Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Some of these were the cattle that did not come last week. Lots of reputation cattle. The cattle today were unweaned with shots for the most part. This was a "special sale," and the market seemed to be back to where it was 2 weeks ago. Demand was good to very good with moderate receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.82/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −87.48 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$420.82

662 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,043

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

$155.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.25

vs KS average

+1.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	435.30	2,443	397
Medium and Large 1-2	560	401.85	2,251	249
Medium 1	552	382.00	2,109	12thin
Medium and Large 2	500	280.00	1,400	4thin

One grade step is worth $155.30/cwt here — about $1,043 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

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 sale662 hd

420.82

—

KS average4 barns · 1,002 hd

413.57

+7.25

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+1.72

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−87.48

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

72 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	383.93/cwt	371.00–402.00	2,223	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	389.24/cwt	380.00–407.50	2,047	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	359.41/cwt	354.00–361.00	2,365	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	408.59/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,994	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	469.09/cwt	461.50–485.00	2,308	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,013	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	542	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,298	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	458.55/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,926	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	368.14/cwt	358.00–376.00	2,253	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	559	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,460	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	623	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,473	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,431	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	350.07/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,195	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	405.67/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,544	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	405.27/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,945	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	614	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,603	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	534	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,547	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	487.91/cwt	487.00–495.00	2,005	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,835	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	484	436.66/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,113	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,085	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,395	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	487.09/cwt	485.00–488.00	2,460	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,703	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	424	535.74/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,272	7
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	6
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	563	349.57/cwt	344.00–352.00	1,968	20
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	441	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,720	14
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	552	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,109	12
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	437	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	670	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,657	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	587	439.78/cwt	439.50–441.00	2,582	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	430.36/cwt	430.00–430.50	2,638	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	491	499.67/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,453	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	555	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	393.44/cwt	393.00–395.00	1,904	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,960	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	352.95/cwt	334.00–365.50	2,072	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	674	333.24/cwt	312.00–337.50	2,246	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	439.08/cwt	434.00–450.00	1,954	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	413.49/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,295	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,055	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,456	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	349.06/cwt	328.00–356.00	2,178	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	413.07/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,148	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	321.12/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	399	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	388.31/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,264	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	416.48/cwt	413.00–420.00	2,212	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	677	364.64/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,469	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	486	398.13/cwt	380.00–403.00	1,935	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	712	348.26/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,480	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	378.54/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,582	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	392.82/cwt	381.00–407.00	2,443	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	413.32/cwt	398.50–430.00	2,381	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	434.36/cwt	423.00–450.00	2,293	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	358.25/cwt	352.00–364.00	2,601	64

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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Receipts 3,172Last week 1,064Year ago 1,484

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	500.00	500.00
28	400–450	420	450.00–470.00	458.55
69	450–500	488	402.00–425.00	408.59
84	500–550	526	380.00–407.50	389.24
85	550–600	579	371.00–402.00	383.93
131	600–650	612	358.00–376.00	368.14
77	650–700	658	354.00–361.00	359.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	542	424.00	424.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	559	440.00	440.00
14	600–650	623	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	406	452.00	452.00
33	450–500	480	400.00–417.00	405.27
8	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
14	600–650	627	349.00–352.00	350.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	480.00	480.00
23	450–500	484	430.00–440.00	436.66
17	500–550	500	417.00	417.00
9	550–600	580	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	441	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
20	550–600	563	344.00–352.00	349.57
6	600–650	645	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	555	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	427.00	427.00
23	450–500	484	393.00–395.00	393.44
15	500–550	537	365.00	365.00
124	550–600	587	334.00–365.50	352.95
33	600–650	624	328.00–356.00	349.06
36	650–700	674	312.00–337.50	333.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
6	500–550	547	349.00	349.00
11	650–700	676	318.00–325.00	321.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	485.00	485.00
7	400–450	415	485.00	485.00
30	450–500	492	461.50–485.00	469.09
69	500–550	528	423.00–450.00	434.36
148	550–600	576	398.50–430.00	413.32
209	600–650	622	381.00–407.00	392.82
268	650–700	682	368.00–390.00	378.54
64	700–750	726	352.00–364.00	358.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	550.00	550.00
28	400–450	411	487.00–495.00	487.91
12	550–600	550	442.00	442.00
33	600–650	627	388.00–410.00	405.67
7	650–700	670	385.00	385.00
10	700–750	715	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	534	477.00	477.00
31	600–650	614	424.00	424.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	545.00	545.00
7	400–450	424	530.00–540.00	535.74
92	450–500	491	495.00–510.00	499.67
36	500–550	505	485.00–488.00	487.09
111	550–600	587	439.50–441.00	439.78
99	600–650	613	430.00–430.50	430.36
130	650–700	670	396.50	396.50
14	700–750	717	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	552	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	399	465.00	465.00
13	400–450	445	434.00–450.00	439.08
37	450–500	486	380.00–403.00	398.13
69	500–550	531	413.00–420.00	416.48
123	550–600	583	380.00–396.00	388.31
19	600–650	648	379.00	379.00
45	650–700	677	364.00–365.00	364.64
28	700–750	712	342.00–350.00	348.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	460.00	460.00
38	450–500	478	430.00	430.00
15	500–550	520	408.00–420.00	413.07
42	550–600	555	400.00–415.00	413.49
4	600–650	617	352.00	352.00

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