Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 400 lb to 950 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady, however 1 high yielding bull sold for 188

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.09/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −164.15 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$314.09

50 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$648

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

$102.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.90

vs KS average

+16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	318.17	1,728	48
Medium and Large 1-2	500	216.00	1,080	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.17/cwt here — about $648 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

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 sale50 hd

314.09

—

KS average3 barns · 110 hd

305.19

+8.90

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+16.27

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−164.15

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	—	Low	1,906	167.87	3,200	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,261	136.38	1,720	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	124.86	1,442	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	114.82	1,319	4thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	702	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,815	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,662	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	851	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,115	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,203	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	320.31/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,707	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	328.19/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,533	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	357.37/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,454	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	791	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,120	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	220.83/cwt	217.50–222.00	2,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	253.65/cwt	248.00–259.75	2,341	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	229.00/cwt	224.00–231.50	1,843	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	227.72/cwt	225.75–228.25	2,072	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	231.66/cwt	230.50–231.75	2,057	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	231.55/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,752	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,484	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	184.09/cwt	163.00–191.00	1,968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,280	7
Bulls	—	—	1,855	161.13/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,989	13
Bulls	—	—	2,044	180.94/cwt	177.00–188.00	3,698	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	114.82/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,319	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	142.41/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,887	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	135.31/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,691	102
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	124.86/cwt	120.50–127.00	1,442	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	812	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,851	8
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,029	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,094	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,323	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	206.25/cwt	206.25–206.25	2,331	49
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,247	14
Bulls	—	—	1,875	169.73/cwt	166.00–173.00	3,182	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	240.74/cwt	231.00–261.00	1,500	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,193	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	854	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,875	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,164	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	236.39/cwt	235.00–237.50	2,080	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	241.73/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,890	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	263.41/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,907	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	258.13/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,970	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	260.61/cwt	252.00–264.00	2,259	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	779	260.94/cwt	258.00–264.25	2,033	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	795	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,948	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	310.06/cwt	296.00–312.00	1,805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	260.31/cwt	255.00–261.50	2,174	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	251.34/cwt	246.50–254.25	2,393	159

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.

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