Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-16

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 16
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,916 head
509 vs last sale 4,425 3,916 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
400 vs last sale 700 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
60 vs last sale 0 60 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 steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Weaned steer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Weaned heifer calves 300-500 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Not enough bulls for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.24/cwt on 2,288 head.
Average price
$148.24
2,288 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.98
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1759148.571,1282,180
Medium and Large 1-2589141.64834108
One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about $294 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 sale2,288 hd
148.24
KS average3 barns · 6,226 hd
150.22
−1.98
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
BullsAverage1,68169.611,1705thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73565.001,1281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32057.27756157
CowsLean 85-90%Average97336.3835412

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1Fleshy545139.00/cwt139.00–139.0075815
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy636144.00/cwt144.00–144.0091610
Bulls1,89578.67/cwt73.00–83.001,4912
Bulls1,53863.57/cwt61.00–65.009783
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1281
CowsLean 85-90%97336.38/cwt36.00–36.5035412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15345.36/cwt43.00–47.005238
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46463.23/cwt59.00–67.0092640
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,366938.58/cwt825.00–1,075.0012,82150
SteersMedium and Large 1460183.21/cwt179.00–193.0084334
SteersMedium and Large 1567159.39/cwt153.50–168.0090446
SteersMedium and Large 1672151.10/cwt145.75–157.001,01583
SteersMedium and Large 1905138.41/cwt138.00–139.001,253146
SteersMedium and Large 1966133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,29015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3691,202.58/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0016,4639
SteersMedium and Large 1620155.16/cwt150.00–158.00962177
SteersMedium and Large 1734142.69/cwt138.00–147.001,047184
SteersMedium and Large 1385217.16/cwt215.00–220.008369
SteersMedium and Large 1781144.19/cwt140.50–152.251,126298
SteersMedium and Large 1823143.97/cwt135.50–152.751,185664
SteersMedium and Large 1415205.22/cwt197.00–208.0085225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750133.00/cwt133.00–133.009986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2716131.00/cwt131.00–131.009388
SteersMedium and Large 1521169.43/cwt164.00–172.0088345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2549149.00/cwt149.00–149.0081815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490162.00/cwt162.00–162.0079416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572136.75/cwt136.75–136.7578251
HeifersMedium and Large 1854136.05/cwt136.00–136.101,162116
HeifersMedium and Large 1765137.93/cwt137.85–138.001,055122
HeifersMedium and Large 1815136.59/cwt136.00–137.001,113167
HeifersMedium and Large 1588142.68/cwt135.00–144.00839178
SteersMedium and Large 1867141.20/cwt139.00–145.101,224186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677137.50/cwt137.50–137.5093112
HeifersMedium and Large 1674137.58/cwt136.25–138.75927170
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544129.23/cwt128.00–135.5070343
HeifersMedium and Large 1634138.62/cwt137.00–141.0087966
HeifersMedium and Large 1712134.71/cwt132.75–137.0095971
HeifersMedium and Large 1513151.64/cwt146.00–153.0077896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28055.95/cwt47.50–61.50716109
HeifersMedium and Large 1324174.87/cwt174.00–177.0056711
HeifersMedium and Large 1384163.71/cwt161.00–167.0062914
HeifersMedium and Large 1482154.60/cwt151.00–161.0074520
HeifersMedium and Large 1433160.20/cwt158.00–161.0069425
HeifersMedium and Large 11,020132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,34638
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515157.00/cwt157.00–157.0080919
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed707158.43/cwt155.00–160.001,120258

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.