Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-04-09

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,852 head
3,378 vs last sale 6,230 2,852 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
100 vs last sale 300 200 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 10.00 to 12.00 higher, heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Weaned steer calves sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Heifer calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Demand good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.53/cwt on 1,610 head.
Average price
$121.53
1,610 head · 839 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$293
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$33.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.25
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2469155.007276thin
Medium and Large 1840121.401,0201,604
One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about −$293 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 sale1,610 hd
121.53
KS average3 barns · 3,626 hd
127.78
−6.25
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
BullsAverage1,87178.231,4649thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19457.2168342
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00839.944037thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls1,80877.57/cwt71.00–82.501,4028
Bulls2,37583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,9831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469155.00/cwt155.00–155.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417135.50/cwt135.50–135.505659
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned476125.00/cwt125.00–125.005958
HeifersMedium and Large 1729115.39/cwt112.50–117.0084185
HeifersMedium and Large 1670129.26/cwt127.50–130.5086653
HeifersMedium and Large 1588133.87/cwt125.50–141.0078739
HeifersMedium and Large 1515132.00/cwt132.00–132.0068023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy381154.00/cwt154.00–154.005879
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned398141.00/cwt141.00–141.005619
SteersMedium and Large 1967104.17/cwt96.00–109.351,007289
SteersMedium and Large 1926114.42/cwt107.50–117.751,060176
SteersMedium and Large 1477170.49/cwt166.00–176.0081374
SteersMedium and Large 1685147.64/cwt146.00–149.001,01138
SteersMedium and Large 1435186.08/cwt180.00–194.0080931
SteersMedium and Large 1349219.00/cwt219.00–219.007645
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519142.00/cwt142.00–142.007376
SteersMedium and Large 1869115.75/cwt106.50–121.501,006271
SteersMedium and Large 11,07598.08/cwt98.00–98.251,054140
SteersMedium and Large 1613163.05/cwt150.50–164.5099961
SteersMedium and Large 1761122.23/cwt120.00–123.0093035
SteersMedium and Large 1702136.23/cwt136.00–137.0095622
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed406203.00/cwt203.00–203.0082420
SteersMedium and Large 1822112.31/cwt104.50–122.25923260
SteersMedium and Large 11,03898.83/cwt97.50–100.001,02689
SteersMedium and Large 1572155.07/cwt150.00–159.0088741
SteersMedium and Large 1518159.96/cwt157.50–163.0082935
SteersMedium and Large 1383200.93/cwt188.00–206.0077011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18958.29/cwt51.00–64.0069325
CowsLean 85-90%1,00839.94/cwt37.00–43.004037
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32764.68/cwt63.00–66.008588
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08847.59/cwt43.00–53.005189
HeifersMedium and Large 1827103.00/cwt96.00–110.25852202
HeifersMedium and Large 1438151.65/cwt142.00–154.7566459
HeifersMedium and Large 1635133.23/cwt131.25–137.0084644
HeifersMedium and Large 1390163.45/cwt162.00–164.5063724
HeifersMedium and Large 11,02682.00/cwt82.00–82.008413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484134.50/cwt134.50–134.506518
HeifersMedium and Large 1786109.09/cwt107.00–109.75857209
HeifersMedium and Large 1858106.62/cwt103.25–107.5091575
HeifersMedium and Large 191996.13/cwt90.50–100.2588346
HeifersMedium and Large 195491.00/cwt91.00–91.0086824
HeifersMedium and Large 1478146.04/cwt144.00–147.5069819

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.