Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 750 lb steers sold 2.00 lower, while steers over 850 lbs sold mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher. 700 lb heifers sold 3.00 lower, while 750 to 850 lb heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Due to the rain, the receipts were moderate with good demand. There is a special cow sale next week on Monday night that will have a nice offering of pairs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.25/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −49.41 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$444.25

52 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$97.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.57

vs KS average

+39.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	462.98	2,522	32
Medium and Large 1-2	535	435.41	2,331	14thin
Medium and Large 2	587	365.00	2,143	6thin

One grade step is worth $97.98/cwt here — about $379 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

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 sale52 hd

444.25

—

KS average3 barns · 260 hd

433.69

+10.57

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+39.61

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−49.41

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

48 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	Large 1	950–1000	958	323.98/cwt	322.00–325.50	3,104	23
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	323.57/cwt	323.00–327.00	3,275	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,166	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	495.18/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,827	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,001	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	362.18/cwt	359.00–364.00	2,423	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	507.40/cwt	502.50–512.50	2,385	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	366.10/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,284	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	346.31/cwt	332.00–348.25	2,674	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	332.12/cwt	329.50–336.50	2,737	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	476.93/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	342.14/cwt	338.25–344.50	3,199	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,986	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	452.96/cwt	445.00–458.00	2,097	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	393.00/cwt	389.00–401.00	2,075	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	380.73/cwt	374.00–394.00	2,578	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	582.78/cwt	574.00–590.00	2,139	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	389.72/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,763	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	412.98/cwt	406.00–420.00	2,594	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	794	352.30/cwt	352.00–353.00	2,797	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	374.41/cwt	372.50–388.00	2,890	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	333.75/cwt	333.75–333.75	3,314	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	355.51/cwt	347.25–361.00	3,079	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	400.46/cwt	398.00–403.00	2,507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	757	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,422	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,148	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	477.65/cwt	475.00–478.00	2,283	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	322.78/cwt	317.00–330.00	3,031	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	317.38/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,777	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	443.70/cwt	435.00–447.00	2,312	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	364.02/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,807	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,477	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	318.57/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,921	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	343.09/cwt	340.50–345.00	2,539	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,993	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,968	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	6

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,600Last week 1,684Year ago 2,904

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	950–1000	958	322.00–325.50	323.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	369	490.00–500.00	495.18
17	400–450	423	473.00	473.00
19	450–500	463	445.00–458.00	452.96
29	500–550	528	389.00–401.00	393.00
7	550–600	595	364.00	364.00
52	600–650	624	364.00–368.00	366.10
32	650–700	669	359.00–364.00	362.18
114	700–750	740	340.50–345.00	343.09
80	750–800	772	332.00–348.25	346.31
99	800–850	824	329.50–336.50	332.12
6	850–900	890	326.00	326.00
18	900–950	917	315.00–328.00	318.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	478	440.00	440.00
12	550–600	590	364.00	364.00
6	600–650	648	354.00	354.00
7	750–800	757	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	462	426.00	426.00
8	500–550	543	367.00	367.00
5	800–850	811	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	1000–1050	1,012	323.00–327.00	323.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	540.00	540.00
16	350–400	367	574.00–590.00	582.78
4	400–450	427	505.00	505.00
27	450–500	470	502.50–512.50	507.40
8	500–550	510	472.50–490.00	476.93
10	550–600	551	470.00	470.00
28	600–650	628	406.00–420.00	412.98
15	650–700	677	374.00–394.00	380.73
25	700–750	709	372.00–400.00	389.72
48	750–800	772	372.50–388.00	374.41
8	800–850	841	355.00	355.00
185	850–900	866	347.25–361.00	355.51
237	900–950	935	338.25–344.50	342.14
61	950–1000	993	333.75	333.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
14	550–600	560	450.00	450.00
14	600–650	626	398.00–403.00	400.46
5	700–750	725	359.00	359.00
13	750–800	794	352.00–353.00	352.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	478	475.00–478.00	477.65
11	500–550	521	435.00–447.00	443.70
3	550–600	588	405.00	405.00
8	650–700	673	368.00	368.00
17	750–800	771	360.00–366.00	364.02
8	850–900	875	310.00–322.00	317.38
26	900–950	939	317.00–330.00	322.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	365.00	365.00

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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