Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-01-23

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
334 head
3,739 vs last sale 4,073 1,977 vs year ago 2,311 · 85.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
356 vs last sale 462 152 vs year ago 258 · 58.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
68 vs last sale 72 16 vs year ago 20 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 800 lb sold steady to 10.00 higher on a very light test. Not enough feeder heifers 500 lb to 900 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 15.00 to 18.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.56/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 133.68 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.
Average price
$344.56
21 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.49
vs KS average
+3.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568344.561,95621
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 sale21 hd
344.56
KS average3 barns · 240 hd
348.05
−3.49
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
+3.62
This barn, trailing median25 sales
478.24
−133.68
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
BullsHigh1,866163.303,04814
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,363135.571,84884
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,494127.211,9014thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095103.001,1281thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,235$2,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750731253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8493
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800772244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8846
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,036217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,2486
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3803
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6904
BullsMedium and Large 11050–11001,085212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,3002
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650639272.20/cwt271.00–276.001,73938
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3184
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719233.55/cwt231.00–236.001,6794
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770230.55/cwt228.00–233.001,7752
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950921222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,0497
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,8443
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800786276.79/cwt268.00–279.002,17685
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700696287.83/cwt285.00–295.002,00321
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3302
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900863235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0284
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634292.71/cwt289.00–301.001,8564
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750727292.75/cwt289.00–299.002,12818
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400396437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,7335
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5701
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800797245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9537
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683256.88/cwt249.00–260.001,75417
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450415412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7122
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575343.24/cwt341.00–345.001,97418
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320270.00/cwt270.00–270.008642
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5984
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600586283.99/cwt281.00–286.001,6649
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,092216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,3598
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500498329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,63814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2352,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,088148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,6103
Bulls1,560174.00/cwt171.00–176.002,7142
Bulls1,910154.36/cwt153.00–156.002,9483
Bulls1,920163.90/cwt162.00–168.003,1479
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,286140.26/cwt139.50–142.001,80422
CowsLean 85-90%1,095103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,494127.21/cwt126.00–128.001,9014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390133.91/cwt130.00–138.001,86162

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.