Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next week October 9th

* Final report *

Compared to last week, feeder steer 400 lb to 1,000 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, however thin fleshed and reputation calves sold up to 20.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 10.00 to 40.00 higher, with most advance on reputation heifers. 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 $434.87/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −43.37 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$434.87

102 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$78.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

vs KS average

+12.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	445.70	2,474	88
Medium and Large 1-2	538	366.82	1,974	14thin

One grade step is worth $78.88/cwt here — about $500 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale102 hd

434.87

—

KS average3 barns · 551 hd

424.73

+10.14

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+12.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−43.37

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	1,392	181.34	2,524	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,297	170.92	2,216	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	158.76	1,980	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	147.80	1,731	15

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	314.96/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	364.66/cwt	357.50–372.00	2,290	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	671	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,711	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	389.78/cwt	378.00–393.00	2,643	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	709	405.83/cwt	403.50–406.50	2,877	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,947	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,513	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	323.45/cwt	310.00–328.00	3,170	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,414	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	361.90/cwt	356.50–364.75	2,823	115
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,062	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	372	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,953	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,384	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	470.38/cwt	465.00–473.00	2,121	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,178	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	751	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,621	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	348	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	2,081	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	313.31/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	567.05/cwt	565.00–572.50	2,376	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	343.01/cwt	317.50–353.00	2,456	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	363.85/cwt	362.00–367.00	3,195	201
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	365.88/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,167	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	852	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	416.06/cwt	403.00–453.00	1,964	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	788	378.22/cwt	375.50–381.50	2,980	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,253	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	567	448.88/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,545	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	158.76/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,980	20
Bulls	—	—	1,410	193.76/cwt	193.00–195.00	2,732	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	147.80/cwt	137.00–153.00	1,731	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,276	180.45/cwt	178.50–184.00	2,303	6
Bulls	—	—	1,368	177.80/cwt	155.00–185.00	2,432	14
Bulls	—	—	1,690	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,481	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	952	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	481	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,477	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	472.63/cwt	467.50–475.00	2,373	114
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,962	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	170.24/cwt	166.00–176.00	2,210	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	344.64/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,991	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	326.07/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,338	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	376.07/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,129	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,054	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	342.56/cwt	319.00–361.00	2,336	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	329.14/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	324.05/cwt	318.00–327.00	2,048	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	381.43/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	375.81/cwt	336.00–447.50	1,793	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	487.06/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	339.14/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,814	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,718	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	335.34/cwt	331.00–337.00	3,038	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	340.51/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	413.60/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	372.73/cwt	369.00–377.00	3,101	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,398	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	773	384.82/cwt	384.50–385.50	2,975	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	342.96/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,816	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	448.95/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,141	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	475.78/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,422	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	337.14/cwt	337.00–337.50	2,754	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	366.30/cwt	359.00–376.00	2,626	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	527.88/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,191	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,507	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	339.82/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,705	22

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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