Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600 lb steers sold 10 lower while 650 to 750 lb steers sold 10.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs sold uneven 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower while heifers over 700 sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand with moderate to heavy receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.90/cwt on 376 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −121.53 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$372.90

376 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$39.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.90

vs KS average

+8.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	379.99	2,109	284
Medium and Large 1-2	559	354.57	1,984	69
Medium 1	572	340.39	1,947	23

One grade step is worth $39.60/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale376 hd

372.90

—

KS average3 barns · 624 hd

377.80

−4.90

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+8.92

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−121.53

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

106 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 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	305.69/cwt	295.00–318.00	2,369	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	337.42/cwt	322.00–351.50	2,308	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	277.61/cwt	273.00–286.00	2,437	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	273.51/cwt	271.00–290.00	2,418	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,486	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	412.08/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,974	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	432.75/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,891	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	397.85/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,101	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	307.70/cwt	301.00–314.00	2,129	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	333.70/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,072	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	355.53/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,083	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	384.18/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,879	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	268.23/cwt	263.00–271.00	2,199	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	878	290.83/cwt	290.25–291.50	2,553	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,037	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	263.14/cwt	259.10–267.25	2,534	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	280.06/cwt	279.50–282.00	2,190	29
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,402	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	589	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	389.63/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,675	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	422.94/cwt	417.00–425.00	1,819	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	358.90/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,877	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	486.24/cwt	482.50–490.00	1,444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	283.94/cwt	281.00–293.00	2,374	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	312.64/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,264	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	353.44/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,184	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	480.75/cwt	475.00–482.50	1,822	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	372.34/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,126	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,187	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	417.86/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,016	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,164	12
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	451	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	323.75/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,140	10
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	566	347.23/cwt	347.00–347.50	1,965	17
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	390.57/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,843	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	280	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,372	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,984	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,779	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,054	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,040	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,829	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	848	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,277	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	269.43/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,813	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	299.57/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,761	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,898	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,038	3
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	984	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,125	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	481	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,621	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	407	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,905	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	352.68/cwt	337.00–362.50	1,703	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	251.04/cwt	246.00–252.00	2,322	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	307.41/cwt	291.00–317.50	1,915	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	283.33/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,810	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	248.96/cwt	247.00–252.00	2,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	261.25/cwt	253.00–266.00	2,153	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	271.30/cwt	266.50–276.00	2,111	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	278.30/cwt	271.00–287.50	2,057	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,463	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	312.65/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,688	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,622	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,447	3
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	350.76/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,782	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	424.23/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,527	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,109	58
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	268.34/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,717	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	407.96/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,677	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	295.25/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,969	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	400.16/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,549	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	378.01/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,807	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,689	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	259.57/cwt	257.00–263.00	2,279	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	318.52/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,838	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	427.69/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,416	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	342.62/cwt	332.50–348.00	1,782	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	324.64/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	385.44/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,596	20

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

Thu Mar 27, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
14	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
14	550–600	563	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	683	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	297	482.50–490.00	486.24
17	350–400	379	475.00–482.50	480.75
69	400–450	437	430.00–445.00	432.75
69	450–500	479	402.00–425.00	412.08
80	500–550	528	390.00–405.00	397.85
108	550–600	571	360.00–377.00	372.34
216	600–650	618	344.00–362.00	353.44
84	650–700	684	322.00–351.50	337.42
26	700–750	724	305.00–315.00	312.64
71	750–800	775	295.00–318.00	305.69
130	800–850	836	281.00–293.00	283.94
346	850–900	878	273.00–286.00	277.61
60	900–950	903	275.25	275.25
240	950–1000	963	259.10–267.25	263.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	420.00	420.00
19	400–450	430	417.00–425.00	422.94
63	450–500	489	365.00–390.00	384.18
24	500–550	523	345.00–365.00	358.90
31	550–600	586	350.00–359.00	355.53
55	600–650	621	329.00–340.00	333.70
52	650–700	692	301.00–314.00	307.70
29	750–800	782	279.50–282.00	280.06
10	800–850	820	263.00–271.00	268.23
80	850–900	884	271.00–290.00	273.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	403	455.00	455.00
31	450–500	463	440.00	440.00
58	550–600	552	382.00	382.00
19	650–700	673	366.00	366.00
134	850–900	878	290.25–291.50	290.83
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,022	235.00	235.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	239.00	239.00
3	1100–1150	1,133	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	589	321.00	321.00
8	600–650	628	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	400	455.00	455.00
12	550–600	562	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	490.00	490.00
3	300–350	345	459.00	459.00
12	400–450	425	415.00–420.00	417.86
23	450–500	472	385.00–405.00	390.57
26	550–600	576	350.00	350.00
12	600–650	634	345.00	345.00
10	650–700	661	319.00–327.00	323.75
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
17	550–600	566	347.00–347.50	347.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	470.00	470.00
21	350–400	387	395.00–405.00	400.16
27	400–450	430	385.00–395.00	389.63
12	450–500	492	349.00	349.00
17	500–550	508	347.00–352.00	350.76
3	550–600	575	302.00	302.00
7	600–650	642	273.00	273.00
9	650–700	674	261.00–278.00	268.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	408	440.00	440.00
14	450–500	455	402.00	402.00
55	500–550	501	355.00	355.00
45	550–600	572	333.00	333.00
32	650–700	659	309.50	309.50
12	700–750	706	291.00	291.00
33	800–850	848	268.50	268.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	405.00	405.00
20	400–450	414	380.00–387.50	385.44
39	450–500	483	337.00–362.50	352.68
14	500–550	546	324.00–327.00	324.64
17	550–600	588	289.00–310.00	299.57
20	600–650	639	271.00–289.00	283.33
17	650–700	673	266.00–275.00	269.43
6	700–750	746	249.00	249.00
3	750–800	780	260.00	260.00
10	800–850	821	247.00–252.00	248.96
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	950–1000	984	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	407	335.00	335.00
18	450–500	481	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	331	410.00–435.00	427.69
18	350–400	360	415.00–430.00	424.23
38	400–450	411	400.00–410.00	407.96
29	450–500	478	372.00–385.00	378.01
98	500–550	520	332.50–348.00	342.62
69	550–600	577	313.00–327.00	318.52
99	600–650	623	291.00–317.50	307.41
100	650–700	667	280.00–308.00	295.25
210	700–750	739	271.00–287.50	278.30
267	750–800	778	266.50–276.00	271.30
116	800–850	824	253.00–266.00	261.25
56	850–900	878	257.00–263.00	259.57
73	900–950	925	246.00–252.00	251.04
7	950–1000	978	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	496	327.00	327.00
23	500–550	540	305.00–316.00	312.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	410	412.00	412.00
5	500–550	505	364.00	364.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	615	317.00	317.00
8	650–700	659	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	703	270.00	270.00
4	800–850	837	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	470.00	470.00
7	350–400	376	465.00	465.00
13	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
9	450–500	493	365.00	365.00

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