Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, while feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold mostly 15.00 lower. Still a lot of unweaned and short-wean cattle coming to town. Next Tuesday we have our first special calf sale of the season, expecting a nice run. The receipts were moderate with average demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.89/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −75.77 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$417.89

182 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$528

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

$127.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.00

vs KS average

−40.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	442.46	2,390	116
Medium and Large 1-2	574	380.67	2,184	60
Medium 1-2	591	315.00	1,862	6thin

One grade step is worth $127.46/cwt here — about $528 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 sale182 hd

417.89

—

KS average3 barns · 946 hd

426.89

−9.00

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−40.25

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−75.77

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

84 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	267	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,141	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	454.90/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	351.61/cwt	348.00–356.00	3,203	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,211	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	351.62/cwt	343.00–357.00	2,901	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	367.89/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,638	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	399.37/cwt	392.00–410.00	2,676	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	385.16/cwt	374.00–394.00	2,966	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	406.75/cwt	391.00–409.50	2,628	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	457.18/cwt	450.00–461.00	2,226	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	442.01/cwt	437.00–450.00	2,298	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	374.05/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,315	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	441.37/cwt	431.00–455.00	2,052	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	372.74/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,136	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	330.11/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,859	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	339.23/cwt	333.50–345.00	2,629	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	329.06/cwt	327.50–337.00	2,731	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	404.62/cwt	395.00–408.00	2,080	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	363.54/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,388	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	359.18/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,586	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,826	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	509.90/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,922	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,862	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,081	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,118	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,959	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,253	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,202	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	643	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,218	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,862	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,493	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,890	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	341.83/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,471	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,202	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,098	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	764	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,685	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,409	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	359.08/cwt	341.00–367.00	2,815	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	374.18/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	382.89/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,060	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	337.06/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,282	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	346.27/cwt	342.50–350.50	3,047	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	382.19/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,400	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	344.76/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,031	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	413.22/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,004	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	339.14/cwt	332.00–354.00	2,069	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	392.53/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,308	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	377.60/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,605	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	387.29/cwt	387.00–387.50	2,045	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,251	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	362	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	364.15/cwt	362.00–377.00	2,159	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	1,975	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	488.33/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,188	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	415.92/cwt	415.50–418.00	2,371	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	360.45/cwt	358.00–362.00	2,109	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,083	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	341.25/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,129	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	377.48/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,522	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	404.79/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,162	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	747	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,846	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	356.07/cwt	353.50–365.00	3,151	201

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 2,688Last week 3,168Year ago 2,462

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	267	545.00	545.00
3	400–450	418	405.00	405.00
3	750–800	758	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	480.00	480.00
18	450–500	460	397.00	397.00
3	550–600	553	375.00	375.00
23	600–650	622	315.00	315.00
6	650–700	692	317.00	317.00
29	700–750	706	300.00	300.00
5	900–950	926	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	556	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	245	490.00	490.00
3	250–300	266	530.00	530.00
6	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
39	350–400	377	500.00–515.00	509.90
9	400–450	438	475.00	475.00
30	450–500	465	431.00–455.00	441.37
12	500–550	514	395.00–408.00	404.62
15	550–600	573	365.00–377.00	372.74
40	600–650	619	368.00–378.00	374.05
57	650–700	657	356.00–365.00	363.54
51	700–750	720	355.00–361.00	359.18
277	750–800	775	333.50–345.00	339.23
87	800–850	830	327.50–337.00	329.06
14	850–900	866	328.00–333.00	330.11
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,000	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	461	455.00	455.00
30	750–800	764	351.50	351.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
8	350–400	390	430.00	430.00
32	450–500	485	412.00–425.00	413.22
14	500–550	528	387.00–387.50	387.29
33	550–600	589	325.00–350.00	344.76
19	600–650	610	332.00–354.00	339.14
39	650–700	677	335.00–341.00	337.06
3	700–750	701	310.00	310.00
11	850–900	880	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	613	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	480.00	480.00
15	400–450	408	484.00	484.00
29	450–500	480	434.00	434.00
20	500–550	534	397.00–420.00	404.79
13	550–600	585	358.00–362.00	360.45
23	600–650	624	337.00–351.00	341.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	450.00–460.00	454.90
6	400–450	447	475.00	475.00
17	450–500	487	450.00–461.00	457.18
15	500–550	520	437.00–450.00	442.01
9	550–600	552	447.50	447.50
90	600–650	646	391.00–409.50	406.75
20	650–700	670	392.00–410.00	399.37
33	700–750	717	350.00–372.00	367.89
123	750–800	770	374.00–394.00	385.16
44	800–850	825	343.00–357.00	351.62
201	850–900	885	353.50–365.00	356.07
88	900–950	911	348.00–356.00	351.61
55	950–1000	973	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	406	555.00	555.00
5	450–500	454	485.00	485.00
40	500–550	506	476.00	476.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	643	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	685	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
5	500–550	545	404.00	404.00
18	550–600	588	380.00–396.00	392.53
22	600–650	628	380.00–383.00	382.19
15	650–700	690	375.00–385.00	377.60
10	700–750	723	340.00–343.00	341.83
28	750–800	784	341.00–367.00	359.08
120	850–900	880	342.50–350.50	346.27
4	900–950	928	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	476	365.00–385.00	374.18
15	500–550	538	375.00–390.00	382.89
22	550–600	593	362.00–377.00	364.15
22	650–700	664	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	460.00	460.00
9	400–450	425	485.00–490.00	488.33
7	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
52	550–600	570	415.50–418.00	415.92
14	600–650	601	364.00	364.00
32	650–700	668	367.00–385.00	377.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	700–750	747	381.00	381.00

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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