Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-09-05

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
940 head
2,285 vs last sale 3,225 940 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
11 vs last sale 196 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-950 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifer offerings limited, lower undertone noted. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Demand moderate to good, quality average. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.41/cwt on 651 head.
Average price
$133.41
651 head · 873 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.61
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1875133.431,167642
Medium and Large 1-2739132.009759thin
One grade step is worth $1.43/cwt here — about $191 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 sale651 hd
133.41
KS average3 barns · 2,232 hd
137.02
−3.61
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
BullsLow1,73380.981,4049thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64371.281,17110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27859.33758106
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07747.3151014

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28858.54/cwt56.00–63.0075462
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy710137.00/cwt137.00–137.0097315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008299
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0379
SteersMedium and Large 1877132.78/cwt129.10–135.251,164227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21057.56/cwt53.00–71.5069633
HeifersMedium and Large 1758123.97/cwt123.00–125.0094045
SteersMedium and Large 1830137.87/cwt134.10–140.251,144180
HeifersMedium and Large 1672127.25/cwt127.25–127.258557
SteersMedium and Large 1916131.23/cwt129.75–132.601,202171
HeifersMedium and Large 1564138.00/cwt138.00–138.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1951127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,21540
HeifersMedium and Large 1711124.00/cwt124.00–124.008823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64371.28/cwt66.00–74.501,17110
Bulls1,42562.00/cwt62.00–62.008841
CowsLean 85-90%1,07747.31/cwt43.00–53.0051014
Bulls2,03885.95/cwt85.50–86.501,7522
Bulls1,68382.49/cwt81.00–84.501,3886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42169.09/cwt68.00–70.0098211
HeifersMedium and Large 1819126.69/cwt125.50–128.101,038149
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,01786.00/cwt86.00–86.008756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739132.00/cwt132.00–132.009759

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.