Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-03-19

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,114 head
1,672 vs last sale 2,786 1,114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
24 vs last sale 190 214 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited comparable weights available, feeder steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to firm. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested for an accurate market trend, steer calves lower undertone noted, heifer calves higher undertone noted. Demand good, quality average to some attractive. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, with most receipts being bigger cows carrying good flesh. Bulls higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.68/cwt on 590 head.
Average price
$128.68
590 head · 792 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2623144.008975thin
Medium and Large 1793128.551,020585
One grade step is worth $15.45/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale590 hd
128.68
KS average3 barns · 992 hd
124.98
+3.70
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
BullsAverage2,01889.381,8048thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58772.811,15525
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28667.2386593
CowsLean 85-90%Average99151.275087thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1891121.74/cwt114.75–125.501,085186
SteersMedium and Large 1672139.50/cwt139.50–139.5093774
SteersMedium and Large 1728125.61/cwt125.00–126.0091418
SteersMedium and Large 1445180.00/cwt180.00–180.008016
SteersMedium and Large 1777125.71/cwt124.00–128.50977149
SteersMedium and Large 1614149.33/cwt149.00–152.0091727
SteersMedium and Large 1499170.00/cwt170.00–170.0084815
HeifersMedium and Large 1578133.00/cwt133.00–133.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 1787118.00/cwt118.00–118.0092944
HeifersMedium and Large 1823113.83/cwt105.00–115.2593772
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463131.00/cwt131.00–131.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 1513148.00/cwt148.00–148.007594
HeifersMedium and Large 1685122.67/cwt122.00–123.0084030
HeifersMedium and Large 1725119.10/cwt118.00–122.5086365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement808130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,05062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy423150.36/cwt150.00–151.0063611
HeifersMedium and Large 1476151.84/cwt148.50–156.0072315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09657.33/cwt57.00–59.006289
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58772.81/cwt71.00–73.751,15525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38269.37/cwt66.00–73.0095958
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13965.88/cwt61.50–73.0075026
CowsLean 85-90%99151.27/cwt44.00–54.505087
SteersMedium and Large 1527162.20/cwt159.00–164.008558
SteersMedium and Large 1818119.77/cwt117.00–121.0098020
SteersMedium and Large 1903117.72/cwt117.60–118.001,06379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623144.00/cwt144.00–144.008975
SteersMedium and Large 1360196.00/cwt196.00–196.007063
Bulls2,01889.38/cwt86.00–95.001,8048
HeifersMedium and Large 1619131.42/cwt129.00–144.5081352
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700132.50/cwt132.50–132.5092856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601117.00/cwt117.00–117.007034

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.