Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-06-13

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,344 head
864 vs last sale 2,208 36 vs year ago 1,308 · +2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
91 vs last sale 202 188 vs year ago 299 · 62.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
16 vs last sale 25 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 950 lb sold 10.00 to 15 higher. Not enough steers under 800 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 875 lb sold steady on light receipts. Not enough heifers under 700 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 193.24 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.
Average price
$285.00
6 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.74
vs KS average
14.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595285.001,6966thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
542500458416median 478.2412/1802/1203/2605/0708/06
Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.69, low $429.50, median $478.24 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
285.00
KS average2 barns · 19 hd
290.74
−5.74
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−14.42
This barn, trailing median25 sales
478.24
−193.24
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
BullsLow1,772168.052,97713
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,250146.161,82676
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226133.151,63212
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050117.001,2291thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439154.32/cwt152.00–157.002,22110
CowsLean 85-90%1,050117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2291
Bulls1,727165.06/cwt157.00–169.002,85111
Bulls2,018184.51/cwt184.00–185.003,7232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226133.15/cwt130.00–137.001,63212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,221144.92/cwt140.00–149.501,76966
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2025
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922255.51/cwt251.75–258.502,356419
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,062168.64/cwt151.00–173.001,7919
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850810244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,98058
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830222.22/cwt218.00–227.001,844122
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900856263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,25669
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800767238.31/cwt232.00–239.001,82862
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400396262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0385
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900883222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,96549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6863
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800787250.14/cwt247.75–253.001,96948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820199.90/cwt198.00–205.001,63918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900880203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950929218.13/cwt215.00–221.002,0267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850829239.81/cwt239.00–241.001,98812
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600595285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6966
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6782
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550545263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4333
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1755
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900863226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9505
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000985238.44/cwt232.75–240.502,349176
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850841265.16/cwt265.00–265.502,230208
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,91716

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.