Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 400 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and feeder steers over 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher while 850 lb steers sold 5.00 lower. Heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.41/cwt on 201 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −114.02 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$380.41

201 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs KS average

+6.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	385.43	2,110	147
Medium and Large 1-2	534	366.72	1,959	54

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale201 hd

380.41

—

KS average3 barns · 403 hd

379.15

+1.26

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+6.39

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−114.02

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	500–550	527	391.23/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,062	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	483.29/cwt	475.00–492.50	1,837	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	318.56/cwt	314.00–325.00	2,329	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	406.60/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,151	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	286.47/cwt	286.00–287.00	2,338	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	367.38/cwt	362.00–385.00	2,109	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	301.12/cwt	292.00–308.00	2,042	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	266.46/cwt	265.00–268.00	2,614	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	806	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,406	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	422.23/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,018	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	576	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	263.69/cwt	257.00–266.00	2,170	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.41/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,971	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	282.58/cwt	273.00–284.00	2,068	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	336.95/cwt	325.00–351.00	2,241	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	277.40/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,411	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	246.21/cwt	245.75–247.50	2,277	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	485.96/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,560	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	353.14/cwt	346.00–362.50	2,214	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	452.14/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,899	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	279.41/cwt	277.00–281.50	2,590	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	371.39/cwt	363.00–380.00	1,768	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	348.18/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,939	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	302.11/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,308	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	414.12/cwt	395.00–424.00	1,698	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	506.23/cwt	502.50–510.00	1,701	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	346.98/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,842	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	442.49/cwt	422.00–460.00	1,650	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,882	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,788	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,730	60
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,673	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	207.57/cwt	200.00–209.00	2,273	19
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	210.46/cwt	210.00–212.00	2,147	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	258.31/cwt	258.00–258.50	2,234	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	265.44/cwt	258.00–273.00	2,094	169
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,150	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	981	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,462	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	304.93/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,927	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	387.85/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	353.64/cwt	353.00–354.00	2,094	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	336.87/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,833	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	311.38/cwt	305.00–322.00	2,139	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	283.53/cwt	273.00–287.00	2,178	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	268.91/cwt	265.00–273.00	2,479	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	370.08/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,906	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	340.89/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,633	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	324.43/cwt	317.00–332.00	1,820	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	408.30/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	333.80/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,110	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	341.00/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,971	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	343.26/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,785	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,417	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	614	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,287	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	4

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 Apr 24, 2025

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

Receipts 2,711Last week 3,685Year ago 3,686

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	535.00	535.00
12	300–350	336	502.50–510.00	506.23
15	350–400	380	475.00–492.50	483.29
32	400–450	420	435.00–465.00	452.14
55	450–500	478	410.00–435.00	422.23
53	500–550	527	385.00–405.00	391.23
53	550–600	574	362.00–385.00	367.38
40	600–650	627	346.00–362.50	353.14
37	650–700	665	325.00–351.00	336.95
55	700–750	731	314.00–325.00	318.56
30	750–800	764	290.00–312.00	302.11
26	800–850	816	286.00–287.00	286.47
30	850–900	869	277.00–280.00	277.40
297	900–950	927	277.00–281.50	279.41
116	950–1000	981	265.00–268.00	266.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	408	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	472	417.50	417.50
25	500–550	529	398.00–410.00	406.60
4	550–600	582	363.00	363.00
8	600–650	628	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	414.00	414.00
5	550–600	576	387.50	387.50
14	600–650	614	372.50	372.50
47	800–850	806	298.50	298.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,015	269.00	269.00
3	1050–1100	1,078	248.00	248.00
4	1100–1150	1,138	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
12	450–500	483	405.00–410.00	408.30
36	500–550	515	365.00–377.00	370.08
11	550–600	592	353.00–354.00	353.64
20	600–650	632	325.00–342.00	333.80
24	650–700	687	305.00–322.00	311.38
3	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
12	750–800	768	273.00–287.00	283.53
4	850–900	897	245.00	245.00
11	900–950	922	265.00–273.00	268.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	950–1000	981	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	392.00	392.00
7	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	321	470.00–500.00	485.96
38	350–400	373	422.00–460.00	442.49
40	400–450	410	395.00–424.00	414.12
105	450–500	476	363.00–380.00	371.39
40	500–550	531	340.00–357.00	346.98
94	550–600	557	340.00–355.00	348.18
81	600–650	615	312.00–331.00	320.41
47	650–700	678	292.00–308.00	301.12
43	700–750	732	273.00–284.00	282.58
169	750–800	789	258.00–273.00	265.44
169	800–850	823	257.00–266.00	263.69
18	850–900	865	258.00–258.50	258.31
88	900–950	925	245.75–247.50	246.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,020	210.00–212.00	210.46
19	1050–1100	1,095	200.00–209.00	207.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
14	400–450	445	385.00–390.00	387.85
19	450–500	479	335.00–350.00	340.89
26	500–550	544	324.00–339.00	336.87
10	550–600	561	317.00–332.00	324.43
27	600–650	632	301.00–308.00	304.93
4	650–700	690	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	536	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
6	400–450	405	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	495	340.00–342.00	341.00
36	500–550	520	340.00–348.00	343.26
4	600–650	642	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	779	276.00	276.00
4	800–850	813	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	402	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	517	380.00	380.00

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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