Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Still getting a lot of cattle off grass. Steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 higher. Heifers there was not a good test, however a higher undertone was noted. The receipts were light to moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.56/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −71.10 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$422.56

65 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$32.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.20

vs KS average

−23.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	431.11	2,407	48
Medium and Large 1-2	554	398.41	2,209	17thin

One grade step is worth $32.70/cwt here — about $198 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

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 sale65 hd

422.56

—

KS average3 barns · 600 hd

452.75

−30.20

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−23.29

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−71.10

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

58 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	900–950	918	317.88/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,918	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,348	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,076	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,453	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,477	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,439	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	352.24/cwt	350.00–357.00	2,910	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	400.88/cwt	394.00–408.00	2,698	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	436.51/cwt	434.00–441.00	2,444	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	685	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,603	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	354.37/cwt	352.00–356.00	2,736	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	396.25/cwt	395.50–400.00	2,267	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	359.96/cwt	349.00–365.50	3,132	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	3,334	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	369.25/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,504	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	374.20/cwt	364.50–379.00	2,698	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	389.84/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,861	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,905	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	776	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,999	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	366	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	1,889	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	381.25/cwt	381.25–381.25	2,882	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,050	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,216	7
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,220	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	334.35/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,725	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	331.01/cwt	327.50–337.00	2,906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,315	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	483.40/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,224	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	374.23/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,156	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	350.39/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,551	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	361.05/cwt	356.00–366.00	2,397	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	397.30/cwt	391.00–405.00	2,010	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	356.15/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,906	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,295	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	390.42/cwt	376.00–407.00	2,452	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,169	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	351.14/cwt	343.00–353.00	3,294	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	377.82/cwt	366.00–383.00	3,083	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	325.66/cwt	323.00–330.00	3,191	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	706	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,400	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	776	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,314	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	426.24/cwt	424.00–433.00	2,724	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	363.63/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,255	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,253	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	405.63/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,874	7

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,948Last week 2,478Year ago 2,625

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
30	400–450	443	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	457	390.00	390.00
36	550–600	572	395.50–400.00	396.25
18	600–650	626	375.00	375.00
42	650–700	678	360.00–375.00	369.25
79	700–750	721	364.50–379.00	374.20
166	750–800	772	352.00–356.00	354.37
30	800–850	826	350.00–357.00	352.24
8	850–900	878	327.50–337.00	331.01
17	900–950	918	316.00–320.00	317.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	472.00	472.00
7	450–500	462	400.00–410.00	405.63
9	500–550	506	391.00–405.00	397.30
13	550–600	566	398.00	398.00
18	600–650	620	357.00–370.00	363.63
10	650–700	664	356.00–366.00	361.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	685	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	366	516.00	516.00
11	400–450	412	497.50	497.50
17	750–800	756	381.25	381.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,220	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
18	550–600	576	371.00–380.00	374.23
4	600–650	621	364.00	364.00
15	700–750	728	350.00–351.00	350.39
14	800–850	815	329.00–336.00	334.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	369	550.00	550.00
6	400–450	407	510.00	510.00
7	500–550	520	445.00	445.00
14	550–600	560	434.00–441.00	436.51
27	600–650	639	424.00–433.00	426.24
15	650–700	673	394.00–408.00	400.88
47	700–750	734	382.00–400.00	389.84
3	750–800	771	366.00	366.00
97	800–850	816	366.00–383.00	377.82
341	850–900	870	349.00–365.50	359.96
209	900–950	938	343.00–353.00	351.14
60	950–1000	970	343.75	343.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	515.00	515.00
7	450–500	460	475.00–490.00	483.40
7	500–550	525	441.00	441.00
20	550–600	582	419.00	419.00
12	600–650	635	390.00	390.00
14	650–700	672	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	750–800	776	386.50	386.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,005	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	412.50	412.50
12	500–550	537	404.00	404.00
5	550–600	596	385.00	385.00
14	600–650	628	376.00–407.00	390.42
21	800–850	816	355.00–359.00	356.15
3	850–900	863	315.00	315.00
51	950–1000	980	323.00–330.00	325.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	706	340.00	340.00
3	750–800	776	333.00	333.00

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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