Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold higher, mostly 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Steers over 750 lbs sold uneven from 2.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 800 lbs sold 1.00 lower. 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 $451.89/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −42.53 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$451.89

148 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$4.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.84

vs KS average

+22.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	452.51	2,523	128
Medium and Large 1-2	539	447.97	2,415	20

One grade step is worth $4.54/cwt here — about $108 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 sale148 hd

451.89

—

KS average4 barns · 751 hd

444.05

+7.84

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+22.74

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−42.53

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

79 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	450–500	465	520.09/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,418	15
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	518	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	365.26/cwt	362.00–368.00	2,590	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	327.31/cwt	324.25–335.00	3,165	217
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	3,067	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	467.36/cwt	457.00–480.00	2,435	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,229	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	390.24/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,630	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	571	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,307	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	336.48/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,766	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	416.74/cwt	404.00–425.00	2,542	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	425.97/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,509	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	351.81/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,361	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	337.56/cwt	324.00–341.50	3,089	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	435.09/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,814	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	604	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,319	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	343.56/cwt	336.00–354.00	2,663	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	390.72/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,243	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	372.27/cwt	361.00–379.00	2,710	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,257	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	325.72/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,342	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	289.26/cwt	288.50–290.50	2,650	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	412.77/cwt	402.50–417.00	2,588	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	489.27/cwt	476.00–496.00	2,564	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	313.91/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,401	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	408.33/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,156	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	356.31/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,273	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	301.95/cwt	292.00–308.50	2,509	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	293.57/cwt	284.00–301.00	2,557	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	342.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	3,010	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	428.28/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,039	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	847	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	750	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,846	16
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	443	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,060	8
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	686	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,487	6
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	480.29/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,267	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	841	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,048	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,285	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	297.62/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,750	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	360.54/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,459	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	332.55/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,614	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	381.36/cwt	377.00–384.00	2,384	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	456.08/cwt	443.00–470.00	2,445	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	322.34/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,640	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	324.91/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,853	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	976	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	416.27/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	390.20/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,064	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	383.52/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,531	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	316.54/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,235	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,282	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	677	325.39/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,203	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,269	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	504.89/cwt	487.00–515.00	2,459	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	380.48/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,249	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	745	342.23/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,550	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	885	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,664	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	422.20/cwt	416.00–428.00	2,098	27

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,500Last week 2,940Year ago 3,414

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	550.00	550.00
15	450–500	465	500.00–525.00	520.09
48	500–550	524	476.00–496.00	489.27
59	550–600	589	407.50–430.00	425.97
45	600–650	627	402.50–417.00	412.77
83	650–700	674	380.00–400.00	390.24
68	700–750	728	361.00–379.00	372.27
52	750–800	775	336.00–354.00	343.56
55	800–850	822	335.00–341.00	336.48
25	850–900	878	340.00–345.00	342.80
136	900–950	915	324.00–341.50	337.56
217	950–1000	967	324.25–335.00	327.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	487	487.00–515.00	504.89
11	500–550	521	457.00–480.00	467.36
10	550–600	573	415.00–417.50	416.27
38	600–650	610	404.00–425.00	416.74
29	650–700	660	370.00–387.00	383.52
30	700–750	709	362.00–368.00	365.26
5	750–800	756	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	750	379.50	379.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	686	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	380.00	380.00
9	650–700	695	359.00	359.00
22	700–750	745	340.00–350.00	342.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	485.00	485.00
17	500–550	536	443.00–470.00	456.08
3	550–600	556	402.00	402.00
18	600–650	625	377.00–384.00	381.36
15	650–700	682	354.00–367.50	360.54
4	700–750	723	354.00	354.00
19	750–800	786	329.00–335.00	332.55
30	800–850	819	320.00–328.00	322.34
25	850–900	878	318.00–329.00	324.91
16	900–950	924	291.00–303.00	297.62
4	950–1000	976	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	841	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	365.00	365.00
12	700–750	716	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
22	400–450	417	432.00–440.00	435.09
27	450–500	497	416.00–428.00	422.20
27	500–550	529	381.00–398.00	390.20
25	550–600	591	369.00–386.00	380.48
8	600–650	604	369.00	369.00
16	650–700	650	351.00	351.00
4	700–750	718	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	571	404.00	404.00
10	600–650	604	384.00	384.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
26	450–500	476	405.00–437.00	428.28
24	500–550	528	404.00–414.00	408.33
116	550–600	574	384.00–400.00	390.72
19	600–650	638	351.00–363.00	356.31
56	650–700	671	351.00–354.00	351.81
32	700–750	719	319.00–340.00	325.72
38	750–800	765	310.00–318.00	313.91
218	800–850	831	292.00–308.50	301.95
45	850–900	871	284.00–301.00	293.57
24	900–950	916	288.50–290.50	289.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	450	455.00	455.00
6	800–850	847	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	496	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	586	377.00	377.00
18	600–650	645	350.00	350.00
13	700–750	706	315.00–317.50	316.54
3	750–800	796	284.00	284.00
7	800–850	813	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	596	362.00	362.00
13	650–700	677	325.00–326.00	325.39
3	800–850	820	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	885	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	639	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	560.00	560.00
13	450–500	472	470.00–490.00	480.29
20	500–550	531	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	592	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	345.00	345.00

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