Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-03-31

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 31
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,556 head
41 vs last sale 3,515 3,682 vs year ago 7,238 · 50.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
321 head
50 vs last sale 271 42 vs year ago 279 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
35 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 30 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, feeder steers less than 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; 650 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers less than 500 lbs sold on a light test though a firm undertone was noted; 500 to 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Buyer demand and attendance was good for a moderate sale supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.28/cwt on 1,854 head.
Average price
$150.28
1,854 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.04
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2625157.01982333
Medium and Large 1766148.811,1391,521
One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale1,854 hd
150.28
KS average3 barns · 5,251 hd
154.32
−4.04
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
BullsAverage1,687108.561,83222
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42388.051,25387
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25082.311,02987
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10571.4178924

Every lot, as filed

60 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
SteersMedium and Large 1831152.71/cwt150.00–158.001,269112
SteersMedium and Large 1665179.89/cwt179.00–184.001,19689
SteersMedium and Large 1760159.64/cwt156.00–160.001,21388
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy362231.29/cwt229.00–234.0083713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739153.21/cwt151.00–154.001,13219
SteersMedium and Large 1636191.53/cwt187.00–197.001,21856
SteersMedium and Large 1570194.22/cwt191.00–195.501,107116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2924139.73/cwt134.00–141.351,291184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690162.92/cwt162.00–166.001,124102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532181.40/cwt181.00–185.0096510
SteersMedium and Large 1488209.19/cwt202.00–217.001,02146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843140.81/cwt140.00–142.001,18716
SteersMedium and Large 1437216.00/cwt216.00–216.0094417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2899141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,27416
SteersMedium and Large 1391216.77/cwt214.00–219.0084811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,18819
SteersLarge 11,012134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3564
SteersMedium and Large 1978145.17/cwt142.25–147.501,420234
SteersLarge 11,119125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3996
SteersMedium and Large 1722175.32/cwt173.00–179.001,26642
SteersMedium and Large 1522197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,02819
SteersMedium and Large 1872149.04/cwt146.50–150.251,30050
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned315236.00/cwt236.00–236.0074328
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed755170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,28437
HeifersMedium and Large 1522188.20/cwt186.00–190.5098262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680142.04/cwt141.00–143.0096625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572173.52/cwt168.50–176.0099332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491174.78/cwt173.00–177.0085839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624152.70/cwt150.00–155.0095336
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy666170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,13214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31892.41/cwt91.50–93.501,21810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43787.48/cwt86.00–89.001,25777
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25082.31/cwt77.00–85.501,02987
CowsLean 85-90%98366.45/cwt66.00–67.006535
CowsLean 85-90%1,13772.72/cwt70.00–74.5082719
Bulls1,621108.12/cwt105.00–112.001,75310
Bulls1,428100.52/cwt98.50–102.001,4355
Bulls1,967114.93/cwt114.00–117.502,2617
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,236111.49/cwt109.00–115.001,3787
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0016,4312
HeifersMedium and Large 1439195.83/cwt195.00–197.0086012
HeifersMedium and Large 1460187.00/cwt187.00–187.008608
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418177.81/cwt175.00–180.0074316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2354177.81/cwt175.00–185.0062916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523171.67/cwt165.00–177.0089843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782142.81/cwt141.00–144.501,11777
HeifersMedium and Large 1617161.63/cwt158.00–168.00997171
HeifersMedium and Large 1725149.37/cwt148.50–154.751,08374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736140.91/cwt140.00–141.001,03711
HeifersMedium and Large 1923135.71/cwt133.00–136.351,25367
HeifersMedium and Large 1777147.67/cwt144.50–150.001,14726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2838131.50/cwt130.00–132.501,10230
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy454221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0039
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned372162.88/cwt161.00–166.006068
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed756155.21/cwt154.75–156.001,17357
HeifersMedium and Large 1824140.72/cwt138.00–141.751,160530
HeifersMedium and Large 1678157.44/cwt153.00–164.501,067225
HeifersMedium and Large 1874138.06/cwt136.00–140.501,207275
SteersMedium and Large 1933145.27/cwt144.00–147.001,355146
SteersLarge 11,069138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,47855

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.