Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-08-17

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
2,008 vs last sale 2,658 2,455 vs year ago 3,105 · 79.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
220 vs last sale 270 262 vs year ago 312 · 84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week. not enough feeder steers and heifers 650 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted especially on thin fleshed cattle. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower on very light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.01/cwt on 391 head.
Average price
$247.01
391 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$837
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.61
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1830248.902,067376
Large 11,015221.002,2431thin
Medium and Large 1-2621198.041,23014thin
One grade step is worth $50.87/cwt here — about $837 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 sale391 hd
247.01
KS average3 barns · 4,330 hd
250.62
−3.61
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
BullsAverage1,735117.992,04711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,330118.191,57213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185100.481,19114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04385.528927thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1620248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5383
BullsMedium and Large 1488265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2935
BullsMedium and Large 1775212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 1945188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7771
HeifersMedium and Large 1910218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,9842
HeifersMedium and Large 1634239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5155
SteersMedium and Large 1527272.63/cwt270.00–278.001,4376
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed854251.25/cwt251.25–251.252,14648
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed832249.75/cwt249.75–249.752,07856
SteersMedium and Large 1726257.28/cwt256.00–259.001,86814
SteersMedium and Large 1796245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,95024
SteersMedium and Large 1685261.93/cwt256.00–268.001,79444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,1195
SteersMedium and Large 1817238.49/cwt233.00–241.001,94826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500186.00/cwt186.00–186.009301
SteersMedium and Large 1916245.62/cwt245.25–246.002,250118
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed679271.95/cwt271.00–273.001,84713
SteersMedium and Large 1968231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,23611
SteersMedium and Large 1863222.93/cwt211.00–226.001,92415
SteersLarge 11,015221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,2431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4883
HeifersMedium and Large 1346282.00/cwt282.00–282.009764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2557221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed649250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,62312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed743248.38/cwt243.00–249.251,84575
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed838238.04/cwt237.00–239.001,99593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425230.00/cwt230.00–230.009781
SteersMedium and Large 1345295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4671
HeifersMedium and Large 1788222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2915190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7391
HeifersMedium and Large 1480259.42/cwt255.00–265.001,2457
HeifersMedium and Large 1855225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,92413
Bulls1,735118.31/cwt116.00–121.002,0535
Bulls1,678124.87/cwt123.00–127.502,0954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185100.48/cwt95.50–105.501,19114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,330118.19/cwt115.50–123.501,57213
CowsLean 85-90%1,04385.52/cwt80.00–89.008927
Bulls1,848103.42/cwt102.00–104.501,9112

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.