Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Cow sale, Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher while steers under 750 lbs sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances of sharply higher. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.90/cwt on 162 head, up $6.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +6.47 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$500.90

▲ 6.47 vs prior sale

162 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$44.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.78

vs KS average

+22.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	508.23	2,812	135
Medium and Large 1-2	554	464.22	2,570	27

One grade step is worth $44.01/cwt here — about $242 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 sale162 hd

500.90

—

KS average3 barns · 491 hd

497.12

+3.78

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+22.51

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

+6.47

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

48 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 1	550–600	556	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	2,766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	488	513.59/cwt	512.00–515.00	2,506	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	528	506.24/cwt	504.00–509.00	2,673	39
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	526.83/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,771	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	331.50/cwt	328.00–337.00	3,235	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	399.83/cwt	386.00–411.00	2,847	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	497.78/cwt	491.00–507.50	2,822	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	359.25/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,993	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	457.42/cwt	447.00–470.50	2,850	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	386.05/cwt	372.00–391.50	2,946	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	346.36/cwt	329.00–352.50	3,024	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	339.12/cwt	329.00–343.00	3,144	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	571.66/cwt	562.50–585.00	2,653	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,439	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,068	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	472.83/cwt	465.00–482.50	2,402	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	458.30/cwt	451.00–475.00	2,681	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	352.93/cwt	348.00–361.00	2,749	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	424.74/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,837	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,778	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	3,304	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	318.03/cwt	306.00–325.50	3,234	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	374.64/cwt	365.00–389.00	2,544	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	468.66/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,503	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	357.79/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,608	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	320.91/cwt	316.00–334.00	2,840	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	342.07/cwt	336.50–355.50	2,648	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	411.72/cwt	396.00–420.00	2,528	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	423.16/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,370	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,052	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	508.54/cwt	500.00–516.00	2,146	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	458.49/cwt	450.00–469.00	2,668	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	329.02/cwt	322.00–332.50	2,662	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	592.86/cwt	585.00–600.00	1,933	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	427.50/cwt	422.00–435.00	2,197	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,386	17

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 Feb 12, 2026

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

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Special Cow sale, Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	556	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	488	512.00–515.00	513.59
5	500–550	501	552.00	552.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	528	504.00–509.00	506.24
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,144	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	326	585.00–600.00	592.86
9	350–400	360	570.00	570.00
13	400–450	422	500.00–516.00	508.54
5	450–500	478	470.00	470.00
39	500–550	534	460.00–480.00	468.66
56	550–600	582	450.00–469.00	458.49
133	600–650	614	396.00–420.00	411.72
100	650–700	679	365.00–389.00	374.64
53	700–750	729	341.00–365.00	357.79
117	750–800	774	336.50–355.50	342.07
76	800–850	809	322.00–332.50	329.02
104	850–900	885	316.00–334.00	320.91
8	900–950	926	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	525	527.00	527.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	427.00	427.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	525.00	525.00
14	500–550	514	422.00–435.00	427.50
28	550–600	560	420.00–425.00	423.16
5	600–650	645	357.00	357.00
9	700–750	743	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	400.00	400.00
17	550–600	595	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
22	450–500	464	562.50–585.00	571.66
27	500–550	526	525.00–530.00	526.83
96	550–600	567	491.00–507.50	497.78
155	600–650	623	447.00–470.50	457.42
146	650–700	668	415.00–435.00	424.74
51	700–750	712	386.00–411.00	399.83
163	750–800	763	372.00–391.50	386.05
139	800–850	833	355.00–367.00	359.25
206	850–900	873	329.00–352.50	346.36
238	900–950	927	329.00–343.00	339.12
28	950–1000	976	328.00–337.00	331.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	483	505.00	505.00
11	500–550	508	465.00–482.50	472.83
16	550–600	585	451.00–475.00	458.30
8	700–750	700	377.00	377.00
75	750–800	779	348.00–361.00	352.93
8	950–1000	971	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	505	550.00	550.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,017	306.00–325.50	318.03
11	1050–1100	1,085	304.50	304.50

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.

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