Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-08-15

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
734 head
2,852 vs last sale 3,586 734 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
440 vs last sale 540 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Short sale today. Feeder steers 700-850 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers and calves not enough comparable weights for a market test, lower undertone noted. Overall demand moderate, quality average. Using a limited test, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.36/cwt on 491 head.
Average price
$133.36
491 head · 818 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
7.55
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1818133.361,091491
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale491 hd
133.36
KS average3 barns · 2,042 hd
140.91
−7.55
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
BullsHigh1,84887.891,62512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52568.501,0451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18660.7772171
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14048.505531thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls1,91592.52/cwt89.00–95.501,7727
Bulls1,78083.26/cwt78.50–88.501,4824
CowsLean 85-90%1,14048.50/cwt48.50–48.505531
Bulls1,65574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52568.50/cwt68.50–68.501,0451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13559.66/cwt55.00–64.0067747
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35066.52/cwt65.00–69.0089818
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09152.23/cwt52.00–52.505706
SteersMedium and Large 1902130.81/cwt130.10–131.751,18096
SteersMedium and Large 1620142.32/cwt137.00–144.7588219
HeifersMedium and Large 1734129.35/cwt129.35–129.3594965
HeifersMedium and Large 1688132.25/cwt132.25–132.2591058
SteersMedium and Large 1735136.94/cwt133.00–138.501,007156
HeifersMedium and Large 1837121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0137
SteersMedium and Large 1843133.76/cwt133.00–134.501,128121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy621126.00/cwt126.00–126.0078212
SteersMedium and Large 1876127.96/cwt127.25–128.501,12199

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.