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
Bulls—Average1,84686.361,5945thin
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 1—374170.00/cwt170.00–170.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 1—406166.00/cwt166.00–166.0067410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543154.04/cwt151.00–157.5083615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483153.53/cwt147.50–163.5074219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570149.71/cwt143.00–154.75853102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—736130.67/cwt128.00–131.50962106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614140.75/cwt136.50–142.50864111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—869120.44/cwt118.75–121.351,047119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667129.79/cwt125.25–137.50866126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—822122.88/cwt120.85–124.751,010166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762129.73/cwt125.50–131.00989184
SteersMedium and Large 1—445203.00/cwt203.00–203.009033
SteersMedium and Large 1—328212.05/cwt211.00–213.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1—479186.97/cwt184.75–191.0089622
SteersMedium and Large 1—961126.35/cwt126.35–126.351,21450
SteersMedium and Large 1—584174.78/cwt166.00–176.001,02157
SteersMedium and Large 1—672153.64/cwt152.00–154.001,03290
SteersMedium and Large 1—626165.84/cwt165.00–166.001,03898
SteersMedium and Large 1—922127.82/cwt126.00–128.251,179117
SteersMedium and Large 1—725143.05/cwt136.00–153.001,037194
SteersMedium and Large 1—872135.65/cwt128.00–144.101,183226
SteersMedium and Large 1—823136.63/cwt133.85–143.001,124263
SteersMedium and Large 1—782144.11/cwt134.60–148.001,127310
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—555187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,03850
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625145.50/cwt145.50–145.5090930
Bulls——1,84686.36/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.