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

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

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 10 of 27 comparable sales and sits −23.18 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

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.

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 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 median27 sales

494.43

−23.18

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

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.

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

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

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
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
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,141	227.50	227.50
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	502	500.00	500.00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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