Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to wet weather, the receipts were down this week. With a limited test steer cattle were 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifer cattle, again with a limited test, were mostly 10.00 lower. The receipts were light with light to moderate demand. We have another special calf sale next Tuesday, expecting 3000 to 4000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.69/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −96.74 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$397.69

141 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.16

vs KS average

−32.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	400.88	2,247	123
Medium 1	528	395.00	2,086	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	578	366.38	2,116	12thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $131 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 sale141 hd

397.69

—

KS average4 barns · 561 hd

404.85

−7.16

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−32.03

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−96.74

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

52 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	950–1000	951	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	304.96/cwt	302.00–308.50	2,674	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	469.29/cwt	452.00–480.00	2,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	334.52/cwt	330.00–335.50	2,907	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	371.53/cwt	369.00–384.00	2,367	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	362.81/cwt	353.00–372.00	2,115	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	400.13/cwt	392.00–402.50	2,133	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	482.14/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	856	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	307.62/cwt	299.50–318.00	2,556	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	413.31/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,947	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	337.23/cwt	336.00–345.00	2,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	394.81/cwt	389.00–404.00	2,306	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	356.92/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,652	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	334.02/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,742	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,094	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	496.28/cwt	482.50–510.00	2,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	329.99/cwt	316.00–332.50	2,227	19
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	528	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,086	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,688	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,139	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,506	5
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,907	23
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,900	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,887	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	379.15/cwt	366.00–386.00	2,347	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	384.12/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,197	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	455.70/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,682	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,342	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,265	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,245	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	315.06/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,268	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,106	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	335.00/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,332	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	390.26/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,193	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	365.01/cwt	363.00–366.00	2,234	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,042	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	327.50/cwt	310.00–330.50	2,496	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	289.97/cwt	280.00–302.50	2,012	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	379.14/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,831	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	349.98/cwt	346.00–352.00	2,380	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	327.80/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,331	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,607	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	317.77/cwt	310.00–323.00	2,307	14

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,166Last week 2,688Year ago 2,253

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	369	445.00–460.00	455.70
9	450–500	471	410.00–425.00	413.31
13	550–600	572	380.00–386.00	384.12
14	600–650	632	336.00–345.00	337.23
19	650–700	675	316.00–332.50	329.99
14	700–750	726	310.00–323.00	317.77
90	750–800	762	310.00–330.50	327.50
17	800–850	831	299.50–318.00	307.62
50	850–900	877	302.00–308.50	304.96
8	950–1000	951	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	498	410.00	410.00
29	500–550	533	392.00–402.50	400.13
37	550–600	583	353.00–372.00	362.81
6	600–650	612	363.00–366.00	365.01
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,022	263.00	263.00
5	1100–1150	1,139	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1000–1050	1,013	285.00	285.00
23	1050–1100	1,061	274.00	274.00
5	1100–1150	1,111	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	636	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	483	375.00–395.00	379.14
5	500–550	524	380.00	380.00
9	650–700	694	280.00–302.50	289.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	301	555.00	555.00
8	400–450	426	482.50–510.00	496.28
10	450–500	469	452.00–480.00	469.29
8	500–550	521	402.00	402.00
22	550–600	584	389.00–404.00	394.81
26	600–650	637	369.00–384.00	371.53
7	650–700	686	380.00	380.00
46	700–750	743	355.00–361.00	356.92
7	750–800	779	343.00	343.00
34	800–850	821	321.00–340.00	334.02
75	850–900	869	330.00–335.50	334.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	475.00–485.00	482.14
5	450–500	474	445.00	445.00
61	550–600	562	380.00–395.00	390.26
68	600–650	619	366.00–386.00	379.15
27	650–700	680	346.00–352.00	349.98
26	700–750	711	315.00–337.00	327.80
3	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
3	850–900	856	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	485.00	485.00
32	550–600	551	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	432.00	432.00
9	550–600	573	367.50	367.50
7	600–650	647	347.00	347.00
8	650–700	696	325.00–341.00	335.00
13	700–750	720	310.00–327.00	315.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	591	363.00	363.00

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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