Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-06-11

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,211 head
▼ 1,862 vs last sale 5,073▲ 105 vs year ago 3,106 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 267▼ 134 vs year ago 343 · −39.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 43▼ 70 vs year ago 100 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final*

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800-850 lbs and over 900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; Steers weighing 750-800 lbs and 850-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs not well tested, however a lower undertone noted. 750-850 lb heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower; over 850 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Calves not well tested. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.47/cwt on 1,867 head.
Average price
$122.47
1,867 head · 888 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$14.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1877124.761,0951,475
Medium and Large 1-2904115.021,040304
Large 11,015109.841,11588
One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale1,867 hd
122.47
—
KS average2 barns · 2,471 hd
122.41
+0.07
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—Average1,75583.931,47313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44067.8297718
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21465.6879790
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09458.3063860

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
SteersMedium and Large 1—577141.00/cwt141.00–141.0081411
SteersMedium and Large 1—970116.27/cwt112.25–124.001,128347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—861117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,01295
SteersMedium and Large 1—506154.00/cwt154.00–154.0077911
SteersMedium and Large 1—873127.73/cwt122.50–134.001,115255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—927119.07/cwt116.50–119.751,10454
SteersMedium and Large 1—386198.00/cwt198.00–198.007647
SteersMedium and Large 1—764129.28/cwt125.00–131.60988137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718115.27/cwt109.00–125.5082819
SteersLarge 1—1,015109.84/cwt109.25–111.001,11588
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625126.44/cwt124.50–130.0079055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—87393.00/cwt93.00–93.0081220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568127.79/cwt121.50–131.7572653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—824112.27/cwt109.25–115.10925429
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695123.00/cwt123.00–123.008558
HeifersMedium and Large 1—887108.15/cwt105.00–110.25959184
HeifersLarge 1—97891.00/cwt91.00–91.008908
HeifersMedium and Large 1—782115.36/cwt113.60–116.25902150
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720123.57/cwt121.00–124.1089080
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—691115.63/cwt106.00–117.5079947
HeifersMedium and Large 1—928104.08/cwt104.00–104.7596660
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—626118.75/cwt118.75–118.7574331
Bulls——1,68183.73/cwt81.00–90.001,4087
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516125.00/cwt125.00–125.006458
Bulls——2,03295.69/cwt95.00–97.001,9443
BullsMedium and Large 1—522144.00/cwt144.00–144.007526
Bulls——1,65272.64/cwt68.50–78.001,2003
SteersMedium and Large 1—815130.32/cwt125.00–131.001,062130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—784123.00/cwt123.00–123.0096414
SteersMedium and Large 1—725129.23/cwt128.00–131.0093756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—815117.50/cwt117.50–117.5095813
SteersMedium and Large 1—682135.27/cwt134.50–138.0092354
SteersMedium and Large 1—926122.66/cwt116.00–127.001,136467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—988109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,082109
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,181751.31/cwt725.00–825.008,8738
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06348.00/cwt48.00–48.005102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,244833.74/cwt800.00–875.0010,3724
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44067.82/cwt66.50–70.0097718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,140930.33/cwt900.00–975.0010,6065
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21465.68/cwt60.00–70.0079790
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,214934.03/cwt835.00–975.0011,3396
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,350882.22/cwt860.00–935.0011,9103
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09558.66/cwt50.00–63.5064258

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.