Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-06-22

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
841 vs last sale 1,308 1,021 vs year ago 1,488 · 68.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
116 vs last sale 299 4 vs year ago 187 · 2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale on Thursday June 29 or July 6, 2023 due to harvest and holiday break.

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough steers or heifers for a market test, however a steady trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

* Report will not be published June 29 and July 6, 2023 due to harvest and holiday break *

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $229.07/cwt on 271 head.
Average price
$229.07
271 head · 865 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$37.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1847233.291,976240
Medium and Large 1-2485205.509972thin
Large 11,044195.712,04329
One grade step is worth $37.58/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale271 hd
229.07
KS average2 barns · 735 hd
225.07
+3.99
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
BullsHigh1,765124.412,19521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,216109.791,335121
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09596.821,06016
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04885.979013thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,8502thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1421240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4335
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed826217.77/cwt216.00–222.001,79944
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,43839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,52310
SteersMedium and Large 1413272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460206.00/cwt206.00–206.009481
SteersMedium and Large 1598268.91/cwt266.00–270.001,60811
SteersMedium and Large 1915214.65/cwt201.00–217.501,96423
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed825229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,88959
SteersMedium and Large 1638261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,6688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0461
SteersMedium and Large 1813216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,76010
HeifersMedium and Large 1833199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6583
HeifersMedium and Large 1348271.00/cwt271.00–271.009434
SteersMedium and Large 1463281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3016
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed988222.75/cwt222.75–222.752,20150
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed917233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,13758
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,13810
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed682225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,53522
HeifersMedium and Large 1380242.16/cwt242.00–242.509203
SteersMedium and Large 1654260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7008
SteersLarge 11,044195.71/cwt191.00–197.502,04329
SteersMedium and Large 1508274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,040112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1656
Bulls1,998132.75/cwt131.00–134.002,6524
Bulls1,494115.07/cwt110.00–119.001,7194
Bulls1,776124.72/cwt120.00–129.002,21513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09596.82/cwt91.00–99.001,06016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,151104.43/cwt101.00–109.001,20263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,287115.61/cwt110.00–121.001,48858
CowsLean 85-90%1,04885.97/cwt84.00–89.009013

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.