Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-07-31

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,163 head
368 vs last sale 1,531 383 vs year ago 780 · +49.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
122 vs last sale 346 121 vs year ago 103 · +117.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
31 vs last sale 42 9 vs year ago 2 · +450.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves 350 lb to 600 lb sold 20.00 to 40.00 higher with very good demand on the light weights. Heifers 375 lb to 975 lb sold 6.00 to 20.00 higher on very light receipts. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.81/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 57.43 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.
Average price
$420.81
17 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,407
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.33
vs KS average
+39.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572420.812,40717thin
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 sale17 hd
420.81
KS average3 barns · 323 hd
427.14
−6.33
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
+39.13
This barn, trailing median25 sales
478.24
−57.43
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
BullsHigh1,767197.173,48451
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,231169.332,084148
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160152.671,7714thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,052142.281,4978thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1750–800756341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,58247
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629375.49/cwt360.00–387.002,3629
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,50016
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769333.33/cwt326.00–335.002,56327
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350342575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,96719
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723358.27/cwt354.00–367.002,59012
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420501.21/cwt497.50–510.002,10520
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000988315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,11264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160152.67/cwt152.00–153.001,7714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,180166.16/cwt161.00–169.001,96177
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,286172.76/cwt170.00–176.002,22271
CowsLean 85-90%1,052142.28/cwt140.00–147.001,4978
Bulls1,808205.79/cwt200.00–215.003,72115
Bulls1,450179.98/cwt162.00–189.002,6106
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3499
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000981261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,56010
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500454410.03/cwt400.00–415.001,8629
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450436426.19/cwt422.50–445.001,85818
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572420.81/cwt410.00–428.002,40717
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850831311.09/cwt300.00–319.502,58522
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,20522
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3934
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850812319.24/cwt313.00–324.002,59257
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371466.38/cwt460.00–467.501,73019
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950908330.73/cwt315.00–333.003,003367
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3506
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900886319.93/cwt306.00–322.002,83570
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900878262.28/cwt251.00–271.002,3037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950906293.36/cwt291.00–306.002,65813
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606353.27/cwt345.00–357.502,1416
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,166185.99/cwt184.00–191.002,16911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550502420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,10810
Bulls1,810196.30/cwt190.00–199.503,55330
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,090209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,2782
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850840340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,856142
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450400522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,0904
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550513392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,0149
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511349.25/cwt345.00–357.501,7856

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.