Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Wean/Vacc Sale, Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Compared to last week, not enough for market test. Short sale due to winter conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.77/cwt on 13 head, up $32.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 27 comparable sales and sits −8.66 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$485.77

▲ 32.61 vs prior sale

13 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.31

vs KS average

+1.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	485.77	2,598	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale13 hd

485.77

—

KS average3 barns · 122 hd

470.45

+15.31

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+1.67

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−8.66

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

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	312.32/cwt	309.00–314.00	2,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,581	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	510.78/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	348.89/cwt	348.00–350.00	2,289	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,021	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	353.71/cwt	349.50–360.00	2,596	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,091	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	404.00/cwt	398.00–409.00	2,707	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,472	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,577	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	340.36/cwt	336.00–342.50	2,794	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	348.68/cwt	339.00–354.00	3,051	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	322.82/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,392	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	319.26/cwt	314.00–323.00	2,529	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	19

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 531Last week 3,853Year ago 3,731

Special Wean/Vacc Sale, Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Compared to last week, not enough for market test. Short sale due to winter conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	477	442.50	442.50
10	600–650	618	387.00	387.00
9	650–700	656	348.00–350.00	348.89
15	700–750	704	320.00–327.00	322.82
12	750–800	792	314.00–323.00	319.26
9	800–850	813	309.00–314.00	312.32
3	900–950	912	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,039	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	648	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	510.00–512.50	510.78
8	500–550	511	505.00	505.00
5	550–600	573	455.00	455.00
4	600–650	605	443.00	443.00
31	650–700	670	398.00–409.00	404.00
23	700–750	734	349.50–360.00	353.71
19	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
42	800–850	821	336.00–342.50	340.36
137	850–900	875	339.00–354.00	348.68
24	950–1000	997	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	682	362.50	362.50
15	700–750	732	352.00	352.00
3	850–900	880	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	389.00	389.00

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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