Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-07-13

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
117 vs last sale 467 946 vs year ago 1,530 · 61.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
429 head
246 vs last sale 183 149 vs year ago 578 · 25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 3 weeks ago, not enough cattle for a market test however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $222.09/cwt on 251 head.
Average price
$222.09
251 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$45.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.53
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1727222.651,618246
Medium and Large 1-2703206.331,4513thin
Large 11,002177.001,7742thin
One grade step is worth $45.65/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale251 hd
222.09
KS average3 barns · 1,205 hd
228.62
−6.53
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
BullsAverage1,637123.012,01326
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,326113.391,504179
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,186106.041,258159
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11296.151,06924

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1579227.50/cwt221.00–229.001,31711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6452
BullsMedium and Large 1411264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,0855
HeifersMedium and Large 1719216.03/cwt214.00–221.001,55313
HeifersMedium and Large 1535234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2521
HeifersMedium and Large 1605221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed477253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2072
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,34214
HeifersMedium and Large 1458237.99/cwt237.00–240.001,09015
HeifersMedium and Large 1980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8621
HeifersLarge 11,002177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7742
HeifersMedium and Large 1855209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,78748
SteersMedium and Large 1391269.05/cwt265.00–270.001,0525
SteersMedium and Large 1968219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,1203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1892235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,09649
SteersMedium and Large 1485234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1351
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed487268.07/cwt261.00–271.001,30610
SteersMedium and Large 1345284.00/cwt284.00–284.009804
SteersMedium and Large 1948221.93/cwt211.00–222.252,10468
SteersMedium and Large 1419245.75/cwt245.00–247.001,0308
SteersMedium and Large 1723234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6923
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed573254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4556
SteersMedium and Large 1836233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,94834
SteersMedium and Large 1646241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5575
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,22214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2990176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7426
HeifersMedium and Large 1410241.00/cwt241.00–241.009883
SteersMedium and Large 1682233.32/cwt230.00–236.001,5919
SteersMedium and Large 1585260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,52115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed357266.00/cwt266.00–266.009502
CowsLean 85-90%1,11296.15/cwt86.00–99.001,06924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,386117.77/cwt116.50–123.001,63212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,322113.07/cwt111.00–115.001,495167
CowsBoner 80-85%1,186106.04/cwt100.00–110.001,258159
Bulls1,787125.39/cwt121.00–128.502,24111
Bulls1,360116.50/cwt105.50–119.501,58411
Bulls1,983134.38/cwt131.00–139.502,6654
BullsMedium and Large 1570227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2941
BullsMedium and Large 1850187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5941
BullsMedium and Large 1755207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5631
HeifersMedium and Large 1379238.00/cwt231.00–242.0090213
HeifersMedium and Large 1794220.75/cwt220.75–220.751,75361
HeifersMedium and Large 1800223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,78461
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed698238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6617

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.