Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-09-21

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 21
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,607 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 2,537▲ 572 vs year ago 2,035 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 171▼ 311 vs year ago 512 · −60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have their first special calf sale next Thursday September 28 *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher, however reputation and fancy steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Not enough steer calves for a market test. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 900 lb sold 5,00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 500 lb to 750 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on the steers and moderate on the heifers. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.05/cwt on 1,768 head.
Average price
$258.05
1,768 head · 815 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$90.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.22
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1798261.002,0831,623
Large 11,025227.002,326125
Medium and Large 1-2805226.161,82015thin
Large 1-21,067171.001,8255thin
One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $258 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 sale1,768 hd
258.05
—
KS average3 barns · 4,977 hd
263.26
−5.22
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—Average1,655119.511,9789thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,381115.921,60188
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,248104.271,30147
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19693.081,11328

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1Fancy—775271.50/cwt271.50–271.502,10466
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—823256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,10730
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—518306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,58526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—971207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—512240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2292
SteersLarge 1-2—1,067171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,8255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—774234.68/cwt221.00–248.501,8168
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—671287.11/cwt285.50–288.501,927172
SteersLarge 1—1,016227.90/cwt227.00–228.852,315106
SteersMedium and Large 1—888250.29/cwt240.25–252.002,223217
SteersMedium and Large 1—980229.30/cwt221.00–231.002,247169
SteersMedium and Large 1—757258.88/cwt250.00–260.001,960101
SteersMedium and Large 1—919239.15/cwt233.50–241.002,19871
SteersMedium and Large 1—820254.43/cwt247.00–256.502,08659
SteersMedium and Large 1—743258.81/cwt250.00–260.001,92354
SteersMedium and Large 1—443306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,35615
SteersMedium and Large 1—622256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5929
SteersMedium and Large 1—523279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4598
SteersMedium and Large 1—597273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6307
SteersLarge 1—1,072222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,38019
SteersMedium and Large 1—673264.43/cwt259.00–267.501,78017
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—778263.27/cwt261.75–265.502,048211
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—925250.98/cwt249.50–252.502,322110
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—839255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,13957
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—662275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,82157
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—707272.28/cwt268.00–273.001,92529
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—968233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,25516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—900222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,99823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—631260.59/cwt259.50–262.001,64438
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—501276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3839
BullsMedium and Large 1—500212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0633
BullsMedium and Large 1—665182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2102
BullsMedium and Large 1—580239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3862
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,361113.65/cwt110.00–117.501,54763
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19693.08/cwt81.00–99.001,11328
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,431121.65/cwt119.25–123.501,74125
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,248104.27/cwt100.00–109.501,30147
Bulls——1,524115.26/cwt113.00–118.001,7576
Bulls——1,917128.01/cwt127.00–129.502,4543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—566236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—705226.47/cwt205.00–233.001,59713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—370280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0361
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—481268.92/cwt266.00–273.001,29421
HeifersLarge 1—1,064194.78/cwt190.00–197.002,07213
HeifersLarge 1—1,015191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—663225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—742246.12/cwt239.00–248.501,82664
HeifersMedium and Large 1—767233.07/cwt228.00–236.001,78856
HeifersMedium and Large 1—878225.56/cwt220.00–227.001,98045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585253.44/cwt251.00–257.501,48335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532262.67/cwt253.00–265.001,39729
HeifersMedium and Large 1—954207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9756
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—781211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—857207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7746
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1575
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385263.62/cwt260.00–271.001,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—787242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,90512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—830234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,94656
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—610260.70/cwt258.00–261.501,59045
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—715251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,79541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—816231.22/cwt222.00–232.501,887192
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632246.00/cwt244.00–247.001,55523
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—703285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,00791
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—582290.82/cwt290.00–291.001,69322
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—626287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,7979

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.