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

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,639 head
1,347 vs last sale 4,292 5,639 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
409 head
135 vs last sale 544 409 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 mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Feeder heifers limited offerings, higher undertone noted. Weaned steer calves 350-500 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, with instances of 10.00 to 15.00 higher on reputation consignments. Weaned heifer calves sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Not enough bulls for a market test, lower undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.78/cwt on 2,944 head.
Average price
$162.78
2,944 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.01
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663163.041,0812,916
Medium and Large 1-2652135.5088428
One grade step is worth $27.54/cwt here — about $197 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 sale2,944 hd
162.78
KS average3 barns · 5,679 hd
156.77
+6.01
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
BullsAverage1,72063.371,0908thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61461.961,0005thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23946.62577141
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05132.2233911

Every lot, as filed

56 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 11,040129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,3497
SteersMedium and Large 1631153.16/cwt146.00–157.00966246
SteersMedium and Large 1566162.42/cwt155.50–173.00919229
SteersMedium and Large 1881144.28/cwt136.00–150.101,271201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090721
SteersMedium and Large 1540165.13/cwt161.00–177.00892150
SteersMedium and Large 1318211.00/cwt211.00–211.006716
SteersMedium and Large 1678150.78/cwt146.00–154.001,022184
SteersMedium and Large 1966146.57/cwt146.00–147.501,416154
SteersMedium and Large 1923141.76/cwt141.25–142.251,308103
SteersMedium and Large 1816141.15/cwt141.00–141.501,15284
SteersMedium and Large 1366202.79/cwt192.00–205.0074260
SteersMedium and Large 1476186.09/cwt180.00–194.5088680
SteersMedium and Large 1417197.56/cwt190.50–201.0082468
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36459.22/cwt55.00–62.0080831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13837.88/cwt35.50–41.0043119
CowsLean 85-90%1,05132.22/cwt27.00–34.5033911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61461.96/cwt61.50–64.001,0005
Bulls1,81467.35/cwt65.00–69.001,2224
Bulls1,62659.39/cwt55.00–65.509664
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy673138.75/cwt138.75–138.7593417
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy740138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,02114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595147.00/cwt147.00–147.0087542
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy549157.00/cwt157.00–157.008629
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy514184.80/cwt181.00–187.5095072
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy566183.14/cwt182.50–188.001,037103
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy412219.50/cwt219.50–219.5090482
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy474213.50/cwt213.00–214.001,012217
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned632131.74/cwt130.00–134.0083330
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned491168.21/cwt165.00–172.0082630
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned478143.49/cwt139.00–147.0068625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned388144.00/cwt144.00–144.0055915
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned565127.61/cwt126.00–129.0072111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned534130.00/cwt130.00–130.006946
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed757157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,18877
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed742156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,15877
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed653160.25/cwt160.00–160.501,046143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement652150.00/cwt150.00–150.0097871
HeifersMedium and Large 1693140.57/cwt135.00–142.0097473
HeifersMedium and Large 1858138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,19060
HeifersMedium and Large 1631138.89/cwt135.00–144.00876652
HeifersMedium and Large 1722137.29/cwt133.50–142.00991285
HeifersMedium and Large 1536144.22/cwt138.50–151.75773223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21744.15/cwt37.00–55.0053791
HeifersMedium and Large 1465149.33/cwt146.00–153.0069468
HeifersMedium and Large 1833134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,11626
HeifersMedium and Large 1401159.00/cwt159.00–159.0063824
HeifersMedium and Large 1986131.10/cwt131.10–131.101,29320
HeifersMedium and Large 1577141.90/cwt137.50–146.00819184
HeifersMedium and Large 1774134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,03783
SteersMedium and Large 1710149.50/cwt143.00–152.501,061110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593137.00/cwt137.00–137.008127
SteersMedium and Large 1782144.90/cwt141.00–150.501,133321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465129.00/cwt129.00–129.006007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539127.00/cwt127.00–127.0068514

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.