Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-05-14

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 14
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,511 head
▲ 1,684 vs last sale 3,827▼ 537 vs year ago 6,048 · −8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
▼ 168 vs last sale 400▼ 243 vs year ago 475 · −51.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 42 · +47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 700-850 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 850-800 lbs higher undertone noted, above 900 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 750 - 850 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter Cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.19/cwt on 2,774 head.
Average price
$110.19
2,774 head · 831 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1829110.589172,664
Medium and Large 1-2859101.26869101
Large 11,07194.501,0129thin
One grade step is worth $16.08/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale2,774 hd
110.19
—
KS average3 barns · 4,877 hd
113.63
−3.44
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—Low1,81885.681,55815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51662.9495421
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29062.1680279
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12354.7561571

Every lot, as filed

43 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
SteersLarge 1Fancy—1,006111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,12264
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—823136.17/cwt134.25–141.501,12194
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—90898.25/cwt98.25–98.2589237
Bulls——1,26572.29/cwt70.50–75.009143
Bulls——2,18496.56/cwt95.50–99.002,1094
Bulls——1,84385.26/cwt80.00–89.501,5718
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12354.75/cwt47.50–58.5061571
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29062.16/cwt58.00–66.5080279
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51662.94/cwt61.00–67.0095421
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,8888
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2231,350.00/cwt1,275.00–1,375.0016,5114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,391993.04/cwt875.00–1,075.0013,81319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,398838.69/cwt800.00–920.0011,72517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—893110.64/cwt110.50–111.0098835
SteersMedium and Large 1—724130.39/cwt127.00–140.00944185
SteersMedium and Large 1—818121.60/cwt117.00–123.50995221
SteersMedium and Large 1—976108.41/cwt107.25–109.501,058237
SteersMedium and Large 1—484159.45/cwt155.00–167.0077213
SteersMedium and Large 1—592143.51/cwt140.00–148.0085049
SteersMedium and Large 1—774125.49/cwt121.00–130.0097174
SteersMedium and Large 1—856124.58/cwt123.00–126.001,066111
SteersLarge 1—1,025106.94/cwt102.10–108.001,096182
SteersLarge 1—1,070103.72/cwt98.50–105.601,110534
SteersMedium and Large 1—921114.73/cwt110.50–120.601,057412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—842110.50/cwt110.50–110.5093025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723120.14/cwt117.50–123.50869354
HeifersMedium and Large 1—778113.62/cwt110.25–119.25884398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—97895.50/cwt95.50–95.5093420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—91097.00/cwt97.00–97.0088323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—88399.00/cwt99.00–99.0087429
SteersMedium and Large 1—679139.20/cwt137.00–141.0094552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—791107.50/cwt107.50–107.508509
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—675112.37/cwt111.00–115.0075820
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674122.84/cwt119.50–124.00828109
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815109.94/cwt107.25–111.85896196
HeifersMedium and Large 1—957103.35/cwt102.50–106.00989249
HeifersMedium and Large 1—911104.12/cwt100.50–106.25949299
HeifersLarge 1—1,07194.50/cwt94.50–94.501,0129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413138.61/cwt136.00–142.005729
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007139
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585128.65/cwt128.00–129.0075324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633124.51/cwt122.25–127.0078868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—877106.80/cwt103.00–109.50937912

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.