Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-10-06

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 6
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,679 head
3,921 vs last sale 5,600 227 vs year ago 1,452 · +15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
725 head
370 vs last sale 355 565 vs year ago 160 · +353.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
3 vs last sale 31 21 vs year ago 7 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers 400 lb to 900 lb sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower on light receipts. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.20/cwt on 873 head.
Average price
$167.20
873 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.59
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726169.341,229741
Medium and Large 1-2624155.85973129
Large 11,137128.331,4593thin
One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale873 hd
167.20
KS average3 barns · 2,794 hd
172.79
−5.59
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
BullsLow1,74685.361,49026
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37077.911,067182
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19464.19766323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09454.06591107

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1905139.23/cwt139.00–141.001,2609
HeifersMedium and Large 1603155.50/cwt155.50–155.509385
SteersMedium and Large 1619166.62/cwt162.00–171.001,03149
SteersMedium and Large 1493174.00/cwt174.00–174.0085825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768155.93/cwt149.00–161.001,19812
SteersMedium and Large 1838160.35/cwt160.00–161.501,34417
SteersMedium and Large 1862160.07/cwt159.00–162.501,380127
SteersMedium and Large 1769168.66/cwt165.00–171.001,29759
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489160.92/cwt160.00–161.0078712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530147.02/cwt144.00–151.007799
SteersMedium and Large 1-2942159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4985
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy484187.35/cwt187.00–190.0090756
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,12737
SteersLarge 11,115119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581159.76/cwt150.00–167.5092855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665152.33/cwt146.00–156.001,0134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448175.00/cwt175.00–175.007843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,00818
SteersMedium and Large 1677161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,09014
SteersMedium and Large 1380189.08/cwt185.00–190.0071917
SteersMedium and Large 1433185.41/cwt184.50–186.0080310
SteersMedium and Large 1323197.05/cwt195.00–199.0063610
SteersMedium and Large 1582178.61/cwt178.00–179.001,04053
SteersMedium and Large 1927170.43/cwt167.00–171.001,58055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628157.90/cwt148.00–159.0099210
SteersLarge 11,090134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4611
SteersLarge 11,205132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5911
SteersMedium and Large 1733166.47/cwt161.00–168.501,22051
SteersMedium and Large 1522164.11/cwt160.00–166.0085717
BullsMedium and Large 1576132.00/cwt132.00–132.007606
BullsMedium and Large 1421153.00/cwt153.00–153.006445
BullsMedium and Large 1498141.00/cwt141.00–141.007025
BullsMedium and Large 1740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1471
BullsMedium and Large 1663139.13/cwt137.00–145.009227
BullsMedium and Large 1505156.45/cwt153.00–159.0079014
CowsLean 85-90%1,09454.06/cwt48.00–59.50591107
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46585.04/cwt80.00–87.501,24668
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31373.65/cwt70.00–79.50967114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19464.19/cwt60.00–69.50766323
Bulls1,48071.91/cwt70.00–76.001,0643
Bulls1,80994.82/cwt92.00–97.001,7155
Bulls1,77384.97/cwt80.00–88.501,50718
Stock CowsMedium and Large 196894.15/cwt82.00–109.0091128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680141.34/cwt141.00–142.009613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621140.50/cwt140.50–140.508733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy832160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,33560
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy519165.50/cwt165.50–165.508598
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy487165.00/cwt165.00–165.0080449
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy735158.10/cwt157.00–162.001,16226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2877133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529150.71/cwt146.00–151.0079717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785132.52/cwt130.00–135.001,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382141.00/cwt141.00–141.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575138.70/cwt126.00–141.007989
HeifersMedium and Large 1867143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,24014
HeifersMedium and Large 1523156.74/cwt154.00–162.0082056
HeifersMedium and Large 1778143.43/cwt141.00–147.001,11631
HeifersMedium and Large 1732143.18/cwt142.50–145.001,04815
HeifersMedium and Large 1826142.65/cwt136.00–143.501,1789
HeifersMedium and Large 1472158.44/cwt153.00–162.5074833
HeifersLarge 11,078135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,45528
HeifersLarge 11,030132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,3652
HeifersMedium and Large 1412162.13/cwt159.00–164.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 1573151.43/cwt150.00–156.0086840
HeifersMedium and Large 1322164.74/cwt161.00–166.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 1666155.93/cwt155.00–159.001,03834
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy928154.35/cwt154.35–154.351,43282
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy310208.00/cwt208.00–208.006453
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy783176.42/cwt176.00–176.751,38159
HeifersMedium and Large 1387166.08/cwt159.00–169.0064328

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.