Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-02-13

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,632 head
706 vs last sale 1,926 2,632 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
374 head
324 vs last sale 50 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 800-950 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750-900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Weaned steer and heifer calves higher undertone noted, not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Bulls higher undertone noted using limited comparable weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.15/cwt on 1,516 head.
Average price
$145.15
1,516 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.24
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2625145.5090930
Medium and Large 1773145.141,1221,486
One grade step is worth $0.36/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale1,516 hd
145.15
KS average3 barns · 3,734 hd
147.39
−2.24
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
BullsAverage1,84686.361,5945thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24561.69768224
CowsLean 85-90%Average89546.464162thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1374170.00/cwt170.00–170.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 1406166.00/cwt166.00–166.0067410
HeifersMedium and Large 1543154.04/cwt151.00–157.5083615
HeifersMedium and Large 1483153.53/cwt147.50–163.5074219
HeifersMedium and Large 1570149.71/cwt143.00–154.75853102
HeifersMedium and Large 1736130.67/cwt128.00–131.50962106
HeifersMedium and Large 1614140.75/cwt136.50–142.50864111
HeifersMedium and Large 1869120.44/cwt118.75–121.351,047119
HeifersMedium and Large 1667129.79/cwt125.25–137.50866126
HeifersMedium and Large 1822122.88/cwt120.85–124.751,010166
HeifersMedium and Large 1762129.73/cwt125.50–131.00989184
SteersMedium and Large 1445203.00/cwt203.00–203.009033
SteersMedium and Large 1328212.05/cwt211.00–213.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1479186.97/cwt184.75–191.0089622
SteersMedium and Large 1961126.35/cwt126.35–126.351,21450
SteersMedium and Large 1584174.78/cwt166.00–176.001,02157
SteersMedium and Large 1672153.64/cwt152.00–154.001,03290
SteersMedium and Large 1626165.84/cwt165.00–166.001,03898
SteersMedium and Large 1922127.82/cwt126.00–128.251,179117
SteersMedium and Large 1725143.05/cwt136.00–153.001,037194
SteersMedium and Large 1872135.65/cwt128.00–144.101,183226
SteersMedium and Large 1823136.63/cwt133.85–143.001,124263
SteersMedium and Large 1782144.11/cwt134.60–148.001,127310
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,03850
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625145.50/cwt145.50–145.5090930
Bulls1,84686.36/cwt82.50–88.001,5945
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02255.73/cwt51.50–57.0057045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40265.80/cwt65.00–67.0092375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22861.31/cwt56.00–65.25753104
CowsLean 85-90%89546.46/cwt45.00–48.004162

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.