Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-10-24

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,485 head
594 vs last sale 2,079 1,485 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
19 vs last sale 203 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited offerings today. Feeder steers higher undertone noted. Heifers not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Calves limited comparable weights, steer calves higher undertone noted, not enough heifer calves for a market test. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 lower using a limited test, 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 $150.81/cwt on 632 head.
Average price
$150.81
632 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.07
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1781150.961,179625
Medium and Large 1-2590137.008087thin
One grade step is worth $13.96/cwt here — about $370 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 sale632 hd
150.81
KS average3 barns · 3,498 hd
148.73
+2.07
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
BullsAverage1,81868.321,2426thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54765.001,0063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21146.1255895
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07137.2639928

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Fleshy585130.64/cwt130.00–131.0076427
HeifersMedium and Large 1924127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1785
HeifersMedium and Large 1619137.10/cwt135.00–138.5084922
HeifersMedium and Large 1730144.24/cwt140.00–146.751,053201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572128.40/cwt127.00–129.0073419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367130.00/cwt130.00–130.004778
SteersMedium and Large 1422182.22/cwt180.00–184.507698
SteersMedium and Large 1962140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,34722
SteersMedium and Large 1734149.72/cwt147.50–150.501,09988
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned571140.00/cwt140.00–140.007995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590137.00/cwt137.00–137.008087
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy738135.86/cwt135.25–137.001,00317
HeifersMedium and Large 1827130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0795
HeifersMedium and Large 1899132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,18718
HeifersMedium and Large 1956129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,24086
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned428140.50/cwt140.50–140.506019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005407
SteersMedium and Large 1668148.00/cwt148.00–148.009895
SteersMedium and Large 1611148.00/cwt148.00–148.0090416
SteersMedium and Large 1580150.96/cwt150.50–152.0087647
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed830154.97/cwt152.75–157.501,286196
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635137.00/cwt137.00–137.008706
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy529132.23/cwt131.00–133.0069915
HeifersMedium and Large 1484137.00/cwt137.00–137.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1576135.22/cwt133.00–139.5077918
HeifersMedium and Large 1688142.05/cwt140.25–143.5097749
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned482131.00/cwt131.00–131.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532124.00/cwt124.00–124.006606
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy416157.00/cwt157.00–157.006539
SteersMedium and Large 1513160.00/cwt160.00–160.0082114
SteersMedium and Large 1794153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,21927
SteersMedium and Large 1873146.82/cwt142.00–148.501,282176
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned528150.00/cwt150.00–150.007926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,398766.25/cwt750.00–770.0010,7126
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3951,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0015,6945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1641,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,64013
Bulls1,81868.32/cwt63.00–72.501,2426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20246.29/cwt43.00–53.0055666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48858.03/cwt53.00–60.508637
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54765.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0063
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14941.82/cwt40.00–45.0048122
CowsLean 85-90%1,07137.26/cwt33.00–39.5039928

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.