Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 650 lbs to 850 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, under 650 lbs and over 850 lbs sold steady to weak. Heifers 550 lbs to 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 14.00 higher, under 550 lbs and over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. 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 $489.62/cwt on 106 head, down $35.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 27 comparable sales and sits −4.80 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$489.62

▼ 35.93 vs prior sale

106 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$62.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.08

vs KS average

+14.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	505.79	2,785	59
Medium and Large 1-2	537	478.17	2,568	35
Medium and Large 2	567	443.54	2,516	12thin

One grade step is worth $62.24/cwt here — about $270 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 sale106 hd

489.62

—

KS average3 barns · 174 hd

489.70

−0.08

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+14.06

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−4.80

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

51 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 1Fancy	800–850	802	344.16/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,760	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,389	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	729	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,632	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	307.89/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,980	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,967	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,251	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	447.43/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,546	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	379.52/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,793	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,143	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	507.21/cwt	506.00–508.00	2,572	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,760	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	378.40/cwt	369.50–383.00	2,978	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	364.45/cwt	358.25–373.50	3,007	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,903	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,630	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,226	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,987	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	348.84/cwt	337.00–352.00	3,066	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	323.27/cwt	318.00–328.50	2,693	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,450	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	432.22/cwt	423.00–445.00	2,464	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	387.28/cwt	381.00–392.00	2,521	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,371	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,165	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	880	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	3,205	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	339.47/cwt	332.00–350.00	2,475	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	406.75/cwt	405.00–409.00	2,485	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,076	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	332.48/cwt	313.00–337.00	3,052	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,745	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	414.49/cwt	407.00–420.00	2,951	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	320.78/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,849	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	462.88/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,472	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	426.50/cwt	426.50–426.50	2,909	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	496.19/cwt	494.00–498.00	2,818	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	458.95/cwt	458.00–460.00	2,878	25

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	455	525.00	525.00
34	700–750	729	361.00	361.00
15	800–850	802	342.50–345.00	344.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	405	512.50	512.50
11	450–500	457	492.50	492.50
69	500–550	534	445.00–470.00	462.88
41	550–600	570	423.00–445.00	432.22
21	600–650	611	405.00–409.00	406.75
35	650–700	651	381.00–392.00	387.28
81	700–750	729	332.00–350.00	339.47
202	800–850	833	318.00–328.50	323.27
120	850–900	888	315.00–322.00	320.78
62	900–950	930	319.00	319.00
54	950–1000	968	305.00–311.00	307.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	580.00	580.00
16	450–500	460	480.00	480.00
9	550–600	562	431.00	431.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	503	487.00	487.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	520.00	520.00
6	450–500	469	485.00	485.00
18	500–550	542	437.50	437.50
12	800–850	823	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	570.00	570.00
5	400–450	418	590.00	590.00
8	450–500	476	551.00	551.00
14	500–550	513	535.00	535.00
39	550–600	568	494.00–498.00	496.19
25	600–650	627	458.00–460.00	458.95
17	650–700	653	457.50	457.50
151	700–750	712	407.00–420.00	414.49
106	750–800	787	369.50–383.00	378.40
238	800–850	825	358.25–373.50	364.45
116	850–900	879	337.00–352.00	348.84
101	900–950	918	313.00–337.00	332.48
10	950–1000	964	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	593	417.50	417.50
11	650–700	679	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	486	547.00	547.00
18	500–550	507	506.00–508.00	507.21
17	550–600	569	446.00–450.00	447.43
14	650–700	682	426.50	426.50
44	700–750	736	365.00–383.00	379.52
27	750–800	784	352.00	352.00
5	800–850	808	345.00	345.00
9	850–900	871	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	468	512.50	512.50
6	500–550	526	500.00	500.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,031	307.00	307.00
26	1050–1100	1,063	303.50	303.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	880	364.25	364.25

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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