Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-08-08

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 8
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,133 head
1,353 vs last sale 780 525 vs year ago 2,658 · 19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
69 vs last sale 103 98 vs year ago 270 · 36.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 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 700 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, however front end steers sold steady. One load of 963# steers sold for 237.50 which would be 8.00 higher than last week. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough calves for a market test.. Demand was good on the front end kind. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $279.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 198.65 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.
Average price
$279.59
11 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$60.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.53
vs KS average
+4.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552290.611,6049thin
Medium and Large 1-2595230.001,3692thin
One grade step is worth $60.61/cwt here — about $235 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
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 sale11 hd
279.59
KS average3 barns · 75 hd
280.11
−0.53
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+4.51
This barn, trailing median25 sales
478.24
−198.65
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
BullsHigh1,846159.992,95333
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,346142.441,91875
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196126.681,51535
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,201114.111,37011

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,300$2,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462329.63/cwt324.00–332.001,52310
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723257.43/cwt247.50–261.001,861151
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830231.32/cwt229.00–232.001,920116
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419339.35/cwt338.00–345.001,4225
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380323.74/cwt311.00–332.501,2305
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850813238.62/cwt235.00–245.001,94060
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950922216.24/cwt211.00–218.001,99442
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700682243.82/cwt242.50–244.501,66320
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000953237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,26353
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630247.02/cwt243.00–250.001,55617
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600586264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,54712
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,3776
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400391325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2713
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614274.42/cwt264.00–280.001,6856
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320359.33/cwt358.00–360.001,1506
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000993215.50/cwt215.50–215.502,14020
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3616
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775243.27/cwt234.00–249.001,885419
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724239.42/cwt234.00–242.001,733116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,243139.61/cwt134.00–143.001,73542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196126.68/cwt120.50–131.001,51535
Bulls2,069173.63/cwt170.00–178.503,5928
Bulls1,861160.36/cwt154.00–169.502,98417
CowsLean 85-90%1,201114.11/cwt105.00–119.001,37011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,478146.04/cwt144.00–150.002,15833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
SteersLarge 11000–10501,018226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,30656
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,056190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0063
SteersLarge 11050–11001,073216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,31855
BullsLarge 11150–12001,191158.21/cwt155.00–171.001,8845
BullsLarge 11100–11501,120171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,9153
Bulls1,591145.57/cwt140.00–152.002,3168
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371313.38/cwt300.00–321.001,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900857226.64/cwt218.50–229.001,94276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400355334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,1864
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400386351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3554
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850809253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,04782
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550538310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6685
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800791252.82/cwt240.50–255.002,000153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700687223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,5354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900879225.58/cwt220.00–229.001,98343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950928225.05/cwt220.00–225.502,08841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780232.28/cwt230.00–236.501,81229
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866242.51/cwt232.00–248.002,100200
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650641245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,84420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900867215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,86410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750717232.60/cwt231.00–233.001,6685
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950907240.51/cwt231.00–245.502,181100
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569266.37/cwt265.50–269.001,5164
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700685263.41/cwt258.00–271.001,80429

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.