750	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,220	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	954	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,366	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	658	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,592	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	245.28/cwt	244.00–248.00	2,237	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,615	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,466	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,017	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	824	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,229	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	276.17/cwt	269.00–289.00	2,157	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,017	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	300.80/cwt	292.00–310.00	2,012	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	244.63/cwt	242.00–245.00	2,378	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	324.90/cwt	324.00–326.00	1,914	18

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Jan 16, 2025

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

Receipts 4,866Last week 2,931Year ago 1,724

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	415.00	415.00
11	400–450	446	389.00	389.00
19	450–500	476	392.00–405.00	399.41
71	500–550	529	361.00–372.00	365.69
82	550–600	572	330.00–344.00	337.81
151	600–650	624	310.00–329.50	318.58
155	650–700	669	292.00–310.00	300.80
345	700–750	734	279.00–299.00	291.55
251	750–800	781	269.00–289.00	276.17
155	800–850	837	258.00–268.00	261.74
356	850–900	877	254.50–263.50	258.55
8	900–950	928	252.50	252.50
128	950–1000	972	242.00–245.00	244.63
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	551	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	350.00–365.00	359.45
30	450–500	480	355.00–380.00	369.21
18	500–550	537	326.00–345.00	339.79
18	550–600	589	324.00–326.00	324.90
46	600–650	639	284.00–308.00	296.51
4	650–700	667	291.00	291.00
64	700–750	737	267.00–277.00	270.87
13	750–800	793	265.00	265.00
4	800–850	800	253.00	253.00
13	850–900	887	248.00	248.00
21	900–950	912	244.00–248.00	245.28
42	950–1000	975	237.00–240.00	239.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
199	850–900	855	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	298.00	298.00
13	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	445.00	445.00
6	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
10	750–800	758	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	467	415.00	415.00
25	700–750	715	301.50	301.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	604	334.00	334.00
27	700–750	729	307.50	307.50
10	750–800	750	296.00	296.00
64	800–850	824	270.50	270.50
9	850–900	852	266.50	266.50
15	950–1000	954	248.00	248.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,106	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	698	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	330.00	330.00
32	400–450	413	337.00–350.00	340.10
74	450–500	469	340.00–354.00	346.36
167	500–550	519	314.00–331.50	321.65
109	550–600	570	298.00–310.00	306.19
165	600–650	624	274.00–288.00	278.96
304	650–700	667	261.00–276.00	268.16
117	700–750	726	248.50–264.50	256.10
318	750–800	774	244.00–257.00	249.68
186	800–850	821	243.50–247.75	244.39
27	850–900	885	235.50–248.50	239.32
63	900–950	934	223.00–228.00	227.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,097	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	580	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	320.00	320.00
33	450–500	490	321.00–331.00	327.87
25	500–550	536	312.00–313.00	312.35
112	550–600	592	284.00–291.00	286.42
63	600–650	625	250.00–271.50	267.62
10	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
6	750–800	779	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	598	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	658	242.00	242.00

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