Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report*

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Feeder steers over 900 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bull sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.18/cwt on 607 head.

Average price

$138.18

607 head · 862 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$12.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.57

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	846	139.35	1,178	552
Large 1	1,027	126.50	1,299	55

One grade step is worth $12.85/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale607 hd

138.18

—

KS average3 barns · 3,168 hd

145.76

−7.57

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,849	82.38	1,523	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	65.96	953	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	59.27	763	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	50.78	574	26

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	999	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	814	8
Bulls	—	—	1,841	86.23/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,587	4
Bulls	—	—	1,853	80.18/cwt	76.00–84.50	1,486	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	59.27/cwt	57.00–61.00	763	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	68.15/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,007	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,103	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.01/cwt	140.00–148.00	972	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	138.50/cwt	135.00–139.50	1,201	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	154.26/cwt	149.00–156.00	946	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	135.70/cwt	133.00–136.35	1,295	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	139.04/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,129	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	135.63/cwt	128.50–138.50	1,248	174
Steers	Large 1	—	1,027	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,299	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	131.54/cwt	130.25–137.00	1,013	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	124.06/cwt	119.50–129.75	1,100	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	138.00/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,002	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	129.66/cwt	127.75–130.50	1,079	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	969	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	141.63/cwt	137.50–147.00	1,105	75
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	64.79/cwt	63.00–66.00	925	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	50.78/cwt	47.00–54.00	574	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	143.42/cwt	138.00–147.00	838	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	108.44/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,067	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.22/cwt	137.00–141.00	930	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	806	137.25/cwt	136.75–137.75	1,106	142

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.

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