Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-05-07

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,827 head
981 vs last sale 2,846 1,253 vs year ago 2,574 · +48.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
195 vs last sale 205 200 vs year ago 200 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Yearling Steers 4.00 to 5.00 higher, with 750 to 800 lbs steers 12.00 to 14.00 higher. Steer Calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, stronger undertone noted. Yearling Heifers 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifer calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, stronger undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls weaker undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.51/cwt on 2,407 head.
Average price
$121.51
2,407 head · 880 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.03
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1883121.971,0772,222
Medium and Large 1-2840116.04975185
One grade step is worth $5.93/cwt here — about $103 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 sale2,407 hd
121.51
KS average3 barns · 4,932 hd
124.54
−3.03
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
BullsLow1,77986.771,54315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47066.9098339
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26964.34816118
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06754.60582157

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1579133.75/cwt133.75–133.757749
HeifersMedium and Large 1489139.38/cwt135.00–140.5068214
HeifersMedium and Large 1877111.00/cwt111.00–111.0097335
HeifersMedium and Large 1626126.62/cwt125.50–128.5079354
HeifersMedium and Large 1726122.43/cwt120.50–123.5088976
HeifersMedium and Large 1931106.63/cwt105.00–107.0099377
HeifersMedium and Large 1680125.05/cwt124.00–127.75850100
HeifersMedium and Large 1815119.24/cwt118.00–120.50972115
HeifersMedium and Large 1779120.05/cwt115.50–122.50935312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526126.00/cwt126.00–126.006639
SteersMedium and Large 1615143.61/cwt143.00–144.5088315
SteersMedium and Large 1533162.05/cwt160.50–162.5086417
SteersMedium and Large 1724139.35/cwt132.00–142.001,00991
SteersMedium and Large 11,007113.18/cwt112.00–114.501,140202
SteersMedium and Large 1769136.38/cwt123.75–140.001,049233
SteersMedium and Large 1882118.32/cwt116.75–120.501,044331
SteersMedium and Large 1976114.00/cwt112.50–116.601,113366
SteersMedium and Large 1933115.03/cwt112.25–117.251,073455
SteersMedium and Large 1834126.44/cwt122.00–130.751,055476
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705149.10/cwt149.10–149.101,05136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2989108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,06816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728129.50/cwt129.50–129.5094324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2794119.50/cwt119.50–119.5094931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2891112.60/cwt112.60–112.601,00350
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827114.00/cwt114.00–114.0094364
Bulls1,24870.50/cwt70.00–71.008802
Bulls1,67880.75/cwt74.00–85.001,3555
Bulls1,97494.60/cwt90.50–100.501,8678
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26964.34/cwt60.00–71.00816118
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47066.90/cwt65.00–68.5098339
CowsLean 85-90%97633.70/cwt29.00–35.003297
CowsLean 85-90%1,05947.73/cwt38.00–49.5050521
CowsLean 85-90%1,07356.85/cwt50.00–62.00610129

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.