Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light offering today with good demand. Compared to last week steers over 850 lbs sold mostly 4.00 lower while 750 to 850 lb steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 700 lb heifers sold 2.00 higher while 750 lb heifers sold 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.03/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −46.63 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$447.03

78 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$37.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs KS average

+30.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	454.18	2,458	63
Medium and Large 1-2	564	417.00	2,350	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.18/cwt here — about $108 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

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 sale78 hd

447.03

—

KS average3 barns · 261 hd

445.69

+1.34

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+30.50

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−46.63

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

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,913	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,941	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	364.51/cwt	355.00–381.25	3,000	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,186	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	857	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	376.77/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,562	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	326.33/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,865	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,776	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,632	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	394.58/cwt	387.00–402.00	2,332	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	350.54/cwt	347.00–357.00	3,092	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	399.73/cwt	397.00–402.00	2,286	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,500	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	378.01/cwt	376.00–387.00	2,321	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	400.02/cwt	396.00–403.00	2,928	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	486.02/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,503	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	344.07/cwt	339.50–349.00	3,190	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	403.32/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,097	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,898	6
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,172	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,068	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	357.97/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,806	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	459.94/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,599	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,423	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	440.07/cwt	437.00–446.00	2,737	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,057	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	343.44/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,377	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	301.56/cwt	292.00–315.00	2,346	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	350.10/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,503	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,481	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	330.13/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,245	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	418.06/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,772	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	461.87/cwt	442.00–465.00	2,402	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,158	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	341.49/cwt	333.00–357.50	2,688	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	385.64/cwt	377.00–393.00	2,977	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	357.35/cwt	351.00–364.00	2,573	120

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	525.00	525.00
6	450–500	497	487.50	487.50
3	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	522.00	522.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,014	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	495.00	495.00
5	450–500	490	500.00	500.00
9	500–550	515	475.00–500.00	486.02
15	550–600	565	450.00–465.00	459.94
23	600–650	622	437.00–446.00	440.07
20	650–700	663	410.00–419.00	418.06
24	700–750	732	396.00–403.00	400.02
101	750–800	772	377.00–393.00	385.64
230	800–850	823	355.00–381.25	364.51
240	850–900	882	347.00–357.00	350.54
25	900–950	927	339.50–349.00	344.07
5	950–1000	990	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	520	442.00–465.00	461.87
10	550–600	591	387.00–402.00	394.58
3	600–650	611	392.00	392.00
17	700–750	722	364.50	364.50
7	850–900	857	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	546	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	590	405.00	405.00
11	650–700	680	372.00–385.00	376.77
15	700–750	715	347.50–355.00	350.10
75	750–800	784	356.00–371.00	357.97
5	800–850	829	341.00–347.00	343.44
5	900–950	941	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,017	285.00	285.00
12	1050–1100	1,079	270.00	270.00
5	1150–1200	1,172	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	528	414.00	414.00
15	650–700	691	344.00	344.00
5	700–750	742	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	480.00	480.00
9	500–550	520	400.00–405.00	403.32
18	550–600	572	397.00–402.00	399.73
17	600–650	614	376.00–387.00	378.01
23	650–700	672	372.00	372.00
120	700–750	720	351.00–364.00	357.35
106	750–800	787	333.00–357.50	341.49
35	800–850	807	344.00	344.00
13	850–900	878	318.00–330.00	326.33
12	900–950	914	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	491	365.00	365.00
11	550–600	550	374.00	374.00
24	650–700	680	320.00–342.00	330.13
17	700–750	715	347.00	347.00
7	750–800	778	292.00–315.00	301.56

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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