Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of cattle today. Starting to see the cattle coming off grass in the barn. Due to the lighter offering last week, the comparables are limited, however, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher than last week. 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 $421.73/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −72.70 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$421.73

145 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$36.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.97

vs KS average

+49.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	432.31	2,416	103
Medium and Large 1-2	559	395.76	2,210	42

One grade step is worth $36.55/cwt here — about $206 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 sale145 hd

421.73

—

KS average2 barns · 170 hd

417.76

+3.97

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+49.30

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−72.70

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

74 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 1-2	650–700	684	358.76/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,454	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	316.11/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,254	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	313.76/cwt	313.75–314.00	2,783	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	379.48/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,398	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,934	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	853	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,853	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	622	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,550	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	316.45/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,595	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	358.32/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,093	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	376.59/cwt	375.00–383.00	2,019	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,159	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,947	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,904	25
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,150	51
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	3,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,223	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	395.50/cwt	395.50–395.50	2,227	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,550	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,092	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	414.70/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	292.36/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,576	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	349.84/cwt	345.00–353.50	2,739	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	408.17/cwt	399.00–415.00	1,943	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	467.93/cwt	460.00–472.50	1,769	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	400.20/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,081	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	314.51/cwt	308.00–323.00	2,415	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	325.18/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,387	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	400.48/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,519	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	352.79/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,346	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	380.68/cwt	368.00–384.00	2,193	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	379.40/cwt	366.00–386.00	2,553	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	310.62/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,553	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	351.35/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,224	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	368.21/cwt	352.00–374.00	2,633	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	351.42/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,358	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	1,841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,420	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	430.61/cwt	418.00–441.00	2,192	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,192	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	324.28/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,523	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,000	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	303.20/cwt	300.50–307.50	2,814	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	358.39/cwt	342.00–365.00	2,631	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,194	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	337.73/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,476	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	388.52/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,226	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	769	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,753	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	724	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,737	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	662	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,602	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	373.75/cwt	373.00–376.00	2,026	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	338.47/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,122	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	391.43/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,051	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,486	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,557	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	448.41/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,157	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	854	318.74/cwt	318.00–319.00	2,722	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	422.12/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,005	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,987	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	323.86/cwt	321.00–325.25	2,999	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	319.25/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,774	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	315.25/cwt	315.25–315.25	3,007	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,070	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	839	296.66/cwt	295.00–299.00	2,489	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	327.79/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,744	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	417.45/cwt	403.00–429.00	2,379	41

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 Jul 17, 2025

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

Receipts 3,225Last week 2,094Year ago 2,837

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	475	415.00–425.00	422.12
21	500–550	544	403.00	403.00
21	550–600	573	382.00–392.00	388.52
68	600–650	632	365.00–386.00	379.48
28	650–700	684	358.00–359.00	358.76
31	700–750	733	330.00–346.00	337.73
47	750–800	778	320.00–329.00	324.28
32	800–850	820	314.00–318.00	316.45
61	850–900	887	313.75–314.00	313.76
33	900–950	928	300.50–307.50	303.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
15	550–600	558	457.00	457.00
10	600–650	622	410.00	410.00
29	850–900	853	334.50	334.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,013	311.00	311.00
5	1100–1150	1,109	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	491.00	491.00
4	400–450	428	450.00	450.00
34	450–500	481	430.00–455.00	448.41
13	500–550	509	418.00–441.00	430.61
41	550–600	570	403.00–429.00	417.45
50	600–650	629	395.00–410.00	400.48
101	650–700	673	366.00–386.00	379.40
110	700–750	715	352.00–374.00	368.21
154	750–800	783	345.00–353.50	349.84
172	800–850	837	320.00–336.00	327.79
190	850–900	869	315.00–326.00	319.25
194	900–950	926	321.00–325.25	323.86
58	950–1000	954	315.25	315.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	898	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	465.00	465.00
11	600–650	647	374.00	374.00
18	650–700	671	349.00–355.00	351.42
10	700–750	734	342.00–365.00	358.39
23	850–900	854	318.00–319.00	318.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	671	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	565	440.00	440.00
20	650–700	662	393.00	393.00
35	700–750	724	378.00	378.00
17	750–800	769	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	392.50	392.50
15	500–550	536	375.00–383.00	376.59
18	550–600	584	351.00–367.00	358.32
21	600–650	627	337.50–340.00	338.47
3	650–700	678	320.00	320.00
26	700–750	713	310.00–318.00	316.11
8	750–800	771	280.00	280.00
5	800–850	837	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	632	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,041	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	563	395.50	395.50
19	600–650	604	368.00	368.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	460.00–472.50	467.93
9	400–450	432	410.00–425.00	414.70
40	450–500	476	399.00–415.00	408.17
47	500–550	520	388.00–410.00	400.20
68	550–600	576	368.00–384.00	380.68
145	600–650	633	346.00–365.00	351.35
121	650–700	665	345.00–356.00	352.79
163	700–750	734	321.00–335.00	325.18
151	750–800	768	308.00–323.00	314.51
52	800–850	822	305.00–316.00	310.62
37	850–900	881	289.00–293.00	292.36
5	900–950	920	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	387.00–395.00	391.43
11	550–600	567	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	671	327.00	327.00
17	800–850	839	295.00–299.00	296.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	542	373.00–376.00	373.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	673	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	470.00	470.00
5	450–500	456	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	525	390.00	390.00

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