Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago steer cattle over 750 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. There were not enough heifers this week for a good test. Most of the cattle today seemed to be un-weaned. Being un-weaned or short weaned did not seem to affect the prices as long as they had shots. 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 $407.43/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −87.00 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$407.43

181 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$65.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.30

vs KS average

−15.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	431.68	2,357	114
Medium and Large 1-2	574	366.16	2,101	67

One grade step is worth $65.52/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale181 hd

407.43

—

KS average3 barns · 551 hd

424.73

−17.30

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−15.22

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−87.00

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

75 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	410	481.01/cwt	480.00–482.00	1,972	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	471.86/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,199	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	340	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	433.25/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,075	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	385.48/cwt	382.00–390.00	1,978	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	325.04/cwt	322.00–337.00	2,704	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	367.24/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,079	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	355.16/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,266	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	351.42/cwt	343.00–358.00	2,502	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	383.00/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,386	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	407.31/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,554	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	288	504.94/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,454	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	954	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,976	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	318.38/cwt	318.00–319.00	2,983	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	367.09/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,239	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	403.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,935	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	411.43/cwt	401.00–420.00	2,415	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	782	339.34/cwt	338.50–344.00	2,654	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	425.61/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,396	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	334.25/cwt	332.00–335.00	3,032	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	489.51/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,320	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	342.12/cwt	336.00–349.00	2,631	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	382.36/cwt	377.00–393.00	2,539	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	471.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,961	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,877	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	368.28/cwt	356.00–376.50	2,961	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	378.25/cwt	378.25–378.25	3,000	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	350.36/cwt	350.00–350.50	3,094	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	360.99/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,404	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,478	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	907	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,265	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,264	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	811	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,770	14
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,047	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	3,052	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	397	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	378.52/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,426	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	413.74/cwt	412.00–420.00	1,916	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,632	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,525	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	337.67/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,931	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	372	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,507	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	372	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,406	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	332.18/cwt	324.00–337.00	2,451	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	432.32/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,036	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	374.46/cwt	374.00–377.00	2,176	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,266	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	415.28/cwt	412.00–420.00	1,773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	361.76/cwt	352.00–367.00	2,576	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	355.66/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,059	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	369.34/cwt	365.00–382.00	1,865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,924	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	856	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,846	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	350.60/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,995	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	344.34/cwt	331.00–355.00	2,125	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	387.64/cwt	377.00–402.00	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	347.86/cwt	344.00–354.00	2,348	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	389.61/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,860	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	428.12/cwt	422.50–429.00	2,243	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	348.62/cwt	342.00–352.00	2,827	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	329.58/cwt	327.50–331.50	3,220	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,410	19

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Receipts 2,478Last week 1,624Year ago 1,828

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	530.00	530.00
3	350–400	355	485.00	485.00
18	400–450	410	480.00–482.00	481.01
37	450–500	466	460.00–480.00	471.86
19	500–550	502	480.00	480.00
25	550–600	563	420.00–435.00	425.61
50	600–650	623	372.00–400.00	383.00
11	650–700	664	377.00–393.00	382.36
8	700–750	706	358.00	358.00
26	750–800	782	338.50–344.00	339.34
23	850–900	856	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	470.00	470.00
17	350–400	372	405.00	405.00
3	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
33	450–500	471	415.00–440.00	432.32
24	550–600	569	345.00–361.00	350.60
3	600–650	611	300.00	300.00
11	650–700	684	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	384	515.00	515.00
20	400–450	416	470.00–475.00	471.48
73	450–500	474	480.00–495.00	489.51
39	500–550	524	422.50–429.00	428.12
31	550–600	587	401.00–420.00	411.43
29	600–650	627	395.00–415.00	407.31
17	650–700	680	387.00	387.00
41	700–750	734	385.00–395.00	389.61
58	750–800	793	378.25	378.25
103	800–850	804	356.00–376.50	368.28
51	850–900	883	350.00–350.50	350.36
20	900–950	907	332.00–335.00	334.25
119	950–1000	977	327.50–331.50	329.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
115	900–950	907	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	410.00	410.00
14	450–500	463	412.00–420.00	413.74
3	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
40	550–600	581	374.00–377.00	374.46
56	600–650	641	373.00–380.00	378.52
30	650–700	661	382.00	382.00
45	700–750	712	352.00–367.00	361.76
31	800–850	811	342.00–352.00	348.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	372	378.00	378.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	288	495.00–510.00	504.94
9	350–400	383	490.00	490.00
35	450–500	479	425.00–450.00	433.25
45	500–550	513	382.00–390.00	385.48
30	550–600	579	355.00–357.00	355.66
10	600–650	638	352.00–360.00	355.16
33	650–700	675	344.00–354.00	347.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	440.00	440.00
27	450–500	479	400.00–410.00	403.90
65	550–600	566	360.00–380.00	367.24
13	600–650	610	360.00–374.00	367.09
52	650–700	666	352.00–368.00	360.99
36	700–750	712	343.00–358.00	351.42
22	750–800	769	336.00–349.00	342.12
150	800–850	832	322.00–337.00	325.04
16	900–950	937	318.00–319.00	318.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	950–1000	954	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	555	408.00	408.00
14	800–850	811	341.50	341.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	1000–1050	1,047	291.50	291.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	397	465.00	465.00
10	500–550	533	361.00	361.00
3	550–600	586	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	412.00–420.00	415.28
19	450–500	478	377.00–402.00	387.64
14	500–550	505	365.00–382.00	369.34
43	550–600	572	328.00–340.00	337.67
30	600–650	617	331.00–355.00	344.34
13	650–700	655	346.00	346.00
16	700–750	738	324.00–337.00	332.18
7	750–800	753	306.00	306.00
5	950–1000	967	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	428	450.00	450.00

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