Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and 800 to 950 lb steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher while 650 to 850 lb heifers sold 1.00 higher to 1.00 lower. Receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.80/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −123.63 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$370.80

125 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$18.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs KS average

+21.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	373.97	2,151	103
Medium and Large 1-2	552	355.95	1,966	22

One grade step is worth $18.01/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 sale125 hd

370.80

—

KS average3 barns · 349 hd

363.75

+7.05

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+21.52

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−123.63

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

63 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	667	327.35/cwt	318.00–331.50	2,183	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	717	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,187	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	787	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,322	12
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	256.22/cwt	253.50–257.50	2,291	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	285.35/cwt	274.00–290.00	2,209	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	485	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	264.12/cwt	253.00–270.00	2,068	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	356.50/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,886	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	249.91/cwt	247.00–253.00	2,439	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	264.33/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,908	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	272.46/cwt	266.00–279.00	2,280	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	323.09/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,042	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	306.97/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,087	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	389.73/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,836	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	367.83/cwt	366.00–372.00	1,802	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	372.73/cwt	372.00–374.00	2,177	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	336.89/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,136	49
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	244.24/cwt	242.50–250.00	2,035	164
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,240	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	782	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,076	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	356.28/cwt	347.50–361.00	1,664	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	244.17/cwt	242.00–246.00	2,132	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	291.86/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,704	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,219	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	281.81/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,888	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	309.01/cwt	298.00–313.00	1,888	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	264.97/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,945	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	397.21/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,486	27
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	376	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	196.26/cwt	194.50–200.00	2,284	28
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,049	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,250	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	258.71/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,736	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	288.24/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	340.13/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,782	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	250.04/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,823	19
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	593	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	315.14/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,806	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	928	268.60/cwt	268.60–268.60	2,493	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	836	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,362	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	376.42/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,671	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	241.60/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,913	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,576	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	323.37/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,724	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,754	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	311.94/cwt	305.00–319.00	2,218	104
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	251.32/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,955	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	341.03/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,623	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	263.15/cwt	258.00–264.00	2,155	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	254.96/cwt	248.00–256.00	2,374	175

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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 2,786Last week 4,022Year ago 2,888

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	407.00	407.00
6	450–500	471	380.00–400.00	389.73
4	500–550	541	378.00	378.00
83	550–600	584	372.00–374.00	372.73
49	600–650	634	333.00–349.00	336.89
41	650–700	667	318.00–331.50	327.35
104	700–750	711	305.00–319.00	311.94
158	750–800	774	274.00–290.00	285.35
213	800–850	837	266.00–279.00	272.46
84	850–900	894	253.50–257.50	256.22
175	900–950	931	248.00–256.00	254.96
119	950–1000	976	247.00–253.00	249.91
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	432.00	432.00
8	450–500	485	407.00	407.00
9	500–550	500	410.00	410.00
16	800–850	836	282.50	282.50
86	900–950	928	268.60	268.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	403.00	403.00
7	550–600	588	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	366.00–372.00	367.83
14	500–550	529	352.00–360.00	356.50
8	550–600	593	355.00	355.00
33	600–650	632	320.00–328.00	323.09
28	650–700	680	301.00–315.00	306.97
9	700–750	722	260.00–272.00	264.33
19	750–800	783	253.00–270.00	264.12
28	800–850	819	258.00–264.00	263.15
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,036	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	717	305.00	305.00
12	750–800	787	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,049	214.50	214.50
3	1050–1100	1,051	212.00	212.00
37	1100–1150	1,140	196.50	196.50
28	1150–1200	1,164	194.50–200.00	196.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
10	750–800	782	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	374	395.00–400.00	397.21
31	400–450	444	366.00–380.00	376.42
70	450–500	467	347.50–361.00	356.28
84	500–550	524	330.00–346.00	340.13
63	550–600	573	310.00–323.00	315.14
69	600–650	611	298.00–313.00	309.01
142	650–700	670	276.00–290.00	281.81
38	700–750	734	256.00–270.00	264.97
110	750–800	778	244.00–258.00	251.32
164	800–850	833	242.50–250.00	244.24
84	850–900	873	242.00–246.00	244.17
5	950–1000	986	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	351.00	351.00
15	450–500	476	338.00–345.00	341.03
16	500–550	533	316.00–325.00	323.37
34	550–600	584	285.00–299.00	291.86
15	600–650	624	286.00–293.00	288.24
14	650–700	671	253.00–263.00	258.71
19	700–750	729	248.00–252.00	250.04
10	750–800	792	241.00–243.00	241.60
3	850–900	876	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
14	550–600	593	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	596	305.00	305.00

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