Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final

Compared to last week, Not a good comparison on Feeder Steers, higher undertone noted. Heifer Calves sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower and yearling Heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand is good. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.17/cwt on 466 head.

Average price

$212.17

466 head · 714 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$547

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$65.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.47

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	506	228.72	1,156	45
Medium and Large 1	723	212.39	1,535	404
Large 1	1,043	163.25	1,703	17thin

One grade step is worth $65.47/cwt here — about −$547 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 sale466 hd

212.17

—

KS average3 barns · 2,618 hd

217.64

−5.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,743	99.24	1,730	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,497	99.64	1,492	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	92.58	1,114	140
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	84.79	880	73

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,201	$2,726	38
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,141	$2,545	70
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,261	$2,316	29
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,207	$2,108	44
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,359	$2,007	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$1,752	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,365	$1,622	29
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,551	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,540	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,343	$1,472	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,292	$1,408	27
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,218	$1,350	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,107	$2,500	87
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,096	$2,400	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,027	$2,209	240
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,037	$2,094	122
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	998	$1,850	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,500	$1,950	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	193.25/cwt	193.25–193.25	1,799	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,285	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	949	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	258.02/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,244	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	227.89/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,313	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,629	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	261.63/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,015	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	235.94/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,368	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,458	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,502	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	215.21/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,637	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,039	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	272.90/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,586	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	255.95/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,623	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	297.92/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,555	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	355.86/cwt	331.00–359.00	1,324	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	458	346.24/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	213.91/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,664	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	338.94/cwt	310.00–346.00	1,447	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,566	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	1,649	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	197.98/cwt	193.00–199.00	1,532	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,162	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,287	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,043	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,703	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	74.98/cwt	62.00–78.00	753	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	86.53/cwt	78.00–91.50	903	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	105.44/cwt	103.50–108.00	1,648	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	98.86/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,471	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	92.58/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,114	140
Bulls	—	—	1,834	109.12/cwt	104.00–113.50	2,001	4
Bulls	—	—	1,622	86.07/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,396	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	1,540.43/head	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,540	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	1,781.23/head	1,500.00–1,925.00	1,781	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,486	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,752.28/head	1,625.00–1,925.00	1,752	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,261	2,316.02/head	2,075.00–2,350.00	2,316	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,621.50/head	1,475.00–1,750.00	1,622	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	2,798.28/head	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,798	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,643.25/head	1,450.00–1,925.00	1,643	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	2,237.63/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,238	216
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	87
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,079	2,153.66/head	2,000.00–2,225.00	2,154	86
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	36
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	1,472.36/head	1,440.00–1,550.00	1,472	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,550.54/head	1,350.00–1,625.00	1,551	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	1,407.59/head	1,350.00–1,425.00	1,408	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	2,181.54/head	1,975.00–2,375.00	2,182	38
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,162	2,703.52/head	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,704	58
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	230.85/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,146	9

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →