Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-06-08

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 8
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,980 head
▼ 418 vs last sale 2,398▼ 341 vs year ago 2,321 · −14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 333▲ 88 vs year ago 229 · +38.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 10▼ 1 vs year ago 1 · −100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week ,feeder steers 750 lb to 975 lb sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 750 lb sold 12.00 to 15,00 higher. Not enough steers under 600 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher on light receipts. Not enough heifers under 500 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $235.53/cwt on 1,585 head.
Average price
$235.53
1,585 head · 825 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.28
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1822236.611,9441,542
Large 11,066197.002,10017thin
Medium and Large 1-2884196.751,73926
One grade step is worth $39.85/cwt here — about $205 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 sale1,585 hd
235.53
—
KS average2 barns · 2,485 hd
238.81
−3.28
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
Bulls—Low1,721120.672,07747
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,291110.451,426185
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18496.111,13863
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04782.358623thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2—690203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—993193.40/cwt187.00–202.001,92014
SteersMedium and Large 1—769215.06/cwt209.00–216.501,65410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—809198.86/cwt192.00–200.001,6097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—865194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6781
SteersMedium and Large 1—642236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5159
SteersMedium and Large 1—870221.92/cwt220.50–224.001,931164
SteersMedium and Large 1—913194.83/cwt188.00–198.001,77921
SteersMedium and Large 1—830224.54/cwt222.00–232.001,86461
SteersMedium and Large 1—688223.16/cwt219.00–224.001,53512
SteersMedium and Large 1—973214.87/cwt212.85–217.002,091100
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—686262.87/cwt250.00–266.351,803133
SteersMedium and Large 1—541292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5825
SteersMedium and Large 1—458280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2825
SteersMedium and Large 1—572231.80/cwt231.00–232.001,3265
SteersLarge 1—1,066197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,10017
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—563255.80/cwt252.50–260.001,4409
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—821241.48/cwt235.00–245.001,983313
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—982219.46/cwt217.00–220.752,155154
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—910237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,15787
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—741253.82/cwt252.00–254.001,88183
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—766244.40/cwt241.00–251.001,872314
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—624270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6859
BullsMedium and Large 1—880189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1391
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—618235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,45210
BullsMedium and Large 1—920176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6191
BullsMedium and Large 1—755211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5931
BullsMedium and Large 1—635225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4291
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04782.35/cwt81.00–85.008623
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,409115.83/cwt115.00–118.001,63255
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,241108.17/cwt100.50–113.501,342130
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18496.11/cwt90.00–99.001,13863
Bulls——1,580103.22/cwt98.00–108.001,6314
Bulls——1,863126.35/cwt121.00–132.002,35424
Bulls——1,571117.17/cwt112.00–119.501,84119
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,026119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—785191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—383192.10/cwt189.00–195.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690217.03/cwt216.00–224.001,49822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527242.16/cwt239.00–246.001,27611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593216.28/cwt211.00–217.001,2838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723213.25/cwt212.50–214.001,54231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—952170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,66810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623200.78/cwt200.00–203.001,2515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—692185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—595186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—818216.25/cwt216.25–216.251,76961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—680233.60/cwt227.00–239.001,58859
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—523253.88/cwt251.00–262.001,32812
HeifersLarge 1—1,085161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7471
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—720201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4471
SteersMedium and Large 1—720214.35/cwt210.00–227.001,54321
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—937205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9214
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—752234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,76023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—578237.63/cwt231.00–240.001,37428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—632225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4228

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.