Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, March 17, 2026*

Compared to last week, steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and under 650 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher, a couple instances of sharply higher. Heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher under 700 lbs sold unevenly steady to weak. Several reputation heifers sold as Replacements. Good demand for heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.93/cwt on 196 head, up $25.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 27 comparable sales and sits +20.50 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$514.93

▲ 25.30 vs prior sale

196 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$47.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.96

vs KS average

+42.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	520.24	2,840	158
Medium and Large 1-2	539	500.10	2,693	28
Medium and Large 2	545	472.50	2,575	10thin

One grade step is worth $47.74/cwt here — about $265 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 sale196 hd

514.93

—

KS average3 barns · 364 hd

497.96

+16.96

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+42.73

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

+20.50

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

55 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 1Replacement	750–800	784	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,862	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	349.86/cwt	340.25–359.00	2,911	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	341.55/cwt	332.00–352.00	2,504	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	329.17/cwt	318.00–335.50	2,515	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	443.19/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,269	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	436.36/cwt	436.00–437.00	2,889	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	342.23/cwt	326.00–349.50	2,998	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	906	336.27/cwt	330.00–338.00	3,047	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,926	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,252	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	500.90/cwt	489.00–512.00	2,865	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	435.60/cwt	425.00–447.00	2,457	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	325.36/cwt	325.00–327.00	3,104	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	318.16/cwt	310.00–326.50	2,733	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	330.61/cwt	319.00–343.00	2,708	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	318.26/cwt	309.00–329.00	2,925	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,409	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	407.37/cwt	404.00–419.00	2,941	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	421.50/cwt	417.00–426.00	2,563	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	485.36/cwt	480.00–494.00	2,500	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	858	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	3,037	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	907	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,188	40
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	359.99/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,430	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,271	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,787	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	386.12/cwt	383.00–391.00	2,823	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,575	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	374.66/cwt	364.00–388.00	2,851	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	836	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,051	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	543.45/cwt	533.00–551.00	2,782	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	884	365.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	3,234	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	408.75/cwt	406.00–411.00	2,338	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	384.57/cwt	379.50–399.00	2,415	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	590.92/cwt	580.00–600.00	2,458	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	368.46/cwt	360.50–381.00	2,476	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	323.23/cwt	320.00–332.00	3,006	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	353.26/cwt	343.50–360.00	2,759	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	509.60/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,680	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	617.76/cwt	615.00–620.00	2,341	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	461.80/cwt	452.00–474.00	2,831	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,697	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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 3,400Last week 2,267Year ago 4,215

*Special Cow Sale, Tuesday, March 17, 2026*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	784	365.00	365.00
14	800–850	836	365.00	365.00
182	850–900	884	350.00–375.00	365.83
54	900–950	906	330.00–338.00	336.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	259	675.00	675.00
4	300–350	323	600.00	600.00
6	350–400	372	540.00	540.00
10	400–450	442	545.00	545.00
9	450–500	455	495.00	495.00
29	500–550	512	435.00–450.00	443.19
115	550–600	564	425.00–447.00	435.60
63	600–650	628	379.50–399.00	384.57
150	650–700	672	360.50–381.00	368.46
117	700–750	733	332.00–352.00	341.55
108	750–800	764	318.00–335.50	329.17
56	800–850	819	319.00–343.00	330.61
199	850–900	859	310.00–326.50	318.16
41	900–950	919	309.00–329.00	318.26
6	950–1000	969	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	515	480.00–494.00	485.36
44	600–650	608	417.00–426.00	421.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,018	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	415.00	415.00
52	550–600	572	406.00–411.00	408.75
11	650–700	675	354.00–365.00	359.99
6	700–750	712	319.00	319.00
6	900–950	926	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	463.00	463.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	615.00–620.00	617.76
16	400–450	416	580.00–600.00	590.92
5	450–500	465	580.00	580.00
67	500–550	512	533.00–551.00	543.45
85	550–600	572	489.00–512.00	500.90
125	600–650	613	452.00–474.00	461.80
58	650–700	662	436.00–437.00	436.36
92	700–750	722	404.00–419.00	407.37
103	750–800	761	364.00–388.00	374.66
172	800–850	832	340.25–359.00	349.86
367	850–900	876	326.00–349.50	342.23
172	900–950	930	320.00–332.00	323.23
73	950–1000	954	325.00–327.00	325.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	555	535.00	535.00
46	850–900	858	354.00	354.00
40	900–950	907	351.50	351.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	455.00	455.00
10	500–550	545	472.50	472.50
6	700–750	744	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	526	505.00–515.00	509.60
10	550–600	561	483.00	483.00
13	600–650	636	438.00	438.00
24	700–750	731	383.00–391.00	386.12
93	750–800	781	343.50–360.00	353.26
63	800–850	847	329.00	329.00
5	850–900	855	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	802	325.00	325.00

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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