Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice big run of cattle today. Steer calves 600 to 750 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 700 lbs sold 25.00 to 30.00 higher while heifers over 750 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.04/cwt on 247 head, up $49.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 27 comparable sales and sits +1.61 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$496.04

▲ 49.49 vs prior sale

247 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$49.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

vs KS average

+29.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	513.44	2,862	161
Medium and Large 1-2	575	463.47	2,666	86

One grade step is worth $49.97/cwt here — about $197 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 sale247 hd

496.04

—

KS average4 barns · 1,150 hd

492.77

+3.27

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+29.71

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

+1.61

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

66 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	800–850	826	358.58/cwt	351.00–369.00	2,962	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	408.64/cwt	399.00–420.00	2,766	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	388.80/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,823	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	328.98/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,902	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	388.25/cwt	375.00–393.00	2,609	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	341.35/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,775	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	500.67/cwt	490.00–507.00	2,483	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	457.52/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,649	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,767	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	436.32/cwt	427.50–453.00	2,749	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,200	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	528.40/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,811	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,078	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	346.72/cwt	330.00–356.00	2,722	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	340.82/cwt	337.50–345.50	3,098	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	349.49/cwt	342.00–355.50	3,103	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	375.70/cwt	367.00–386.00	2,889	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	488.82/cwt	473.00–505.00	2,840	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	567.44/cwt	552.00–577.50	2,378	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	539.37/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,567	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,012	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	762	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,979	16
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	809	348.25/cwt	348.25–348.25	2,817	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,397	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	446	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,377	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,462	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	417.68/cwt	412.00–423.00	2,665	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	759	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	3,006	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	864	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	3,158	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,255	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	481	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	2,747	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	568	518.50/cwt	518.50–518.50	2,945	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	809	372.75/cwt	372.75–372.75	3,016	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	488.22/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,099	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	480.07/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,304	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	704	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	648	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,436	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	391.98/cwt	377.00–400.00	2,466	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	321.08/cwt	314.00–330.00	2,787	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	371.11/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,483	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	358.38/cwt	353.00–359.50	2,573	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	331.17/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,732	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	401.51/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,180	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	359.37/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,472	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	450.38/cwt	447.00–457.50	2,355	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	422.32/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,416	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	339.02/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,597	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,655	5
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,234	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,838	13
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	344.60/cwt	325.00–348.50	2,543	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	370.78/cwt	368.00–374.00	2,358	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,174	5

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 3,962Last week 2,894Year ago 2,931

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	565.00	565.00
16	400–450	419	552.00–577.50	567.44
12	450–500	476	530.00–550.00	539.37
59	500–550	532	510.00–537.50	528.40
46	550–600	581	473.00–505.00	488.82
150	600–650	630	427.50–453.00	436.32
168	650–700	677	399.00–420.00	408.64
154	700–750	726	377.00–400.00	388.80
220	750–800	769	367.00–386.00	375.70
203	800–850	826	351.00–369.00	358.58
244	850–900	888	342.00–355.50	349.49
297	900–950	909	337.50–345.50	340.82
122	950–1000	958	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	496	490.00–507.00	500.67
11	500–550	549	504.00	504.00
75	550–600	579	440.00–465.00	457.52
38	600–650	638	412.00–423.00	417.68
33	650–700	672	375.00–393.00	388.25
57	750–800	785	330.00–356.00	346.72
29	800–850	813	337.00–346.00	341.35
48	850–900	882	320.00–336.00	328.98
8	950–1000	953	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	510.00	510.00
6	650–700	650	412.00	412.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	560.00	560.00
16	750–800	762	391.00	391.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	450–500	481	571.00	571.00
52	550–600	568	518.50	518.50
6	600–650	600	460.00	460.00
21	750–800	759	396.00	396.00
66	800–850	809	372.75	372.75
23	850–900	864	365.50	365.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	650	262.50	262.50
8	750–800	774	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,005	273.00	273.00
7	1050–1100	1,083	270.00	270.00
13	1200–1250	1,234	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	545.00	545.00
39	400–450	446	533.00	533.00
54	500–550	509	471.00	471.00
11	550–600	566	435.00	435.00
67	800–850	809	348.25	348.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	501	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	632	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
27	400–450	430	480.00–495.00	488.22
28	450–500	480	470.00–487.50	480.07
25	500–550	523	447.00–457.50	450.38
86	550–600	572	405.00–432.50	422.32
58	600–650	629	377.00–400.00	391.98
96	650–700	669	365.00–378.00	371.11
120	700–750	718	353.00–359.50	358.38
28	750–800	766	335.00–343.00	339.02
360	800–850	825	325.00–337.00	331.17
64	850–900	868	314.00–330.00	321.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	564	432.00	432.00
9	600–650	648	422.00	422.00
10	650–700	658	385.00	385.00
8	700–750	704	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	440.00	440.00
14	500–550	543	400.00–407.00	401.51
55	600–650	636	368.00–374.00	370.78
16	650–700	688	359.00–360.00	359.37
47	700–750	738	325.00–348.50	344.60
8	750–800	785	329.00	329.00
5	850–900	888	299.00	299.00

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