Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher across all weights. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and under 600 lbs had instances of sharply higher. Very 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 $509.33/cwt on 115 head, up $8.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 28 comparable sales and sits +15.67 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$509.33

▲ 8.43 vs prior sale

115 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$73.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.24

vs KS average

+21.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	528.01	2,947	61
Medium and Large 1-2	551	497.72	2,741	42
Medium and Large 2	576	455.00	2,621	12thin

One grade step is worth $73.01/cwt here — about $326 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 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 sale115 hd

509.33

—

KS average3 barns · 436 hd

497.09

+12.24

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+21.98

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

+15.67

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

62 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	500–550	522	546.71/cwt	544.00–550.00	2,854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	331.32/cwt	320.00–343.00	3,224	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	478.71/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,781	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	381.24/cwt	367.50–389.00	2,932	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,067	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	446.06/cwt	432.50–454.00	2,801	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	601.82/cwt	600.00–605.00	2,486	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,401	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	350.53/cwt	347.00–354.00	2,724	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	612	435.18/cwt	435.00–436.00	2,663	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,418	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,461	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,693	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	480.47/cwt	477.00–492.50	2,950	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	566.95/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,710	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	430.10/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,916	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	523.90/cwt	519.00–530.00	2,965	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	414.38/cwt	404.00–428.00	2,955	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	355.88/cwt	342.00–366.00	3,096	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	368.42/cwt	357.00–375.00	3,036	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	338.60/cwt	338.00–340.00	3,186	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	351	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	721	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,999	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	771	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,806	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	629	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,931	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	608.00/cwt	608.00–608.00	2,858	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,500	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	550–600	584	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	380.88/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,594	62
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,693	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	596.98/cwt	585.00–610.00	1,928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	590.63/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,126	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	567.00/cwt	567.00–567.00	2,387	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,785	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	306.39/cwt	303.00–313.00	2,782	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	437.47/cwt	432.00–440.00	2,362	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	336.55/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,598	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	340.92/cwt	329.00–347.00	2,772	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	505.46/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,421	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	459.96/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,387	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	418.47/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,431	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	3,017	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	627.00/cwt	627.00–627.00	2,552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	332.35/cwt	332.00–333.00	2,878	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	541.28/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,295	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,849	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	366.87/cwt	355.00–378.00	2,619	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,621	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	409.51/cwt	395.00–418.00	2,551	106
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	3,061	10

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Feb 19, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	292	645.00	645.00
5	300–350	323	640.00	640.00
18	350–400	361	665.00	665.00
16	400–450	413	600.00–605.00	601.82
50	450–500	478	550.00–575.00	566.95
11	500–550	522	544.00–550.00	546.71
50	550–600	566	519.00–530.00	523.90
44	600–650	614	477.00–492.50	480.47
61	650–700	678	420.00–446.00	430.10
108	700–750	713	404.00–428.00	414.38
104	750–800	769	367.50–389.00	381.24
128	800–850	824	357.00–375.00	368.42
390	850–900	870	342.00–366.00	355.88
87	900–950	941	338.00–340.00	338.60
145	950–1000	973	320.00–343.00	331.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	620.00	620.00
57	400–450	428	575.00	575.00
22	500–550	523	515.00	515.00
20	550–600	581	470.00–490.00	478.71
75	600–650	628	432.50–454.00	446.06
10	700–750	736	386.00	386.00
16	750–800	777	347.00–354.00	350.53
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,015	313.00	313.00
10	1050–1100	1,076	284.50	284.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	576	455.00	455.00
10	700–750	709	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	627.00	627.00
31	650–700	669	451.00	451.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	566	455.00	455.00
24	600–650	612	435.00–436.00	435.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	620.00	620.00
45	400–450	421	567.00	567.00
20	450–500	470	608.00	608.00
5	500–550	515	502.50	502.50
34	550–600	557	500.00	500.00
31	600–650	629	466.00	466.00
45	700–750	721	416.00	416.00
28	750–800	771	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	510.00	510.00
49	500–550	540	432.00–440.00	437.47
5	600–650	641	390.00	390.00
6	800–850	838	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,010	302.00	302.00
12	1100–1150	1,122	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	670.00	670.00
8	300–350	323	585.00–610.00	596.98
48	350–400	360	575.00–600.00	590.63
16	400–450	424	535.00–555.00	541.28
65	450–500	479	490.00–515.00	505.46
41	500–550	519	450.00–470.00	459.96
27	550–600	581	410.00–430.00	418.47
106	600–650	623	395.00–418.00	409.51
62	650–700	681	365.00–390.00	380.88
121	700–750	714	355.00–378.00	366.87
40	750–800	772	331.00–348.00	336.55
127	800–850	813	329.00–347.00	340.92
26	850–900	866	332.00–333.00	332.35
12	900–950	908	303.00–313.00	306.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	605.00	605.00
5	600–650	635	445.00	445.00

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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