Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-06-20

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
924 vs last sale 1,344 47 vs year ago 467 · 10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
80 vs last sale 111 8 vs year ago 183 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 650 lbs not well tested, over 650 lbs uneven undertone. Heifers under 750 lbs not well tested, over 750 lbs, sold steady to 3.00 higher. No recent price comparison on Boning and Lean slaughter cows, while breakers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 135.42 against this barn's trailing median of $416.42.
Average price
$281.00
6 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.82
vs KS average
+13.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539281.001,5156thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
453419384350median 416.4212/1802/1204/0205/2108/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.94, low $364.26, median $416.42 across 27 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
281.00
KS average2 barns · 39 hd
276.18
+4.82
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
+13.78
This barn, trailing median27 sales
416.42
−135.42
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
BullsHigh1,647162.272,67318
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,403147.172,06479
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220141.781,73054
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,158136.141,57724

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
CowsLean 85-90%830111.00/cwt111.00–111.009211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218141.43/cwt131.00–148.001,72352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,9332
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,527153.12/cwt151.00–155.002,3383
Bulls2,168178.02/cwt174.50–181.003,8592
Bulls1,634163.52/cwt153.00–170.002,67213
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450444345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5326
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523313.30/cwt310.00–319.001,6398
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800776241.47/cwt236.00–242.001,87469
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350316347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,0983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850813239.70/cwt233.00–243.001,9493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600563278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,56513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950920231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,12513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735222.33/cwt215.00–226.001,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650602251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5112
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900867225.27/cwt223.50–227.001,953125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550539281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5156
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8357
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663273.20/cwt269.00–277.501,81112
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900852250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1302
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780267.22/cwt263.00–269.002,08438
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000968244.91/cwt234.00–247.002,37125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,411136.72/cwt136.00–139.001,9294
CowsLean 85-90%1,193135.35/cwt129.00–141.001,61521
CowsLean 85-90%960157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5072
Bulls1,358146.36/cwt141.00–149.001,9883
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,397147.50/cwt142.00–149.502,06172
SteersLarge 11000–10501,000236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,36035

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.