Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-06-18

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,333 head
878 vs last sale 3,211 1,157 vs year ago 3,490 · 33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
33 vs last sale 209 42 vs year ago 200 · +21.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
21 vs last sale 30 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers from 750-900 sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers over 800 sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Other weights of yearlings not tested. Steer and heifer calves not tested today. Slaughter cow sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.13/cwt on 1,603 head.
Average price
$126.13
1,603 head · 898 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.69
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1894127.321,1381,466
Medium and Large 1-2890115.231,02582
Large 11,028110.501,13655
One grade step is worth $16.82/cwt here — about $2 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 sale1,603 hd
126.13
KS average2 barns · 2,453 hd
126.81
−0.69
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
BullsLow1,65886.111,42819
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42567.4096073
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25266.66835113
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10159.996607thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,38873.55/cwt70.00–79.001,0217
Bulls1,79989.00/cwt81.00–92.501,6016
Bulls1,83297.88/cwt95.50–100.001,7936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25266.66/cwt60.50–69.50835113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49071.68/cwt71.50–72.001,0683
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42267.22/cwt65.75–69.0095670
SteersMedium and Large 11,023110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,13055
SteersMedium and Large 1974117.57/cwt113.75–123.001,145379
SteersMedium and Large 1815135.03/cwt125.00–138.351,100393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810117.25/cwt117.25–117.2595012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,489985.43/cwt935.00–1,150.0014,6737
SteersMedium and Large 1914128.03/cwt122.25–133.351,170281
SteersMedium and Large 1883129.22/cwt125.00–132.101,141287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703128.50/cwt128.50–128.5090313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2897123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,10318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2973106.60/cwt106.60–106.601,03739
SteersLarge 11,028110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,13655
HeifersMedium and Large 1838115.35/cwt113.50–119.50967188
HeifersMedium and Large 1775121.59/cwt119.25–122.75942219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678114.00/cwt114.00–114.007739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564126.00/cwt126.00–126.0071112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2718104.50/cwt104.50–104.5075045
SteersMedium and Large 1762139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,06171
CowsLean 85-90%1,10159.99/cwt57.00–63.506607
HeifersMedium and Large 1658132.50/cwt132.50–132.508728
HeifersMedium and Large 1908106.35/cwt106.35–106.3596619
HeifersMedium and Large 1950106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,01423
HeifersMedium and Large 1719124.25/cwt124.25–124.2589336
HeifersMedium and Large 1855112.25/cwt112.25–112.2596057

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.