Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-10-31

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 31
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,513 head
28 vs last sale 1,485 1,513 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
78 vs last sale 222 300 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 sold unevenly steady. Heifers 700-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, higher undertone noted on 800-1000 lbs. Not enough calves for a market test. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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 $148.08/cwt on 835 head.
Average price
$148.08
835 head · 837 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.93
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1837148.081,239835
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale835 hd
148.08
KS average4 barns · 4,432 hd
149.02
−0.93
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
BullsLow1,77272.791,2909thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53564.509901thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18845.48540164
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06931.7333926

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1933137.80/cwt133.50–140.001,28638
HeifersMedium and Large 1737141.64/cwt138.50–146.001,04471
HeifersMedium and Large 1832140.25/cwt139.25–141.101,167107
HeifersMedium and Large 1755144.75/cwt144.50–145.001,093121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned525132.94/cwt131.00–135.0069816
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,056121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,27815
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy817129.18/cwt128.00–134.001,05525
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy805129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,03834
HeifersMedium and Large 1681145.00/cwt145.00–145.009878
HeifersMedium and Large 1881139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2259
HeifersMedium and Large 11,061128.10/cwt128.00–128.751,35930
SteersMedium and Large 1873145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2665
SteersMedium and Large 1968139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,34611
SteersMedium and Large 1712148.22/cwt147.00–151.001,05534
SteersMedium and Large 1786151.55/cwt146.00–154.751,191116
SteersMedium and Large 1807149.57/cwt148.10–151.251,207177
SteersMedium and Large 1928143.91/cwt141.85–146.001,335232
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed818155.50/cwt154.50–156.001,272195
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned491155.00/cwt155.00–155.007614
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned588139.00/cwt139.00–139.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned507148.00/cwt148.00–148.007505
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned616136.00/cwt136.00–136.0083812
Bulls1,56567.16/cwt66.00–68.001,0512
Bulls2,12276.49/cwt76.00–77.001,6233
Bulls1,61372.84/cwt71.00–74.501,1754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30854.68/cwt49.00–61.0071519
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11141.10/cwt37.75–43.5045741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19745.52/cwt42.00–49.00545104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53564.50/cwt64.50–64.509901
CowsLean 85-90%1,16026.00/cwt26.00–26.003022
CowsLean 85-90%1,06132.21/cwt29.00–38.0034224

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.