Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher with the exception of steers weighing 750 to 849 lbs selling 5.00 to 7.00 lower and 900 to 950 lbs selling 12.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs not enough for market test. Heifers over 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher except heifers weighing 700 to 749 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs selling steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers under 650 lbs not enough for a true market test. Very good demand for a heavy supply of large calves coming off grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.72/cwt on 44 head, down $14.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 30 comparable sales and sits −74.97 against this barn's trailing median of $487.70.

Average price

$412.72

▼ 14.20 vs prior sale

44 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−23.76

vs KS average

+7.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	412.72	2,303	44

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 sale44 hd

412.72

—

KS average3 barns · 563 hd

436.48

−23.76

National average174 barns · 11,933 hd

405.57

+7.15

This barn, trailing median30 sales

487.70

−74.97

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	293.13/cwt	280.00–299.50	2,653	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	350.21/cwt	345.00–352.00	2,343	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	386.05/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,034	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	356.29/cwt	345.00–366.00	2,409	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	382.00/cwt	375.00–385.50	2,773	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	457.59/cwt	442.50–477.00	2,196	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	348.25/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,741	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	994	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	329.90/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,369	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	321.78/cwt	319.00–322.00	2,803	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	423.70/cwt	415.00–432.00	2,491	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,138	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	335.43/cwt	334.00–337.50	2,271	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	759	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,786	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,298	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	849	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,823	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	381.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,553	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	312.94/cwt	302.00–322.00	2,582	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	339.51/cwt	328.50–349.00	2,988	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,845	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	350.57/cwt	338.00–354.25	2,896	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	308.46/cwt	290.00–317.50	3,007	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	419.40/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,862	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	327.07/cwt	312.50–335.00	2,541	190
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,193	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	317.30/cwt	305.00–324.75	2,960	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	309.53/cwt	300.50–314.00	2,665	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	402.97/cwt	388.00–415.00	2,506	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	365.59/cwt	358.00–376.00	2,292	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	402.53/cwt	396.00–412.00	1,972	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	454.63/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,759	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	366.60/cwt	358.00–375.00	2,079	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	335.54/cwt	331.00–338.00	2,423	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	385.70/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,017	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	305.02/cwt	293.75–310.50	3,084	233
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	292.36/cwt	285.00–299.50	3,143	168
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,593	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,796	3
Bulls	Large 1	1150–1200	1,174	235.20/cwt	232.50–237.50	2,761	11
Bulls	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,545	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 Sep 24, 2026

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

Receipts 3,065Last week 2,406Year ago 1,624

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	452.50	452.50
14	350–400	387	440.00–460.00	454.63
9	400–450	444	415.00–425.00	419.40
31	450–500	490	396.00–412.00	402.53
8	500–550	523	375.00–390.00	385.70
30	550–600	567	358.00–375.00	366.60
38	600–650	627	358.00–376.00	365.59
76	650–700	676	345.00–366.00	356.29
104	700–750	722	331.00–338.00	335.54
190	750–800	777	312.50–335.00	327.07
111	800–850	825	302.00–322.00	312.94
165	850–900	861	300.50–314.00	309.53
67	900–950	905	280.00–299.50	293.13
41	950–1000	976	291.50	291.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	432.50	432.50
4	400–450	407	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	677	334.00–337.50	335.43
6	700–750	701	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	576	399.00	399.00
19	800–850	849	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,007	257.50	257.50
3	1100–1150	1,123	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	669	345.00–352.00	350.21
27	700–750	718	322.00–339.00	329.90
8	800–850	820	326.00	326.00
40	850–900	871	319.00–322.00	321.78
12	950–1000	994	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	480	442.50–477.00	457.59
14	500–550	527	385.00–390.00	386.05
23	550–600	588	415.00–432.00	423.70
80	600–650	622	388.00–415.00	402.97
48	650–700	669	370.00–385.00	381.67
92	700–750	726	375.00–385.50	382.00
128	750–800	787	340.00–357.00	348.25
167	800–850	826	338.00–354.25	350.57
379	850–900	880	328.50–349.00	339.51
105	900–950	933	305.00–324.75	317.30
265	950–1000	975	290.00–317.50	308.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	409	445.00	445.00
7	500–550	522	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	759	367.00	367.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
233	1000–1050	1,011	293.75–310.50	305.02
168	1050–1100	1,075	285.00–299.50	292.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	506	375.00	375.00
4	700–750	731	300.00	300.00
5	950–1000	957	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,018	250.00	250.00
11	1150–1200	1,174	232.50–237.50	235.20

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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