Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-12-05

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,292 head
2,585 vs last sale 1,707 4,292 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
544 head
29 vs last sale 573 544 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
7 vs last sale 27 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Weaned steer calves sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Weaned heifer calves 500-600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, lower undertone noted on lighter calves. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.06/cwt on 2,352 head.
Average price
$153.06
2,352 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.46
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684153.441,0502,230
Medium and Large 1-2573145.99837122
One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about $213 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 sale2,352 hd
153.06
KS average4 barns · 7,048 hd
154.51
−1.46
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
BullsHigh1,94878.611,5318thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63467.581,1047thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22350.92623178
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03338.5739838

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 1392193.00/cwt193.00–193.0075712
SteersMedium and Large 1823145.62/cwt141.00–147.251,198208
SteersMedium and Large 1579156.41/cwt151.00–161.00906172
SteersMedium and Large 1770149.20/cwt144.00–155.001,149130
SteersMedium and Large 1533160.02/cwt155.00–165.50853121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337191.00/cwt191.00–191.006447
SteersMedium and Large 1-2591146.00/cwt146.00–146.0086312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2358175.00/cwt175.00–175.0062711
SteersMedium and Large 1963134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547146.00/cwt146.00–146.0079926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624137.28/cwt137.00–137.5085715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,347645.98/cwt625.00–710.008,7014
SteersMedium and Large 1678148.49/cwt144.00–154.001,007284
SteersMedium and Large 1715147.12/cwt144.50–149.501,052264
SteersMedium and Large 1888148.35/cwt140.75–154.351,317256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491151.00/cwt151.00–151.007415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663134.49/cwt134.00–136.0089246
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235878.70/cwt810.00–925.0010,8523
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,112837.63/cwt750.00–850.009,31410
Bulls2,19282.01/cwt81.50–82.501,7983
Bulls1,65067.50/cwt67.50–67.501,1141
Bulls1,83978.84/cwt76.50–81.001,4504
BullsMedium and Large 1549144.50/cwt144.50–144.507938
BullsMedium and Large 1568144.00/cwt144.00–144.008187
BullsMedium and Large 1904121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,09410
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy669137.44/cwt133.00–139.0091945
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy572149.00/cwt149.00–149.0085215
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy488139.00/cwt139.00–139.006785
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy563165.50/cwt165.50–165.5093280
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy649163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,05873
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy748160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,19965
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned436172.00/cwt172.00–172.007509
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned560150.25/cwt150.25–150.2584130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned470135.50/cwt135.50–135.506379
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed630158.24/cwt157.00–159.00997164
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed685159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,09158
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement840142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2347155.88/cwt155.00–156.0054134
CowsLean 85-90%1,03338.57/cwt33.00–42.2539838
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63467.58/cwt67.00–68.001,1047
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22751.42/cwt44.00–58.5063197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11243.56/cwt40.00–45.0048447
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36359.69/cwt58.00–63.0081434
HeifersMedium and Large 1787135.18/cwt131.50–136.351,06494
HeifersMedium and Large 1436153.87/cwt148.00–158.5067183
HeifersMedium and Large 1586138.50/cwt136.50–141.0081271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403133.00/cwt133.00–133.0053617
HeifersMedium and Large 1630137.84/cwt129.50–141.50868286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582128.00/cwt128.00–128.0074536
HeifersMedium and Large 1390161.99/cwt152.00–165.0063222
HeifersMedium and Large 1315175.89/cwt175.00–178.0055414
HeifersMedium and Large 1957133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2737
HeifersMedium and Large 1909134.18/cwt133.00–135.751,2207
HeifersMedium and Large 1530138.63/cwt132.50–145.50735165
HeifersMedium and Large 1475146.98/cwt142.00–154.0069898
SteersMedium and Large 1617150.80/cwt145.75–155.50930110
SteersMedium and Large 1475171.46/cwt163.00–180.0081482
HeifersMedium and Large 1664131.06/cwt126.50–136.00870126
HeifersMedium and Large 1855136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,16962
HeifersMedium and Large 1737134.11/cwt130.50–135.5098856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473134.87/cwt132.00–137.5063833
SteersMedium and Large 1431181.46/cwt175.00–192.0078244

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.