Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-02-13

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
865 head
1,794 vs last sale 2,659 1,690 vs year ago 2,555 · 66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
71 vs last sale 89 216 vs year ago 234 · 92.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 875 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, however fancy steers sold up to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 850 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, however approximately 400 head of reputation heifers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers 400 lb to 700 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher on very light receipts

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.53/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 128.89 against this barn's trailing median of $416.42.
Average price
$287.53
34 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.57
vs KS average
9.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580287.531,66834
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
453419384350median 416.4212/1802/1204/0205/2108/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.94, low $364.26, median $416.42 across 27 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 sale34 hd
287.53
KS average2 barns · 83 hd
294.10
−6.57
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−9.47
This barn, trailing median27 sales
416.42
−128.89
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
BullsAverage1,525169.002,5771thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,362149.652,03915

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850805260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,09315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800770269.42/cwt268.00–271.002,075144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750740272.25/cwt267.00–274.002,015161
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600583287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,67632
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850841287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,41466
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750740251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8574
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874272.37/cwt265.00–275.502,38193
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500454287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3056
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550529310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6408
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793261.15/cwt258.00–262.002,07114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800784294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,30951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900890251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,23414
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700696279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,94210
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8916
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350318432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,3755
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700687309.33/cwt302.00–310.002,12546
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900855227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9418
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800791251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,9899
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650639274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7516
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6312
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550537350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755235.34/cwt232.00–237.001,7773
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3263
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850813225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,82912
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,080190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0522
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800795276.06/cwt274.00–279.002,19551
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680271.16/cwt261.50–276.001,84467
Bulls1,525169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,5771
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360151.47/cwt150.00–153.502,06012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,372142.39/cwt142.00–143.001,9543

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.