Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. It was a weaned and vaccinated sale. There were a couple of consignors that brought 500+ head. The receipts were moderate with good demand. There will be another weaned and vaccinated sale on January 13th and a special cow sale on January 20th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $508.64/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.35 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$508.64

288 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$88.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.05

vs KS average

+42.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	523.34	2,846	240
Medium and Large 1-2	586	435.16	2,549	48

One grade step is worth $88.18/cwt here — about $296 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 sale288 hd

508.64

—

KS average2 barns · 359 hd

497.59

+11.05

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+42.31

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

+0.35

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

56 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 1Fancy	600–650	636	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,798	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,850	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	428.19/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,556	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	349.21/cwt	342.00–359.00	2,748	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	417.87/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,791	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	431.44/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,744	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	469.67/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,715	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	339.98/cwt	336.00–342.00	3,097	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	358.54/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,983	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	3,003	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	529.19/cwt	527.00–531.00	2,567	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	379.19/cwt	366.00–389.00	2,787	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	527.68/cwt	512.00–544.00	2,770	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	567	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,869	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,672	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	570.24/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,355	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	357.86/cwt	347.00–359.00	3,060	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	406.10/cwt	395.00–418.00	2,904	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	433.71/cwt	423.00–445.00	2,281	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	395.82/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,316	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	382.80/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,427	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,093	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	490	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,264	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	325.37/cwt	324.75–326.00	3,218	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	341.11/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,848	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	472.37/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	414.11/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,369	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	404.64/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,493	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	393.57/cwt	380.00–399.50	2,696	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	670	396.52/cwt	396.00–397.00	2,657	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	815	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,751	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	335.66/cwt	333.00–346.50	2,568	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	501.35/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,685	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	385.51/cwt	365.00–396.00	2,972	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,774	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	442.60/cwt	436.00–460.00	2,111	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	354.98/cwt	354.00–356.00	2,371	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	751	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,666	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	714	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,567	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	401.87/cwt	395.00–408.00	2,500	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	326.82/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,709	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	368.94/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,461	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	348.25/cwt	328.00–354.00	2,546	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,049	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	447	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	2,378	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	323.24/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,340	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	325.32/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,557	33

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 Jan 6, 2026

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Receipts 3,534Last week 1,819Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	522	546.00	546.00
29	600–650	636	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	505.00	505.00
3	400–450	438	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	450	500.00	500.00
8	500–550	530	470.00	470.00
40	550–600	597	410.00–435.00	428.19
35	600–650	616	400.00–408.00	404.64
36	650–700	685	380.00–399.50	393.57
63	700–750	735	366.00–389.00	379.19
38	750–800	787	342.00–359.00	349.21
20	800–850	835	331.00–348.00	341.11
6	850–900	870	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	630.00	630.00
6	400–450	413	560.00–580.00	570.24
18	450–500	485	527.00–531.00	529.19
74	500–550	525	512.00–544.00	527.68
50	550–600	578	455.00–490.00	469.67
132	600–650	636	426.00–440.00	431.44
146	650–700	668	410.00–426.00	417.87
185	700–750	715	395.00–418.00	406.10
218	750–800	771	365.00–396.00	385.51
247	800–850	832	354.00–365.00	358.54
227	850–900	855	347.00–359.00	357.86
24	900–950	911	336.00–342.00	339.98
222	950–1000	989	324.75–326.00	325.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	411	650.00	650.00
59	500–550	525	572.00	572.00
45	550–600	567	506.00	506.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,032	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	430	440.00	440.00
8	450–500	496	422.00	422.00
42	550–600	585	380.00–402.00	395.82
23	600–650	634	377.00–390.00	382.80
10	650–700	668	354.00–356.00	354.98
11	700–750	724	321.00–325.00	323.24
33	750–800	786	323.00–330.00	325.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	495.00–510.00	501.35
17	350–400	394	520.00	520.00
8	400–450	432	470.00–480.00	472.37
21	450–500	477	436.00–460.00	442.60
47	500–550	526	423.00–445.00	433.71
111	550–600	572	405.00–425.00	414.11
148	600–650	622	395.00–408.00	401.87
56	650–700	667	365.00–380.00	368.94
212	700–750	731	328.00–354.00	348.25
143	750–800	765	333.00–346.50	335.66
137	800–850	829	310.00–333.00	326.82
106	850–900	878	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	462.00	462.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	670	396.00–397.00	396.52
22	700–750	714	359.50	359.50
15	750–800	751	355.00	355.00
46	800–850	815	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	447	532.00	532.00

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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