Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-07-18

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,346 head
585 vs last sale 761 1,346 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
100 vs last sale 100 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
36 vs last sale 0 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers lower undertone prevailed, not enough comparable weights for accurate market trend. Due to short numbers last week, feeder heifers limited comparable weights available, higher undertone noted on 800-850 lbs. Calves lower undertone noted, not enough comparable weights for market test. Overall demand moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.42/cwt on 843 head.
Average price
$132.42
843 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.94
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771132.471,022838
Medium and Large 1-2551125.006895thin
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $333 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 sale843 hd
132.42
KS average3 barns · 1,993 hd
136.36
−3.94
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
BullsLow1,72781.571,40917
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62969.001,12410
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20459.24713112
CowsLean 85-90%Average98047.594664thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1563139.00/cwt139.00–139.007836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy382131.00/cwt131.00–131.005005
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy507125.27/cwt125.00–126.0063511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy621121.27/cwt121.00–122.0075333
HeifersMedium and Large 1731134.00/cwt134.00–134.009807
HeifersMedium and Large 1614135.00/cwt135.00–135.0082947
HeifersMedium and Large 1874125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,09353
HeifersMedium and Large 1667137.93/cwt134.75–139.7592097
HeifersMedium and Large 1771132.48/cwt130.25–133.501,021136
HeifersMedium and Large 1821132.89/cwt126.50–136.251,091449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551125.00/cwt125.00–125.006895
SteersMedium and Large 1461176.00/cwt176.00–176.008116
SteersMedium and Large 1671134.00/cwt134.00–134.008999
SteersMedium and Large 1719132.37/cwt131.50–135.0095212
SteersMedium and Large 1848133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,13212
SteersMedium and Large 1613144.77/cwt144.00–147.0088745
SteersMedium and Large 1969127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,23554
SteersMedium and Large 11,019123.89/cwt123.75–125.001,26269
SteersMedium and Large 1908128.30/cwt128.25–128.501,16573
SteersMedium and Large 1873132.58/cwt128.75–134.751,15793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,243800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,9448
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4061,323.27/cwt1,150.00–1,385.0018,60516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3331,388.90/cwt1,385.00–1,400.0018,5148
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4301,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0019,6634
Bulls1,20564.50/cwt64.50–64.507771
Bulls1,94388.12/cwt86.00–89.501,7126
Bulls1,65079.35/cwt74.50–84.001,30910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30565.41/cwt65.00–66.5085410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09352.82/cwt48.00–55.0057717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21459.80/cwt54.50–64.5072685
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62969.00/cwt66.00–73.001,12410
CowsLean 85-90%98047.59/cwt46.50–50.004664

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.