Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, with a few reputation consignments of thinner cattle over 800 lbs offered today. Feeder heifers limited comparable weights, 700-850 lbs sold mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Not enough calves last week for a market trend. Demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, not enough bulls last week for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.40/cwt on 1,349 head.

Average price

$147.40

1,349 head · 847 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$12.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	852	147.76	1,259	1,312
Medium and Large 1-2	679	134.96	917	37

One grade step is worth $12.80/cwt here — about $342 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 sale1,349 hd

147.40

—

KS average4 barns · 6,278 hd

152.23

−4.83

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,795	71.71	1,287	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	64.70	955	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	50.65	617	219
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	34.67	356	20

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,196	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	719	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	922	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	502	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	139.64/cwt	139.00–140.00	589	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	132.75/cwt	127.00–139.00	706	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,140	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.70/cwt	139.00–144.00	892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	148.05/cwt	143.00–150.50	1,218	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,377	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	149.97/cwt	148.00–154.50	861	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	144.79/cwt	141.00–146.50	996	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,032	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	418	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	897	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	139.39/cwt	137.85–140.85	1,149	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	940	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	710	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	11,207	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,394	779.30/cwt	635.00–850.00	10,863	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,476	931.02/cwt	885.00–1,025.00	13,742	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	34.67/cwt	30.00–38.50	356	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	58.79/cwt	52.00–65.50	744	68
Bulls	—	—	1,639	65.72/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,077	5
Bulls	—	—	2,300	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,760	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	64.70/cwt	61.00–66.50	955	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	41.16/cwt	40.00–44.50	454	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	48.68/cwt	44.00–52.50	595	117
Bulls	—	—	1,840	75.91/cwt	73.00–78.50	1,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	918	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	145.41/cwt	144.00–146.00	813	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	151.09/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,324	431
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,081	133.63/cwt	131.25–135.50	1,445	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,109	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,486	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	619	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	822	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,118	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	479	128.19/cwt	127.50–129.00	614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	141.84/cwt	138.00–144.25	1,045	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	141.84/cwt	138.00–143.50	1,245	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	626	122.51/cwt	120.50–125.00	767	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	152.95/cwt	149.00–157.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	145.58/cwt	142.75–149.75	1,328	154

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.

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