Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers 725 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady from 3.00 higher to 6.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 725 sold 6.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady from 5.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 8.00 to 20.00 higher. Approximately 375 spayed heifers sold at a 7.00 to 10.00 premium Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.51/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 16 of 27 comparable sales and sits +3.09 against this barn's trailing median of $416.42.

Average price

$419.51

107 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$58.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.74

vs KS average

+48.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	435.30	2,320	78
Medium and Large 1-2	538	377.04	2,029	29

One grade step is worth $58.26/cwt here — about $291 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

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 sale107 hd

419.51

—

KS average3 barns · 268 hd

407.77

+11.74

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+48.00

This barn, trailing median27 sales

416.42

+3.09

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	—	Average	1,723	190.96	3,290	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,328	172.80	2,295	145
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	157.56	1,918	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	145.69	1,680	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,800	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1Spayed	900–950	904	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,997	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,885	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	396.74/cwt	393.00–412.50	2,230	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	421.89/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,034	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	390.48/cwt	383.00–400.00	2,694	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	367.72/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,872	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	331.65/cwt	318.00–337.00	2,759	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	450.79/cwt	422.50–452.50	2,673	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	512.97/cwt	512.50–517.50	2,026	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	357.70/cwt	352.00–372.50	2,232	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	357.77/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,422	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,365	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	450.99/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,305	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	332.66/cwt	325.00–334.75	3,194	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,018	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	324.74/cwt	315.00–329.00	3,030	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	428.48/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	348.30/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,651	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	836	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	795	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,021	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	832	366.93/cwt	358.00–367.50	3,053	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	494.83/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,603	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	533.58/cwt	520.00–537.50	1,830	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	352.22/cwt	350.50–362.53	2,610	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,405	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	320.66/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,822	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	157.56/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,918	7
Bulls	—	—	1,748	193.58/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,384	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	145.69/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,680	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	177.35/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,423	52
Bulls	—	—	1,631	184.49/cwt	175.00–189.00	3,009	13
Bulls	—	—	2,018	201.55/cwt	200.00–203.00	4,067	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	426	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,130	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	491	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,173	10
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,141	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	296.89/cwt	291.00–299.00	3,025	15
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,248	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,908	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	170.25/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,225	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	324.97/cwt	311.00–357.50	2,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	324.77/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,884	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	218.00/cwt	195.00–240.00	2,219	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	383.27/cwt	362.00–395.00	1,985	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	297.50/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	684	369.40/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,527	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	355.05/cwt	347.50–362.50	2,081	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	319.10/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,473	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	360.67/cwt	317.00–372.50	2,132	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	319.61/cwt	308.00–331.00	2,349	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	318.85/cwt	317.00–323.00	2,175	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	328.00/cwt	326.00–347.00	2,496	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	506.85/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,392	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,198	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,910	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	820	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,796	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	335.53/cwt	332.00–337.00	3,117	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	774	356.68/cwt	349.50–357.50	2,761	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	875	343.00/cwt	336.50–349.50	3,001	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	353.59/cwt	351.50–356.00	3,048	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	347.16/cwt	339.00–355.75	2,843	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,363	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,801	7

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →