Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-03-12

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,786 head
625 vs last sale 3,411 2,786 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
148 vs last sale 338 190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 9.00 to 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Not enough calves for accurate market trend. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.26/cwt on 1,659 head.
Average price
$143.26
1,659 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$40.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.63
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2449184.008265thin
Medium and Large 1716143.141,0251,654
One grade step is worth $40.86/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale1,659 hd
143.26
KS average3 barns · 3,193 hd
135.63
+7.63
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
BullsHigh1,82080.691,46814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23259.23730107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01545.754642thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,01545.75/cwt45.50–46.004642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20959.78/cwt55.00–62.5072380
SteersMedium and Large 11,136102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1596
HeifersMedium and Large 1762114.40/cwt111.50–121.0087240
HeifersMedium and Large 1571139.73/cwt125.00–144.50798114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14853.41/cwt48.00–56.5061316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52463.67/cwt60.00–68.5097011
SteersMedium and Large 1842120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,01553
SteersMedium and Large 11,007101.87/cwt101.50–102.251,02678
SteersMedium and Large 1730132.18/cwt122.00–134.50965116
SteersMedium and Large 1773126.19/cwt115.50–129.25975173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449184.00/cwt184.00–184.008265
SteersMedium and Large 1905106.41/cwt105.50–110.7596341
SteersMedium and Large 1391214.00/cwt214.00–214.0083762
SteersMedium and Large 11,18093.80/cwt93.50–95.001,10789
Bulls2,04889.44/cwt87.00–91.001,8325
Bulls1,55556.36/cwt53.50–59.008762
Bulls1,73281.40/cwt74.00–87.501,4107
HeifersMedium and Large 1715115.10/cwt112.00–119.00823202
SteersMedium and Large 1460192.25/cwt185.00–193.50884128
SteersMedium and Large 1864121.96/cwt115.50–124.001,054189
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy747117.25/cwt117.25–117.2587668
SteersMedium and Large 1977111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,08748
SteersMedium and Large 1665145.61/cwt136.00–154.5096876
SteersMedium and Large 1566157.63/cwt153.00–164.00892105
SteersMedium and Large 1618153.16/cwt152.00–158.00947161
SteersMedium and Large 1536174.02/cwt165.00–177.00933261
HeifersMedium and Large 1362163.54/cwt163.00–164.005929
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy857134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,15348
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed869128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,11263
HeifersMedium and Large 1628127.86/cwt127.50–129.50803120
HeifersMedium and Large 1822113.15/cwt105.00–115.5093043
HeifersMedium and Large 1417153.93/cwt153.00–157.006429
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy633118.00/cwt118.00–118.0074716
HeifersMedium and Large 1671123.55/cwt119.75–126.00829131
HeifersMedium and Large 1891101.68/cwt99.00–102.0090655
HeifersMedium and Large 1488144.79/cwt144.00–151.0070734
HeifersMedium and Large 1501142.00/cwt142.00–142.007113

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.