Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 800 lbs sold steady and 650 lbs to 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers over 900 lbs sold 20.00 higher, 650 lbs to 900 lbs sold unevenly steady and 5-weights sold steady to 6.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves not well tested. Several quality heifers sold as replacements. Quality and condition were large contributor to buyers discretion today. Moderate to good demand for heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.56/cwt on 184 head, down $17.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 27 comparable sales and sits +3.13 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$497.56

▼ 17.37 vs prior sale

184 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$47.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.97

vs KS average

+25.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	508.81	2,684	138
Medium and Large 1-2	549	465.18	2,555	31
Medium and Large 2	539	461.00	2,485	15thin

One grade step is worth $47.81/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale184 hd

497.56

—

KS average3 barns · 495 hd

485.59

+11.97

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+25.44

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

+3.13

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

73 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	750–800	768	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,577	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,764	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,866	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	357.44/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,406	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,011	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	466.46/cwt	455.00–472.00	2,514	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	329.54/cwt	316.00–334.00	3,022	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	342.20/cwt	326.00–349.00	2,977	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	437.09/cwt	421.00–444.00	2,942	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,516	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	327.97/cwt	326.00–330.00	3,139	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	384.75/cwt	374.00–400.00	2,955	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	409.06/cwt	398.00–420.00	2,949	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	442.69/cwt	435.00–452.50	2,789	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	484.99/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,677	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	424.80/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,630	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	512.89/cwt	500.00–517.50	2,467	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	350.73/cwt	344.00–358.00	2,876	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	472.22/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,304	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	543.12/cwt	537.00–560.00	2,732	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,405	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	395.83/cwt	385.00–404.00	2,672	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,208	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	498.65/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,688	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	461.00/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,485	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	372.51/cwt	369.00–381.00	2,730	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	380.29/cwt	374.00–395.00	2,183	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	704	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	672	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,249	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	429.93/cwt	417.00–440.00	2,257	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,475	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	378.84/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,504	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	310.90/cwt	304.50–314.00	2,733	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,241	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	376.57/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,263	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	934	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,727	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	335.58/cwt	322.00–344.00	2,554	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,928	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,043	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	443.06/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,105	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	817	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	504.00/cwt	503.00–505.00	2,097	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	770	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,726	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	410.40/cwt	409.00–412.50	2,393	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	341.99/cwt	328.00–347.50	2,524	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	324.39/cwt	311.00–330.00	2,631	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	915	347.25/cwt	347.25–347.25	3,177	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	501.16/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,130	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	871	335.91/cwt	328.00–342.00	2,926	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	604	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,476	33
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,280	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	556.42/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,053	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,910	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	878	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,095	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	317	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,140	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,926	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,230	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,454	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	566.76/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,397	29

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 3,364Last week 3,400Year ago 3,172

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	472.00	472.00
7	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
4	750–800	768	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,002	286.00	286.00
7	1050–1100	1,067	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	425	480.00–505.00	501.16
5	450–500	489	460.00	460.00
18	550–600	588	421.00	421.00
18	650–700	673	357.00–358.00	357.44
5	750–800	753	305.00	305.00
9	950–1000	986	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	574	374.00–395.00	380.29
7	650–700	665	337.00	337.00
13	900–950	934	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	672	413.00	413.00
6	700–750	704	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	369	550.00–560.00	556.42
16	400–450	416	503.00–505.00	504.00
16	450–500	475	440.00–445.00	443.06
163	500–550	525	417.00–440.00	429.93
22	550–600	583	409.00–412.50	410.40
47	600–650	601	365.00–385.00	376.57
93	650–700	661	370.00–386.00	378.84
118	700–750	738	328.00–347.50	341.99
62	750–800	761	322.00–344.00	335.58
138	800–850	811	311.00–330.00	324.39
66	850–900	879	304.50–314.00	310.90
60	950–1000	951	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	604	410.00	410.00
26	750–800	770	354.00	354.00
11	800–850	817	351.00	351.00
94	850–900	871	328.00–342.00	335.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	600.00	600.00
8	350–400	370	650.00	650.00
8	400–450	400	615.00	615.00
37	450–500	481	500.00–517.50	512.89
61	500–550	503	537.00–560.00	543.12
39	550–600	552	480.00–495.00	484.99
69	600–650	630	435.00–452.50	442.69
211	650–700	673	421.00–444.00	437.09
44	700–750	721	398.00–420.00	409.06
159	750–800	768	374.00–400.00	384.75
106	800–850	820	344.00–358.00	350.73
84	850–900	870	326.00–349.00	342.20
224	900–950	917	316.00–334.00	329.54
122	950–1000	957	326.00–330.00	327.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	439	537.50	537.50
13	450–500	481	523.00	523.00
31	500–550	539	455.00–472.00	466.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	550.00	550.00
29	400–450	423	560.00–580.00	566.76
21	450–500	488	465.00–490.00	472.22
18	500–550	539	485.00–510.00	498.65
8	550–600	551	465.00	465.00
27	600–650	619	420.00–428.00	424.80
9	650–700	675	385.00–404.00	395.83
40	700–750	733	369.00–381.00	372.51
11	800–850	800	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	539	460.00–462.50	461.00
11	600–650	640	348.50	348.50
7	700–750	705	352.00	352.00
5	750–800	773	327.00	327.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	1000–1050	1,012	317.00	317.00
33	1050–1100	1,079	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	317	675.00	675.00
11	450–500	463	530.00	530.00
7	550–600	552	530.00	530.00
132	600–650	600	485.00	485.00
49	850–900	878	352.50	352.50
61	900–950	915	347.25	347.25

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