Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb for a market test, however a steady trend was noted. One load of thin fleshed steers weighing 930 lb sold for 185.75. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, however thin fleshed and fancy calves sold 20.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. One high yielding bull sold for 99.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.85/cwt on 1,256 head.

Average price

$187.85

1,256 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,237

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	190.06	1,273	1,118
Medium and Large 1-2	565	170.03	961	137
Large 1	1,000	148.00	1,480	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.06/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale1,256 hd

187.85

—

KS average3 barns · 3,341 hd

182.67

+5.17

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,861	83.32	1,550	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,334	69.09	922	155
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	57.77	657	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	50.31	567	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,383	$1,031	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,316	$1,014	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$1,000	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	959	$959	6

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	337	182.02/cwt	181.00–186.00	613	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	172.02/cwt	171.00–176.50	920	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	236.80/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,106	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	428	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	831	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	571	198.82/cwt	197.00–202.50	1,135	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	621	191.83/cwt	187.50–194.00	1,191	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	172.16/cwt	168.00–176.50	1,174	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,514	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	199.26/cwt	192.00–202.00	693	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,155	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,627	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	174.67/cwt	171.00–185.00	741	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,404	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	161.52/cwt	151.00–168.00	938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	164.85/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,330	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	195.71/cwt	191.00–201.50	941	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	178.36/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,102	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,566	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	667	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,294	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	178.67/cwt	173.00–181.75	1,043	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,455	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	813	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,553	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	742	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,417	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	820	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	187.70/cwt	183.00–189.50	877	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	930	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,727	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	988	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,502	4
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	—	1,010	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	646	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,150	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	889	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	50.31/cwt	44.00–52.50	567	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	78.47/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,141	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,299	66.35/cwt	62.00–75.00	862	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	57.77/cwt	53.00–62.00	657	125
Bulls	—	—	1,737	84.32/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,465	21
Bulls	—	—	1,775	72.83/cwt	64.00–78.00	1,293	13
Bulls	—	—	2,170	92.94/cwt	90.00–99.00	2,017	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,383	1,030.61/head	925.00–1,125.00	1,031	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,316	1,014.33/head	900.00–1,200.00	1,014	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	959	958.58/head	910.00–1,175.00	959	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	948	68.55/cwt	54.00–91.00	650	66
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	156.41/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,118	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	183.25/cwt	182.00–186.50	852	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	939	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	416	190.18/cwt	187.50–192.00	791	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	182.83/cwt	178.00–188.00	783	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	167.26/cwt	163.00–173.50	870	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	165.29/cwt	160.50–168.25	945	108
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,060	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,037	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	176.90/cwt	172.00–181.00	856	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	164.89/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,022	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	156.66/cwt	155.00–160.00	808	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	153.98/cwt	146.00–158.00	990	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,145	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,420	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	180.55/cwt	178.00–182.00	652	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	640	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,007	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,334	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	506	212.01/cwt	206.00–216.50	1,073	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	940	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	342	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	732	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	167.85/cwt	166.00–170.00	774	12

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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