Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-09-07

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
236 head
▼ 2,328 vs last sale 2,564▼ 1,925 vs year ago 2,161 · −89.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 228▼ 306 vs year ago 595 · −51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 4 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 feeder steers or heifers for a market test, however a higher trend was noted on 400 lb to 600 lb calves. Demand was good on light weight calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower, however 1 high yielding cow sold for 132.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $264.97/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$264.97
111 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$54.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.54
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577265.461,531110
Medium and Large 1-2810211.001,7091thin
One grade step is worth $54.46/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale111 hd
264.97
—
KS average3 barns · 842 hd
246.44
+18.54
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
Bulls—Average1,780125.242,22916
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,321116.221,535222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,150105.561,21439
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18494.481,1197thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,215$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1—440271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1921
BullsMedium and Large 1—925200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1—539252.89/cwt242.00–288.001,3634
BullsMedium and Large 1—483262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2655
BullsMedium and Large 1—955199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1—629237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4915
SteersMedium and Large 1—553290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,60411
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 1—870203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7661
SteersMedium and Large 1—498275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,37010
SteersMedium and Large 1—670259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7352
SteersMedium and Large 1—511306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,56419
SteersMedium and Large 1—320340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 1—638264.95/cwt260.00–270.001,6906
SteersMedium and Large 1—439307.37/cwt301.00–311.001,3498
SteersMedium and Large 1—384339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,30216
SteersLarge 1—1,095201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—810211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7091
HeifersMedium and Large 1—252343.00/cwt343.00–343.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—546231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463258.53/cwt252.00–261.001,19718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—812240.40/cwt237.00–240.501,95237
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—496309.57/cwt301.00–311.001,5357
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—366309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,13111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—489283.19/cwt282.00–284.001,38527
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4684
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425277.51/cwt269.00–281.001,1797
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2151,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,113150.13/cwt140.00–155.001,6713
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,418119.19/cwt118.00–132.001,69075
Bulls——1,795124.78/cwt120.00–129.502,2409
Bulls——1,886131.01/cwt130.00–132.502,4715
Bulls——1,448112.92/cwt109.00–117.001,6352
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,150105.56/cwt100.00–109.001,21439
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,271114.70/cwt110.00–117.501,458147
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18494.48/cwt92.00–98.001,1197

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.