Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next Thursday November 13th *

* Final report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Steer and heifer calves 350 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower, however load lots of reputation calves, and fancy thin calves sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was good for thin and fancy calves, moderate otherwise. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter 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 $404.96/cwt on 651 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −73.28 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$404.96

651 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$26.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.30

vs KS average

−14.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	408.71	2,326	559
Medium and Large 1-2	554	382.15	2,119	92

One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale651 hd

404.96

—

KS average4 barns · 1,699 hd

409.26

−4.30

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−14.14

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−73.28

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	—	Low	1,850	182.30	3,373	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	176.64	2,516	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	164.17	2,000	152
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	149.76	1,631	50

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$2,575	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,263	$2,491	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,085	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,305	$2,282	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,197	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	955	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	720	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,311	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	398.75/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	358.98/cwt	352.00–372.50	2,258	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,204	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	322.18/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,300	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	328.07/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,054	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	432.99/cwt	425.00–457.50	2,044	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	307.40/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,524	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	456.05/cwt	452.50–467.50	1,993	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	628	384.29/cwt	378.00–388.00	2,413	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	316.32/cwt	316.00–316.50	2,920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	402.20/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,902	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	424.77/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,453	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,286	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	320.92/cwt	306.00–327.00	2,137	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,124	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	302.70/cwt	294.00–308.00	2,667	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	351.44/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,000	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	346.95/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,766	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	393.16/cwt	388.00–398.00	2,068	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	267.75/cwt	267.50–268.00	2,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	371.57/cwt	351.00–397.50	1,758	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	419.09/cwt	397.50–432.50	1,752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	407.20/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,527	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,235	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,153	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	384	444.59/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	340	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	375.33/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,094	68
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	416.85/cwt	402.50–428.00	2,401	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	316	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	367.01/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,470	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	482.30/cwt	471.00–486.00	2,233	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	381	546.56/cwt	545.00–547.50	2,082	27
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	250.32/cwt	194.00–279.00	2,378	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	399.65/cwt	387.00–417.50	2,010	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	447	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,112	7
Bulls	—	—	1,753	170.84/cwt	164.00–178.00	2,995	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	191.76/cwt	190.00–194.00	3,528	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	174.91/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,485	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	164.17/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,000	152
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	149.76/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,631	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	181.83/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,609	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	2,281.70/head	2,025.00–2,525.00	2,282	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	2,197.00/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,197	2
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	3,069	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,058	3
Bulls	—	—	1,955	186.19/cwt	183.00–189.00	3,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	312.70/cwt	292.00–321.00	1,742	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	301.99/cwt	281.00–320.00	1,912	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	275.21/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,882	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,263	2,490.84/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,491	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	367.42/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,712	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	321.21/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,191	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,289	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	274.67/cwt	270.00–286.00	2,024	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	302	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	339.10/cwt	307.50–357.58	1,994	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	331.87/cwt	285.00–351.00	2,097	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	280.51/cwt	280.00–281.00	2,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	450.91/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,295	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	401.96/cwt	282.50–420.00	2,167	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	535.36/cwt	500.00–542.50	2,184	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	427.58/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,980	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	300.94/cwt	281.00–323.00	2,215	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	308	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	300.08/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	347.26/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,306	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,935	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	492	522.52/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,571	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	368.84/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,992	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	503.45/cwt	490.00–512.00	1,772	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	317.88/cwt	304.00–327.00	2,457	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	384.84/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,240	196

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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