Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the last regular Thursday sale until July. Farmers and Ranchers will be having sales, selling all classes of cattle on Mondays in June. In July they will resume the normal Thursday sales. There will be a special "closed" bred cow and pair sale on June 5th. Nice offering of cattle today for the last regular Thursday sale. Feeder steers over 850 lbs sold mostly 8.00 to 13.00 higher and feeder heifers over 800 lbs sold uneven 3.00 lower to 1.00 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 $390.80/cwt on 229 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −103.63 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$390.80

229 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$26.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs KS average

+12.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	401.27	2,201	140
Medium and Large 1-2	566	374.33	2,119	89

One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $81 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 sale229 hd

390.80

—

KS average3 barns · 311 hd

392.12

−1.32

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+12.75

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−103.63

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

54 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	525	419.79/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,204	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	381.68/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,172	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	427.23/cwt	420.00–434.00	1,995	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	265.45/cwt	257.50–274.00	2,299	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	400.27/cwt	396.00–412.00	1,765	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	340.82/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,082	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	332.99/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,404	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	355.37/cwt	352.00–372.00	1,706	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	335.74/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,900	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	330.86/cwt	328.00–347.50	1,740	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	268.91/cwt	267.50–273.00	2,065	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	297.23/cwt	295.00–299.00	2,200	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	347.15/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,302	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	871	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	2,663	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	295.34/cwt	294.00–299.00	2,023	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	427.70/cwt	420.00–436.00	1,677	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	272.33/cwt	258.00–274.50	2,263	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	327.38/cwt	319.00–339.00	2,010	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	396	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	451	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	428	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,798	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,388	26
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,220	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,552	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	362.75/cwt	340.00–369.00	2,166	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	311.14/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	356.57/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,758	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,085	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	333.57/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,275	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	313.33/cwt	308.00–320.00	2,253	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	385.65/cwt	384.00–392.00	2,067	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,049	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,876	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,324	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	746	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,260	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,773	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,198	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,237	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,239	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	293.60/cwt	287.00–301.00	2,569	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,502	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	289.77/cwt	289.25–290.00	2,773	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	310.29/cwt	306.50–313.00	2,395	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	416.06/cwt	404.00–422.00	1,785	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,647	56

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 May 22, 2025

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

Receipts 2,120Last week 2,472Year ago 2,095

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	429	404.00–422.00	416.06
61	450–500	467	420.00–434.00	427.23
52	500–550	525	410.00–435.00	419.79
61	550–600	569	380.00–385.00	381.68
19	600–650	611	340.00–345.00	340.82
61	650–700	663	340.00–350.00	347.15
19	700–750	722	324.00–335.00	332.99
146	750–800	772	306.50–313.00	310.29
62	800–850	848	295.00	295.00
129	850–900	875	287.00–301.00	293.60
56	900–950	902	293.50	293.50
167	950–1000	957	289.25–290.00	289.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	460.00	460.00
7	400–450	425	490.00	490.00
14	450–500	466	447.50	447.50
4	550–600	553	405.00	405.00
122	850–900	871	305.75	305.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	395.00	395.00
45	500–550	536	384.00–392.00	385.65
44	550–600	597	340.00–369.00	362.75
20	650–700	682	325.00–335.00	333.57
7	700–750	719	308.00–320.00	313.33
39	900–950	928	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	651	357.00	357.00
10	700–750	746	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	445.00	445.00
5	500–550	506	442.00	442.00
18	550–600	557	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	465.00	465.00
11	350–400	392	420.00–436.00	427.70
52	400–450	441	396.00–412.00	400.27
36	450–500	480	352.00–372.00	355.37
26	500–550	526	328.00–347.50	330.86
28	550–600	566	335.00–337.00	335.74
23	600–650	614	319.00–339.00	327.38
15	650–700	685	294.00–299.00	295.34
16	700–750	740	295.00–299.00	297.23
16	750–800	768	267.50–273.00	268.91
137	800–850	831	258.00–274.50	272.33
109	850–900	866	257.50–274.00	265.45
7	900–950	927	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	420.00	420.00
8	450–500	451	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1000–1050	1,043	229.00	229.00
4	1050–1100	1,083	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	340.00–365.00	356.57
8	550–600	576	305.00–315.00	311.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	611	307.00	307.00
11	650–700	663	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	462.50	462.50
13	450–500	463	383.00	383.00
8	650–700	660	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	455.00	455.00

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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