Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 lb to 850 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.78/cwt on 743 head.

Average price

$138.78

743 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$6.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.47

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	723	139.16	1,006	698
Medium and Large 1-2	620	132.79	824	45

One grade step is worth $6.37/cwt here — about $182 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 sale743 hd

138.78

—

KS average3 barns · 2,351 hd

134.31

+4.47

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	1,847	90.20	1,666	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,262	68.27	862	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	58.83	691	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	52.54	570	8thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	66.44/cwt	64.00–69.00	814	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,279	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	138.22/cwt	137.50–139.00	1,197	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	866	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	690	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	71.27/cwt	70.00–71.50	943	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	965	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,177	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	916	6
Bulls	—	—	1,960	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,813	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	89.05/cwt	88.50–89.50	1,594	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	58.83/cwt	57.00–63.00	691	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	141.25/cwt	141.00–141.50	1,004	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,244	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	52.54/cwt	50.00–56.00	570	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	886	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,127	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,014	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	141.51/cwt	138.50–143.75	964	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	135.63/cwt	131.50–138.50	1,042	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	608	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	906	93

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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