Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to taking the month of June off. Very good demand for a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.70/cwt on 72 head, up $13.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 27 comparable sales and sits −9.72 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$484.70

▲ 13.46 vs prior sale

72 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.17

vs KS average

+25.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	484.70	2,746	72

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale72 hd

484.70

—

KS average3 barns · 169 hd

482.53

+2.17

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+25.22

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−9.72

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

31 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,864	1
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,769	2
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,163	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,559	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,412	59
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,525	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	347.13/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,708	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	598.94/cwt	590.00–613.00	2,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	380.54/cwt	362.00–385.00	2,515	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	350.06/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,905	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	336.51/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,753	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	393.62/cwt	384.00–407.00	2,858	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,873	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	340.39/cwt	340.00–354.00	3,036	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	423.92/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,895	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	490.88/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,572	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,296	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	422.19/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,440	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	507.20/cwt	493.00–515.00	2,637	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	436.52/cwt	425.00–442.00	2,759	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	373.88/cwt	357.00–383.00	2,927	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	361.82/cwt	354.50–371.00	2,605	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	405.46/cwt	393.00–411.00	2,518	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	417.52/cwt	417.00–418.00	2,973	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	510.98/cwt	506.00–516.00	2,463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	513.26/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	550.36/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,350	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	477.75/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,776	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	3,240	59

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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,390Last week 2,310Year ago 2,094

No comparison available due to taking the month of June off. Very good demand for a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,005	285.00	285.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	551	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	510.00–525.00	513.26
6	450–500	482	506.00–516.00	510.98
24	500–550	524	477.50–501.00	490.88
72	550–600	578	415.00–435.00	422.19
59	600–650	621	393.00–411.00	405.46
22	650–700	661	362.00–385.00	380.54
105	700–750	720	354.50–371.00	361.82
92	750–800	780	340.00–352.50	347.13
45	800–850	818	330.00–337.00	336.51
19	850–900	850	338.00	338.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,034	330.00	330.00
54	1050–1100	1,078	327.00	327.00
12	1150–1200	1,163	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	590.00–613.00	598.94
10	400–450	427	535.00–560.00	550.36
6	450–500	490	515.00	515.00
17	500–550	520	493.00–515.00	507.20
55	550–600	581	465.00–485.00	477.75
37	600–650	632	425.00–442.00	436.52
86	650–700	683	407.50–430.00	423.92
48	700–750	726	384.00–407.00	393.62
42	750–800	783	357.00–383.00	373.88
33	800–850	830	340.00–363.00	350.06
80	850–900	892	340.00–354.00	340.39
59	900–950	935	346.50	346.50
54	950–1000	958	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	676	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	712	417.00–418.00	417.52

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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