Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Weaned and Vaccinated Calf Sale*

Large, multi-vaccinated lots from reputation breeders brought higher prices. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher across all weights. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.12/cwt on 393 head, down $19.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −19.17 against this barn's trailing median of $508.29.

Average price

$489.12

▼ 19.17 vs prior sale

393 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$43.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.42

vs KS average

+6.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	495.23	2,752	338
Medium and Large 1-2	555	451.60	2,506	55

One grade step is worth $43.63/cwt here — about $245 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 sale393 hd

489.12

—

KS average4 barns · 515 hd

484.70

+4.42

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+6.09

This barn, trailing median3 sales

508.29

−19.17

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

51 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 1Fancy	550–600	551	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	721	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,870	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,400	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	410.71/cwt	410.00–411.00	2,489	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	381.23/cwt	375.00–387.00	3,130	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	433.68/cwt	427.00–442.00	2,767	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	547.93/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,603	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	451.47/cwt	442.00–465.00	2,817	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	559.84/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,391	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	338.07/cwt	336.50–340.00	2,958	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	686	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,782	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,853	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	322.47/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,983	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,878	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,883	114
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	602.64/cwt	600.00–607.00	2,278	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	451.60/cwt	449.00–455.00	2,506	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	369.34/cwt	360.00–379.00	2,689	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	420.98/cwt	411.50–434.00	2,884	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,922	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	501.87/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,053	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	456.48/cwt	446.00–460.00	2,401	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	331.49/cwt	330.50–333.00	2,708	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	394.25/cwt	383.00–402.00	2,507	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	481.40/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,267	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	471.08/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,313	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	348.21/cwt	348.00–349.00	2,580	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	476.53/cwt	464.00–489.00	2,773	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	514.83/cwt	495.00–519.00	2,718	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	380.01/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,884	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,405	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	428.57/cwt	428.00–429.00	2,344	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	386.53/cwt	379.00–392.00	2,563	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	385.66/cwt	384.00–388.00	2,568	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	341.91/cwt	332.00–345.00	2,838	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	581.33/cwt	580.00–582.00	2,680	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	349.13/cwt	346.00–351.50	2,723	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	434.66/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,482	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	400.09/cwt	388.00–410.50	2,881	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,109	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 Feb 3, 2026

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

Receipts 2,563Last week 3,017Year ago 2,585

*Special Weaned and Vaccinated Calf Sale*

Large, multi-vaccinated lots from reputation breeders brought higher prices. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher across all weights. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	565.00	565.00
15	500–550	500	480.00	480.00
6	550–600	551	495.00	495.00
17	600–650	606	410.00–411.00	410.71
11	700–750	721	398.00	398.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	505.00	505.00
10	400–450	409	490.00–510.00	501.87
21	450–500	471	465.00–490.00	481.40
54	500–550	526	446.00–460.00	456.48
29	550–600	571	425.00–445.00	434.66
108	600–650	636	383.00–402.00	394.25
79	650–700	663	379.00–392.00	386.53
92	700–750	728	360.00–379.00	369.34
51	750–800	780	346.00–351.50	349.13
26	800–850	817	330.50–333.00	331.49
4	850–900	850	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	454	400.00	400.00
6	600–650	622	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	480.00	480.00
19	450–500	491	460.00–475.00	471.08
21	500–550	547	428.00–429.00	428.57
4	550–600	582	394.00	394.00
4	600–650	643	374.00	374.00
23	700–750	741	348.00–349.00	348.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	615.00	615.00
15	350–400	378	600.00–607.00	602.64
14	400–450	427	550.00–575.00	559.84
57	450–500	475	545.00–550.00	547.93
165	500–550	528	495.00–519.00	514.83
173	550–600	582	464.00–489.00	476.53
112	600–650	624	442.00–465.00	451.47
228	650–700	685	411.50–434.00	420.98
189	700–750	720	388.00–410.50	400.09
116	750–800	759	370.00–394.00	380.01
190	800–850	821	375.00–387.00	381.23
36	850–900	875	336.50–340.00	338.07
12	900–950	925	320.00–325.00	322.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	570.00	570.00
5	450–500	481	510.00	510.00
55	550–600	555	449.00–455.00	451.60
133	600–650	638	427.00–442.00	433.68
20	650–700	666	384.00–388.00	385.66
17	800–850	830	332.00–345.00	341.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	686	405.50	405.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	424	437.00	437.00
6	650–700	683	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	585.00	585.00
15	450–500	461	580.00–582.00	581.33
114	600–650	616	468.00	468.00
22	650–700	654	440.00	440.00

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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