Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-02-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,523 head
1,084 vs last sale 2,607 1,523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
105 vs last sale 225 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts offered today. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Not enough bulls last week for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.80/cwt on 948 head.
Average price
$145.80
948 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.18
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737145.801,075948
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 sale948 hd
145.80
KS average3 barns · 1,662 hd
142.62
+3.18
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
BullsAverage1,76187.681,54414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20959.4871951
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08548.005211thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
SteersMedium and Large 1727143.36/cwt136.25–146.101,042183
SteersMedium and Large 1935128.66/cwt118.85–134.751,203109
SteersMedium and Large 1964123.08/cwt118.50–124.501,18646
SteersMedium and Large 1576163.00/cwt163.00–163.0093915
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed659158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,04152
SteersMedium and Large 1623157.82/cwt146.00–162.50983166
SteersMedium and Large 1769136.87/cwt134.75–140.001,05374
HeifersMedium and Large 1757118.95/cwt117.75–121.0090073
HeifersMedium and Large 1521146.39/cwt144.00–149.0076315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy677121.19/cwt120.50–121.5082023
HeifersMedium and Large 1564139.88/cwt132.00–141.5078979
HeifersMedium and Large 1733120.77/cwt119.00–121.5088531
HeifersMedium and Large 1860117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0113
HeifersMedium and Large 1655134.54/cwt129.50–135.2588190
HeifersMedium and Large 1627129.32/cwt128.25–131.5081162
HeifersMedium and Large 1489152.00/cwt152.00–152.007436
Bulls1,76485.28/cwt80.50–89.501,50410
Bulls1,75493.69/cwt91.50–95.001,6434
SteersMedium and Large 1522174.34/cwt174.00–177.0091031
SteersMedium and Large 1477178.51/cwt177.00–179.0085112
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,03925
SteersMedium and Large 1694150.98/cwt138.50–153.501,048118
SteersMedium and Large 1824135.97/cwt131.00–139.751,12069
SteersMedium and Large 1852139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,18428
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy814124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,01320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20059.87/cwt57.00–63.0071835
CowsLean 85-90%1,08548.00/cwt48.00–48.005211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43063.39/cwt60.50–65.609067
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07054.93/cwt50.00–57.005889

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.