Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 750 lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Lighter calves, not enough for market test. Demand very good for high quality heavy weight calves coming off grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.76/cwt on 22 head, down $11.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −89.93 against this barn's trailing median of $487.70.

Average price

$397.76

▼ 11.63 vs prior sale

22 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.05

vs KS average

+26.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	397.76	2,227	22

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $392.41, median $487.70 across 30 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 sale22 hd

397.76

—

KS average3 barns · 169 hd

406.81

−9.05

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+26.76

This barn, trailing median30 sales

487.70

−89.93

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

33 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	1,059	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,209	31
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	297.72/cwt	281.00–303.00	2,998	407
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	374.50/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	385.36/cwt	379.00–395.00	1,996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	347.06/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,318	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	374.02/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,386	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	356.93/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,456	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	294.91/cwt	284.50–308.50	2,923	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	367.86/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,178	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	310.20/cwt	307.50–314.50	2,556	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	343.61/cwt	327.50–353.00	2,491	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	331.74/cwt	317.00–341.50	2,760	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	344.49/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,608	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	326.22/cwt	324.50–331.00	2,355	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	422.68/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,253	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,231	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	897	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,315	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,445	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	323.97/cwt	314.00–333.00	2,870	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,984	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,322	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,164	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	355.30/cwt	338.00–364.00	2,217	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	309.91/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,662	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	317.31/cwt	311.00–321.50	2,929	487
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	445.63/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,965	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	326.71/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,535	74

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 Aug 27, 2026

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

Receipts 2,745Last week 2,868Year ago 2,852

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
407	1000–1050	1,007	281.00–303.00	297.72
31	1050–1100	1,059	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	440.00–455.00	445.63
12	500–550	533	415.00–435.00	422.68
10	550–600	592	365.00–380.00	367.86
28	600–650	638	360.00–384.00	374.02
35	650–700	688	350.00–366.00	356.93
35	700–750	725	327.50–353.00	343.61
68	750–800	757	338.00–347.00	344.49
350	800–850	832	317.00–341.50	331.74
174	850–900	886	314.00–333.00	323.97
487	900–950	923	311.00–321.50	317.31
355	950–1000	991	284.50–308.50	294.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	900–950	914	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	482	429.00	429.00
14	600–650	600	387.00	387.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	761	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	365.00–377.50	374.50
5	500–550	518	379.00–395.00	385.36
23	550–600	593	365.00	365.00
30	600–650	624	338.00–364.00	355.30
17	650–700	668	336.00–355.00	347.06
59	700–750	722	324.50–331.00	326.22
74	750–800	776	315.00–335.00	326.71
83	800–850	824	307.50–314.50	310.20
110	850–900	859	290.00–313.00	309.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	415.00	415.00
9	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	540	352.50	352.50
12	550–600	559	355.00	355.00
17	650–700	666	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	897	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	753	307.50	307.50

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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