Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-08-15

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,634 head
501 vs last sale 2,133 1,984 vs year ago 650 · +305.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
72 vs last sale 172 194 vs year ago 50 · +388.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
30 vs last sale 1 31 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 and heifers 725 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower, however front end steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers 400 lb to 725 for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2,00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $314.02/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 164.22 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.
Average price
$314.02
22 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.56
vs KS average
+33.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539314.021,69322
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 sale22 hd
314.02
KS average3 barns · 113 hd
305.46
+8.56
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
+33.68
This barn, trailing median25 sales
478.24
−164.22
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
BullsAverage1,727155.642,68840
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,398142.621,99495
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205130.871,57775
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,152120.021,38314

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$2,16517
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,3501thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,037191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9812
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,57319
SteersLarge 11000–10501,000221.60/cwt221.60–221.602,21678
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688258.19/cwt256.00–265.001,77610
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600557296.20/cwt296.00–297.001,6505
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800793252.30/cwt244.00–254.502,001202
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3654
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800782235.20/cwt230.00–240.751,839225
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000968231.86/cwt224.00–240.002,244155
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900884240.51/cwt234.50–249.502,126454
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850826244.66/cwt240.00–250.002,021322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750732233.32/cwt226.00–238.001,70810
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950930233.76/cwt230.10–238.502,174201
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478320.52/cwt318.00–328.001,53210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000981216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,1193
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400352372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,3092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900891229.68/cwt229.00–230.352,046124
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7219
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550534319.26/cwt306.00–325.001,70517
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900859227.58/cwt216.00–230.251,95544
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700682253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7254
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750746245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,82812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800777246.04/cwt245.00–246.501,912213
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4475
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3203
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450408332.53/cwt329.00–338.001,3575
SteersLarge 11050–11001,082214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,3159
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728255.94/cwt253.00–259.001,86324
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731234.06/cwt232.50–240.001,71142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725227.82/cwt225.50–229.001,6526
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,45917
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy850–900875251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,19642
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700658275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,81014
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850805257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,07324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600577275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,58710
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,061195.50/cwt195.50–195.502,0746
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828231.16/cwt226.00–233.501,91484
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,106195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1574
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950929199.47/cwt196.00–202.001,85326
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000971206.50/cwt206.50–206.502,0054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950910188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7117
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4402,164.54/head2,150.00–2,175.002,16517
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,024166.67/cwt153.00–185.001,70713
Bulls1,715154.97/cwt150.00–159.002,65824
Bulls1,836165.82/cwt161.00–172.003,04410
Bulls1,592141.35/cwt138.00–146.002,2506
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,352139.53/cwt135.00–145.001,88659
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,474147.69/cwt146.50–151.502,17736
CowsLean 85-90%1,152120.02/cwt112.00–123.501,38314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205130.87/cwt126.00–134.001,57775

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.