Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-07-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,086 head
617 vs last sale 469 2,667 vs year ago 3,753 · 71.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
39 vs last sale 96 229 vs year ago 364 · 62.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Not enough steer calves for a market test. Outstanding offering of thin fleshed grass steers . Not enough heifers for a market test. 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 $247.92/cwt on 1,012 head.
Average price
$247.92
1,012 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,142
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$442
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.53
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1861248.712,141993
Large 11,030208.742,15117thin
Medium and Large 1-2885192.001,6992thin
One grade step is worth $56.71/cwt here — about $442 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 sale1,012 hd
247.92
KS average3 barns · 4,647 hd
249.45
−1.53
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
BullsLow1,714126.572,17029
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,248115.581,44373
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,098107.501,18012

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 1705202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4281
HeifersMedium and Large 1629236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4846
HeifersMedium and Large 1883191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6876
HeifersMedium and Large 1667227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed738225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,66129
SteersMedium and Large 1560207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1591
SteersLarge 11,093186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,0383
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed812246.33/cwt246.00–246.502,000117
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed341287.00/cwt287.00–287.009795
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed713266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,89729
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed942240.19/cwt240.00–240.602,263154
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed958239.58/cwt239.25–240.252,295159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2860203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6471
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed874258.25/cwt257.75–259.002,257248
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,63032
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561282.73/cwt280.00–286.001,58638
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed771249.73/cwt244.00–252.001,92543
SteersMedium and Large 1646258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6673
SteersMedium and Large 1797229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,82512
SteersMedium and Large 1922236.12/cwt231.00–237.752,177135
SteersLarge 11,017213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,17114
SteersMedium and Large 1868225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9538
SteersMedium and Large 1683263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,8009
Bulls1,690116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9601
Bulls1,621124.59/cwt120.00–127.502,02019
Bulls1,914131.91/cwt131.00–134.002,5259
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098107.50/cwt104.00–109.001,18012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,247115.31/cwt110.00–119.001,43870
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,280122.00/cwt121.00–124.001,5623

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.