Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and feeder heifers 700 to 850 lbs sold mostly 10.00 lower. A good percentage of the cattle coming to the sale right now are unweaned and the buyers don't seem to mind as long as they have good vaccinations. 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 $439.44/cwt on 194 head. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits −54.99 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$439.44

194 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$519

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

$79.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.92

vs KS average

−29.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	449.42	2,532	149
Medium and Large 1-2	576	410.93	2,365	40
Medium and Large 2	544	370.00	2,013	5thin

One grade step is worth $79.42/cwt here — about $519 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 sale194 hd

439.44

—

KS average3 barns · 1,032 hd

467.36

−27.92

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−29.60

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−54.99

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

90 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 1	950–1000	990	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,331	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	448.60/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,431	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	380.30/cwt	373.00–388.00	3,118	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	571.83/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	633	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,801	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,647	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	436.48/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,558	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	418.60/cwt	408.00–432.00	2,654	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	407.81/cwt	402.00–423.00	2,785	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	775	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	555.10/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,015	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	407.98/cwt	404.00–410.00	2,321	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,512	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	462.07/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,126	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,858	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	398.76/cwt	396.00–401.00	2,843	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	471.51/cwt	462.00–475.00	2,372	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	355.83/cwt	341.00–361.00	2,409	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	402.22/cwt	397.00–408.00	2,695	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	372.87/cwt	367.00–388.00	2,379	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,220	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	401.97/cwt	391.00–409.00	2,874	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,592	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	366.97/cwt	361.75–374.50	3,196	419
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	391.56/cwt	383.00–399.50	3,058	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	355.28/cwt	348.00–360.85	3,318	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,978	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	344.12/cwt	337.50–353.00	2,997	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	363.35/cwt	358.00–369.00	2,652	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	358.28/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,787	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	342.46/cwt	339.00–351.00	2,812	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	372.32/cwt	368.00–383.00	2,383	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	405.29/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,347	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	457.37/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,310	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	358.58/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,406	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,433	9
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,013	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	356.62/cwt	351.00–360.00	3,673	153
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,683	15
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,269	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,904	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,551	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,829	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	548	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	506.88/cwt	505.00–508.00	2,458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,186	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	403.06/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,366	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	686	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,696	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	647	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,122	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	551.55/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,387	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,087	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	374.18/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,698	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	415.07/cwt	412.00–421.00	2,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,669	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	340.37/cwt	338.00–348.00	2,645	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	401.73/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,960	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,216	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	342.55/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,326	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	390.52/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,374	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,803	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	414.64/cwt	410.00–428.00	2,227	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	323.61/cwt	323.50–326.00	2,900	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	441	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	796	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,826	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	430.22/cwt	426.00–437.00	2,521	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	498.94/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,430	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,386	16

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 3,168Last week 1,948Year ago 2,466

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	600.00	600.00
14	400–450	422	560.00–575.00	571.83
15	450–500	489	530.00	530.00
14	500–550	542	445.00–450.00	448.60
40	550–600	586	430.00–450.00	436.48
50	600–650	634	408.00–432.00	418.60
102	650–700	683	402.00–423.00	407.81
29	700–750	715	391.00–409.00	401.97
233	750–800	781	383.00–399.50	391.56
62	800–850	820	373.00–388.00	380.30
419	850–900	871	361.75–374.50	366.97
219	900–950	934	348.00–360.85	355.28
13	950–1000	990	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	514	515.00	515.00
18	600–650	633	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	630.00	630.00
5	400–450	446	507.50	507.50
20	450–500	487	495.00–505.00	498.94
16	500–550	535	446.00	446.00
24	550–600	586	426.00–437.00	430.22
18	600–650	628	400.00	400.00
29	650–700	670	397.00–408.00	402.22
11	700–750	713	396.00–401.00	398.76
9	750–800	750	381.00	381.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	1000–1050	1,030	351.00–360.00	356.62
5	1050–1100	1,080	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	544	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	562	454.00	454.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	540.00–570.00	551.55
8	400–450	432	552.50	552.50
8	450–500	485	505.00–508.00	506.88
15	550–600	578	412.00–421.00	415.07
27	600–650	608	380.00–399.00	390.52
11	650–700	695	384.00	384.00
38	700–750	721	360.00–385.00	374.18
7	750–800	765	355.00	355.00
5	850–900	860	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	480.00	480.00
31	450–500	465	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	522	430.00	430.00
20	550–600	587	385.00–410.00	403.06
3	600–650	615	381.00	381.00
9	650–700	686	393.00	393.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	580.00	580.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	550.00–560.00	555.10
6	400–450	400	515.00	515.00
24	450–500	460	460.00–470.00	462.07
15	500–550	503	462.00–475.00	471.51
12	550–600	569	404.00–410.00	407.98
25	600–650	638	367.00–388.00	372.87
15	650–700	677	341.00–361.00	355.83
3	750–800	775	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	355	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	422	510.00	510.00
7	450–500	453	470.00	470.00
33	500–550	505	440.00–470.00	457.37
34	550–600	579	400.00–408.00	405.29
34	600–650	640	368.00–383.00	372.32
17	650–700	671	351.00–367.00	358.58
37	700–750	730	358.00–369.00	363.35
166	750–800	778	350.00–370.00	358.28
88	800–850	821	339.00–351.00	342.46
87	850–900	871	337.50–353.00	344.12
87	900–950	915	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	553	440.00	440.00
11	600–650	601	412.00	412.00
15	800–850	800	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,012	323.00	323.00
15	1100–1150	1,118	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	501	365.00	365.00
4	650–700	661	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	548	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	441	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	507	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	560	387.00	387.00
4	600–650	647	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	368	490.00	490.00
10	400–450	445	412.50	412.50
20	450–500	488	390.00–420.00	401.73
11	500–550	537	410.00–428.00	414.64
7	550–600	580	382.00	382.00
8	600–650	648	348.00	348.00
6	650–700	679	340.00–345.00	342.55
3	700–750	701	327.00	327.00
21	750–800	777	338.00–348.00	340.37
44	850–900	896	323.50–326.00	323.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	750–800	796	355.00	355.00

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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