Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering for the last sale of the year. Steer calves sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 6.00 higher, while feeders 750 to 900 lbs sold uneven from 5.00 lower to 10 higher. Steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers also sold uneven with calves selling 8.00 lower to 8.00 higher and feeders selling 7.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Receipts were moderate with good demand. The first sale next year will be a special weaned and vaccinated sale on January 6th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.54/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −47.88 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$446.54

220 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$61.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs KS average

+2.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	456.56	2,580	134
Medium and Large 1-2	561	433.64	2,434	80
Medium and Large 2	563	395.00	2,224	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.56/cwt here — about $356 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 sale220 hd

446.54

—

KS average3 barns · 447 hd

452.46

−5.92

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+2.44

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−47.88

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	690	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,263	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	412.70/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,571	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	456.46/cwt	437.00–460.00	2,574	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,438	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	589	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,686	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	349.63/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,846	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	289	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,618	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	525.61/cwt	525.00–526.00	2,470	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	522.48/cwt	520.00–524.00	2,257	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	489.80/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,576	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	373.53/cwt	358.00–382.00	2,678	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	666	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,667	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	548.00/cwt	548.00–548.00	2,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,327	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	321.37/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	349.56/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,374	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,961	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	355.54/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,752	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	331.41/cwt	323.00–335.50	3,072	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	350.60/cwt	337.50–353.00	2,552	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	468.32/cwt	465.00–472.00	2,047	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	430.78/cwt	412.00–435.00	2,546	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	308.85/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,780	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	445.52/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,392	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	334.91/cwt	322.00–337.00	2,579	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	448.22/cwt	439.00–455.00	2,577	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	335.43/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,935	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	327.28/cwt	325.00–327.50	3,135	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	355.48/cwt	348.00–369.00	2,072	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	463.62/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,040	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,018	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	709	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,528	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	339.67/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,164	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	333.47/cwt	326.00–337.50	2,264	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,650	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	348.09/cwt	342.00–353.00	2,343	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	425.20/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,028	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	310.09/cwt	303.00–321.00	2,239	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	327.05/cwt	317.00–329.00	2,522	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	385.94/cwt	372.00–393.00	2,204	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	317.61/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,738	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	361.00/cwt	347.00–369.00	2,245	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,581	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	492.47/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,054	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	416.73/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,154	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	455.50/cwt	435.00–461.00	2,114	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	521.47/cwt	517.50–530.00	1,945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,401	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	354.89/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,090	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,167	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	448.23/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,941	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	512.27/cwt	502.50–530.00	1,895	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	505.26/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	401.80/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,051	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	390.62/cwt	385.00–392.00	2,480	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	392.90/cwt	384.00–399.00	2,652	145

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,894Last week 4,313Year ago 2,763

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	562	415.00	415.00
8	650–700	690	328.00	328.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
3	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
4	900–950	927	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	500.00–510.00	505.26
8	350–400	370	502.50–530.00	512.27
10	400–450	432	520.00–524.00	522.48
24	450–500	470	525.00–526.00	525.61
20	500–550	526	480.00–500.00	489.80
55	550–600	575	439.00–455.00	448.22
68	600–650	623	400.00–424.00	412.70
145	650–700	675	384.00–399.00	392.90
75	700–750	717	358.00–382.00	373.53
94	750–800	774	340.00–367.00	355.54
168	800–850	814	336.00–358.00	349.63
60	850–900	875	334.00–338.00	335.43
202	900–950	927	323.00–335.50	331.41
67	950–1000	958	325.00–327.50	327.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
7	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	560.00	560.00
3	300–350	348	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
6	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
27	550–600	564	437.00–460.00	456.46
8	600–650	611	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	433	537.50	537.50
5	450–500	460	548.00	548.00
26	550–600	589	456.00	456.00
31	650–700	666	400.50	400.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	437	465.00–472.00	468.32
42	500–550	537	440.00–457.00	445.52
31	550–600	591	412.00–435.00	430.78
71	600–650	635	385.00–392.00	390.62
22	650–700	679	345.00–358.00	349.56
74	700–750	728	337.50–353.00	350.60
45	750–800	770	322.00–337.00	334.91
11	800–850	811	320.00–322.50	321.37
6	850–900	880	327.00	327.00
33	900–950	900	308.00–312.00	308.85
9	950–1000	955	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	530.00	530.00
4	350–400	360	575.00	575.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	490.00	490.00
11	400–450	440	460.00–470.00	463.62
28	450–500	477	419.00–430.00	425.20
7	500–550	527	383.00	383.00
22	550–600	583	348.00–369.00	355.48
21	600–650	637	335.00–342.00	339.67
13	650–700	679	326.00–337.50	333.47
27	700–750	722	303.00–321.00	310.09
5	750–800	751	292.50	292.50
12	850–900	852	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	709	356.50	356.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	520.00	520.00
8	300–350	335	490.00	490.00
9	350–400	373	517.50–530.00	521.47
14	400–450	417	490.00–495.00	492.47
29	450–500	464	435.00–461.00	455.50
53	500–550	517	410.00–427.50	416.73
84	550–600	571	372.00–393.00	385.94
68	600–650	622	347.00–369.00	361.00
72	650–700	673	342.00–353.00	348.09
8	700–750	733	327.50	327.50
130	750–800	771	317.00–329.00	327.05
64	800–850	822	314.00	314.00
70	850–900	862	317.50–320.00	317.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	510.00	510.00
16	400–450	433	445.00–450.00	448.23
8	450–500	461	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	518	397.00–410.00	401.80
14	550–600	589	352.00–357.00	354.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	466	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
3	650–700	676	317.50	317.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas