Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first weaned and vaccinated sale of the season. All cattle today were weaned 30 + days and have had their shots. Really nice cattle today. No real comparables since the last special calf sale would have been mostly unweaned. Really nice group of cattle today, though. The next weaned and vaccinated sale will be on January 6th, and there is a special cow sale on December 16th. Receipts were light to moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.81/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −70.48 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$437.81

240 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$713

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

$130.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+8.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	458.26	2,534	169
Medium and Large 1-2	557	410.10	2,284	53
Medium 1-2	556	327.39	1,821	18thin

One grade step is worth $130.87/cwt here — about $713 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale240 hd

437.81

—

KS average1 barns · 240 hd

437.81

+0.00

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+8.66

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−70.48

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

47 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 1	650–700	685	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,528	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	511	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,620	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	585	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,645	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,575	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	359.50/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,240	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	431.60/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,882	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	345.05/cwt	342.00–356.00	2,291	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	374.14/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,537	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	1,794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	425.15/cwt	421.50–435.00	2,504	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	427.36/cwt	420.00–436.00	1,996	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,507	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	482.23/cwt	477.00–494.00	2,291	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	402.84/cwt	388.00–407.00	2,530	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	374.44/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,164	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	335.27/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,719	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	663	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,745	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	479.07/cwt	468.00–484.00	2,529	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	383.67/cwt	371.00–399.00	2,759	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,200	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	403.94/cwt	395.00–414.00	2,100	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	457.17/cwt	450.00–467.00	2,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	330.29/cwt	326.00–337.00	2,286	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	347.74/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,441	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	320.67/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,514	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	436.22/cwt	435.00–437.00	1,671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	435.97/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,223	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	350.57/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,202	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	370.67/cwt	361.00–386.00	2,350	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	400.48/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	347.12/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,517	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	380.35/cwt	377.00–382.00	2,910	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	297.61/cwt	292.00–305.00	2,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	325.66/cwt	323.00–327.00	2,351	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	376.35/cwt	372.00–387.00	2,036	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	351.49/cwt	349.00–358.00	2,049	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,349	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	333.15/cwt	329.00–349.00	2,875	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	357.87/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,412	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	336.04/cwt	327.00–344.00	2,628	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	396.79/cwt	384.00–404.00	2,305	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	601	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,560	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,515	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. Feeder Cattle Special - Salina, KS

Tue Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,819Last week 3,172Year ago 2,107

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	685	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	335.00	335.00
7	500–550	511	317.00	317.00
11	550–600	585	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	576	447.00	447.00
9	650–700	653	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	504.00	504.00
5	400–450	449	490.00	490.00
25	450–500	475	477.00–494.00	482.23
80	500–550	528	468.00–484.00	479.07
33	550–600	589	421.50–435.00	425.15
141	600–650	628	388.00–407.00	402.84
54	650–700	678	364.00–387.00	374.14
124	700–750	719	371.00–399.00	383.67
46	750–800	765	377.00–382.00	380.35
47	800–850	811	327.00–340.00	335.27
30	850–900	863	329.00–349.00	333.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	467	503.00	503.00
3	500–550	503	500.00	500.00
25	550–600	566	443.00	443.00
26	600–650	601	426.00	426.00
56	650–700	663	414.00	414.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	450.00–467.00	457.17
18	500–550	510	432.00–450.00	435.97
35	550–600	581	384.00–404.00	396.79
37	600–650	634	361.00–386.00	370.67
32	650–700	674	355.00–363.00	357.87
32	700–750	725	340.00–352.50	347.12
45	750–800	782	327.00–344.00	336.04
10	800–850	827	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	435.00–437.00	436.22
17	400–450	436	425.00–440.00	431.60
52	450–500	467	420.00–436.00	427.36
62	500–550	520	395.00–414.00	403.94
77	550–600	578	363.00–380.00	374.44
99	600–650	623	354.00–366.00	359.50
80	650–700	664	342.00–356.00	345.05
23	700–750	702	346.00–350.00	347.74
19	750–800	784	319.00–330.00	320.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	395.00–405.00	400.48
30	500–550	541	372.00–387.00	376.35
25	550–600	583	349.00–358.00	351.49
7	600–650	628	350.00–351.00	350.57
82	650–700	692	326.00–337.00	330.29
29	700–750	722	323.00–327.00	325.66
7	750–800	756	292.00–305.00	297.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	445.00	445.00

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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