Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, however thin fleshed and reputation calves sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.57/cwt on 2,258 head.

Average price

$200.57

2,258 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$282

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.17

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	202.63	1,309	2,137
Medium and Large 1-2	732	169.72	1,242	65
Large 1	1,008	157.78	1,590	56

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about −$282 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 sale2,258 hd

200.57

—

KS average4 barns · 8,192 hd

193.41

+7.17

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	—	High	1,853	98.17	1,819	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,420	73.94	1,050	175
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	66.67	805	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	56.59	682	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	993	$1,085	3thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	655	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,290	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	393	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	174.69/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,085	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	219.57/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,124	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	175.76/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,364	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	166.00/cwt	165.50–171.00	1,381	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	167.69/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,274	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	836	192.12/cwt	189.50–194.00	1,606	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	206.75/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,088	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	883	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,488	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	720	196.71/cwt	195.50–199.00	1,416	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	162.85/cwt	162.85–162.85	1,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	178.50/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,287	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	235.14/cwt	224.00–242.00	1,004	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	166.61/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,198	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	179.94/cwt	179.00–186.00	1,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	189.11/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,169	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	180.33/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,490	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	187.93/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,272	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	170.40/cwt	166.00–170.85	1,566	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	225.19/cwt	222.00–232.00	856	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	199.00/cwt	195.00–207.00	1,248	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	239.79/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,338	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	203.84/cwt	196.00–211.00	974	28
Steers	Large 1	—	1,008	157.78/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,590	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	168.59/cwt	168.50–171.00	1,480	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	409	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	855	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,148	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	200.94/cwt	195.00–206.00	1,180	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	412	263.55/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,086	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	366	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	966	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	493	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,262	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	215.32/cwt	212.00–223.00	939	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	196.87/cwt	195.50–198.00	1,051	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	734	161.74/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,187	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	161.99/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,082	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	980	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	56.59/cwt	47.00–59.00	682	11
Bulls	—	—	2,093	106.16/cwt	100.00–111.00	2,222	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	78.22/cwt	77.00–80.50	1,258	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	73.19/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,015	149
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	66.67/cwt	60.00–69.50	805	55
Bulls	—	—	1,479	87.58/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,295	4
Bulls	—	—	1,815	96.20/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,746	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	973	93.19/cwt	81.00–117.00	907	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	993	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,050	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	147.27/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	431	202.72/cwt	202.50–204.00	874	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	327	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	190.29/cwt	188.00–190.75	1,007	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	374	209.17/cwt	205.00–210.00	782	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	139.91/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,165	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	171.97/cwt	165.00–174.35	1,240	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	183.79/cwt	183.00–185.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	170.46/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,014	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	173.07/cwt	168.00–174.50	936	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	164.89/cwt	164.50–167.50	1,003	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	484	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	790	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,489	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	194.33/cwt	187.00–198.00	820	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	585	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,249	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	482	235.41/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,135	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	192.41/cwt	188.00–196.50	904	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	448	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	945	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	389	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	871	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	167.45/cwt	164.50–170.00	1,373	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	183.74/cwt	183.00–184.00	869	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	317	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	195.98/cwt	194.00–198.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	170.03/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,325	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	181.75/cwt	176.00–185.00	932	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	638	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,018	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,568	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	204.67/cwt	199.00–208.00	692	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	177.46/cwt	172.00–182.00	857	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	178.72/cwt	173.00–184.00	1,022	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	149.59/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	172.36/cwt	164.00–174.50	1,148	235

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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