Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-08-29

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,225 head
▲ 817 vs last sale 2,408▲ 3,225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 155▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-900 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750-850 lbs sold unevenly steady. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Using a limited test, bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.72/cwt on 1,962 head.
Average price
$138.72
1,962 head · 831 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.27
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564143.2880837
Medium and Large 1836138.631,1591,925
One grade step is worth $4.64/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale1,962 hd
138.72
—
KS average3 barns · 5,388 hd
139.99
−1.27
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—High1,74184.731,47613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47171.071,04511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24862.8378497
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08154.5959011

Every lot, as filed

40 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—715135.72/cwt133.50–136.0097091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—678130.00/cwt130.00–130.0088110
SteersMedium and Large 1—273212.00/cwt212.00–212.005795
SteersMedium and Large 1—684150.17/cwt149.75–151.501,027201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626129.00/cwt129.00–129.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,021110.64/cwt109.50–113.501,13025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521135.00/cwt135.00–135.007037
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—838130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,08958
SteersMedium and Large 1—767141.36/cwt136.50–144.001,084129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577141.00/cwt141.00–141.008146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—602144.00/cwt144.00–144.008677
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—827133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,10041
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—577145.50/cwt145.50–145.5084047
SteersMedium and Large 1—615152.00/cwt152.00–152.0093556
SteersMedium and Large 1—882134.54/cwt132.00–138.001,187545
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—862124.19/cwt124.10–124.501,07169
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771133.17/cwt132.00–136.501,027286
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—685140.20/cwt136.00–143.5096020
SteersMedium and Large 1—570152.50/cwt152.50–152.5086934
SteersMedium and Large 1—973133.20/cwt129.85–139.001,296330
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—597130.00/cwt130.00–130.0077610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—858131.60/cwt130.75–132.501,129229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—795125.00/cwt125.00–125.0099431
SteersMedium and Large 1—450168.00/cwt168.00–168.007565
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09656.65/cwt55.50–59.506219
Bulls——1,88090.41/cwt89.50–92.501,7005
Bulls——1,74984.51/cwt82.00–88.501,4785
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08154.59/cwt50.00–57.5059011
Bulls——1,49875.65/cwt73.00–78.001,1333
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47171.07/cwt68.00–72.001,04511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21661.59/cwt57.50–65.5074962
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37867.91/cwt66.50–71.5093626
SteersMedium and Large 1—817141.76/cwt138.50–144.501,158273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—485151.31/cwt149.50–157.0073417
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—522139.00/cwt139.00–139.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—819132.11/cwt128.00–133.751,082136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—645131.00/cwt131.00–131.0084512
SteersMedium and Large 1—434183.00/cwt183.00–183.007945
SteersMedium and Large 1—918132.60/cwt131.50–133.851,217217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—681140.00/cwt140.00–140.009537

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.