Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-06-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,730 head
1,760 vs last sale 3,490 1,730 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
61 vs last sale 200 139 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 sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Heifer calves limited comparable weights, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Not enough bulls for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.88/cwt on 768 head.
Average price
$135.88
768 head · 819 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1821136.061,117751
Medium and Large 1-2731127.7593417thin
One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about $184 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 sale768 hd
135.88
KS average2 barns · 1,293 hd
132.35
+3.53
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
BullsLow1,70782.131,4027thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78069.501,2371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19061.19728118
CowsLean 85-90%High96950.304879thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1Fleshy570135.50/cwt135.50–135.5077214
HeifersMedium and Large 1387163.55/cwt161.00–165.006338
HeifersMedium and Large 1574146.86/cwt146.75–147.008439
HeifersMedium and Large 1517145.89/cwt143.00–149.0075419
HeifersMedium and Large 1490142.92/cwt139.50–148.0070024
HeifersMedium and Large 1806123.00/cwt123.00–123.0099125
HeifersMedium and Large 1636144.18/cwt140.00–145.2591775
HeifersMedium and Large 1675134.71/cwt133.00–138.0090981
HeifersMedium and Large 1730132.68/cwt130.00–136.50969126
HeifersMedium and Large 1767129.80/cwt124.50–132.75996283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607130.50/cwt130.50–130.5079212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083334
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy496161.00/cwt161.00–161.007994
SteersMedium and Large 1458174.00/cwt174.00–174.007973
SteersMedium and Large 1625144.50/cwt144.50–144.5090315
SteersMedium and Large 1578155.75/cwt155.75–155.7590017
SteersMedium and Large 1767131.89/cwt130.00–134.001,01241
SteersMedium and Large 1535157.95/cwt154.75–166.0084542
SteersMedium and Large 11,006123.72/cwt117.50–125.751,24562
SteersMedium and Large 1877131.50/cwt130.25–135.501,15390
SteersMedium and Large 1678144.79/cwt142.50–147.50982106
SteersMedium and Large 1956125.21/cwt119.50–130.251,197145
SteersMedium and Large 1834137.83/cwt132.00–141.851,150226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731127.75/cwt127.75–127.7593417
Bulls1,46068.50/cwt68.50–68.501,0001
Bulls2,13390.92/cwt87.00–93.501,9392
Bulls1,55581.15/cwt76.00–84.501,2624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35665.10/cwt63.00–67.0088313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06256.38/cwt54.00–57.5059920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19561.73/cwt57.00–64.0073885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,2371
CowsLean 85-90%95554.00/cwt54.00–54.005162
CowsLean 85-90%97349.24/cwt46.00–53.004797

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.