Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today, especially coming off of a big sale last week. Compared to last week steer cattle were mostly 9.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand. The special cow sale that was scheduled for January 21st will now be on January 28th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.80/cwt on 165 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −140.62 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$353.80

165 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$38.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.75

vs KS average

+12.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	362.28	1,973	124
Medium and Large 1-2	559	328.76	1,837	36
Medium 1	552	324.00	1,788	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.28/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale165 hd

353.80

—

KS average3 barns · 240 hd

348.05

+5.75

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+12.86

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−140.62

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

77 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	650–700	686	309.93/cwt	307.00–317.00	2,126	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	347.30/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,007	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	256.49/cwt	251.50–262.00	2,365	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,707	5
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	729	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,034	5
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	418	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	263.85/cwt	255.00–267.00	2,303	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	276.99/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,897	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	400.48/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,758	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	522	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,984	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	256.11/cwt	249.50–263.75	2,495	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	263.20/cwt	262.00–264.00	2,142	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	334.39/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,986	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	350.80/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,130	11
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	751	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	326.53/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,711	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,323	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	262.85/cwt	252.50–271.00	2,053	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	603	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,044	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	266.41/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,889	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,939	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	318.00/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	804	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,287	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	730	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,856	3
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,153	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,789	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,731	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,704	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,839	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	350.45/cwt	342.00–362.00	1,479	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,108	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	317.45/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,660	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	331.77/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,626	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	256.23/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,970	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	285.18/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,760	74
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	209.12/cwt	205.50–214.50	2,250	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	244.34/cwt	241.50–253.00	2,104	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	254.14/cwt	247.00–256.00	2,109	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	260.71/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,661	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	299.62/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,735	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	265.61/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,939	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	289.04/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	270.29/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,843	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,851	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,380	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	768	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,062	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	813	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,317	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	773	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,257	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,002	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	280.81/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,721	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	301.40/cwt	283.00–306.50	2,176	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	316.37/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,655	21
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	552	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,788	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	274.28/cwt	274.00–274.50	2,131	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	320.29/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,024	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	273.11/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,237	110
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	482	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,533	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	365.16/cwt	356.00–374.00	1,877	22

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 3,025Last week 4,866Year ago 3,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	439	395.00–425.00	400.48
3	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
22	500–550	514	356.00–374.00	365.16
43	550–600	578	342.00–355.00	347.30
53	600–650	632	315.00–328.00	320.29
66	650–700	686	307.00–317.00	309.93
39	700–750	722	283.00–306.50	301.40
102	750–800	777	274.00–274.50	274.28
110	800–850	819	267.00–278.00	273.11
307	850–900	873	255.00–267.00	263.85
89	900–950	922	251.50–262.00	256.49
104	950–1000	974	249.50–263.75	256.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	387.00	387.00
11	450–500	482	347.50–355.00	350.80
18	500–550	524	320.00–335.00	326.53
15	550–600	594	333.00–336.00	334.39
5	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
56	650–700	685	273.00–283.00	276.99
25	700–750	709	257.00–277.00	266.41
59	750–800	781	252.50–271.00	262.85
47	800–850	814	262.00–264.00	263.20
11	850–900	873	244.00	244.00
8	950–1000	950	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	482	318.00	318.00
5	550–600	552	324.00	324.00
5	700–750	729	279.00	279.00
3	750–800	751	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	522	380.00	380.00
60	600–650	603	339.00	339.00
25	800–850	804	284.50	284.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	422.00	422.00
6	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	557	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	615	316.00–320.00	318.00
14	650–700	664	292.00	292.00
10	700–750	715	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	591	314.00	314.00
7	650–700	689	258.00	258.00
3	700–750	730	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
30	750–800	773	292.00	292.00
43	800–850	813	285.00	285.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,031	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1050–1100	1,076	205.50–214.50	209.12
13	1100–1150	1,133	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	473	366.00	366.00
43	550–600	559	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	376	367.00	367.00
17	400–450	422	342.00–362.00	350.45
30	450–500	490	321.00–336.00	331.77
23	500–550	523	310.00–327.00	317.45
28	550–600	579	295.00–307.00	299.62
74	600–650	617	277.00–289.00	285.18
147	650–700	682	262.00–280.00	270.29
135	700–750	730	261.00–269.50	265.61
237	750–800	769	252.00–262.50	256.23
190	800–850	830	247.00–256.00	254.14
24	850–900	861	241.50–253.00	244.34
5	900–950	914	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	978	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	305.00	305.00
3	450–500	460	294.00	294.00
8	550–600	583	287.00–291.00	289.04
22	600–650	637	258.00–267.00	260.71
4	650–700	671	256.00	256.00
8	700–750	713	255.00	255.00
3	850–900	856	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	322.00	322.00
21	500–550	523	308.00–324.00	316.37
34	600–650	613	276.00–286.00	280.81
18	650–700	688	269.00	269.00
6	700–750	716	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	768	268.50	268.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	477	364.00	364.00
7	600–650	605	304.00	304.00
5	650–700	653	261.00	261.00

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