Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-11-21

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Nov 21
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,707 head
533 vs last sale 2,240 1,707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
573 head
155 vs last sale 418 573 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
15 vs last sale 12 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower using a limited test. Heifers not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend. Unweaned steer calves sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher using a limited test. Heifer calves not enough comparable weights for a market test, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly even using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.46/cwt on 1,047 head.
Average price
$148.46
1,047 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$374
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.21
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1774148.531,1491,042
Medium and Large 1-2574135.007755thin
One grade step is worth $13.53/cwt here — about $374 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 sale1,047 hd
148.46
KS average3 barns · 3,712 hd
149.67
−1.21
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
BullsLow1,92274.441,43121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66066.651,1064thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23648.77603176
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11434.2238182

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1781130.67/cwt123.00–133.001,02190
Bulls1,68664.24/cwt60.50–68.001,0835
BullsMedium and Large 1523142.00/cwt142.00–142.007437
BullsMedium and Large 1470147.00/cwt147.00–147.006915
Bulls2,18979.37/cwt76.00–83.501,7376
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned462138.00/cwt138.00–138.006386
BullsMedium and Large 1653129.00/cwt129.00–129.008425
Bulls1,87976.59/cwt73.00–78.501,43910
BullsMedium and Large 1370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005746
SteersMedium and Large 1976132.65/cwt130.50–137.001,29570
SteersMedium and Large 1775137.47/cwt135.00–140.001,06530
SteersMedium and Large 1475162.50/cwt162.50–162.5077216
SteersMedium and Large 1308190.00/cwt190.00–190.005858
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy586142.83/cwt141.00–143.5083724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66066.65/cwt66.00–67.001,1064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42758.95/cwt54.00–64.0084120
CowsLean 85-90%1,11434.22/cwt31.00–39.0038182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19143.37/cwt38.50–46.0051766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22750.46/cwt45.50–57.0061990
HeifersMedium and Large 1535135.41/cwt135.00–135.5072423
HeifersMedium and Large 1475151.50/cwt151.50–151.5072010
HeifersMedium and Large 11,008121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned422142.00/cwt142.00–142.005998
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned429154.70/cwt154.00–155.0066417
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned459145.37/cwt144.00–147.0066713
HeifersMedium and Large 1730127.11/cwt126.00–129.0092824
HeifersMedium and Large 1811132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,07517
HeifersMedium and Large 1916128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1728
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy865122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,05510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,580925.00/cwt925.00–925.0014,6151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2991,003.32/cwt860.00–1,075.0013,03312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,313793.80/cwt700.00–860.0010,42314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574135.00/cwt135.00–135.007755
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned375179.50/cwt179.50–179.5067317
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed927151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,40065
SteersMedium and Large 1677137.63/cwt137.00–140.0093286
SteersMedium and Large 1926146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,35753
SteersMedium and Large 1614143.35/cwt141.00–144.5088028
SteersMedium and Large 1428175.75/cwt175.00–176.507528
SteersMedium and Large 11,070121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2956
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned535149.42/cwt146.00–153.5079928
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned317181.00/cwt181.00–181.005747
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed778155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,21059
SteersMedium and Large 1863144.39/cwt137.00–146.501,24680
SteersMedium and Large 1568151.77/cwt149.00–153.0086242
SteersMedium and Large 1735138.44/cwt137.00–140.001,01819
SteersMedium and Large 1357184.00/cwt184.00–184.006578
SteersMedium and Large 1521153.50/cwt153.50–153.508004
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned476160.68/cwt159.00–162.0076525
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed857159.38/cwt158.00–160.001,366185
SteersMedium and Large 1828140.39/cwt134.00–144.501,162174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762115.00/cwt115.00–115.008765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned351154.64/cwt154.00–155.0054314
HeifersMedium and Large 1575130.00/cwt130.00–130.0074826
HeifersMedium and Large 1677128.28/cwt128.00–128.5086820
HeifersMedium and Large 1987120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530130.62/cwt130.00–131.0069227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned349146.50/cwt146.50–146.505118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned571125.50/cwt125.50–125.5071715

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.