Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-08-31

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 31
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,564 head
1,914 vs last sale 650 728 vs year ago 3,292 · 22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
178 vs last sale 50 68 vs year ago 296 · 23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 7 · 42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers 600 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher, with most advance on thin fleshed or fancy steers. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower, however thin fleshed heifers sold steady. Not enough steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good on thin fleshed cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, however 3 high yielding cows weighing 1321 lb sold for 127. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.52/cwt on 1,225 head.
Average price
$231.52
1,225 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$412
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.03
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769232.261,7871,201
Medium and Large 1-2708194.171,37524
One grade step is worth $38.09/cwt here — about $412 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 sale1,225 hd
231.52
KS average3 barns · 2,701 hd
240.55
−9.03
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
BullsAverage1,779126.282,24637
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,355120.611,635128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196106.241,27129
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09793.531,02610

Every lot, as filed

69 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,260115.25/cwt110.00–119.001,45239
SteersMedium and Large 1456275.44/cwt268.00–280.001,2567
HeifersMedium and Large 1927218.41/cwt209.00–220.502,02511
HeifersMedium and Large 1422233.00/cwt233.00–233.009838
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy970244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,36765
SteersMedium and Large 1501236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1824
SteersMedium and Large 1665268.38/cwt268.00–268.501,785114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2203
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed683242.61/cwt239.00–246.001,65765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed431267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1514
SteersMedium and Large 1447292.59/cwt288.00–293.001,30812
SteersMedium and Large 1740255.24/cwt250.50–256.001,88952
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed670281.75/cwt281.75–281.751,88887
SteersMedium and Large 1809234.31/cwt234.00–234.501,89637
SteersLarge 11,088213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,32319
SteersMedium and Large 1942222.15/cwt220.50–230.002,09340
SteersMedium and Large 1883228.81/cwt228.75–229.002,02061
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed900242.75/cwt242.75–242.752,18553
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed816254.64/cwt251.50–256.002,07840
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571279.86/cwt278.00–283.001,59813
SteersMedium and Large 1580257.71/cwt251.00–261.001,49518
SteersMedium and Large 1636269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7116
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed632286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,80817
SteersMedium and Large 1358308.62/cwt305.00–311.001,1055
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3404
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed760269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,04477
SteersMedium and Large 1993221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,19536
SteersMedium and Large 1780259.02/cwt255.00–262.002,020231
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed857255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,18560
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2935193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8051
BullsMedium and Large 1663206.33/cwt190.00–240.001,3683
BullsMedium and Large 1396280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1093
BullsMedium and Large 1450266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1971
BullsMedium and Large 1300275.00/cwt275.00–275.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1570241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,397122.96/cwt120.00–127.001,71889
Bulls1,743126.67/cwt120.50–129.002,20821
Bulls1,587110.45/cwt96.00–117.001,7535
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196106.24/cwt102.00–109.001,27129
CowsLean 85-90%1,09793.53/cwt81.00–99.501,02610
Bulls1,935132.72/cwt130.00–135.002,56811
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1918131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2955195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,8674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2727198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,4392
HeifersMedium and Large 1814218.53/cwt208.50–223.001,779111
BullsMedium and Large 1442261.02/cwt259.00–273.001,15414
HeifersMedium and Large 1510262.53/cwt260.00–266.001,33950
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0203
HeifersMedium and Large 1325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1975208.45/cwt204.50–212.502,03236
HeifersMedium and Large 1635238.57/cwt238.00–239.001,51521
HeifersMedium and Large 1791225.98/cwt221.00–228.501,78874
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy884215.25/cwt208.00–216.001,903107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3403
HeifersMedium and Large 1677223.33/cwt218.00–229.001,51210
HeifersMedium and Large 1353271.98/cwt270.00–276.009603
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed618244.45/cwt241.00–249.501,51131
HeifersMedium and Large 1743229.46/cwt223.00–232.001,705104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617196.41/cwt191.00–202.001,21210
HeifersMedium and Large 1889215.16/cwt209.00–221.001,91384
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy936240.98/cwt234.50–247.002,256125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed732243.88/cwt237.00–247.501,785196
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed814234.22/cwt231.00–239.501,907188
HeifersMedium and Large 1487246.50/cwt243.00–252.501,20012
HeifersMedium and Large 1558247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3787
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed788241.62/cwt236.00–242.001,90478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2922200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,84410

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.