Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-07-14

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 14
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,530 head
▲ 430 vs last sale 1,100▼ 634 vs year ago 2,164 · −29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
578 head
▲ 383 vs last sale 195▲ 373 vs year ago 205 · +182.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Yearling steers 525 lb to 800 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. No recent comparison on steer calves 400 lb to 525 lb , however a higher trend was noted. Feeder heifers 675 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher on light receipts. No recent comparison on heifers 400 lb to 675 lb, however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. One high yielding cow sold for 92. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. One high yielding bull sold for 117.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.84/cwt on 1,069 head.
Average price
$173.84
1,069 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.07
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840176.591,484944
Medium and Large 1-2752161.071,21162
Large 11,080145.111,56763
One grade step is worth $31.48/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,069 hd
173.84
—
KS average3 barns · 2,975 hd
173.90
−0.07
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—Average1,80498.541,77847
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35883.041,127207
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22370.05857249
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11060.3367040

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
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,101$1,05317
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,218$9994thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2—983143.13/cwt143.00–143.501,40715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—631175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1048
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675162.33/cwt162.00–163.001,0969
SteersMedium and Large 1—382221.16/cwt217.00–224.008455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—891150.33/cwt150.00–151.001,3396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—771164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2646
SteersMedium and Large 1—534191.70/cwt186.00–195.001,02429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—588167.88/cwt164.00–173.009877
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—875177.52/cwt175.50–179.501,553113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—805145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—740160.86/cwt152.50–167.001,19012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510161.00/cwt161.00–161.008211
SteersLarge 1—1,107145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,61114
SteersMedium and Large 1—611182.60/cwt179.00–184.001,11638
SteersLarge 1—1,020126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,28511
SteersLarge 1—1,087150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,63638
SteersMedium and Large 1—827168.08/cwt168.00–169.001,39012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—422190.28/cwt177.00–197.008036
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—477220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,04914
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—333216.12/cwt212.50–217.0072010
SteersMedium and Large 1—872173.02/cwt169.25–174.751,509138
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—417220.57/cwt216.00–221.0092012
SteersMedium and Large 1—924170.52/cwt168.25–172.001,576167
SteersMedium and Large 1—971167.85/cwt160.00–168.351,630172
SteersMedium and Large 1—767171.08/cwt169.00–177.001,31233
SteersMedium and Large 1—585186.97/cwt184.00–189.001,09444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—413180.00/cwt180.00–180.007433
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—855164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,40624
BullsMedium and Large 1—735151.96/cwt142.00–157.001,1173
BullsMedium and Large 1—655152.00/cwt152.00–152.009967
BullsMedium and Large 1—550141.00/cwt141.00–141.007761
BullsMedium and Large 1—622150.00/cwt150.00–150.009332
Bulls——1,71594.37/cwt91.00–98.001,61811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29780.03/cwt75.00–85.751,038132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22370.05/cwt66.50–76.50857249
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11060.33/cwt53.00–65.0067040
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46488.34/cwt86.00–92.001,29375
Bulls——1,51985.32/cwt75.00–88.001,2969
Bulls——1,936104.65/cwt100.00–117.002,02627
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,218998.51/head950.00–1,025.009994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1011,053.41/head1,025.00–1,075.001,05317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582161.41/cwt158.00–167.0093941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540177.61/cwt172.00–179.0095925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—512159.00/cwt159.00–159.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—937138.89/cwt138.50–140.501,30130
HeifersLarge 1—1,031130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,34516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—495184.39/cwt182.00–185.0091324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732154.48/cwt151.00–157.501,13125
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,20318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—634175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,11038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—790146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—817145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,18514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—602153.00/cwt153.00–153.009217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485171.14/cwt170.00–174.0083014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359174.42/cwt167.00–176.0062611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—682141.00/cwt141.00–141.009625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437160.00/cwt160.00–160.006995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—344182.00/cwt182.00–182.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—819155.39/cwt155.00–155.501,27326
SteersMedium and Large 1—671181.04/cwt177.00–185.001,21518
SteersMedium and Large 1—474213.82/cwt206.00–216.001,0149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0258
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—920175.80/cwt174.50–177.001,617130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—475161.00/cwt161.00–161.007657
HeifersMedium and Large 1—970135.30/cwt130.50–136.501,31215

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.