Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-08-07

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 7
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,681 head
518 vs last sale 1,163 452 vs year ago 2,133 · 21.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
41 vs last sale 224 11 vs year ago 172 · +6.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
7 vs last sale 11 17 vs year ago 1 · +1,700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 925 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, however up to 20.00 higher in places on very light receipts. Not enough steers under 700 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher. Not enough heifers under 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.93/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 73.49 against this barn's trailing median of $416.42.
Average price
$342.93
27 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$319
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
34.44
vs KS average
7.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538352.591,89621
Medium and Large 1-2510309.141,5776thin
One grade step is worth $43.45/cwt here — about $319 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale27 hd
342.93
KS average2 barns · 176 hd
377.38
−34.44
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−7.64
This barn, trailing median27 sales
416.42
−73.49
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
BullsLow1,627193.973,15628
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,245168.992,105113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299155.232,0167thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,135145.971,65717

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1400–450445377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6803
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669346.56/cwt340.00–351.002,3185
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373379.42/cwt370.00–385.001,4157
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900861325.97/cwt310.00–329.502,80798
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,6186
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750737351.79/cwt348.00–358.002,593392
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850819330.00/cwt325.00–336.002,703216
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770352.90/cwt348.00–354.002,717174
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5527
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0484
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728357.51/cwt357.00–358.002,60312
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500472357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6877
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650636300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9086
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750716318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2773
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400369438.09/cwt420.00–445.001,6177
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450411470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,93213
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900872329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,8694
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533356.77/cwt353.00–362.501,90218
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,320172.50/cwt170.00–175.502,27735
CowsBoner 80-85%1,299155.23/cwt153.00–159.002,0167
CowsLean 85-90%1,135145.97/cwt137.00–148.001,65717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,212167.42/cwt161.50–169.002,02978
Bulls1,540184.36/cwt170.00–189.002,8399
Bulls1,778207.48/cwt203.00–216.003,6896
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450400544.00/cwt544.00–544.002,17612
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850813347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,82122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,037204.74/cwt185.00–228.002,12317
SteersLarge 11000–10501,001293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,9333
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,012260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6314
Bulls1,618194.38/cwt191.00–198.003,14513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,3342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5615
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700681382.81/cwt380.50–384.502,607212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650607349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,11814
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750710379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,6916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900890318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,8302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1902
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,14810
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600590383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,2605
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,8465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510309.14/cwt294.00–339.001,5776
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750701369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,58760
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650613365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2373
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950929326.89/cwt309.00–328.503,037190
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850836337.45/cwt323.00–343.002,82149
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800785355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,79112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9094
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8543

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.