Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-30

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
480 vs last sale 1,303 823 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
192 vs last sale 45 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
119 vs last sale 182 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to heavy amounts of snowfall in the trade area, limited receipts available. Feeder steers and heifers lower undertone noted. Not enough calves for a market test. Overall, demand moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher using a limited test. 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 $144.67/cwt on 389 head.
Average price
$144.67
389 head · 763 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.16
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1763144.671,103389
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 sale389 hd
144.67
KS average3 barns · 2,133 hd
142.51
+2.16
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
BullsHigh1,89086.711,6394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59171.161,13213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30164.69842155
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07053.505721thin

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%1,08653.56/cwt51.00–57.505826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19962.73/cwt55.00–65.2575269
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40567.22/cwt63.75–70.0094480
Bulls1,84088.41/cwt87.00–90.001,6272
Bulls1,94085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59171.16/cwt70.00–72.001,13213
SteersMedium and Large 1840143.39/cwt136.00–145.501,20470
SteersMedium and Large 1377196.00/cwt196.00–196.007392
SteersMedium and Large 1477186.00/cwt186.00–186.008875
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1491,140.07/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0013,0994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,224822.61/cwt700.00–885.0010,06946
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0111,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,17613
SteersMedium and Large 1781143.22/cwt140.50–145.501,119154
SteersMedium and Large 1512171.00/cwt171.00–171.008765
SteersMedium and Large 1576158.00/cwt158.00–158.009109
SteersMedium and Large 1915132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,20812
SteersMedium and Large 1723141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,02324
SteersMedium and Large 1886139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,23432
HeifersMedium and Large 1777125.00/cwt125.00–125.0097124
HeifersMedium and Large 1699125.30/cwt125.00–127.0087627
HeifersMedium and Large 1885122.69/cwt121.00–123.001,08633
HeifersMedium and Large 1926124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,14839
HeifersMedium and Large 1624141.32/cwt137.50–142.8588296
SteersMedium and Large 1658146.69/cwt142.25–151.0096576
CowsLean 85-90%1,07053.50/cwt53.50–53.505721
HeifersMedium and Large 1423166.00/cwt166.00–166.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 11,11486.00/cwt86.00–86.009586
HeifersMedium and Large 1551151.00/cwt151.00–151.0083213
HeifersMedium and Large 1517152.50/cwt152.50–152.5078819
HeifersMedium and Large 1819124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,02220

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.