Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-03-09

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,808 head
1,925 vs last sale 3,733 3,701 vs year ago 5,509 · 67.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
39 vs last sale 259 57 vs year ago 163 · +35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
8 vs last sale 18 8 vs year ago 2 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and Feeder Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough Steer and Heifer calves for a accurate market test, a higher trend was noted. Demand is good. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.46/cwt on 1,073 head.
Average price
$202.46
1,073 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.47
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722202.951,4661,037
Medium and Large 1-2723188.371,36136
One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about $105 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 sale1,073 hd
202.46
KS average3 barns · 3,397 hd
200.99
+1.47
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
BullsHigh1,570111.601,75335
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26197.341,227121
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13088.0099427
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01269.667057thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,345$1,4251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$1,1754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)900$1,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1Thin Fleshed724211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,53122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy556209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,16215
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy611198.25/cwt198.25–198.251,21118
SteersMedium and Large 1919176.71/cwt170.50–180.751,62473
SteersMedium and Large 1431239.96/cwt233.00–248.001,03437
SteersMedium and Large 1877180.62/cwt175.00–184.001,58469
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1806
SteersMedium and Large 1683196.70/cwt193.00–199.001,34355
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532236.93/cwt236.00–238.001,26011
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed688215.25/cwt215.00–216.501,481158
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed592237.64/cwt236.50–243.001,40781
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed761197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,49934
SteersMedium and Large 1643210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,35084
SteersMedium and Large 1318233.98/cwt231.00–249.0074412
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed815194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,58126
HeifersMedium and Large 1691180.71/cwt178.00–183.501,24949
SteersMedium and Large 1829182.01/cwt177.25–188.001,509160
SteersMedium and Large 1-2741188.64/cwt186.50–190.501,39830
SteersMedium and Large 1780187.94/cwt186.50–188.501,466110
SteersMedium and Large 1470243.51/cwt243.00–245.001,14419
SteersMedium and Large 1721203.55/cwt192.50–207.001,46856
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy483244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1799
SteersMedium and Large 1570225.88/cwt225.50–227.001,28816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy528216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1406
BullsMedium and Large 1375230.00/cwt230.00–230.008633
BullsMedium and Large 1506202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,02213
BullsMedium and Large 1777176.74/cwt167.00–181.001,37310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26095.37/cwt91.00–101.001,20290
CowsLean 85-90%1,01269.66/cwt65.00–73.007057
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,264103.06/cwt101.00–106.001,30331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13088.00/cwt82.00–91.0099427
Bulls1,815126.50/cwt126.50–126.502,2961
Bulls1,600114.37/cwt110.00–120.501,83025
Bulls1,461102.25/cwt88.00–108.001,4949
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3451,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19531,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 1861172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,48156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1571197.99/cwt192.00–201.001,13132
HeifersMedium and Large 1633186.59/cwt184.50–190.001,18123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2754166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2524
HeifersMedium and Large 1486209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,01614
HeifersMedium and Large 1519196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0179
HeifersMedium and Large 1933150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496188.00/cwt188.00–188.009326
HeifersMedium and Large 1832174.39/cwt166.00–176.751,45196
HeifersLarge 11,142131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,49610
HeifersMedium and Large 1769176.75/cwt168.00–179.501,35993
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy665213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed431229.73/cwt227.00–236.0099020
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed472222.51/cwt220.75–223.001,05029
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed373227.00/cwt227.00–227.008475

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.