Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-10-22

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 22
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,245 head
▲ 274 vs last sale 1,971▲ 760 vs year ago 1,485 · +51.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 167▲ 31 vs year ago 222 · +14.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 9▼ 21 vs year ago 25 · −84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower. No recent comparison on steers and heifers under 650 lb, however a lower market was noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.22/cwt on 1,049 head.
Average price
$136.22
1,049 head · 771 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1770136.291,0491,044
Large 11,034121.001,2515thin
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale1,049 hd
136.22
—
KS average3 barns · 3,979 hd
135.11
+1.11
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—High1,94371.411,38813
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38367.68936101
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21349.6460296
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13541.5447114

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,04798.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0265
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1—800900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,2004
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—426159.00/cwt159.00–159.006774
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—724122.00/cwt122.00–122.008836
SteersMedium and Large 1—589148.00/cwt148.00–148.0087262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—867119.78/cwt119.00–120.501,038104
SteersMedium and Large 1—384170.00/cwt170.00–170.0065310
SteersLarge 1—1,034121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2515
SteersMedium and Large 1—507154.00/cwt154.00–154.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—920110.04/cwt108.00–113.001,01215
SteersMedium and Large 1—737134.21/cwt130.50–138.25989237
SteersMedium and Large 1—665134.25/cwt134.25–134.2589318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531130.50/cwt130.50–130.506938
BullsMedium and Large 1—723105.00/cwt105.00–105.007596
SteersMedium and Large 1—960125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,20056
SteersMedium and Large 1—640131.77/cwt131.50–132.0084326
BullsMedium and Large 1—555105.00/cwt105.00–105.005833
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—490142.52/cwt140.00–158.0069816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—657121.35/cwt121.35–121.357978
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—685132.00/cwt132.00–132.0090411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825123.70/cwt119.50–125.001,021339
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—343131.00/cwt131.00–131.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—576121.81/cwt120.00–126.0070226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—646120.50/cwt120.50–120.5077833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575118.00/cwt118.00–118.0067917
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42069.93/cwt69.00–72.5099336
Bulls——1,78081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,4421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36366.44/cwt60.50–69.0090665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770123.47/cwt121.00–127.00951122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606124.00/cwt124.00–124.0075125
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006202
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21349.64/cwt46.00–58.0060296
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13541.54/cwt37.50–45.0047114
Bulls——1,95770.61/cwt65.00–75.001,38212
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—532138.00/cwt138.00–138.0073412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728123.53/cwt122.75–125.7589939
SteersMedium and Large 1—824137.42/cwt130.75–140.751,132377
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—594114.00/cwt114.00–114.006775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—740137.10/cwt137.10–137.101,01569
SteersMedium and Large 1—907134.60/cwt127.50–135.851,22162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—450128.00/cwt128.00–128.005769
SteersMedium and Large 1—766133.91/cwt133.50–136.001,026114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684125.70/cwt124.50–130.0086040
SteersMedium and Large 1—872130.13/cwt128.50–132.001,13521
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567140.00/cwt140.00–140.0079416

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.