Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-15.00 lower across all weight classes with the exception of 600 lb steer calves selling 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Steer calves under 550 lbs and heifer calves under 500 lbs not enough for market test. Good demand on a lighter supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.95/cwt on 331 head, down $25.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 26 comparable sales and sits −25.39 against this barn's trailing median of $439.34.

Average price

$413.95

▼ 25.74 vs prior sale

331 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,294

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$10.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.87

vs KS average

+17.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	415.19	2,317	292
Medium and Large 1-2	525	404.70	2,125	39

One grade step is worth $10.49/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.58, low $375.59, median $439.34 across 26 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 sale331 hd

413.95

—

KS average2 barns · 348 hd

414.82

−0.87

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+17.90

This barn, trailing median26 sales

439.34

−25.39

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

35 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	291.04/cwt	283.00–300.00	2,954	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	274.42/cwt	273.00–292.00	2,755	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	684	427.61/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,925	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	723	419.91/cwt	415.00–433.00	3,036	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	406.23/cwt	392.00–416.00	2,360	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	349.03/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,886	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	444.20/cwt	430.00–454.00	2,572	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	449.87/cwt	441.00–463.00	2,857	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	316.71/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,619	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	317.01/cwt	297.00–320.50	2,733	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	412.83/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,857	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	329.42/cwt	315.00–331.00	3,024	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	329.86/cwt	322.00–343.00	2,547	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	368.95/cwt	359.00–383.00	2,487	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	341.34/cwt	324.00–345.00	2,936	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	322.86/cwt	307.50–326.00	3,129	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	354.09/cwt	353.00–356.00	2,539	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	375.35/cwt	367.50–377.00	2,871	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	476.51/cwt	470.00–486.00	2,511	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	381.27/cwt	371.00–393.00	2,779	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,435	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,475	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	390.76/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,438	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,199	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	500.19/cwt	485.00–503.00	2,411	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	352.53/cwt	349.00–357.00	2,344	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	404.70/cwt	395.00–408.00	2,125	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,884	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	429.58/cwt	419.00–440.00	2,238	112

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. - Salina, KS

Thu Jul 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,790Last week 1,390Year ago 3,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,015	283.00–300.00	291.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
7	400–450	439	481.00	481.00
8	450–500	461	477.00	477.00
112	500–550	521	419.00–440.00	429.58
180	550–600	581	392.00–416.00	406.23
129	600–650	624	382.50–405.00	390.76
113	650–700	674	359.00–383.00	368.95
26	700–750	717	353.00–356.00	354.09
112	750–800	772	322.00–343.00	329.86
42	800–850	827	305.00–322.50	316.71
82	850–900	862	297.00–320.50	317.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	525	395.00–408.00	404.70
16	650–700	665	349.00–357.00	352.53
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,004	273.00–292.00	274.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	684	425.00–430.00	427.61
51	700–750	723	415.00–433.00	419.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	570.00	570.00
2	400–450	435	545.00	545.00
13	450–500	482	485.00–503.00	500.19
19	500–550	527	470.00–486.00	476.51
53	550–600	579	430.00–454.00	444.20
77	600–650	635	441.00–463.00	449.87
69	650–700	692	400.00–424.00	412.83
101	700–750	729	371.00–393.00	381.27
17	750–800	765	367.50–377.00	375.35
70	800–850	827	335.00–356.00	349.03
50	850–900	860	324.00–345.00	341.34
71	900–950	918	315.00–331.00	329.42
85	950–1000	969	307.50–326.00	322.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	485.00	485.00
4	500–550	535	450.00	450.00
13	600–650	625	396.00	396.00
14	650–700	651	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	721	400.00	400.00

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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