Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 900 lb to 1025 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. An outstanding offering of approximately 750 fancy thin steers weighing 900 lb. to 1025 lb. Feeder steers 600 lb to 800 lb sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Thin fleshed heifers sold steady. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was good on all classes of calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, however 2 high yielding bullls sold for 158

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.39/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −179.85 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$298.39

180 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$26.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs KS average

+24.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	301.90	1,674	156
Medium and Large 1-2	556	275.54	1,532	24

One grade step is worth $26.37/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale180 hd

298.39

—

KS average3 barns · 745 hd

294.81

+3.58

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+24.10

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−179.85

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	—	High	1,659	134.65	2,233	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,324	115.86	1,534	124
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	106.39	1,206	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	89.11	996	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	265.07/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	297.49/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,273	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	213.94/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	359.54/cwt	347.50–363.00	1,524	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	245.90/cwt	245.50–246.75	2,316	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	255.18/cwt	252.35–256.25	2,202	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,036	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	224.02/cwt	208.00–232.00	1,624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	248.73/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,838	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	294.47/cwt	283.00–296.00	1,740	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	243.21/cwt	237.00–248.50	1,909	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	317.03/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,645	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	826	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,146	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	337.21/cwt	332.50–339.00	1,605	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,507	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	225.08/cwt	223.50–229.50	1,976	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,409	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,503	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	319.10/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,375	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	223.51/cwt	214.00–228.00	2,043	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	229.61/cwt	226.50–233.50	2,252	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	266.06/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,679	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	215.57/cwt	215.00–216.00	2,097	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	314.63/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,548	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	299.73/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,604	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	252.07/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,699	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,436	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	350.40/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	344.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,954	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	89.11/cwt	80.00–98.00	996	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	114.16/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,482	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	106.87/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,226	147
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	121.67/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,722	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	987	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	997	13
Bulls	—	—	1,829	149.07/cwt	140.50–158.00	2,726	7
Bulls	—	—	1,617	133.82/cwt	131.00–139.50	2,164	14
Bulls	—	—	1,572	121.88/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,916	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	159.04/cwt	149.00–183.00	1,699	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	234.82/cwt	224.50–239.00	1,808	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	344.07/cwt	331.00–347.00	1,256	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,471	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	302.78/cwt	302.00–303.00	1,478	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	716	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,568	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	922	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,890	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	246.26/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,502	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	351.87/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,182	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	289.79/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,362	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	222.01/cwt	214.00–228.00	1,843	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	237.46/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,589	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	233.52/cwt	215.00–241.00	1,322	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	254.89/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,476	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	210.03/cwt	208.50–212.00	1,848	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	799	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,706	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	719	248.37/cwt	248.00–249.50	1,786	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	838	234.78/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,967	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	215.74/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,254	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	242.49/cwt	234.50–245.00	1,746	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	266.25/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,419	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,320	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	235.97/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,557	12

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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