Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 12.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Not enough steers and heifers under 700 lb for a market test, however a definite higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.69/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −43.55 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$434.69

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.28

vs KS average

+34.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	434.69	2,386	16thin

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

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 sale16 hd

434.69

—

KS average3 barns · 122 hd

431.41

+3.28

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+34.80

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−43.55

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	1,630	189.63	3,091	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,364	169.12	2,306	117
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	155.62	1,847	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,325	141.52	1,875	2thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,806	4thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	441.65/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	458.98/cwt	457.50–465.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	529.01/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	340.91/cwt	332.50–349.50	3,191	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	374.75/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	379.36/cwt	379.00–380.00	2,944	81
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	330.01/cwt	328.00–332.00	2,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,852	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	1,967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	333.06/cwt	332.50–333.50	2,758	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	371.24/cwt	358.00–373.50	2,387	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,449	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	321.46/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,806	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	449.41/cwt	447.50–452.50	1,645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	505.99/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	345.64/cwt	339.50–352.00	2,544	156
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,255	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	164.09/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,118	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	155.62/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,847	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	3,710	1
Bulls	—	—	1,556	181.84/cwt	168.00–192.00	2,829	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,875	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	173.01/cwt	170.00–177.50	2,457	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,051	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,794	3
Bulls	—	—	1,812	205.53/cwt	204.50–207.00	3,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,558	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,536	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	2,806.01/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,806	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	191.31/cwt	184.00–193.00	2,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	325.78/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,163	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	350.85/cwt	349.00–352.50	2,975	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	337.91/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,619	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,075	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	334.60/cwt	325.00–336.75	2,961	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	890	216.35/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,926	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	350.47/cwt	340.50–358.00	3,070	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,282	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	338.29/cwt	328.00–339.25	2,662	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	856	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	3,099	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	430.51/cwt	422.50–432.50	2,428	10

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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