Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-06-23

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,488 head
812 vs last sale 2,300 371 vs year ago 1,117 · +33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
89 vs last sale 276 13 vs year ago 200 · 6.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday June 30 for harvest break.

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Not enough steers 500 lb to 700 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher on a very light test. Not enough heifers 500 lb to 700 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. One high yielding cow sold for 100. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.08/cwt on 1,091 head.
Average price
$166.08
1,091 head · 899 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.75
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1904167.071,5111,008
Medium and Large 1-2730158.891,16059
Large 11,079141.971,53224
One grade step is worth $25.11/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale1,091 hd
166.08
KS average2 barns · 1,512 hd
163.33
+2.75
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
BullsAverage1,779108.061,92314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29789.801,165150
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06277.588247thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13670.317995thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1Fancy734157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,15260
HeifersMedium and Large 1587158.46/cwt156.00–159.0093011
HeifersMedium and Large 1424160.02/cwt158.00–165.006785
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552141.00/cwt141.00–141.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2818138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2973117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2945
SteersMedium and Large 1864159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3749
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy888171.15/cwt170.75–171.501,520187
SteersLarge 11,055146.01/cwt138.00–147.751,54017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675153.09/cwt152.00–157.001,0339
SteersLarge 11,192129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5385
SteersLarge 11,000140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4002
SteersMedium and Large 1473173.57/cwt170.00–179.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 1854146.48/cwt146.00–150.001,25180
HeifersMedium and Large 1340157.00/cwt157.00–157.005341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585164.00/cwt164.00–164.009596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764159.62/cwt159.00–163.001,21926
SteersMedium and Large 1982151.95/cwt150.00–153.751,492136
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy932170.80/cwt170.00–171.601,592114
HeifersMedium and Large 1710142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 1680143.00/cwt143.00–143.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1819167.47/cwt164.85–169.001,372135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731159.80/cwt155.00–164.001,16813
SteersMedium and Large 1335195.00/cwt195.00–195.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717126.00/cwt126.00–126.009032
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy822153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,26450
HeifersMedium and Large 1916144.33/cwt143.00–144.501,32274
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy986165.10/cwt164.50–166.001,628275
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy822175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,43971
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy728177.75/cwt177.75–177.751,29477
HeifersMedium and Large 1633143.10/cwt141.00–147.5090615
Bulls1,672107.92/cwt102.00–109.501,8048
Bulls2,176116.02/cwt115.00–116.502,5254
Bulls1,41592.73/cwt91.00–94.001,3122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06277.58/cwt77.50–78.008247
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24686.79/cwt80.50–89.501,08172
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34592.57/cwt90.00–100.001,24578
CowsLean 85-90%1,13670.31/cwt69.50–72.007995

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.