Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 550 lbs sold 10.00 - 20.00 lower with steers under 550 lbs not enough for market test. Heifers between 550 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 - 15.00 lower with heifers under 550 lbs and over 800 lbs not enough for market test. Several lots of unweaned calves offered today. Good demand for a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.40/cwt on 129 head, down $0.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −84.26 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$409.40

▼ 0.24 vs prior sale

129 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$53.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.51

vs KS average

+20.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	416.44	2,330	112
Medium and Large 1-2	575	363.00	2,087	17thin

One grade step is worth $53.44/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 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 sale129 hd

409.40

—

KS average3 barns · 168 hd

425.91

−16.51

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

+20.99

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−84.26

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

65 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	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	348.20/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,639	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	271	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	671	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,617	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,671	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	764	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,789	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	415.57/cwt	410.00–418.00	2,419	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	316.57/cwt	313.00–321.00	2,596	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,336	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	312.65/cwt	312.50–313.00	2,783	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	391.57/cwt	390.00–392.00	1,930	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,087	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	347.69/cwt	343.00–358.00	2,180	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	804	336.73/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,707	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,504	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	342.45/cwt	341.00–343.00	2,651	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	374.70/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,997	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	894	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,812	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,370	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	966	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,951	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	356.17/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,112	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	337.24/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,749	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	305.69/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,216	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	738	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,590	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	858	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,831	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	430.88/cwt	420.00–444.00	1,887	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	438.91/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,107	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	382.46/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,505	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	403.65/cwt	397.50–414.00	2,543	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	373.23/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,534	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	409.43/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,362	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	329.57/cwt	316.00–340.50	2,871	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	350.74/cwt	342.00–357.00	2,690	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	341.81/cwt	327.50–348.00	2,485	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	421.04/cwt	414.00–437.50	2,181	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	317.16/cwt	307.00–320.00	2,493	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	319.61/cwt	314.50–330.00	2,979	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	313.76/cwt	309.00–318.00	3,043	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	310.62/cwt	307.50–318.00	2,578	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	359.39/cwt	348.00–366.00	2,210	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	272.17/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,488	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	411.85/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,956	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	389.17/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,028	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	301.98/cwt	293.00–308.00	2,648	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	374.35/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,156	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	333.65/cwt	325.00–349.00	2,265	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	321.85/cwt	311.00–330.00	2,362	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	415.97/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,780	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	336.00/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,436	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	3,158	56
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,964	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,876	21
Heifers	Large 1Guaranteed Open	1050–1100	1,053	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,817	4

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Aug 20, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	1,100.00	1,100.00
4	300–350	336	485.00	485.00
6	400–450	407	457.50	457.50
48	450–500	480	435.00–445.00	438.91
6	500–550	527	415.00	415.00
29	550–600	582	410.00–418.00	415.57
16	600–650	623	402.00	402.00
29	650–700	655	370.00–394.00	382.46
11	700–750	738	351.00	351.00
60	750–800	774	341.00–343.00	342.45
35	800–850	804	335.00–340.00	336.73
8	850–900	858	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	493	390.00–392.00	391.57
17	550–600	575	363.00	363.00
88	600–650	627	343.00–358.00	347.69
6	650–700	658	355.00	355.00
9	750–800	786	322.00	322.00
16	800–850	820	313.00–321.00	316.57
44	850–900	890	312.50–313.00	312.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	438	420.00–444.00	430.88
8	450–500	456	472.00	472.00
28	500–550	518	414.00–437.50	421.04
38	550–600	577	400.00–422.00	409.43
55	600–650	630	397.50–414.00	403.65
53	650–700	679	365.00–384.00	373.23
40	700–750	727	327.50–348.00	341.81
261	750–800	767	342.00–357.00	350.74
95	800–850	815	334.00–345.00	337.24
332	850–900	871	316.00–340.50	329.57
225	900–950	932	314.50–330.00	319.61
126	950–1000	970	309.00–318.00	313.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	564	432.00	432.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,017	310.50	310.50
6	1050–1100	1,051	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	410.00	410.00
18	500–550	533	370.00–380.00	374.70
16	550–600	593	350.00–375.00	356.17
7	600–650	644	325.00	325.00
26	650–700	663	357.50	357.50
16	700–750	725	302.50–310.00	305.69
32	750–800	758	347.50–350.00	348.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
30	650–700	671	390.00	390.00
14	700–750	717	372.50	372.50
11	750–800	764	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	850–900	894	314.50	314.50
57	950–1000	966	305.50	305.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	445.00	445.00
15	400–450	428	415.00–420.00	415.97
11	450–500	475	405.00–420.00	411.85
15	500–550	521	380.00–392.00	389.17
60	550–600	576	360.00–385.00	374.35
25	600–650	615	348.00–366.00	359.39
98	650–700	679	325.00–349.00	333.65
23	700–750	734	311.00–330.00	321.85
174	750–800	786	307.00–320.00	317.16
27	800–850	830	307.50–318.00	310.62
14	850–900	877	293.00–308.00	301.98
18	900–950	914	260.00–280.00	272.17
5	950–1000	986	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,027	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,053	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	690	330.00–342.00	336.00
7	850–900	862	312.00	312.00

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