Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with one load of 800 lb steers selling higher. Heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with large groups of 800 - 900 lb heifers selling up to 10.00 higher. Steers under 600 lbs and heifers under 550 lbs not enough for market test. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.60/cwt on 139 head, up $16.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits −47.38 against this barn's trailing median of $438.98.

Average price

$391.60

▲ 16.01 vs prior sale

139 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.13

vs KS average

+31.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	391.60	2,252	139

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.58, low $373.78, median $438.98 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 sale139 hd

391.60

—

KS average3 barns · 234 hd

396.73

−5.13

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+31.08

This barn, trailing median27 sales

438.98

−47.38

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

28 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
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	3,274	53
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	1100–1150	1,109	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	816	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,011	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	325.95/cwt	315.00–328.75	2,819	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	364.94/cwt	360.50–371.00	2,460	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	492.50/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	314.24/cwt	309.00–315.00	2,872	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	321.26/cwt	300.00–322.00	2,907	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	340.04/cwt	328.50–345.00	2,615	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	344.20/cwt	335.00–349.00	2,513	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	412.06/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,542	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	390.89/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,263	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	415.90/cwt	407.50–419.00	2,366	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	332.98/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,897	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	344.85/cwt	335.00–354.00	2,869	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	377.12/cwt	362.00–381.75	2,791	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	441.26/cwt	433.00–446.00	2,334	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	446.32/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	301.13/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,903	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	363.75/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,277	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	328.94/cwt	314.00–331.50	2,717	485
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	380.76/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,559	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	350.27/cwt	336.00–361.00	2,683	116

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 2,390Last week 1,355Year ago 3,716

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1050–1100	1,051	311.50	311.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	800–850	816	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	560.00	560.00
2	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
4	400–450	448	485.00–495.00	492.50
4	450–500	465	445.00–450.00	446.32
8	500–550	529	433.00–446.00	441.26
27	550–600	569	407.50–419.00	415.90
34	600–650	617	405.00–427.50	412.06
53	650–700	672	378.00–390.00	380.76
103	700–750	740	362.00–381.75	377.12
116	750–800	766	336.00–361.00	350.27
92	800–850	832	335.00–354.00	344.85
130	850–900	870	325.00–338.00	332.98
8	900–950	914	309.00–315.00	314.24
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,109	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	420.00	420.00
5	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	502	405.00	405.00
132	550–600	579	370.00–395.00	390.89
29	600–650	626	355.00–380.00	363.75
85	650–700	674	360.50–371.00	364.94
45	700–750	730	335.00–349.00	344.20
339	750–800	769	328.50–345.00	340.04
485	800–850	826	314.00–331.50	328.94
308	850–900	865	315.00–328.75	325.95
124	900–950	905	300.00–322.00	321.26
28	950–1000	964	295.00–305.00	301.13

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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