Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-02-20

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 20
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,607 head
25 vs last sale 2,632 2,607 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
149 vs last sale 374 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
34 vs last sale 0 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-1000 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Using limited comparable weights, weaned steer calves lower undertone noted, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough bulls for a market report.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.70/cwt on 1,538 head.
Average price
$142.70
1,538 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.23
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1785142.701,1201,538
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 sale1,538 hd
142.70
KS average3 barns · 4,988 hd
145.92
−3.23
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
BullsAverage1,76387.111,5354thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77073.501,3011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26563.52804135
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09038.004141thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3111,132.08/cwt930.00–1,325.0014,84213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,401862.09/cwt775.00–935.0012,07821
SteersMedium and Large 1720145.80/cwt140.60–154.501,050329
SteersMedium and Large 1777135.20/cwt130.50–139.001,051181
SteersMedium and Large 1589166.45/cwt161.00–174.0098066
SteersMedium and Large 1483188.60/cwt188.00–189.0091117
SteersMedium and Large 11,285115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4787
SteersMedium and Large 1866137.19/cwt135.50–141.251,188262
SteersMedium and Large 1628157.79/cwt153.50–168.00991162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned426161.00/cwt161.00–161.0068610
HeifersMedium and Large 1633144.66/cwt135.25–146.50916119
HeifersMedium and Large 1675134.39/cwt134.00–135.0090791
HeifersMedium and Large 1830125.24/cwt123.00–129.001,03940
HeifersMedium and Large 1382175.91/cwt175.00–177.0067217
HeifersMedium and Large 1333188.00/cwt188.00–188.006265
Bulls1,87089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6641
Bulls1,95092.22/cwt91.00–93.501,7982
Bulls1,28075.00/cwt75.00–75.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1944129.72/cwt126.50–130.101,22564
SteersMedium and Large 1419200.11/cwt185.00–209.0083817
SteersMedium and Large 1975126.64/cwt120.75–129.001,235229
SteersMedium and Large 1820138.53/cwt135.85–142.751,136153
SteersMedium and Large 1524177.56/cwt173.00–182.0093038
SteersMedium and Large 1676144.37/cwt143.00–145.0097613
CowsLean 85-90%1,09038.00/cwt38.00–38.004141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35267.22/cwt66.00–69.5090936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26063.14/cwt58.00–65.5079688
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,3011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02354.51/cwt52.00–56.0055811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338176.00/cwt176.00–176.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1560157.92/cwt148.00–162.50884147
HeifersMedium and Large 1759128.00/cwt128.00–128.0097296
HeifersMedium and Large 1480168.82/cwt163.00–173.0081044
HeifersMedium and Large 1419176.75/cwt173.00–179.0074132
HeifersMedium and Large 11,054108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1388
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed470178.00/cwt178.00–178.0083722
HeifersMedium and Large 1886120.49/cwt119.50–121.501,068116
HeifersMedium and Large 1722130.88/cwt129.00–133.7594565
HeifersMedium and Large 1538155.41/cwt149.00–158.5083639
HeifersMedium and Large 1930117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,08811

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.