Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-23

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,303 head
▼ 2,613 vs last sale 3,916▲ 1,303 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 255 vs last sale 300▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 60▲ 182 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 2.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Feeder heifers limited offerings, higher undertone noted. Not enough calves for an accurate market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough bulls last week for a market test, higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.78/cwt on 714 head.
Average price
$149.78
714 head · 744 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.50
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1744149.961,116705
Medium and Large 1-2722135.009759thin
One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about $141 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 sale714 hd
149.78
—
KS average3 barns · 3,015 hd
153.28
−3.50
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
Bulls—High2,02386.061,74113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37564.28884109
CowsLean 85-90%Average95645.004303thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23160.27/cwt51.50–65.0074236
Bulls——2,30891.14/cwt91.00–92.002,1047
Bulls——1,75281.77/cwt77.50–89.001,4335
Bulls——1,38072.00/cwt72.00–72.009941
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44666.26/cwt60.00–68.5095873
CowsLean 85-90%—95645.00/cwt45.00–45.004303
SteersMedium and Large 1—890145.10/cwt144.00–146.251,291118
SteersMedium and Large 1—490182.50/cwt182.50–182.5089412
SteersMedium and Large 1—776144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,11715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,422947.63/cwt890.00–1,020.0013,4753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4301,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0018,9481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,318871.40/cwt700.00–1,010.0011,48539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—722135.00/cwt135.00–135.009759
SteersMedium and Large 1—933131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,22217
SteersMedium and Large 1—439195.26/cwt195.00–195.5085719
SteersMedium and Large 1—677146.42/cwt144.00–150.0099136
SteersMedium and Large 1—570163.40/cwt158.00–168.5093150
SteersMedium and Large 1—608158.94/cwt152.50–162.0096662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585146.94/cwt146.75–148.0086043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—783135.51/cwt133.50–137.751,06149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708134.17/cwt131.50–138.0095053
HeifersMedium and Large 1—829133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,10361
SteersMedium and Large 1—824144.29/cwt137.60–152.001,189176
SteersMedium and Large 1—712148.13/cwt137.50–155.501,055200
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388166.00/cwt166.00–166.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618143.31/cwt141.00–146.7588630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—546148.50/cwt148.50–148.5081131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462162.47/cwt160.00–164.5075134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—915137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,25434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668143.10/cwt141.50–144.0095636

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.