Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday July 17th *

* Final report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers 750 lb to 1,000 lb sold 14.00 to 20.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 600 lb to 925 lb for a market test, however a sharply higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, however 2 high yielding bulls sold for 214.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −118.24 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$360.00

4 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.12

vs KS average

−19.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	382.50	2,264	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	577	337.50	1,947	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $317 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

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 sale4 hd

360.00

—

KS average2 barns · 43 hd

404.12

−44.12

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−19.13

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−118.24

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	1,664	190.95	3,177	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,286	167.03	2,148	167
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	155.07	1,954	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	146.64	1,579	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,376	$2,700	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,310	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,307	$2,453	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$2,850	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	307.45/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,478	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,519	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,169	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	751	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,681	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	319.26/cwt	316.00–321.50	2,953	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	282.97/cwt	274.00–290.00	2,620	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,264	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,376	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,289	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	324.36/cwt	316.00–326.00	2,679	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	3,027	66
Bulls	—	—	1,935	207.52/cwt	202.00–214.00	4,016	7
Bulls	—	—	1,734	194.07/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,365	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	146.64/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,579	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	171.72/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,224	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,284	166.12/cwt	160.00–169.50	2,133	140
Bulls	—	—	1,523	183.12/cwt	171.00–188.00	2,789	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,891	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,912	23
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,839	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,513	28
Bulls	Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,473	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	155.07/cwt	150.00–158.50	1,954	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	271.34/cwt	243.00–290.00	2,480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,230	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	194.95/cwt	185.50–209.00	2,154	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,307	2,452.55/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,478	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	324.21/cwt	323.50–327.00	2,834	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	333.34/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,280	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,211	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,336	16

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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