Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower while under 600 lbs did not have enough receipts for a good comparison. The receipts were light with good demand. We did have the last special calf sale of the season on Tuesday so that did play into the numbers for today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.31/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −149.12 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$345.31

137 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$22.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.38

vs KS average

+2.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	352.46	1,998	94
Medium and Large 1-2	547	329.67	1,803	43

One grade step is worth $22.79/cwt here — about $195 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 sale137 hd

345.31

—

KS average4 barns · 581 hd

353.69

−8.38

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+2.93

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−149.12

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	550–600	572	351.50/cwt	342.00–362.00	2,011	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	328.98/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,069	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	256.89/cwt	255.00–258.00	2,119	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	377.03/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,961	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	321.54/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,836	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	268.83/cwt	262.00–271.50	2,062	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	283.55/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,016	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	251.64/cwt	248.00–252.00	2,340	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	289.64/cwt	283.00–315.00	1,871	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	253.48/cwt	246.00–255.00	2,238	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	250.46/cwt	245.00–253.00	2,051	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,059	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	398.98/cwt	387.00–412.00	1,708	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	377.68/cwt	370.00–384.00	1,809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	479	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,988	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	237.11/cwt	233.00–242.00	2,075	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	336.11/cwt	254.00–363.00	1,775	24
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,288	3
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,193	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,225	21
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,040	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,008	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	284.55/cwt	284.00–286.00	1,682	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	246.38/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,907	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	247.11/cwt	243.50–249.75	2,034	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	270.69/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,811	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	253.30/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,839	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	240.61/cwt	234.00–246.50	2,081	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,251	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	378.27/cwt	367.00–382.50	1,403	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	282.97/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,752	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	296.29/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,724	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	324.71/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,695	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,775	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	358.47/cwt	355.00–367.00	1,552	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	239.64/cwt	235.50–245.00	2,322	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	346.98/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,662	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	224.65/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,948	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,093	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	404.09/cwt	397.00–410.00	1,903	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	432.55/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,263	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	307.17/cwt	298.00–314.00	2,070	86

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 Feb 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,830Last week 3,731Year ago 2,429

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
17	400–450	428	387.00–412.00	398.98
11	450–500	471	397.00–410.00	404.09
9	500–550	520	370.00–390.00	377.03
82	550–600	572	342.00–362.00	351.50
84	600–650	629	322.50–335.00	328.98
86	650–700	674	298.00–314.00	307.17
62	700–750	711	280.00–287.00	283.55
75	750–800	767	262.00–271.50	268.83
54	800–850	825	255.00–258.00	256.89
128	850–900	883	246.00–255.00	253.48
66	900–950	930	248.00–252.00	251.64
16	950–1000	969	235.50–245.00	239.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	370.00–384.00	377.68
24	500–550	528	254.00–363.00	336.11
19	550–600	571	320.00–330.00	321.54
19	600–650	646	283.00–315.00	289.64
4	650–700	691	284.00	284.00
4	700–750	737	254.00	254.00
8	750–800	792	260.00	260.00
11	800–850	819	245.00–253.00	250.46
15	850–900	875	233.00–242.00	237.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	479	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,040	220.00	220.00
4	1050–1100	1,073	220.00	220.00
21	1150–1200	1,193	186.50	186.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	333.00	333.00
7	500–550	542	314.00	314.00
20	550–600	591	284.00–286.00	284.55
9	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
15	650–700	699	254.00	254.00
3	700–750	713	241.00	241.00
10	750–800	764	230.00	230.00
9	850–900	867	222.00–228.00	224.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	292	420.00–440.00	432.55
13	350–400	371	367.00–382.50	378.27
21	400–450	433	355.00–367.00	358.47
24	450–500	479	342.00–357.00	346.98
29	500–550	522	319.00–330.00	324.71
36	550–600	582	289.00–300.00	296.29
101	600–650	619	275.00–289.00	282.97
38	650–700	669	269.00–277.00	270.69
108	700–750	726	248.00–260.00	253.30
49	750–800	774	243.00–250.00	246.38
140	800–850	823	243.50–249.75	247.11
14	850–900	865	234.00–246.50	240.61
13	900–950	906	231.00	231.00
10	950–1000	954	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	709	258.00	258.00
4	800–850	816	250.00	250.00
23	850–900	851	236.00	236.00

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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