Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-06-25

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,141 head
808 vs last sale 2,333 1,411 vs year ago 1,730 · +81.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
100 vs last sale 242 3 vs year ago 139 · +2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final Report

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 800 lbs no recent price comparison. 800 to 850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Steers over 850 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers over 800 lbs 2.00 higher Under 800 no recent price comparison. Calves not tested. Slaughter cows and and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.17/cwt on 1,664 head.
Average price
$131.17
1,664 head · 837 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$552
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$35.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1832132.321,1021,572
Medium and Large 1-2731128.3093820
Large 11,033108.981,12659
Large 1-292099.009115thin
Medium 256797.005508thin
One grade step is worth $35.32/cwt here — about $552 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 sale1,664 hd
131.17
KS average1 barns · 1,664 hd
131.17
+0.00
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
BullsAverage1,50485.811,29012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,21967.1081856
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09962.9769217
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04653.1355632

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1618135.41/cwt132.00–136.0083741
HeifersMedium and Large 1566131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074110
CowsBreaker 75-80%94760.50/cwt60.50–60.505732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09663.50/cwt57.00–66.5069616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15054.50/cwt54.50–54.506271
CowsLean 85-90%1,11957.33/cwt53.50–60.2564221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782110.50/cwt110.50–110.5086424
HeifersMedium and Large 1828117.19/cwt114.00–119.60970501
HeifersMedium and Large 1738126.67/cwt124.75–128.50935267
HeifersMedium and Large 1774120.14/cwt117.50–126.50930250
HeifersMedium and Large 1687128.85/cwt126.00–130.5088578
HeifersMedium and Large 1888110.17/cwt109.75–110.5097848
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683130.50/cwt130.50–130.508919
SteersMedium and Large 1934128.74/cwt124.50–133.751,202361
SteersMedium and Large 1739136.93/cwt136.00–142.001,012229
SteersMedium and Large 1829131.33/cwt124.50–134.251,089223
SteersMedium and Large 1858129.49/cwt128.00–132.501,111207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692123.75/cwt123.75–123.7585688
SteersMedium and Large 1781132.18/cwt126.00–135.501,032182
SteersMedium and Large 1621150.03/cwt137.50–151.50932141
SteersMedium and Large 1670143.21/cwt139.50–146.0096019
SteersMedium and Large 1587154.00/cwt152.00–155.5090414
SteersMedium 256797.00/cwt97.00–97.005508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770126.50/cwt126.50–126.5097411
SteersLarge 1-292099.00/cwt99.00–99.009115
SteersLarge 11,023111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,13851
SteersLarge 11,10094.50/cwt94.50–94.501,0408
SteersMedium and Large 1965122.41/cwt115.00–127.751,181196
CowsLean 85-90%90745.10/cwt41.00–49.0040911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22267.09/cwt62.00–69.0082048
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28569.36/cwt68.00–71.008916
Bulls1,46986.02/cwt79.00–90.501,26410
Bulls1,69595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,6191
Bulls1,66074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2281

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.