Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Majority of the cattle today were cattle coming off grass, steers and heifers weighing 800 to 900 lbs. Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers 650 to 800 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 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 $434.82/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −59.60 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$434.82

151 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$55.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs KS average

+25.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	449.83	2,478	110
Medium and Large 1-2	544	394.56	2,145	41

One grade step is worth $55.27/cwt here — about $333 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 sale151 hd

434.82

—

KS average3 barns · 222 hd

433.46

+1.37

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+25.52

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−59.60

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

69 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 1Unweaned	400–450	420	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,226	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	883	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	2,982	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	354.39/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,428	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	322.28/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,946	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,525	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,384	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	379.16/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,385	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	337.93/cwt	327.00–341.25	2,913	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	373.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,566	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	407	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	796	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,786	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	390.38/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,260	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	417.56/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,138	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	406.01/cwt	401.00–422.50	2,554	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	500.90/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,099	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	355.35/cwt	347.00–367.50	2,619	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	523.87/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,253	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	335.88/cwt	333.50–339.00	2,801	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	382.02/cwt	379.00–385.50	2,945	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,493	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	463.46/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,475	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	347.30/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,692	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	354.77/cwt	346.50–358.00	3,086	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	720	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,551	10
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,706	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	319.13/cwt	315.00–320.00	3,249	40
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	3,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	359.56/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,790	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	412.17/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,135	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	914	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,245	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	695	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,912	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	512.78/cwt	512.00–515.00	2,697	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,119	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,852	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	468.50/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,016	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	383.29/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,146	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	332.25/cwt	332.00–333.00	3,043	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	389.69/cwt	387.00–390.00	2,494	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	341.39/cwt	327.00–346.00	2,786	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	351.43/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,548	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	362.00/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	377.61/cwt	363.00–389.00	2,711	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,321	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	606	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	571	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	409.46/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,350	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	348.72/cwt	344.00–352.60	3,243	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	393.12/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,583	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	341.03/cwt	339.25–343.00	3,301	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	362.73/cwt	348.00–365.00	3,032	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,396	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,264	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,940	3

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Aug 28, 2025

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

Receipts 2,852Last week 2,112Year ago 3,523

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	420	530.00	530.00
23	450–500	489	490.00	490.00
10	500–550	505	500.00	500.00
10	600–650	618	405.00	405.00
10	650–700	662	380.00	380.00
9	700–750	707	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	670.00	670.00
15	500–550	526	512.00–515.00	512.78
10	550–600	570	447.50	447.50
12	600–650	614	456.00	456.00
15	650–700	695	419.00	419.00
10	700–750	720	405.00	405.00
60	900–950	914	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	407	552.50	552.50
6	550–600	571	434.00	434.00
6	600–650	606	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	635.00	635.00
5	350–400	359	535.00	535.00
21	400–450	430	500.00–535.00	523.87
21	450–500	487	512.00	512.00
27	500–550	534	460.00–467.50	463.46
42	550–600	574	405.00–415.00	409.46
50	600–650	629	401.00–422.50	406.01
18	650–700	657	388.00–400.00	393.12
17	700–750	718	363.00–389.00	377.61
32	750–800	771	379.00–385.50	382.02
89	800–850	836	348.00–365.00	362.73
263	850–900	870	346.50–358.00	354.77
355	900–950	930	344.00–352.60	348.72
116	950–1000	968	339.25–343.00	341.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,018	315.00–320.00	319.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	440.00	440.00
16	500–550	518	410.00–415.00	412.17
25	550–600	560	375.00–395.00	383.29
39	600–650	640	387.00–390.00	389.69
10	650–700	695	356.00–371.00	362.00
10	700–750	725	349.00–355.00	351.43
59	750–800	776	355.00–366.00	359.56
27	800–850	816	327.00–346.00	341.39
25	850–900	887	340.00	340.00
20	900–950	916	332.00–333.00	332.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	750–800	796	350.00	350.00
63	850–900	883	337.75	337.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	445.00	445.00
5	550–600	566	400.00	400.00
15	650–700	685	352.00–355.00	354.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	490.00–505.00	500.90
6	450–500	466	500.00	500.00
29	500–550	512	415.00–420.00	417.56
47	550–600	579	387.00–410.00	390.38
111	600–650	629	365.00–385.00	379.16
34	650–700	688	370.00–380.00	373.03
138	700–750	737	347.00–367.50	355.35
57	750–800	775	343.00–352.00	347.30
252	800–850	834	333.50–339.00	335.88
81	850–900	862	327.00–341.25	337.93
14	900–950	914	320.00–324.00	322.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	510	455.00	455.00
65	550–600	578	412.50	412.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,081	286.50	286.50
5	1100–1150	1,123	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	460.00–480.00	468.50
6	450–500	464	460.00	460.00
9	500–550	531	399.00	399.00
7	550–600	590	380.00	380.00
8	600–650	637	362.00	362.00
3	650–700	668	359.00	359.00
5	800–850	820	324.00	324.00
17	850–900	890	320.50	320.50

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