Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-05-16

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 16
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,048 head
3,474 vs last sale 2,574 6,048 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
475 head
275 vs last sale 200 475 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
12 vs last sale 30 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-850 lbs and 1000-1050 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, 850-950 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, lower undertone noted on 800-900 lbs. Calves not enough comparable weights from last week for a market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.31/cwt on 3,883 head.
Average price
$133.31
3,883 head · 834 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$285
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.65
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561149.74840236
Medium and Large 1851132.241,1263,647
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about −$285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3,883 hd
133.31
KS average3 barns · 6,835 hd
135.95
−2.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,76784.111,48644
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78866.751,1938thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22260.68742186
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01646.8447643

Every lot, as filed

61 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452131.50/cwt131.50–131.505947
HeifersMedium and Large 1875114.99/cwt112.50–116.351,00699
HeifersMedium and Large 1437148.19/cwt145.00–155.0064817
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy538133.00/cwt133.00–133.007164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008389
HeifersMedium and Large 1684134.16/cwt129.75–139.75918186
HeifersMedium and Large 1332188.00/cwt188.00–188.0062419
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006557
HeifersMedium and Large 1732131.61/cwt123.50–135.25963217
HeifersMedium and Large 1562144.11/cwt143.00–145.0081023
SteersMedium and Large 1461178.39/cwt173.00–185.5082237
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy882115.39/cwt114.25–115.851,01873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385160.00/cwt160.00–160.0061614
SteersMedium and Large 1878126.62/cwt119.60–131.001,112339
SteersMedium and Large 11,067117.66/cwt114.10–119.251,25572
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy577150.75/cwt150.75–150.7587074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547144.00/cwt144.00–144.0078832
SteersMedium and Large 1984119.20/cwt115.50–122.001,173375
SteersMedium and Large 1637159.01/cwt157.00–160.001,01373
SteersMedium and Large 1372201.00/cwt201.00–201.007485
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy794119.00/cwt119.00–119.009457
HeifersMedium and Large 1911115.48/cwt113.00–117.501,052485
HeifersMedium and Large 1815128.43/cwt128.00–128.751,04723
HeifersMedium and Large 1971113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0976
HeifersMedium and Large 1776127.62/cwt124.00–133.00990512
HeifersMedium and Large 1483144.33/cwt142.50–151.0069725
HeifersMedium and Large 1634140.34/cwt138.00–142.0089012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 1520144.43/cwt143.00–147.0075135
HeifersMedium and Large 11,010109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,10612
SteersMedium and Large 1569170.51/cwt161.50–177.00970169
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed851139.66/cwt139.00–140.251,189114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy441172.00/cwt172.00–172.007598
SteersMedium and Large 1770135.16/cwt135.00–135.501,04132
SteersMedium and Large 1706141.25/cwt138.00–151.50997162
SteersMedium and Large 1826132.59/cwt125.25–140.501,095644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580149.00/cwt149.00–149.0086480
SteersMedium and Large 1420197.44/cwt197.00–198.0082925
SteersMedium and Large 1515163.74/cwt158.50–171.50843131
SteersMedium and Large 11,025118.06/cwt115.10–122.001,210605
Bulls1,96788.44/cwt83.00–96.001,74023
Bulls1,54780.06/cwt73.50–85.501,23920
Bulls1,54565.50/cwt65.50–65.501,0121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,157925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,70216
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3801,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0016,2157
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0013,7482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5821,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0018,5894
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2401,510.00/cwt1,510.00–1,510.0018,7243
CowsLean 85-90%88055.50/cwt55.50–55.504886
CowsLean 85-90%1,02528.00/cwt28.00–28.002871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78866.75/cwt63.50–67.251,1938
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20159.49/cwt54.00–63.50714106
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30864.49/cwt60.00–68.0084462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05354.55/cwt52.00–56.7557418
CowsLean 85-90%1,03845.92/cwt38.00–52.0047736
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2311,015.12/cwt950.00–1,025.0012,49610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488155.24/cwt155.00–156.5075863
SteersMedium and Large 1316220.00/cwt220.00–220.0069518
SteersMedium and Large 1686150.59/cwt148.00–157.001,033101
SteersMedium and Large 1928121.54/cwt117.60–127.501,128590
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689144.50/cwt144.50–144.5099647

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.