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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, May 21

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← May 14May 21Jul 9 →

Receipts

2,310 head

▲ 276 vs last sale 2,034▲ 190 vs year ago 2,120 · +9.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders steers over 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower with the exception of 850 lb steers selling steady to 5.00 higher. Under 500 lbs not enough for market test. Heifers under 700 lbs not enough for market test, heifers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was good for a good supply of heavy weight calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.24/cwt on 156 head, down $36.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +26.60 against this barn's trailing median of $444.64.

Average price

$471.24

▼ 36.40 vs prior sale

156 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$0.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs KS average

−3.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	471.31	2,584	138
Medium and Large 1-2	529	470.72	2,490	18thin

One grade step is worth $0.59/cwt here — about $94 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale156 hd

471.24

—

KS average3 barns · 199 hd

467.19

+4.05

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−3.24

This barn, trailing median30 sales

444.64

+26.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $392.41, median $444.64 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

50 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,798	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	567.60/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,129	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	600.37/cwt	595.00–601.00	2,299	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,404	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	536.74/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,281	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,215	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,125	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	531.21/cwt	522.00–540.00	2,560	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	497.88/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,594	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	470.72/cwt	457.00–480.00	2,490	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	467.99/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,588	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	439.98/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,552	53
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	433.04/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,711	66
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,587	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	419.94/cwt	412.00–435.00	2,805	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	379.31/cwt	373.00–388.00	2,750	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	366.41/cwt	352.00–376.50	2,854	88
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,687	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,431	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	350.92/cwt	339.50–362.50	2,913	174
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	344.40/cwt	336.00–359.00	2,986	324
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	330.10/cwt	330.00–330.25	2,984	107
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,131	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,257	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	514.23/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,898	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	486.09/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,003	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,967	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,232	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,510	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	437.93/cwt	427.00–447.00	2,277	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	477.69/cwt	462.50–482.00	2,489	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,348	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,386	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	439.01/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,564	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	407.80/cwt	397.00–414.00	2,508	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	379.22/cwt	361.00–386.00	2,503	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,588	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	340.94/cwt	328.00–344.50	2,649	359
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	331.28/cwt	322.00–335.50	2,726	105
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,830	23
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	312.57/cwt	298.00–314.50	3,013	70
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	278.34/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,839	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,091	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,782	27
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,217	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,312	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,309	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,485	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,384	3
Bulls	1100–1150	Large 1	1,141	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,596	3

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 May 21, 2026

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Receipts 2,310Last week 2,034Year ago 2,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	728	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	537	430.00	430.00
3	700–750	710	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,141	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	510.00–530.00	514.23
28	400–450	412	475.00–500.00	486.09
10	450–500	465	480.00	480.00
32	500–550	521	462.50–482.00	477.69
24	550–600	584	435.00–447.50	439.01
34	600–650	615	397.00–414.00	407.80
30	650–700	660	361.00–386.00	379.22
4	700–750	731	354.00	354.00
359	750–800	777	328.00–344.50	340.94
105	800–850	823	322.00–335.50	331.28
23	850–900	879	322.00	322.00
70	950–1000	964	298.00–314.50	312.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	502	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	437	450.00	450.00
24	500–550	520	427.00–447.00	437.93
16	550–600	582	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	520	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	570	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,020	272.00–285.00	278.34
27	1050–1100	1,091	255.00	255.00
2	1200–1250	1,217	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	418	575.00	575.00
20	550–600	553	465.00–470.00	467.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	560.00–575.00	567.60
3	400–450	430	515.00	515.00
4	450–500	467	455.00	455.00
18	500–550	529	457.00–480.00	470.72
3	600–650	631	410.00	410.00
9	750–800	796	337.50	337.50
5	800–850	824	295.00	295.00
6	850–900	860	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	620.00	620.00
9	350–400	383	595.00–601.00	600.37
18	400–450	425	525.00–545.00	536.74
21	450–500	482	522.00–540.00	531.21
65	500–550	521	485.00–507.50	497.88
53	550–600	580	435.00–450.00	439.98
66	600–650	626	420.00–445.00	433.04
40	650–700	668	412.00–435.00	419.94
67	700–750	725	373.00–388.00	379.31
88	750–800	779	352.00–376.50	366.41
174	800–850	830	339.50–362.50	350.92
324	850–900	867	336.00–359.00	344.40
107	900–950	904	330.00–330.25	330.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,131	288.00	288.00

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.