Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today. This was a special calf sale all calves would be at least 30 day weaned and 1 round of shots. This is the last special calf sale of the season.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.68/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −141.61 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$366.68

257 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$469

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

$81.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs KS average

+24.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	387.82	2,083	146
Medium and Large 1-2	556	352.05	1,958	79
Medium and Large 2	527	306.34	1,614	32

One grade step is worth $81.48/cwt here — about $469 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.64, low $489.12, median $508.29 across 3 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 sale257 hd

366.68

—

KS average4 barns · 851 hd

358.09

+8.59

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+24.30

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−141.61

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

57 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Feeder Cattle Special - 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 1-2	850–900	886	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	607	342.59/cwt	341.50–343.00	2,080	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	275.34/cwt	264.00–283.00	2,150	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	303.32/cwt	292.00–309.00	2,047	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	281.52/cwt	277.00–283.00	2,314	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	333.50/cwt	318.00–339.00	2,091	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	390.26/cwt	372.00–401.00	2,072	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,173	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	394.32/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,857	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	304.51/cwt	297.00–312.00	2,235	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	509	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,067	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	364.85/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,948	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,984	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	764	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,300	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	427.77/cwt	416.00–437.00	1,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,614	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	286.15/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,803	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	266.79/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,910	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	329.62/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,721	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	343.79/cwt	331.00–349.00	1,654	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	662	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,887	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	242.49/cwt	236.00–246.00	2,005	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,488	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,533	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	277.36/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,869	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	316.08/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,381	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	536	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,176	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	601	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	757	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,964	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	366.05/cwt	355.00–378.00	1,343	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	355.88/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	335.95/cwt	328.00–345.00	1,962	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	301.04/cwt	286.00–306.00	1,981	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	308.32/cwt	298.00–318.00	1,798	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	247.21/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,913	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	258.69/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,731	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,204	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	312.89/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,712	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,742	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,843	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	354.56/cwt	348.50–360.00	2,074	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,214	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	672	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,083	15

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. Feeder Cattle Special - Salina, KS

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

Receipts 2,585Last week 3,273Year ago 2,297

Nice run of cattle today. This was a special calf sale all calves would be at least 30 day weaned and 1 round of shots. This is the last special calf sale of the season.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	397.00	397.00
9	450–500	492	356.00	356.00
44	500–550	534	350.00–367.00	364.85
35	550–600	584	328.00–345.00	335.95
9	600–650	648	314.00	314.00
25	650–700	658	286.00–306.00	301.04
3	700–750	721	293.00	293.00
35	750–800	792	250.50	250.50
10	800–850	835	264.00	264.00
5	850–900	886	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	509	406.00	406.00
5	550–600	559	384.00	384.00
40	600–650	607	341.50–343.00	342.59
102	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
21	750–800	764	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	416.00–437.00	427.77
6	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
11	450–500	471	385.00–400.00	394.32
93	500–550	531	372.00–401.00	390.26
21	550–600	585	348.50–360.00	354.56
241	600–650	627	318.00–339.00	333.50
234	650–700	675	292.00–309.00	303.32
195	700–750	734	297.00–312.00	304.51
75	750–800	781	264.00–283.00	275.34
120	800–850	822	277.00–283.00	281.52
15	850–900	852	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	536	406.00	406.00
10	600–650	601	346.50	346.50
15	650–700	672	310.00	310.00
27	750–800	753	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	485	260.00	260.00
27	500–550	514	314.00	314.00
5	550–600	597	265.00	265.00
5	600–650	629	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	355.00–378.00	366.05
6	400–450	414	352.00–360.00	355.88
62	450–500	481	331.00–349.00	343.79
85	500–550	522	319.00–335.00	329.62
148	550–600	583	298.00–318.00	308.32
61	600–650	630	282.00–294.00	286.15
159	650–700	674	270.00–283.00	277.36
118	700–750	716	257.00–271.00	266.79
44	750–800	774	240.00–255.50	247.21
20	800–850	827	236.00–246.00	242.49
3	900–950	930	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	561	327.00	327.00
28	650–700	662	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	437	312.00–320.00	316.08
12	450–500	477	312.00	312.00
23	500–550	547	308.00–315.00	312.89
10	550–600	597	290.00	290.00
43	650–700	669	258.00–266.00	258.69
30	750–800	774	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	583	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	561	328.50	328.50
14	600–650	601	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	757	259.50	259.50

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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