Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-08-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 27
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,337 head
▲ 1,090 vs last sale 1,247▼ 888 vs year ago 3,225 · −27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 104▼ 35 vs year ago 196 · −17.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report*

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. No recent price comparison on steers and heifers under 600 lb on a light test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bull sold 5.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.65/cwt on 1,385 head.
Average price
$135.65
1,385 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,155
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.08
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1844136.111,1491,332
Large 11,032124.001,28053
One grade step is worth $12.11/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale1,385 hd
135.65
—
KS average3 barns · 3,779 hd
140.73
−5.08
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—Average2,05390.561,8596thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40465.7592398
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18856.5967236
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18250.705997thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fleshy—741127.50/cwt127.50–127.5094528
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—787133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,05125
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—976119.10/cwt119.10–119.101,16260
BullsMedium and Large 1—762105.00/cwt105.00–105.008005
BullsMedium and Large 1—495151.00/cwt151.00–151.007477
BullsMedium and Large 1—592117.00/cwt117.00–117.006937
Bulls——2,07886.34/cwt85.00–88.001,7942
Bulls——2,04092.67/cwt90.00–94.001,8904
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38865.08/cwt61.00–67.0090374
SteersMedium and Large 1—493155.00/cwt155.00–155.007645
SteersMedium and Large 1—632150.53/cwt147.00–154.0095155
SteersMedium and Large 1—989123.26/cwt121.75–124.751,219178
SteersMedium and Large 1—542148.00/cwt148.00–148.008025
SteersMedium and Large 1—418171.00/cwt171.00–171.007158
SteersMedium and Large 1—686141.58/cwt140.00–142.7597114
SteersMedium and Large 1—769139.84/cwt136.00–143.501,07542
SteersMedium and Large 1—742140.13/cwt138.50–140.501,04075
HeifersMedium and Large 1—698129.00/cwt129.00–129.009008
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815123.77/cwt119.75–125.251,00919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592136.11/cwt134.00–138.2580620
SteersMedium and Large 1—865134.60/cwt128.50–138.001,164102
SteersMedium and Large 1—917130.22/cwt127.00–133.251,194169
SteersMedium and Large 1—811136.81/cwt132.50–138.001,110178
HeifersMedium and Large 1—967110.54/cwt108.00–112.251,06922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638132.87/cwt131.00–134.0084833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530146.73/cwt140.00–149.0077863
HeifersMedium and Large 1—864124.40/cwt119.00–126.001,07594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—788129.84/cwt125.50–130.751,023170
HeifersMedium and Large 1—452143.00/cwt143.00–143.006465
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18250.70/cwt45.00–52.505997
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18856.59/cwt53.00–60.0067236
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45467.81/cwt67.50–70.0098624
HeifersLarge 1—1,005101.25/cwt101.25–101.251,0186
HeifersLarge 1—1,06993.00/cwt93.00–93.0099410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—916114.31/cwt113.50–115.001,04722
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—742144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,06834
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—662143.94/cwt143.75–145.0095338
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—822144.04/cwt139.25–147.251,184171
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—899138.75/cwt138.50–139.001,247108
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—726145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,053115
SteersLarge 1Value Added—1,032124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,28053
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—956135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,29122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—656105.00/cwt105.00–105.006896
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—533141.00/cwt141.00–141.0075216

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.