Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-12-19

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 19
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,123 head
3,516 vs last sale 5,639 2,123 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
594 head
185 vs last sale 409 594 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
90 vs last sale 0 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-900 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Weaned calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls sold 1.00 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 $150.84/cwt on 1,171 head.
Average price
$150.84
1,171 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.80
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746150.841,1251,171
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 sale1,171 hd
150.84
KS average3 barns · 3,310 hd
151.64
−0.80
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
BullsLow1,71365.911,12920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67766.001,1072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28450.45648238
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06934.7937253

Every lot, as filed

61 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
BullsMedium and Large 1732121.00/cwt121.00–121.008865
BullsMedium and Large 1402175.00/cwt175.00–175.007046
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy526184.00/cwt184.00–184.0096813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy671128.18/cwt126.00–130.0086013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy630129.00/cwt129.00–129.0081315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy541136.00/cwt136.00–136.0073616
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy441176.00/cwt176.00–176.007769
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy491160.00/cwt160.00–160.007864
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy655140.80/cwt140.00–141.0092225
BullsMedium and Large 1463169.00/cwt169.00–169.007826
BullsMedium and Large 1629141.00/cwt141.00–141.0088722
Bulls1,57360.60/cwt57.00–63.009539
Bulls1,82870.26/cwt64.00–76.501,28411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,290821.53/cwt790.00–875.0010,59812
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29381,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,38012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3371,112.50/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0014,8746
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3911,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,9533
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,346.43/cwt1,025.00–1,400.0014,9057
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,019.54/cwt925.00–1,100.0011,36826
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,338.19/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0014,92114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,332.28/cwt1,300.00–1,350.0016,9878
SteersMedium and Large 1667150.81/cwt147.00–155.001,006152
SteersMedium and Large 1397199.00/cwt199.00–199.007905
SteersMedium and Large 1421199.00/cwt199.00–199.008385
SteersMedium and Large 11,280108.75/cwt108.75–108.751,3926
SteersMedium and Large 1965139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3418
SteersMedium and Large 1941137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,29618
SteersMedium and Large 11,40397.50/cwt97.50–97.501,36811
SteersMedium and Large 1472183.32/cwt181.50–190.0086530
SteersMedium and Large 1537169.61/cwt167.00–176.0091131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned367165.00/cwt165.00–165.0060610
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500132.00/cwt132.00–132.0066011
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned365164.00/cwt164.00–164.005997
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed828156.85/cwt156.85–156.851,29959
HeifersMedium and Large 1437153.00/cwt153.00–153.006698
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26949.20/cwt43.00–58.50624136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39159.90/cwt55.00–62.0083359
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18741.45/cwt38.50–43.0049243
CowsLean 85-90%1,06934.79/cwt32.00–38.0037253
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67766.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1072
HeifersMedium and Large 1813135.35/cwt135.35–135.351,10053
HeifersMedium and Large 1978131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,28119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2501130.00/cwt130.00–130.006518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652130.00/cwt130.00–130.008487
HeifersMedium and Large 1387170.00/cwt170.00–170.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 1468148.91/cwt147.00–153.0069722
HeifersMedium and Large 1622133.00/cwt133.00–133.008279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2337159.00/cwt159.00–159.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 1926134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2417
HeifersMedium and Large 1775134.18/cwt130.50–140.001,040122
HeifersMedium and Large 1576136.45/cwt134.00–139.50786108
HeifersMedium and Large 1731135.86/cwt131.25–137.5099355
SteersMedium and Large 1824146.22/cwt143.00–149.001,205213
SteersMedium and Large 1775149.78/cwt144.00–155.001,161176
SteersMedium and Large 1871149.68/cwt147.25–153.501,304169
HeifersMedium and Large 1858133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,14116
HeifersMedium and Large 1527148.63/cwt143.00–151.0078314
HeifersMedium and Large 1663136.00/cwt136.00–136.009029
SteersMedium and Large 1589152.50/cwt147.50–159.0089885
SteersMedium and Large 1632150.97/cwt146.00–156.5095480
SteersMedium and Large 1720144.66/cwt142.00–149.001,04272

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.