Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of replacement cattle today. Big groups of replacement quality heifers.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,064	$2,996	20
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,857	49
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,263	$2,800	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,407	$2,792	67
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,627	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,224	$2,579	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,272	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,161	$2,333	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,083	$2,300	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,195	$3,400	16
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,217	$2,700	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,664	11
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,489	$4,423	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,570	$2,834	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,825	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,078	$3,726	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,225	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,388	$3,100	6
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$3,889	44
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	881	$2,341	365

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Replacement 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
Bulls	Large 1Fancy	—	1,585	7,100.00/head	7,100.00–7,100.00	7,100	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,465	3,753.33/head	3,600.00–3,900.00	3,753	4
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,618	2,551.16/head	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,825	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	2,158.86/head	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,159	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	894	2,368.96/head	2,250.00–2,425.00	2,369	320
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,366	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	748	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	8
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	1,320	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	810	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,217	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	6
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	787	2,126.80/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,127	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	843	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,533	3,172.06/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,172	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	3,244.84/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,245	18
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	16
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,473	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	3,850.00/head	3,750.00–3,900.00	3,850	24
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,439	2,829.30/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,829	53
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	860	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	875	2,680.00/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,680	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	3,245.10/head	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,245	16
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,460	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	3,918.75/head	3,900.00–3,950.00	3,919	16
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,362	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Replacement Cattle Special - Salina, KS

Tue Mar 18, 2025

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

Receipts 891Last week 800Year ago 1,561

Nice offering of replacement cattle today. Big groups of replacement quality heifers.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	7,100.00	7,100.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,465	3,600.00–3,900.00	3,753.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,618	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,551.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,825	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,475	3,400.00	3,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,250	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,125	4,100.00	4,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,250	3,950.00	3,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	875	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,450	3,600.00	3,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,500	3,500.00	3,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	24	—	788	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,158.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	320	—	894	2,250.00–2,425.00	2,368.96
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	787	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,126.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,366	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,272	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,083	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,287	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,264	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,244.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,201	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,168	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,263	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,143	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,245.10
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	748	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	810	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	843	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	860	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,533	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,172.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,473	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,439	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,829.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,460	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,362	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,017	2,500.00	2,500.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,217	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,320	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,195	3,400.00	3,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	4,000.00	4,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,058	3,750.00–3,900.00	3,850.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,038	3,900.00–3,950.00	3,918.75

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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