Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-09-12

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,073 head
1,133 vs last sale 940 2,073 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
34 vs last sale 207 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-950 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers limited offerings, lower undertone noted. 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 lower. Not enough bulls for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.65/cwt on 1,590 head.
Average price
$135.65
1,590 head · 872 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$452
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.19
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498147.007325thin
Medium and Large 1873135.611,1841,585
One grade step is worth $11.39/cwt here — about −$452 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 sale1,590 hd
135.65
KS average3 barns · 3,425 hd
137.84
−2.19
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
BullsHigh1,61070.191,1308thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27756.9172762
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07648.8952640

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls2,09084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,7561
CowsLean 85-90%1,07648.89/cwt46.00–50.5052640
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34258.77/cwt55.00–62.5078933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14052.41/cwt50.00–54.0059724
HeifersMedium and Large 1372164.00/cwt164.00–164.0061010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2498147.00/cwt147.00–147.007325
HeifersMedium and Large 1798122.36/cwt122.00–124.0097622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2546134.50/cwt134.50–134.507346
SteersMedium and Large 1718145.92/cwt143.50–147.001,04877
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed704157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,10573
HeifersMedium and Large 1959111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,06920
HeifersMedium and Large 1623133.33/cwt129.00–136.0083134
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy894127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,13835
SteersMedium and Large 1905135.41/cwt128.00–137.251,225236
HeifersMedium and Large 1692133.50/cwt133.50–133.5092432
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy724137.50/cwt137.50–137.5099611
SteersMedium and Large 11,028122.03/cwt121.75–122.351,254165
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50566.23/cwt65.00–66.509975
Bulls1,63774.56/cwt72.00–76.001,2214
Bulls1,41559.77/cwt58.00–63.008463
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed730138.38/cwt138.25–139.001,01073
SteersMedium and Large 1779137.67/cwt135.00–140.001,07273
SteersMedium and Large 1819141.50/cwt134.25–143.001,159304
HeifersMedium and Large 1855117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,00518
HeifersMedium and Large 1835124.72/cwt124.10–126.251,04188
SteersMedium and Large 1688143.26/cwt143.00–143.5098627
SteersMedium and Large 1960126.38/cwt124.25–128.851,213291
HeifersMedium and Large 1724130.62/cwt128.00–131.5094646
SteersMedium and Large 1618148.82/cwt146.50–149.5092026
SteersMedium and Large 1879137.11/cwt134.00–138.501,205267

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.