Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-02-29

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,787 head
▲ 338 vs last sale 3,449▲ 54 vs year ago 3,733 · +1.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
384 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 240▲ 125 vs year ago 259 · +48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers and feeder steers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. One load of fancy 6- weight steers sold 20.00 higher than the average. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher. There wasn't enough of a comparison on steer calves for an accurate market trend. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Buyer attendance and demand is good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.56/cwt on 2,708 head.
Average price
$255.56
2,708 head · 772 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$45.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.04
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1773255.641,9752,687
Medium and Large 1-2698251.761,75818thin
Large 11,053210.002,2113thin
One grade step is worth $45.64/cwt here — about −$236 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 sale2,708 hd
255.56
—
KS average2 barns · 4,932 hd
256.60
−1.04
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,556126.901,975111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,400118.101,65327

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1—799228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,82211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621258.23/cwt255.00–262.501,6049
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523290.35/cwt282.50–295.001,51913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434313.95/cwt302.00–322.001,36350
HeifersMedium and Large 1—853219.83/cwt210.00–220.501,87547
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326348.83/cwt340.00–357.001,13720
SteersMedium and Large 1—874232.75/cwt220.25–236.502,034406
SteersMedium and Large 1—292360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,05114
SteersMedium and Large 1—642288.20/cwt285.00–291.001,85043
SteersMedium and Large 1—926229.32/cwt221.00–234.502,124109
SteersMedium and Large 1—667288.78/cwt283.50–294.001,926151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—717236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6925
SteersMedium and Large 1—379333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,26221
SteersMedium and Large 1—425345.15/cwt330.00–355.001,46722
SteersMedium and Large 1—971216.50/cwt216.50–216.502,10231
SteersMedium and Large 1—544327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,77935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—691257.82/cwt251.75–263.001,78213
SteersMedium and Large 1—767254.84/cwt246.10–263.501,955592
SteersMedium and Large 1—827241.97/cwt235.00–251.002,001673
SteersMedium and Large 1—587306.00/cwt295.00–310.001,79637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383342.56/cwt330.00–348.001,31216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462303.81/cwt299.50–310.001,40420
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—628305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,91945
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—658267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,760108
SteersLarge 1—1,053210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2113
SteersMedium and Large 1—724264.87/cwt257.00–271.501,918400
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727233.61/cwt231.50–234.751,698115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—828218.31/cwt211.00–221.001,808129
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675245.99/cwt233.00–250.001,660191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771229.99/cwt219.00–236.001,773227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—918208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,90913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—591260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,53715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—895193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—669229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—930181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—387305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,18014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,400118.10/cwt112.00–123.001,65327
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,556126.90/cwt125.00–130.001,975111

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.