Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-06-16

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 16
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,300 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 2,321▲ 319 vs year ago 1,981 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 229▲ 63 vs year ago 213 · +29.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 1▲ 1 vs year ago 6 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 725 lb to 900 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Outstanding offering of fancy feeder steers. Not enough steers 500 lb to 725 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough heifers 500 lb to 800 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.84/cwt on 1,944 head.
Average price
$175.84
1,944 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.81
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1865176.861,5291,843
Medium and Large 1-2834157.381,31351
Large 11,008157.001,58350
One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale1,944 hd
175.84
—
KS average2 barns · 2,257 hd
175.03
+0.81
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—Average1,714111.211,90613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29694.621,226118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32185.971,136106
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12573.5182718

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,1251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,0006

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—682155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0575
BullsMedium and Large 1—860126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1—515167.00/cwt167.00–167.008603
BullsMedium and Large 1—616152.00/cwt152.00–152.009363
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516164.00/cwt164.00–164.008464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—442157.00/cwt157.00–157.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1—884168.93/cwt166.25–172.501,493162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—811154.37/cwt153.50–157.001,25224
SteersMedium and Large 1—440171.68/cwt169.00–173.007553
SteersMedium and Large 1—671165.69/cwt165.50–170.001,11223
SteersMedium and Large 1—966159.11/cwt158.50–161.251,53767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007571
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—837182.19/cwt181.25–183.001,525321
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—970167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,62755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—608166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—904159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,44023
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—933173.73/cwt171.60–176.601,621340
SteersMedium and Large 1—909167.55/cwt165.00–170.101,523114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—677138.00/cwt138.00–138.009344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655144.97/cwt144.00–151.0095022
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—882180.57/cwt175.50–183.101,593418
SteersMedium and Large 1—380176.00/cwt176.00–176.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 1—834133.66/cwt132.00–135.001,1159
SteersLarge 1Fancy—1,008157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,58350
HeifersMedium and Large 1—992130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,29025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—609128.55/cwt125.00–131.007835
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—723183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,32776
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—769182.97/cwt180.50–185.851,407263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762142.04/cwt142.00–145.001,08269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—867144.62/cwt144.50–144.751,254104
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bulls——1,562104.52/cwt100.00–109.501,6336
Bulls——1,844116.94/cwt111.50–119.502,1567
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28593.81/cwt90.50–96.001,20594
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33997.77/cwt96.50–99.001,30924
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12573.51/cwt68.00–79.0082718
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32185.97/cwt80.00–89.501,136106

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.