Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-05-28

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 28
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,420 head
3,915 vs last sale 6,335 927 vs year ago 3,347 · 27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
250 vs last sale 0 148 vs year ago 398 · 37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder Steers above 800 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, under 800 lbs not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Feeder Heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls no recent price comparison, higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.86/cwt on 1,473 head.
Average price
$127.86
1,473 head · 879 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$305
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2618137.2784848
Medium and Large 1855131.051,1211,125
Large 11,009114.401,154300
One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,473 hd
127.86
KS average3 barns · 3,927 hd
130.43
−2.57
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
BullsHigh1,54783.941,29918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57169.811,0977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18566.6479043
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03054.2455943

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
Bulls1,95094.97/cwt92.00–100.001,8525
Bulls1,16271.59/cwt64.00–78.508326
SteersLarge 1919116.74/cwt116.10–117.751,073102
SteersLarge 1Fancy1,022121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,24260
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy715114.00/cwt114.00–114.0081520
BullsMedium and Large 1428144.00/cwt144.00–144.006166
BullsMedium and Large 1548131.00/cwt131.00–131.007186
BullsMedium and Large 1730127.00/cwt127.00–127.009278
BullsMedium and Large 1801120.00/cwt120.00–120.0096110
SteersLarge 11,028110.10/cwt110.10–110.101,13237
SteersLarge 11,084109.38/cwt108.75–110.001,186101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2913113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,0349
SteersMedium and Large 1740131.00/cwt131.00–131.0096912
SteersMedium and Large 1663136.18/cwt135.00–137.5090323
SteersMedium and Large 1969120.84/cwt113.85–126.751,171116
SteersMedium and Large 1631143.30/cwt137.00–146.0090438
SteersMedium and Large 1585148.04/cwt143.00–150.0086639
SteersMedium and Large 1783134.68/cwt127.50–137.251,055110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491147.36/cwt145.50–152.0072421
SteersMedium and Large 1819134.08/cwt125.50–138.601,098220
SteersMedium and Large 1872133.42/cwt131.25–135.601,163238
HeifersMedium and Large 1883107.24/cwt104.85–110.0094783
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57169.81/cwt68.50–70.501,0977
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18566.64/cwt62.50–71.0079043
CowsLean 85-90%1,04956.99/cwt50.00–62.0059835
CowsLean 85-90%1,00445.83/cwt41.00–49.504606
CowsLean 85-90%78031.43/cwt31.00–32.002452
Bulls1,59086.65/cwt80.50–90.501,3787
HeifersMedium and Large 1663129.09/cwt125.50–130.50856121
HeifersMedium and Large 1429141.23/cwt135.00–145.0060619
HeifersMedium and Large 1538138.00/cwt138.00–138.0074218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730112.00/cwt112.00–112.0081811
HeifersMedium and Large 1768121.26/cwt119.50–123.1093197
HeifersMedium and Large 1598135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080715
HeifersMedium and Large 1609130.09/cwt129.25–131.5079245
HeifersMedium and Large 1848116.00/cwt116.00–116.0098433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782107.05/cwt106.50–107.2583719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524128.00/cwt128.00–128.0067115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438134.00/cwt134.00–134.0058710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473131.00/cwt131.00–131.006206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789124.00/cwt124.00–124.009789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449151.00/cwt151.00–151.006789
SteersMedium and Large 1927125.90/cwt119.75–130.351,167329
HeifersMedium and Large 1735121.51/cwt118.00–123.00893120
HeifersMedium and Large 1924107.42/cwt107.00–107.85993110

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.