Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-01-18

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,043 head
653 vs last sale 390 336 vs year ago 1,379 · 24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
17 vs last sale 187 10 vs year ago 180 · 5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, not enough of a comparison to make an accurate market trend on feeder cattle. A higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, likely due to the better weather conditions and less transportation issues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $264.31/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$264.31
495 head · 721 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.34
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723265.341,918475
Medium and Large 1-2667239.831,59920
One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $318 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 sale495 hd
264.31
KS average3 barns · 1,951 hd
248.97
+15.34
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
BullsAverage1,798117.262,1089thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,597112.521,79723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275110.861,41387
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04099.011,03027

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1953181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7255
HeifersMedium and Large 1436268.92/cwt262.00–276.001,17210
HeifersMedium and Large 1603223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3456
HeifersMedium and Large 1539240.35/cwt239.50–241.001,29514
SteersMedium and Large 1384350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580240.75/cwt237.00–249.001,39622
SteersMedium and Large 1537329.10/cwt311.00–337.001,76784
SteersMedium and Large 1794239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,89853
SteersMedium and Large 1837232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,94217
SteersMedium and Large 1742245.88/cwt240.00–250.001,82458
SteersMedium and Large 1957217.95/cwt215.00–220.002,08678
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711226.47/cwt225.00–229.001,61014
SteersMedium and Large 1401349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,3998
SteersMedium and Large 1661262.94/cwt253.00–274.001,73824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1626
HeifersMedium and Large 1493267.44/cwt255.00–276.001,31827
HeifersMedium and Large 1341320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0917
SteersMedium and Large 1561294.09/cwt288.00–312.001,65030
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,85146
SteersMedium and Large 1632274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,73510
HeifersMedium and Large 1740220.76/cwt218.00–222.001,63426
HeifersMedium and Large 1563269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,51771
HeifersMedium and Large 1803210.64/cwt209.00–213.001,69139
SteersMedium and Large 1887214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,89855
SteersMedium and Large 1497325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6156
HeifersMedium and Large 1667216.17/cwt210.00–221.001,44236
Bulls1,724112.88/cwt99.00–129.001,9467
Bulls2,055132.59/cwt132.00–133.002,7252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,597112.52/cwt106.00–115.001,79723
CowsLean 85-90%1,04099.01/cwt80.00–110.001,03027
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275110.86/cwt94.00–119.001,41387

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.