Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With 2 light sales in a row, there was no good comparison. Cattle sold steady to slightly lower with good demand. We did just have a good sized "special" sale on Tuesday that had 3000+ head, so some of the cattle were sold earlier this week. The cattle are still predominantly unweaned with little to no price difference as long as they have shots. Receipts were light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.31/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −98.12 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$396.31

144 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$37.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.95

vs KS average

−22.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	406.32	2,219	106
Medium and Large 1-2	549	368.37	2,021	38

One grade step is worth $37.95/cwt here — about $198 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 sale144 hd

396.31

—

KS average4 barns · 1,699 hd

409.26

−12.95

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.79

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−98.12

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

78 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	421	487.24/cwt	482.50–492.00	2,051	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	371.15/cwt	362.00–383.00	2,309	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	813	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,537	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	390.00/cwt	386.00–393.00	2,231	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	769	318.81/cwt	314.00–324.00	2,452	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	347.37/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,879	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	354.97/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,757	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	431	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,983	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	527	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,292	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	354.89/cwt	346.00–358.00	2,729	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	322.78/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,185	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	333.41/cwt	332.00–337.50	1,960	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	333.59/cwt	327.50–349.00	2,956	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,850	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,424	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	344.85/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,517	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,950	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,862	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	381.33/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,372	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	424.74/cwt	422.50–432.00	2,153	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	337.31/cwt	330.00–343.00	2,054	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,262	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	484.22/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	318.73/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,339	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	306.92/cwt	306.00–319.00	2,581	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	313.29/cwt	312.50–319.00	2,390	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	347.78/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,979	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	329.08/cwt	328.00–334.00	2,221	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	314.46/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,723	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	357.40/cwt	354.00–358.00	1,816	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	433.36/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,599	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	372.25/cwt	372.00–372.50	1,787	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	373	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,902	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	421	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	1,974	13
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	600	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,076	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,958	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	349.04/cwt	312.00–370.00	2,213	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	761	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	732	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,189	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	708	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	334.48/cwt	332.50–337.00	1,739	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,674	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	463.59/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	339.46/cwt	334.00–342.00	2,352	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	383.39/cwt	374.00–393.00	1,978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	346.22/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	325.16/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,348	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	334.81/cwt	333.00–336.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	679	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,112	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	374.41/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,164	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,918	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	475.84/cwt	475.00–476.00	2,227	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,118	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	719	341.18/cwt	322.00–346.00	2,453	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	353.06/cwt	341.00–366.00	2,351	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	343.03/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,127	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	432.81/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,658	11

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 Nov 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,909Last week 1,166Year ago 1,970

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	398	480.00	480.00
8	400–450	421	482.50–492.00	487.24
31	450–500	468	475.00–476.00	475.84
16	500–550	543	390.00	390.00
40	550–600	572	386.00–393.00	390.00
109	600–650	622	362.00–383.00	371.15
85	650–700	666	341.00–366.00	353.06
90	700–750	719	322.00–346.00	341.18
15	750–800	769	314.00–324.00	318.81
40	800–850	813	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	527	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	417	480.00–490.00	484.22
20	500–550	507	422.50–432.00	424.74
7	550–600	580	390.00	390.00
34	600–650	622	370.00–386.00	381.33
11	650–700	657	369.00	369.00
10	700–750	730	340.00–347.00	344.85
12	750–800	769	346.00–358.00	354.89
52	800–850	804	354.50	354.50
89	850–900	886	327.50–349.00	333.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	421	469.00	469.00
11	600–650	600	346.00	346.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,029	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	439	460.00–465.00	463.59
10	500–550	516	374.00–393.00	383.39
8	550–600	573	345.00–350.00	346.22
28	600–650	634	312.00–370.00	349.04
15	650–700	693	334.00–342.00	339.46
49	700–750	722	310.00–327.00	325.16
7	900–950	908	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	798	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
9	500–550	527	364.00	364.00
11	550–600	578	370.00–377.00	374.41
6	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
3	700–750	708	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
11	350–400	383	430.00–435.00	432.81
4	400–450	438	390.00	390.00
40	450–500	495	350.00–360.00	354.97
40	500–550	541	340.00–355.00	347.37
37	550–600	588	332.00–337.50	333.41
22	600–650	620	340.00–346.00	343.03
39	650–700	677	318.00–330.00	322.78
4	700–750	725	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	431	460.00	460.00
17	450–500	480	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	369	420.00–450.00	433.36
4	400–450	406	395.00	395.00
23	450–500	480	372.00–372.50	372.25
27	500–550	508	354.00–358.00	357.40
39	550–600	569	340.00–358.00	347.78
22	600–650	609	330.00–343.00	337.31
30	650–700	675	328.00–334.00	329.08
21	700–750	734	317.00–319.00	318.73
68	750–800	763	312.50–319.00	313.29
123	800–850	841	306.00–319.00	306.92
28	850–900	866	310.00–318.00	314.46
5	900–950	941	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
4	750–800	761	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,040	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	388.00	388.00
14	500–550	520	332.50–337.00	334.48
7	600–650	617	318.00	318.00
6	650–700	679	311.00	311.00
6	700–750	732	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	351	405.00	405.00
14	450–500	473	354.00	354.00
10	550–600	573	333.00–336.00	334.81
4	850–900	897	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	495	394.00	394.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	506	425.00	425.00

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