Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice offering of cattle coming off grass today. The steers 750 to 850 lbs sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher and the 900 to 1000 lb steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. One owner brought 1200 head of heifers off the Flint Hills grass. The 750 to 900 lb heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. That same owner will be bringing steers next week. The grass cattle are in town. The receipts were moderate to heavy and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.74/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −95.92 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$397.74

104 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$95.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.40

vs KS average

+16.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	420.39	2,321	61
Medium and Large 1-2	593	369.77	2,193	39
Medium and Large 2	597	325.00	1,940	4thin

One grade step is worth $95.39/cwt here — about $381 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 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 sale104 hd

397.74

—

KS average3 barns · 323 hd

427.14

−29.40

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+16.06

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−95.92

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

64 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	375.15/cwt	370.00–383.00	1,970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	720	323.93/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,332	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	373.96/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,266	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	377.95/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,581	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	361.47/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,144	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,430	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	823	339.08/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,791	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,363	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	318.83/cwt	318.50–319.00	2,729	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	326.34/cwt	322.00–328.25	3,015	459
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	343.22/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,478	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	390.91/cwt	390.00–393.00	2,287	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	318.19/cwt	317.50–319.00	3,099	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	342.15/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,857	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,215	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,461	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,556	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	334.19/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,887	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	332.59/cwt	321.00–335.50	2,564	507
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	368.35/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,656	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,057	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	341.20/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,487	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	369.53/cwt	356.00–374.00	2,317	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	513.79/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,911	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	356.39/cwt	356.00–357.00	2,413	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	377.69/cwt	367.00–389.00	2,198	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	952	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,127	48
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	308.25/cwt	308.25–308.25	3,314	54
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	358.72/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,457	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,914	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,928	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,184	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	400.97/cwt	399.00–407.00	2,458	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,772	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	843	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,102	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,285	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	357.58/cwt	352.00–359.50	2,614	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	771	352.95/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,721	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	326.15/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,862	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	386.56/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,377	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	410.38/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,315	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	362.80/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,456	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,322	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	339.80/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,210	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	445.06/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,651	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	361.86/cwt	352.00–368.50	2,786	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	317.88/cwt	310.00–321.25	2,667	419

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 3,716Last week 1,703Year ago 3,939

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	380.00	380.00
10	500–550	525	370.00–383.00	375.15
5	600–650	623	351.00	351.00
3	650–700	670	316.00	316.00
24	700–750	720	317.00–330.00	323.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	593	359.00–365.00	361.47
22	600–650	606	370.00–381.00	373.96
46	650–700	677	358.00–365.00	362.80
22	700–750	722	340.00–349.00	343.22
7	750–800	774	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	500.00–520.00	513.79
18	400–450	443	500.00	500.00
33	550–600	582	367.00–389.00	377.69
44	600–650	627	356.00–374.00	369.53
37	650–700	677	356.00–357.00	356.39
20	700–750	729	340.00–343.00	341.20
507	750–800	771	321.00–335.50	332.59
419	800–850	839	310.00–321.25	317.88
358	850–900	856	318.50–319.00	318.83
13	900–950	906	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	678	310.00	310.00
6	700–750	742	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	440.00–450.00	445.06
9	400–450	426	435.00	435.00
6	650–700	693	335.00	335.00
5	750–800	789	307.00	307.00
4	850–900	881	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	374	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	435	475.00	475.00
13	450–500	491	450.00	450.00
25	500–550	531	445.00	445.00
18	550–600	564	400.00–421.00	410.38
28	600–650	613	399.00–407.00	400.97
81	650–700	683	370.00–389.00	377.95
51	700–750	721	360.00–375.00	368.35
164	750–800	770	352.00–368.50	361.86
214	800–850	835	340.00–347.00	342.15
166	850–900	864	328.00–337.00	334.19
459	900–950	924	322.00–328.25	326.34
118	950–1000	974	317.50–319.00	318.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	410.00	410.00
13	550–600	585	390.00–393.00	390.91
6	600–650	620	394.00	394.00
9	650–700	673	361.00	361.00
72	700–750	731	352.00–359.50	357.58
10	750–800	771	351.00–355.00	352.95
30	800–850	823	335.00–345.00	339.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	616	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	950–1000	952	328.50	328.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1050–1100	1,075	308.25	308.25
4	1100–1150	1,106	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	388	480.00	480.00
9	450–500	496	417.00	417.00
6	550–600	582	385.00	385.00
16	600–650	615	382.00–392.00	386.56
19	650–700	685	355.00–364.00	358.72
7	750–800	767	330.00–347.00	339.80
7	800–850	815	325.00–327.00	326.15
11	850–900	898	324.50	324.50
58	950–1000	957	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	595	367.00	367.00
8	800–850	843	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	491	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	597	325.00	325.00

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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