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
BullsAverage1,780125.242,22916
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 1440271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1921
BullsMedium and Large 1925200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1539252.89/cwt242.00–288.001,3634
BullsMedium and Large 1483262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2655
BullsMedium and Large 1955199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1629237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4915
SteersMedium and Large 1553290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,60411
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 1870203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7661
SteersMedium and Large 1498275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,37010
SteersMedium and Large 1670259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7352
SteersMedium and Large 1511306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,56419
SteersMedium and Large 1320340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 1638264.95/cwt260.00–270.001,6906
SteersMedium and Large 1439307.37/cwt301.00–311.001,3498
SteersMedium and Large 1384339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,30216
SteersLarge 11,095201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2011
HeifersMedium and Large 1395282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7091
HeifersMedium and Large 1252343.00/cwt343.00–343.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1546231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2613
HeifersMedium and Large 1463258.53/cwt252.00–261.001,19718
HeifersMedium and Large 1812240.40/cwt237.00–240.501,95237
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy496309.57/cwt301.00–311.001,5357
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy366309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,13111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy489283.19/cwt282.00–284.001,38527
HeifersMedium and Large 1585251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4684
HeifersMedium and Large 1425277.51/cwt269.00–281.001,1797
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2151,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,113150.13/cwt140.00–155.001,6713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,418119.19/cwt118.00–132.001,69075
Bulls1,795124.78/cwt120.00–129.502,2409
Bulls1,886131.01/cwt130.00–132.502,4715
Bulls1,448112.92/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.