Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-10-17

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,079 head
271 vs last sale 2,350 2,079 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
19 vs last sale 222 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers limited comparable weights, higher undertone noted. Reputation consignments of thin fleshed steers weighing 800-900 lbs offered today, sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers limited offerings, 750-859 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market trend, lower undertone noted, best demand for long weaned calves with a vaccination program. Demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 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 $148.19/cwt on 1,383 head.
Average price
$148.19
1,383 head · 825 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.37
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1828148.601,2311,335
Medium and Large 1-2736136.841,00748
One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,383 hd
148.19
KS average3 barns · 4,309 hd
149.56
−1.37
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
BullsLow1,50574.371,1193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23756.5570036
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08846.5150635

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1368161.10/cwt156.50–166.0059313
HeifersMedium and Large 1772136.23/cwt133.25–137.351,052119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned535129.14/cwt128.50–129.5069116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned622120.50/cwt120.50–120.507506
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy635141.21/cwt139.00–142.5089719
SteersMedium and Large 1560150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084010
SteersMedium and Large 1909143.60/cwt143.25–143.751,30583
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed764152.33/cwt151.50–152.751,164115
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned452158.00/cwt158.00–158.007145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764138.67/cwt135.00–140.001,05931
HeifersMedium and Large 1448150.00/cwt150.00–150.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 1700138.50/cwt138.50–138.5097038
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed778142.75/cwt142.50–143.001,111125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2604125.50/cwt125.50–125.5075812
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy729134.00/cwt134.00–134.009779
SteersMedium and Large 11,015129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,3124
SteersMedium and Large 1843147.67/cwt142.00–149.001,24569
SteersMedium and Large 1880145.81/cwt141.50–148.501,283174
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed873150.15/cwt149.25–151.351,311472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy684133.50/cwt133.50–133.5091317
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy681135.50/cwt135.50–135.5092322
HeifersMedium and Large 1525137.97/cwt135.50–139.0072416
HeifersMedium and Large 1805135.46/cwt130.00–136.251,090141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2452132.00/cwt132.00–132.005974
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy676137.25/cwt137.25–137.259284
SteersMedium and Large 1412179.00/cwt179.00–179.007374
SteersMedium and Large 1727148.12/cwt142.50–150.501,07753
SteersMedium and Large 1760146.97/cwt143.00–150.001,117174
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed834151.80/cwt151.50–152.101,266129
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned534140.68/cwt140.50–141.0075111
Bulls1,40071.00/cwt71.00–71.009941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17651.63/cwt49.00–53.0060713
Bulls1,55876.05/cwt75.00–77.001,1852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26457.06/cwt54.50–59.0072116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28864.54/cwt60.00–67.008317
CowsLean 85-90%1,08846.51/cwt45.00–47.5050635

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.