Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-04-23

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 23
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,018 head
▲ 2,071 vs last sale 3,947▲ 1,226 vs year ago 4,792 · +25.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
278 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 200▼ 56 vs year ago 334 · −16.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 55 vs year ago 70 · −78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Steer Calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Yearling steers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Yearling Heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows are mostly steady, Breaker cows are 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls are 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $110.72/cwt on 3,239 head.
Average price
$110.72
3,239 head · 881 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.47
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2834111.7993363
Medium and Large 1882110.709763,176
One grade step is worth $1.09/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale3,239 hd
110.72
—
KS average3 barns · 6,736 hd
118.19
−7.47
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
Bulls—Average1,79784.771,52328
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22364.5679073
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50258.8088313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12555.4762464

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1—455137.00/cwt137.00–137.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—342177.00/cwt177.00–177.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435139.90/cwt138.00–141.0060911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,10176.25/cwt76.25–76.2584011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—97585.00/cwt85.00–85.0082913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379157.40/cwt148.00–165.5059721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—636134.88/cwt130.00–138.2585836
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15556.60/cwt49.00–60.0065459
CowsLean 85-90%—77742.17/cwt38.00–48.003285
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50258.80/cwt57.50–59.5088313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22764.33/cwt61.00–69.0078970
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13770.00/cwt69.00–71.007963
Bulls——1,79284.56/cwt78.00–89.001,51513
Bulls——2,15196.37/cwt91.00–100.502,0738
Bulls——1,40271.91/cwt67.00–75.001,0087
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,136.68/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0013,86714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679125.88/cwt125.50–126.0085532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—99597.25/cwt97.25–97.2596831
SteersMedium and Large 1—874112.57/cwt105.25–115.75984759
SteersMedium and Large 1—969102.96/cwt98.75–105.35998732
SteersMedium and Large 1—923104.65/cwt103.00–107.35966405
SteersMedium and Large 1—830113.98/cwt109.25–118.00946285
SteersMedium and Large 1—778113.84/cwt108.00–119.50886245
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,02496.07/cwt92.50–97.75984163
SteersMedium and Large 1—678133.61/cwt128.00–139.25906134
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,06099.16/cwt95.35–101.101,051124
SteersMedium and Large 1—731121.21/cwt115.50–126.5088699
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,11093.10/cwt93.10–93.101,03347
SteersMedium and Large 1—536148.34/cwt147.00–150.5079540
SteersMedium and Large 1—611133.26/cwt130.50–141.0081435
SteersMedium and Large 1—477153.79/cwt146.00–158.0073422
SteersMedium and Large 1—327189.25/cwt188.00–190.0061910
SteersMedium and Large 1—380162.00/cwt162.00–162.006166
SteersMedium and Large 1—422174.00/cwt174.00–174.007345
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—814124.10/cwt124.10–124.101,01065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695108.75/cwt108.75–108.7575613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—647121.00/cwt121.00–121.0078310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—836105.69/cwt103.00–112.50884764
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773107.00/cwt100.50–111.00827554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—739110.23/cwt104.25–113.00815498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—871100.74/cwt95.50–104.60877189
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677114.48/cwt110.00–121.50775174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566129.65/cwt125.00–134.5073454
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524128.97/cwt126.00–131.0067642
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—783123.01/cwt122.00–124.00963115

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.