Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and Feeder Heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.25/cwt on 912 head.

Average price

$194.25

912 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$508

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$43.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	200.02	1,139	726
Medium and Large 1-2	551	173.99	959	161
Large 1	1,049	157.00	1,647	25

One grade step is worth $43.02/cwt here — about −$508 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 sale912 hd

194.25

—

KS average3 barns · 3,017 hd

187.14

+7.11

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	86.52	1,193	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	75.22	854	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,034	59.47	615	175

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	601	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	942	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	171.85/cwt	164.00–179.00	983	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	166.17/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,128	46
Steers	Large 1	—	1,049	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,647	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	214.80/cwt	208.50–216.00	1,115	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	211.47/cwt	207.50–219.50	1,220	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	620	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,203	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	174.16/cwt	170.00–175.00	923	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	683	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	166.36/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,116	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	168.38/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,049	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	494	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	948	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	75.22/cwt	70.00–79.50	854	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	53.60/cwt	47.00–57.00	524	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,216	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	218.94/cwt	204.00–225.00	922	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	773	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	186.29/cwt	176.00–195.50	779	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	178.88/cwt	178.00–180.50	1,009	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	165.62/cwt	165.00–166.00	851	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	217.85/cwt	216.00–221.00	850	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	569	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,155	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	203.27/cwt	197.50–210.50	959	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,480	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	188.04/cwt	180.00–202.00	649	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	172.42/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,403	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	186.73/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,055	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	905	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	190.41/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,017	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	158.45/cwt	157.00–161.00	979	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,031	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	165.51/cwt	162.50–168.50	642	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	169.15/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,044	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	152.87/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,350	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	64.65/cwt	58.00–69.50	701	93
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	86.52/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,193	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.69/cwt	174.50–176.50	833	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,276	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	177.11/cwt	172.50–181.50	756	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,173	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	160.98/cwt	155.00–167.00	741	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	197.34/cwt	194.00–200.00	620	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	153.52/cwt	147.50–158.50	1,274	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	175.57/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,280	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	185.90/cwt	181.00–190.00	900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	183.46/cwt	178.00–186.00	1,125	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	176.30/cwt	174.50–179.50	1,349	32

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.

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