Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2023-10-26

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,624 head
300 vs last sale 1,324 1,870 vs year ago 3,494 · 53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
247 head
46 vs last sale 201 176 vs year ago 423 · 41.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 450 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, however fancy and reputation steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 600 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Heifer calves 450 lb to 600 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Unweaned heifer calves sold 10.00 lower. Demand was good on fancy and reputation cattle, otherwise demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $246.67/cwt on 1,038 head.
Average price
$246.67
1,038 head · 723 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.52
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723246.671,7821,038
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,038 hd
246.67
KS average3 barns · 2,667 hd
253.19
−6.52
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
BullsAverage1,67698.601,65210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26398.091,239181
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16084.6698233
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09576.008322thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned376230.38/cwt230.00–231.008665
HeifersMedium and Large 1328265.00/cwt265.00–265.008694
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy434312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3565
SteersMedium and Large 1812232.28/cwt228.00–238.001,88688
SteersMedium and Large 1461267.72/cwt262.00–272.501,2349
SteersMedium and Large 1918216.10/cwt215.00–218.001,9848
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed464262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,21819
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed409269.58/cwt269.00–271.001,1037
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy871244.57/cwt243.75–245.002,130238
SteersMedium and Large 1702225.72/cwt225.00–228.001,58525
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed465308.49/cwt302.00–314.001,43419
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,45621
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy520271.10/cwt270.00–278.001,41014
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy748247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,84810
SteersMedium and Large 1885228.64/cwt221.00–232.002,023116
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned232239.00/cwt239.00–239.005547
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned575243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3976
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned446275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2276
SteersMedium and Large 1633240.81/cwt236.00–246.001,52459
SteersMedium and Large 1414301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,24617
SteersMedium and Large 1794236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,87855
SteersMedium and Large 1681239.81/cwt236.00–242.001,63364
SteersMedium and Large 1531253.68/cwt251.00–256.001,34762
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606250.85/cwt250.00–251.001,52027
HeifersMedium and Large 1471250.83/cwt246.00–254.001,18132
BullsMedium and Large 1572231.30/cwt219.00–239.001,32317
BullsMedium and Large 1465243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1307
BullsMedium and Large 1863181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5625
BullsMedium and Large 1628226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4194
BullsMedium and Large 1368279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0274
Bulls1,679101.79/cwt95.00–106.001,7097
Bulls1,56879.22/cwt72.00–85.001,2422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16084.66/cwt80.00–89.5098233
CowsLean 85-90%1,09576.00/cwt76.00–76.008322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,342103.92/cwt100.00–108.501,39557
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22795.41/cwt90.00–99.501,171124
Bulls1,870115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,1511
HeifersMedium and Large 1528247.39/cwt241.00–251.001,30686
HeifersMedium and Large 1434256.66/cwt254.00–261.001,11413
HeifersMedium and Large 1705217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5302
HeifersMedium and Large 1570242.35/cwt235.00–247.001,38184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531196.66/cwt189.00–207.001,0446
HeifersLarge 11,003199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,0017
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned622211.84/cwt206.00–217.001,31813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned445237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0578
HeifersMedium and Large 1614226.54/cwt219.00–228.001,39129
HeifersMedium and Large 1955198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,89115
HeifersMedium and Large 1826208.99/cwt206.00–210.001,72611
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy355327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1635
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned508228.45/cwt221.00–237.001,16133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned582218.59/cwt218.00–219.001,27214
HeifersMedium and Large 1366270.00/cwt270.00–270.009884
HeifersLarge 11,070175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,87320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned492247.09/cwt245.50–249.001,21620
SteersMedium and Large 1573251.69/cwt247.00–257.001,44288
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy796243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,93458
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy485292.77/cwt284.00–298.001,42031
HeifersMedium and Large 1679215.16/cwt211.00–219.001,46141

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.