Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-09

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,425 head
2,302 vs last sale 2,123 4,425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
700 head
106 vs last sale 594 700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers 550-700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 750-900 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves lower undertone noted, heifer calves higher undertone noted, not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls limited offerings, higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.85/cwt on 1,939 head.
Average price
$149.85
1,939 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.92
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1770149.851,1531,939
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 sale1,939 hd
149.85
KS average4 barns · 9,564 hd
155.77
−5.92
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
BullsAverage1,91881.401,5619thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69872.131,2253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28557.50739330
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11934.1038211

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1Thin Fleshed800157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,25843
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0269
SteersMedium and Large 1822145.11/cwt139.50–151.351,193353
SteersMedium and Large 1869146.11/cwt139.00–150.001,270301
SteersMedium and Large 1782145.90/cwt139.50–150.751,141270
SteersMedium and Large 1723145.78/cwt143.50–148.001,054175
SteersMedium and Large 1915142.45/cwt138.50–143.751,303121
SteersMedium and Large 1687145.80/cwt144.00–146.501,00275
SteersMedium and Large 1586154.82/cwt149.00–160.0090764
SteersMedium and Large 1613156.24/cwt149.00–160.0095859
SteersMedium and Large 1474180.52/cwt174.00–182.0085645
SteersMedium and Large 1533165.49/cwt159.00–167.0088237
SteersMedium and Large 1956134.11/cwt133.50–138.251,28232
SteersMedium and Large 1436189.94/cwt186.50–196.0082829
SteersMedium and Large 11,279109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,40116
SteersMedium and Large 11,186126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,5008
SteersMedium and Large 11,012136.85/cwt136.85–136.851,3857
SteersMedium and Large 1307211.00/cwt211.00–211.006486
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy765136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,04416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy701163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,143100
CowsLean 85-90%1,11934.10/cwt32.00–40.0038211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69872.13/cwt66.50–75.001,2253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24256.43/cwt47.00–61.00701210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41662.22/cwt57.00–68.0088199
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09846.02/cwt43.00–48.0050521
Bulls1,85678.20/cwt72.00–81.001,4515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571130.36/cwt129.00–131.0074422
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519130.50/cwt130.50–130.506778
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned477136.00/cwt136.00–136.006496
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement937140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,31214
HeifersMedium and Large 1881134.85/cwt127.00–137.001,188433
HeifersMedium and Large 1778136.04/cwt134.50–140.251,058318
HeifersMedium and Large 1685138.35/cwt135.75–142.00948134
HeifersMedium and Large 1808134.33/cwt132.00–135.501,085127
HeifersMedium and Large 1606140.33/cwt134.00–141.6085094
HeifersMedium and Large 1737135.78/cwt135.25–141.001,00181
HeifersMedium and Large 1579138.64/cwt138.00–141.5080370
HeifersMedium and Large 1539144.71/cwt141.00–147.0078039
HeifersMedium and Large 1428161.37/cwt158.00–163.0069139
HeifersMedium and Large 1469156.79/cwt151.00–160.0073528
HeifersMedium and Large 11,016132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,34620
HeifersMedium and Large 11,055124.81/cwt124.00–125.001,31716
HeifersMedium and Large 1349175.00/cwt175.00–175.0061110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy639128.54/cwt128.00–129.0082111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy676126.00/cwt126.00–126.008524
BullsMedium and Large 1405181.00/cwt181.00–181.0073317
BullsMedium and Large 1548151.00/cwt151.00–151.008278
Bulls1,99585.39/cwt84.00–87.001,7044
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned508146.00/cwt146.00–146.007427
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed573166.47/cwt166.00–167.0095497
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed902149.44/cwt149.35–150.001,34869

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.