Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the weather and the markets some producers did not bring their calves today. The barn originally had around 3000 consigned, and we ended up with just over 1000. The majority of cattle today where unweaned, with vaccinations. Compared to last week's regular sale, steers sold mostly 20.00 to 30.00 lower, while heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Receipts were light with good demand. Again due to the rain, a lot of buyers showed for the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.15/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −95.15 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$413.15

221 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$27.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.14

vs KS average

−16.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	415.17	2,265	205
Medium and Large 1-2	543	387.25	2,101	16thin

One grade step is worth $27.92/cwt here — about $165 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 sale221 hd

413.15

—

KS average4 barns · 1,167 hd

424.28

−11.14

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−16.57

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−95.15

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

45 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	650–700	694	309.67/cwt	309.00–312.00	2,149	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	343.28/cwt	343.00–344.00	1,754	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	407	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	418.78/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,245	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,307	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	317.03/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,991	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	381.87/cwt	378.00–386.00	2,398	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	367.63/cwt	364.00–371.00	2,320	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,040	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	673	335.61/cwt	334.00–337.00	2,259	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,062	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,219	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,959	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,095	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	389.36/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,270	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	363.41/cwt	361.00–364.00	2,435	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	775	318.01/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,465	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	430.44/cwt	420.00–437.00	1,855	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	376.46/cwt	368.00–385.00	1,991	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	333.28/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,086	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,001	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	438.75/cwt	432.00–442.00	2,049	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	353.83/cwt	345.00–363.00	2,031	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	423.82/cwt	416.00–429.00	2,242	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	326.68/cwt	319.00–329.00	2,375	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	446.71/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,921	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	459.39/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,994	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,400	17
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,978	8

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

Tue Oct 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,064Last week 2,585Year ago 3,450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	533	393.00	393.00
9	650–700	694	309.00–312.00	309.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	485.00	485.00
9	400–450	434	450.00–462.00	459.39
31	450–500	467	432.00–442.00	438.75
14	500–550	536	410.00–422.00	418.78
41	600–650	631	364.00–371.00	367.63
3	650–700	656	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	430	445.00–455.00	446.71
4	450–500	476	447.00	447.00
123	500–550	529	416.00–429.00	423.82
51	550–600	583	388.00–390.00	389.36
87	600–650	628	378.00–386.00	381.87
46	650–700	670	361.00–364.00	363.41
13	700–750	727	319.00–329.00	326.68
22	750–800	775	317.00–319.00	318.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	462	424.00	424.00
4	550–600	571	370.00	370.00
43	650–700	673	334.00–337.00	335.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	562	427.00	427.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	398.00	398.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	549	332.00	332.00
7	550–600	586	324.00	324.00
5	600–650	615	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	407	405.00	405.00
6	450–500	483	390.00	390.00
11	500–550	511	343.00–344.00	343.28
15	550–600	578	322.00	322.00
8	600–650	628	316.00–320.00	317.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	395.00	395.00
5	350–400	398	452.00	452.00
13	400–450	431	420.00–437.00	430.44
23	450–500	459	436.00	436.00
81	500–550	529	368.00–385.00	376.46
96	550–600	574	345.00–363.00	353.83
51	600–650	626	330.00–342.00	333.28
15	650–700	656	311.00	311.00
6	750–800	764	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	490.00	490.00
7	400–450	417	490.00	490.00
14	500–550	510	404.00	404.00
13	550–600	576	358.00	358.00
9	650–700	686	323.50	323.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	480	390.00	390.00

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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