Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-08-08

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,586 head
▼ 3,903 vs last sale 7,489▲ 3,586 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
540 head
▲ 540 vs last sale 0▲ 540 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's feeder special: Feeder steers mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower with instances of 7.00 to 10.00 lower on 750-850 weights. Feeder heifers 700-850 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Majority of consignments are green cattle off grass. Overall demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. No market test available for calves or slaughter cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.99/cwt on 1,733 head.
Average price
$132.99
1,733 head · 796 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.08
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1797133.041,0611,716
Medium and Large 1-2609128.0678017thin
One grade step is worth $4.98/cwt here — about $280 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 sale1,733 hd
132.99
—
KS average3 barns · 6,300 hd
138.06
−5.08
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
Bulls—Low1,81084.951,53734
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26461.04772339
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11551.735776thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls——1,44373.06/cwt70.00–76.001,0545
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11551.73/cwt45.00–53.005776
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26760.91/cwt54.50–66.00772198
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16756.63/cwt55.00–58.7566177
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37466.74/cwt63.50–70.0091764
Bulls——1,79483.49/cwt78.00–86.501,49815
Bulls——1,95890.75/cwt86.50–96.001,77714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—990119.92/cwt119.25–122.001,18728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578145.61/cwt138.00–149.00842104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418137.00/cwt137.00–137.005735
SteersMedium and Large 1—520153.08/cwt151.00–157.0079618
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,035126.50/cwt125.75–127.751,309118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623148.03/cwt147.50–149.0092214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685131.30/cwt127.75–137.0089991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—742141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,04668
SteersMedium and Large 1—440161.00/cwt161.00–161.0070810
SteersMedium and Large 1—971128.55/cwt128.00–129.001,248111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606129.00/cwt129.00–129.007828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328154.00/cwt154.00–154.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,031119.26/cwt119.10–120.501,23076
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—819133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,09365
SteersMedium and Large 1—395168.00/cwt168.00–168.006643
SteersMedium and Large 1—628149.20/cwt145.50–154.0093776
SteersMedium and Large 1—924134.62/cwt128.75–137.501,244545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420151.00/cwt151.00–151.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723138.53/cwt137.00–140.001,00273
HeifersMedium and Large 1—814129.06/cwt126.25–135.251,051384
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—879124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,09429
SteersMedium and Large 1—734138.67/cwt138.00–139.001,01838
SteersMedium and Large 1—876141.01/cwt135.50–143.751,235237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—609127.17/cwt125.00–128.0077415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—916127.42/cwt127.00–128.001,16743
HeifersMedium and Large 1—881130.36/cwt127.50–133.501,148375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632126.00/cwt126.00–126.007967
SteersMedium and Large 1—667149.25/cwt149.25–149.2599536
SteersMedium and Large 1—766141.56/cwt137.00–148.001,084173
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—538136.00/cwt136.00–136.0073210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471144.45/cwt143.00–146.0068029
HeifersMedium and Large 1—783137.36/cwt136.50–138.751,076334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—769122.00/cwt122.00–122.009385
SteersMedium and Large 1—570152.48/cwt151.00–154.0086920
SteersMedium and Large 1—829138.21/cwt137.75–139.001,146170

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.