Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another lighter sale this week. Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold mostly 10.00 lower. There were not enough steer calves for a good test. Heifers over 650 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower, while heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs sold mostly 15.00 higher. The receipts were light with good demand. There will be a special cow sale on Oct. 21st and a special calf sale on Oct. 28th next month.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $436.92/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits −57.50 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$436.92

113 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$21.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.38

vs KS average

+19.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	444.12	2,457	76
Medium and Large 1-2	560	422.13	2,365	37

One grade step is worth $21.99/cwt here — about $92 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 sale113 hd

436.92

—

KS average3 barns · 348 hd

446.30

−9.38

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+19.83

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−57.50

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

63 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	550–600	574	391.29/cwt	387.00–394.00	2,246	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	271	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	512.44/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,712	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	370.94/cwt	364.00–384.00	2,478	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	380.24/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,365	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	453.46/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,891	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	422.35/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,002	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	465.62/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,788	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	359.84/cwt	349.00–369.75	2,810	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	338.57/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,502	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	337.89/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,592	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	411.66/cwt	407.50–412.50	2,202	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	352.35/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,438	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	327.58/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,719	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	316.15/cwt	315.00–318.00	2,921	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	455.78/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,434	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	413.16/cwt	411.00–416.00	2,591	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	330.99/cwt	330.00–336.00	3,035	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	934	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,222	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,139	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,124	109
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,992	52
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	969	305.09/cwt	297.00–314.00	2,956	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	377.99/cwt	377.00–379.00	2,570	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	408.23/cwt	396.00–420.00	2,384	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,071	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	497.68/cwt	490.00–507.50	2,444	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	475.19/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,020	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,191	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	369.27/cwt	366.00–372.00	2,197	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,293	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	448.44/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,843	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	366.99/cwt	362.00–369.50	2,367	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	341.60/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,319	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,976	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	330.52/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	334.95/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,606	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	313.65/cwt	310.00–321.00	3,005	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,022	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	362.10/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,940	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	402.75/cwt	387.00–411.00	2,686	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	442.76/cwt	435.00–451.00	2,550	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,395	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	422.98/cwt	416.00–436.00	2,424	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,801	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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,624Last week 1,600Year ago 2,659

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	281	535.00	535.00
15	300–350	334	505.00–515.00	512.44
9	350–400	384	460.00–470.00	465.62
36	400–450	417	450.00–460.00	453.46
12	450–500	474	415.00–435.00	422.35
26	500–550	535	407.50–412.50	411.66
29	550–600	574	387.00–394.00	391.29
46	600–650	622	371.00–390.00	380.24
30	650–700	692	348.00–365.00	352.35
62	700–750	739	336.00–346.00	338.57
28	750–800	767	336.00–339.00	337.89
35	800–850	830	327.00–328.00	327.58
31	900–950	924	315.00–318.00	316.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	523	386.00	386.00
6	600–650	624	386.00	386.00
19	650–700	657	364.50	364.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	518	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	969	297.00–314.00	305.09
52	1000–1050	1,030	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	612	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	463	405.00	405.00
7	500–550	534	370.00	370.00
22	550–600	595	366.00–372.00	369.27
15	600–650	645	362.00–369.50	366.99
9	650–700	679	336.00–346.00	341.60
6	750–800	762	326.00–335.00	330.52
3	800–850	848	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	485.00	485.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	620.00	620.00
6	400–450	445	472.00	472.00
15	450–500	455	455.00	455.00
26	500–550	534	450.00–470.00	455.78
32	550–600	573	416.00–436.00	422.98
36	650–700	668	364.00–384.00	370.94
8	700–750	716	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	425	470.00–500.00	475.19
19	450–500	491	490.00–507.50	497.68
8	500–550	508	492.50	492.50
10	550–600	576	435.00–451.00	442.76
21	600–650	627	411.00–416.00	413.16
12	650–700	667	387.00–411.00	402.75
6	700–750	722	388.00	388.00
145	750–800	781	349.00–369.75	359.84
90	800–850	812	349.00–369.00	362.10
53	850–900	856	353.00	353.00
77	900–950	917	330.00–336.00	330.99
12	950–1000	958	310.00–321.00	313.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	892	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	900–950	934	345.00	345.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	1000–1050	1,011	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	411	435.00–455.00	448.44
12	450–500	485	427.00	427.00
11	500–550	504	455.00	455.00
26	550–600	584	396.00–420.00	408.23
4	600–650	641	380.00	380.00
8	650–700	680	377.00–379.00	377.99
3	700–750	713	326.00	326.00
44	750–800	778	330.00–346.00	334.95
5	800–850	800	345.00	345.00
4	900–950	902	325.00	325.00

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