Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and steer calves 400 lbs to 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and 500 lbs to 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Instances of sharply lower on steers under 400 lbs and heifers under 500 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $525.55/cwt on 219 head, up $16.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 27 comparable sales and sits +31.13 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$525.55

▲ 16.22 vs prior sale

219 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$57.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs KS average

+38.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	541.36	2,866	126
Medium and Large 1-2	547	508.09	2,782	78
Medium and Large 2	539	483.63	2,605	15thin

One grade step is worth $57.72/cwt here — about $261 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 sale219 hd

525.55

—

KS average3 barns · 330 hd

519.86

+5.69

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+38.53

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

+31.13

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

63 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 1-2	500–550	541	516.01/cwt	512.50–530.00	2,792	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,741	26
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,351	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	870	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	3,223	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	487.95/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,380	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	568.88/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,651	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	462.47/cwt	452.50–471.00	2,853	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	543.10/cwt	532.50–557.50	2,840	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	425.11/cwt	421.00–427.00	2,874	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	447.63/cwt	439.00–454.00	2,968	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	328.36/cwt	323.50–343.00	3,238	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	336.70/cwt	322.50–346.00	3,121	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	375.71/cwt	369.50–385.00	2,931	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	538.21/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,562	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,613	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	514.78/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,878	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	378.10/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,567	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	581.09/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,278	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	350.42/cwt	340.00–361.25	3,066	564
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	359.20/cwt	345.00–371.00	2,967	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	512.28/cwt	512.00–512.50	2,608	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	735	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,559	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,027	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	437.83/cwt	432.00–440.00	2,522	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	533.27/cwt	532.00–535.00	2,346	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	479.41/cwt	479.00–480.00	2,292	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	339.26/cwt	331.00–347.00	2,616	117
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	354.22/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,126	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	384.80/cwt	376.00–396.00	2,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	349	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	328.88/cwt	318.00–332.50	2,809	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	891	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,190	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	327.04/cwt	323.00–331.50	2,737	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	430.92/cwt	420.00–447.50	2,215	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,473	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	501.69/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,974	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	307.37/cwt	301.50–317.00	3,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,873	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,995	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	398.82/cwt	390.00–411.00	2,333	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	347.67/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,541	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	493.94/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,761	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,001	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	3,118	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	406.39/cwt	394.00–413.00	2,950	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	474.35/cwt	460.00–477.00	2,524	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	371.61/cwt	366.00–379.00	2,534	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	399.38/cwt	391.00–408.00	2,476	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	446.65/cwt	442.00–455.00	2,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,857	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 Feb 26, 2026

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

Receipts 3,669Last week 2,886Year ago 4,022

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	476	530.00–540.00	538.21
50	500–550	541	512.50–530.00	516.01
28	550–600	559	490.00–505.00	493.94
11	600–650	613	442.00–455.00	446.65
33	650–700	676	421.00–427.00	425.11
3	750–800	762	376.00	376.00
9	850–900	893	331.50	331.50
5	900–950	943	303.00	303.00
24	1000–1050	1,001	311.50	311.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	453	605.00	605.00
35	500–550	504	570.00	570.00
27	600–650	610	491.00	491.00
37	850–900	870	370.50	370.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,028	326.00	326.00
8	1050–1100	1,057	301.50–317.00	307.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	500.00	500.00
10	500–550	533	480.00–500.00	487.95
5	550–600	550	475.00	475.00
17	650–700	679	377.00–380.00	378.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	294	630.00	630.00
32	350–400	392	570.00–590.00	581.09
5	400–450	427	615.00	615.00
18	450–500	466	560.00–580.00	568.88
50	500–550	523	532.50–557.50	543.10
41	550–600	559	500.00–520.00	514.78
62	600–650	617	452.50–471.00	462.47
109	650–700	663	439.00–454.00	447.63
92	700–750	726	394.00–413.00	406.39
247	750–800	780	369.50–385.00	375.71
193	800–850	826	345.00–371.00	359.20
564	850–900	875	340.00–361.25	350.42
293	900–950	927	322.50–346.00	336.70
309	950–1000	986	323.50–343.00	328.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	630.00	630.00
8	450–500	462	522.00	522.00
20	500–550	509	512.00–512.50	512.28
9	600–650	605	423.00	423.00
12	700–750	735	385.00	385.00
23	850–900	891	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	570.00	570.00
12	350–400	373	570.00	570.00
31	400–450	440	532.00–535.00	533.27
21	450–500	478	479.00–480.00	479.41
25	500–550	532	460.00–477.00	474.35
46	550–600	576	432.00–440.00	437.83
64	600–650	620	391.00–408.00	399.38
80	650–700	682	366.00–379.00	371.61
88	700–750	731	340.00–363.00	347.67
117	750–800	771	331.00–347.00	339.26
148	800–850	837	323.00–331.50	327.04
85	850–900	854	318.00–332.50	328.88
5	900–950	928	320.00	320.00
5	950–1000	998	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,016	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	415	495.00–505.00	501.69
4	450–500	474	470.00	470.00
20	500–550	514	420.00–447.50	430.92
12	550–600	585	390.00–411.00	398.82
7	600–650	621	376.00–396.00	384.80
8	650–700	689	345.00–370.00	354.22
14	700–750	747	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	465.00	465.00
4	550–600	561	435.00	435.00

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