Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady to weak while steers under 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers weighing 550 to 750 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with heifers over 750 lbs selling steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.38/cwt on 117 head, down $26.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 27 comparable sales and sits −25.04 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$469.38

▼ 26.65 vs prior sale

117 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$651

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

$84.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.94

vs KS average

−2.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	489.35	2,713	59
Medium and Large 1-2	570	458.24	2,612	48
Medium and Large 2	509	405.10	2,062	10thin

One grade step is worth $84.25/cwt here — about $651 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale117 hd

469.38

—

KS average4 barns · 689 hd

490.32

−20.94

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−2.60

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−25.04

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

60 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 2	750–800	761	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,511	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	405.10/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,062	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	954	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	436.53/cwt	424.00–447.50	2,737	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	339.56/cwt	338.00–340.50	3,131	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	467.66/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,656	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	921	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	412.86/cwt	412.50–413.00	2,659	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	439.79/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,586	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	494.65/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,325	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	339.65/cwt	335.00–345.25	2,999	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	377.96/cwt	366.00–388.00	2,937	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	552.29/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,574	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,475	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	344.32/cwt	338.00–359.00	2,682	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	488.99/cwt	487.00–490.00	2,641	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	742	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,701	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	926	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,065	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	407.80/cwt	393.00–418.00	2,761	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	323.20/cwt	315.50–330.00	3,209	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	389.58/cwt	374.00–398.00	2,809	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	349.72/cwt	332.00–355.50	2,868	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	445	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,270	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	701	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	546	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	492	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	751	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,764	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,373	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,045	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	332.11/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,584	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	444.53/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,320	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,608	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	390.67/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,102	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,370	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	377.01/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	398.82/cwt	387.00–412.50	2,441	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	474.84/cwt	460.00–482.00	2,303	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	312.66/cwt	304.00–319.00	2,676	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	369.11/cwt	362.00–387.00	2,495	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	426.88/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,476	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	332.22/cwt	319.50–340.00	2,741	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,849	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	728	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,708	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	533	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,500	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,963	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	357.76/cwt	343.00–367.00	2,587	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,048	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	528.59/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,802	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,270	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	887	358.23/cwt	358.00–358.50	3,178	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	801	379.14/cwt	378.50–382.00	3,037	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	461.89/cwt	460.00–463.00	2,794	35

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 3,499Last week 3,962Year ago 4,866

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	509	390.00–420.00	405.10
10	750–800	761	330.00	330.00
5	950–1000	954	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	442	560.00	560.00
17	450–500	466	550.00–555.00	552.29
21	500–550	530	525.00–530.00	528.59
38	550–600	568	460.00–480.00	467.66
112	600–650	627	424.00–447.50	436.53
168	650–700	677	393.00–418.00	407.80
148	700–750	721	374.00–398.00	389.58
172	750–800	777	366.00–388.00	377.96
338	800–850	820	332.00–355.50	349.72
280	850–900	883	335.00–345.25	339.65
87	900–950	922	338.00–340.50	339.56
117	950–1000	993	315.50–330.00	323.20
32	1050–1100	1,051	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	470	490.00–500.00	494.65
18	500–550	540	487.00–490.00	488.99
30	550–600	588	435.00–445.00	439.79
52	600–650	644	412.50–413.00	412.86
7	650–700	691	386.00	386.00
6	700–750	743	335.00	335.00
23	750–800	779	338.00–359.00	344.32
6	900–950	921	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	742	364.00	364.00
7	900–950	926	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	605	460.00–463.00	461.89
15	700–750	707	403.00	403.00
60	800–850	801	378.50–382.00	379.14
125	850–900	887	358.00–358.50	358.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,006	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	445	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	492	525.00	525.00
7	500–550	546	487.50	487.50
25	650–700	660	395.00	395.00
8	700–750	701	372.00	372.00
42	750–800	751	368.00	368.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	480.00	480.00
9	450–500	487	420.00	420.00
44	500–550	538	377.50–397.50	390.67
6	550–600	584	405.00	405.00
10	600–650	642	376.00–378.00	377.01
11	650–700	693	342.00	342.00
9	750–800	768	309.00	309.00
7	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	530.00	530.00
9	400–450	409	480.00	480.00
55	450–500	485	460.00–482.00	474.84
37	500–550	522	435.00–455.00	444.53
88	550–600	580	419.00–436.00	426.88
116	600–650	612	387.00–412.50	398.82
101	650–700	676	362.00–387.00	369.11
117	700–750	723	343.00–367.00	357.76
80	750–800	778	325.00–338.00	332.11
86	800–850	825	319.50–340.00	332.22
46	850–900	856	304.00–319.00	312.66
23	900–950	907	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	533	469.00	469.00
28	700–750	728	372.00	372.00

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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