Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to two lighter runs in a row, most weights of cattle did not have a good comparison for last week. However, 800 lb steers sold mostly 10.00 higher and 900 lb steers sold 1.00 higher. 750 lb heifers sold 15.00 higher. The receipts were light to moderate wtih good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $431.77/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −62.65 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$431.77

61 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$54.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs KS average

+31.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	450.61	2,431	40
Medium and Large 1-2	547	395.90	2,165	21

One grade step is worth $54.71/cwt here — about $266 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale61 hd

431.77

—

KS average3 barns · 122 hd

431.41

+0.37

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+31.88

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−62.65

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

58 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 1Unweaned	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	393.95/cwt	388.00–395.00	2,509	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	312.71/cwt	312.50–315.00	3,008	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	354.59/cwt	348.50–363.00	3,103	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,954	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,914	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	370.62/cwt	369.00–377.00	2,869	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	340.56/cwt	332.00–344.50	2,939	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	380.01/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,402	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	408.64/cwt	399.00–413.00	2,722	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,410	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,620	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	370.90/cwt	364.00–375.00	2,522	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,089	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	361.64/cwt	355.00–369.50	2,980	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	345.98/cwt	342.00–348.00	2,657	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	372.58/cwt	372.00–373.00	2,683	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	251	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	350.12/cwt	348.75–368.00	2,608	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,941	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,081	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,855	32
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,153	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,775	13
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,163	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	356.36/cwt	354.00–368.00	2,651	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,799	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	388.47/cwt	386.00–396.00	2,253	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,611	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	388.39/cwt	379.00–396.00	2,591	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,881	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	345.15/cwt	342.00–352.50	2,392	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	385.87/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	705	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,658	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	345.20/cwt	322.50–350.00	2,882	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	346.37/cwt	343.00–347.50	3,069	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	344.59/cwt	342.50–348.00	1,847	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	787	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,849	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	531.85/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,782	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	452.54/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	405.01/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,122	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	357.84/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,834	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	331.29/cwt	325.50–333.50	3,184	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	334.00/cwt	329.00–337.50	3,049	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	364.51/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,322	44

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 Aug 21, 2025

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Receipts 2,112Last week 2,024Year ago 3,865

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	550	382.50	382.50
44	600–650	637	360.00–373.00	364.51
6	700–750	745	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	251	460.00	460.00
15	350–400	356	455.00	455.00
5	400–450	427	420.00	420.00
5	450–500	486	399.00	399.00
16	500–550	537	389.00	389.00
26	550–600	580	386.00–396.00	388.47
44	600–650	632	370.00–384.00	380.01
37	650–700	680	364.00–375.00	370.90
70	700–750	745	348.75–368.00	350.12
83	750–800	768	342.00–348.00	345.98
16	800–850	841	332.50	332.50
43	850–900	863	332.00–344.50	340.56
47	950–1000	962	312.50–315.00	312.71
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,047	265.00	265.00
8	1150–1200	1,163	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	395.00	395.00
12	450–500	486	387.00	387.00
8	500–550	536	342.50–348.00	344.59
10	650–700	693	342.00–352.50	345.15
7	700–750	701	347.50	347.50
3	800–850	836	324.00	324.00
14	850–900	864	324.00	324.00
8	900–950	926	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	613	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	705	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	335	520.00–535.00	531.85
16	400–450	444	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	492	408.00	408.00
28	500–550	524	460.00	460.00
8	550–600	565	450.00–455.00	452.54
20	600–650	637	388.00–395.00	393.95
33	650–700	666	399.00–413.00	408.64
15	700–750	720	372.00–373.00	372.58
39	750–800	774	369.00–377.00	370.62
221	800–850	824	355.00–369.50	361.64
278	850–900	875	348.50–363.00	354.59
151	900–950	913	329.00–337.50	334.00
179	950–1000	961	325.50–333.50	331.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	715	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	510.00	510.00
32	700–750	712	401.00	401.00
17	750–800	760	387.00	387.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,017	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	524	400.00–407.00	405.01
10	550–600	572	380.00–390.00	385.87
15	650–700	667	379.00–396.00	388.39
23	700–750	744	354.00–368.00	356.36
60	750–800	792	350.00–359.00	357.84
81	800–850	835	322.50–350.00	345.20
20	850–900	886	343.00–347.50	346.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	598	381.00	381.00
17	650–700	689	379.00	379.00
27	750–800	787	362.00	362.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	410.00	410.00

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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