Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-08-03

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
802 head
284 vs last sale 1,086 1,195 vs year ago 1,997 · 59.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
70 vs last sale 135 11 vs year ago 194 · +5.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough steers and heifers for a market test. However a higher trend was noted on 700 lb to 900 lb steers. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher on a very limited supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.58/cwt on 553 head.
Average price
$244.58
553 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$46.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.88
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1810246.251,995529
Medium and Large 1-2759211.951,60816thin
Large 11,094199.752,1858thin
One grade step is worth $46.50/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale553 hd
244.58
KS average3 barns · 3,189 hd
253.47
−8.88
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
BullsLow1,711133.592,2865thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,301121.321,578127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,189107.281,27623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12097.241,08925

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,240$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,300$1,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1395261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 1277272.50/cwt272.50–272.507552
SteersLarge 11,058212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,2435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2935204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9071
SteersMedium and Large 1891240.75/cwt240.75–240.752,14552
SteersMedium and Large 1540234.75/cwt232.00–237.501,2682
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2807227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8322
SteersMedium and Large 1658232.52/cwt226.00–239.001,5302
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720221.59/cwt216.00–233.001,5957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485180.00/cwt180.00–180.008731
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed563256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,44123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2866198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7154
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed735266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9553
SteersLarge 11,170176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,0591
SteersLarge 11,145181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,0722
SteersMedium and Large 1623223.89/cwt220.00–228.001,3952
SteersMedium and Large 1761245.33/cwt241.00–252.001,86733
HeifersMedium and Large 1402245.00/cwt245.00–245.009855
HeifersMedium and Large 1365237.00/cwt237.00–237.008651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2851192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 1536227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,21723
HeifersMedium and Large 1695218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5151
BullsMedium and Large 1363256.00/cwt256.00–256.009293
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,222117.83/cwt113.00–121.001,44062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,376124.65/cwt122.00–126.501,71565
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189107.28/cwt102.00–111.001,27623
CowsLean 85-90%1,12097.24/cwt88.00–101.501,08925
Bulls1,640114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8701
Bulls1,795139.98/cwt139.00–142.002,5133
Bulls1,530134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2401,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1959191.00/cwt182.00–192.001,83210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
HeifersMedium and Large 1493250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2334
HeifersMedium and Large 1641231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,48467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440190.00/cwt190.00–190.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577166.00/cwt166.00–166.009584
HeifersMedium and Large 1869213.85/cwt208.00–215.001,85812
HeifersMedium and Large 1788214.29/cwt214.00–217.001,68910
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy680259.25/cwt259.25–259.251,76381
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy958231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,21352
HeifersMedium and Large 1555207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1491
HeifersMedium and Large 1814214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,74212
HeifersLarge 11,011206.50/cwt206.50–206.502,08811
SteersMedium and Large 1465234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 1928233.29/cwt223.00–237.002,16524
HeifersMedium and Large 1733231.80/cwt231.00–233.001,69925
SteersMedium and Large 1819244.38/cwt244.00–246.502,001105
SteersMedium and Large 1740246.17/cwt245.00–248.001,82249
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy918248.94/cwt246.50–251.752,28593

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.