Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-08-06

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 6
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,296 head
1,551 vs last sale 3,847 1,290 vs year ago 3,586 · 36.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
13 vs last sale 278 249 vs year ago 540 · 46.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report

Feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. No comparison on steers and heifers under 700 lb. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb lightly tested, however a weaker market was noted. Demand was good to moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.46/cwt on 1,746 head.
Average price
$139.46
1,746 head · 891 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.36
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1891139.461,2431,746
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,746 hd
139.46
KS average3 barns · 12,891 hd
140.82
−1.36
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
BullsAverage1,89994.171,78924
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38373.071,011170
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22463.7478041
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12156.9563828

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,89793.22/cwt85.00–98.501,76821
Bulls1,916100.82/cwt100.00–102.501,9323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22463.74/cwt60.25–66.5078041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49575.66/cwt75.00–77.501,13168
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30971.34/cwt66.50–75.00934102
CowsLean 85-90%1,12156.95/cwt50.00–60.0063828
SteersMedium and Large 1834138.75/cwt131.75–145.251,157185
SteersMedium and Large 1866142.01/cwt136.75–145.251,230393
SteersMedium and Large 1925139.02/cwt133.00–143.501,286878
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2251,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,9255
SteersMedium and Large 1620144.00/cwt144.00–144.0089310
SteersMedium and Large 1526148.00/cwt148.00–148.0077811
SteersMedium and Large 1562157.00/cwt157.00–157.0088213
SteersMedium and Large 1733147.64/cwt143.00–149.751,08226
SteersMedium and Large 1784144.81/cwt141.50–145.251,13559
SteersMedium and Large 1978131.36/cwt128.35–133.251,285165
HeifersLarge 11,060101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,07116
HeifersMedium and Large 1453151.00/cwt151.00–151.006847
HeifersMedium and Large 1567144.00/cwt144.00–144.0081644
HeifersMedium and Large 1896122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,09848
HeifersMedium and Large 1928120.65/cwt120.25–123.001,12055
HeifersMedium and Large 1979119.41/cwt119.35–119.501,169123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement833131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,09763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667144.50/cwt144.50–144.5096426
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned540131.00/cwt131.00–131.007076

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.