Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-03-05

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,411 head
1,888 vs last sale 1,523 3,411 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
338 head
218 vs last sale 120 338 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts last week. Feeder steers 600-800 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 800-1000 lbs lower undertone noted using limited comparable weights. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough calves last week for accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.90/cwt on 2,443 head.
Average price
$130.90
2,443 head · 837 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.85
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2700135.9095220
Medium and Large 1838130.861,0972,423
One grade step is worth $5.04/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale2,443 hd
130.90
KS average3 barns · 5,003 hd
136.75
−5.85
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
BullsAverage1,70778.521,34014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19857.85693173
CowsLean 85-90%Average95752.5050231

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1965111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,07114
HeifersMedium and Large 1819118.55/cwt117.00–121.5097139
HeifersMedium and Large 1855119.33/cwt117.75–120.001,02061
HeifersMedium and Large 1669136.02/cwt129.00–140.5091086
HeifersMedium and Large 1311177.14/cwt175.00–178.005517
HeifersMedium and Large 1437162.54/cwt161.00–163.0071025
HeifersMedium and Large 1708128.42/cwt123.00–132.5090954
HeifersMedium and Large 1579145.52/cwt140.25–151.0084384
HeifersMedium and Large 1351172.00/cwt172.00–172.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 1466161.39/cwt160.00–165.0075221
HeifersMedium and Large 1523153.70/cwt149.00–156.5080452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21258.55/cwt54.50–63.50710111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08754.63/cwt51.00–55.7559447
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44362.75/cwt61.50–67.0090515
CowsLean 85-90%95752.50/cwt47.00–55.0050231
SteersMedium and Large 1264217.56/cwt214.00–219.005747
SteersMedium and Large 1578158.09/cwt157.50–159.0091425
SteersMedium and Large 1931118.64/cwt117.25–119.001,10572
SteersMedium and Large 1723151.58/cwt146.50–154.001,096134
SteersMedium and Large 1830127.05/cwt122.00–135.001,055521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579148.50/cwt148.50–148.508605
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy743135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,00367
SteersMedium and Large 1478185.74/cwt179.00–188.0088820
SteersMedium and Large 1687152.52/cwt150.50–156.001,04863
SteersMedium and Large 11,015117.05/cwt117.00–117.101,188117
SteersMedium and Large 1962118.95/cwt114.10–121.851,144277
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed915128.06/cwt127.50–128.601,172123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798124.50/cwt124.50–124.509949
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy698145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,01230
SteersMedium and Large 1419198.80/cwt194.00–205.008339
SteersMedium and Large 1520174.39/cwt172.00–183.0090733
SteersMedium and Large 1632155.22/cwt150.50–159.5098185
SteersMedium and Large 1785139.10/cwt126.00–145.501,092179
Bulls1,76480.81/cwt75.00–86.001,4258
Bulls1,40068.71/cwt64.00–73.009624
Bulls2,09388.96/cwt88.00–90.001,8622
HeifersMedium and Large 1628139.24/cwt134.50–144.5087481
HeifersMedium and Large 1767123.19/cwt120.00–125.75945126
SteersMedium and Large 1880123.75/cwt120.50–135.751,089661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655142.50/cwt142.50–142.509336

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.