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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2026-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Tue, Oct 27

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1894

← Oct 13Oct 27latest

Receipts

2,803 head

▲ 2,803 vs last sale 0▲ 2,803 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the special sale two weeks ago, calves sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher across all weight classes with some very nice heifers weighing 500 to 600 lbs selling up to 30.00 higher. Heavy supply of unweaned calves offered today. Moderate supply for a very good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.98/cwt on 470 head, up $23.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +11.90 against this barn's trailing median of $447.08.

Average price

$458.98

▲ 23.80 vs prior sale

470 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$46.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

vs KS average

+23.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	460.06	2,535	459
Medium and Large 1-2	576	413.86	2,384	11thin

One grade step is worth $46.20/cwt here — about $151 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale470 hd

458.98

—

KS average4 barns · 1,220 hd

451.97

+7.02

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+23.83

This barn, trailing median2 sales

447.08

+11.90

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

44 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	546.68/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,121	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	571.25/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,256	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	533.60/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,332	90
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	522.35/cwt	522.00–527.00	2,298	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	547.61/cwt	540.00–551.00	2,508	87
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	466	469.56/cwt	465.00–482.00	2,188	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	486.47/cwt	485.00–487.00	2,286	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	482	521.73/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,515	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	485.18/cwt	472.00–492.00	2,567	179
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	455.76/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,438	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	413.86/cwt	408.00–424.00	2,384	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	441.20/cwt	429.00–455.00	2,577	138
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	411.57/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,436	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	424.63/cwt	403.50–435.00	2,607	302
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	386.00/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,409	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	412.35/cwt	403.00–425.00	2,585	98
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	629	397.00/cwt	394.00–400.00	2,497	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	390.47/cwt	373.00–398.00	2,597	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	387.08/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,663	175
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	371.96/cwt	362.00–376.00	2,652	69
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,533	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	361.83/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,728	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,854	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,100	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,885	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	518.78/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,137	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	515.64/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,181	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	445.01/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,105	62
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	439.52/cwt	431.00–446.00	2,079	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	512	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,017	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	407.15/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,133	109
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	412.50/cwt	403.00–422.00	2,174	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	388.34/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,050	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	536	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,358	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	396.77/cwt	389.00–406.00	2,285	107
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	578	418.10/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,417	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	390.51/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,261	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	383.98/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,342	128
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	392.44/cwt	376.00–402.00	2,445	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	350.15/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,248	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	359.61/cwt	356.00–363.00	2,388	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	378.54/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,517	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	6

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 Oct 27, 2026

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

Receipts 2,803Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	528	382.00–392.00	388.34
16	600–650	642	342.00–355.00	350.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	377	500.00	500.00
16	400–450	412	510.00–520.00	518.78
49	450–500	473	431.00–446.00	439.52
109	500–550	524	395.00–412.00	407.15
107	550–600	576	389.00–406.00	396.77
128	600–650	610	371.00–389.00	383.98
50	650–700	664	356.00–363.00	359.61
6	700–750	735	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	595.00	595.00
39	400–450	423	515.00–520.00	515.64
62	450–500	473	440.00–455.00	445.01
67	500–550	527	403.00–422.00	412.50
53	550–600	579	375.00–400.00	390.51
55	600–650	623	376.00–402.00	392.44
73	650–700	665	360.00–385.00	378.54
9	700–750	705	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	536	440.00	440.00
47	550–600	578	415.00–420.00	418.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	470	485.00–487.00	486.47
11	550–600	576	408.00–424.00	413.86
23	600–650	624	370.00–398.00	386.00
26	700–750	732	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	466	465.00–482.00	469.56
35	600–650	629	394.00–400.00	397.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	570.00–580.00	571.25
90	400–450	437	520.00–540.00	533.60
41	450–500	482	520.00–525.00	521.73
113	500–550	535	440.00–467.00	455.76
29	550–600	592	408.00–419.00	411.57
302	600–650	614	403.50–435.00	424.63
175	650–700	688	375.00–394.00	387.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	545.00–550.00	546.68
14	400–450	440	522.00–527.00	522.35
87	450–500	458	540.00–551.00	547.61
179	500–550	529	472.00–492.00	485.18
138	550–600	584	429.00–455.00	441.20
98	600–650	627	403.00–425.00	412.35
66	650–700	665	373.00–398.00	390.47
69	700–750	713	362.00–376.00	371.96
29	750–800	754	350.00–365.00	361.83
5	850–900	892	320.00	320.00

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.