Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have an auction on Thursday December25th and Thursday January 1st for the holidays *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special weaned calf sale on Thursday January 8th *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400 lb to 975 lb sold 17.00 to 30.00 higher, in places 40.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 15.00 higher on light receipts. Heifer calves 400 lb to 750 lb sold 5.00 to 12.00 lower, however heifers 500 lb to 550 lb sold up to 15.00 higher. 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 $468.21/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 10 of 25 comparable sales and sits −10.03 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$468.21

129 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$42.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.75

vs KS average

+24.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	479.51	2,614	95
Medium and Large 1-2	556	436.62	2,429	34

One grade step is worth $42.89/cwt here — about $185 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

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 sale129 hd

468.21

—

KS average3 barns · 447 hd

452.46

+15.75

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+24.11

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−10.03

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	1,723	171.79	2,961	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	167.53	2,300	165
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	159.14	2,026	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	138.95	1,669	44

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,537	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,233	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,312	$2,175	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1	900–950	926	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	340	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,368	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	266.03/cwt	262.00–267.00	2,884	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,859	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	333.50/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,895	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	334.88/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,096	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	450.31/cwt	442.50–454.00	2,751	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	695	387.68/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,694	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	872	355.11/cwt	348.00–357.50	3,097	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	319.78/cwt	313.00–323.50	2,545	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	514.95/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,420	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	432.13/cwt	405.00–443.00	2,489	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	325.86/cwt	316.00–338.00	2,698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	444.86/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,313	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	331.31/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,829	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	558.53/cwt	552.50–565.00	2,368	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	355.14/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,408	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	294.22/cwt	285.00–297.00	2,880	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	308.41/cwt	295.00–311.00	2,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	499.53/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,458	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	461.55/cwt	452.50–463.00	2,617	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	388.94/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,509	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,081	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	368.76/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,526	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	329.57/cwt	318.00–331.00	3,012	111
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,117	255.84/cwt	236.00–268.00	2,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,115	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	340.96/cwt	290.00–351.00	2,506	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	312.18/cwt	297.00–312.50	3,150	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	341.40/cwt	338.00–342.50	2,690	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	365.65/cwt	358.00–377.00	2,633	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	356.70/cwt	351.00–360.00	2,953	642
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	490.15/cwt	479.00–494.00	2,608	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	423.58/cwt	410.00–428.00	2,647	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,323	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	328.42/cwt	321.00–329.50	2,420	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	362.50/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,240	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	891	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,709	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,322	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	138.95/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,669	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	166.94/cwt	165.00–172.50	2,290	152
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	174.41/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,409	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	159.14/cwt	151.00–164.00	2,026	136
Bulls	—	—	1,776	164.96/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,930	8
Bulls	—	—	1,828	184.42/cwt	180.00–189.00	3,371	4
Bulls	—	—	1,647	172.17/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,836	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	2,537.39/head	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,537	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	2,233.40/head	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,233	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	223.55/cwt	180.00–287.50	2,392	34
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,312	2,174.65/head	1,550.00–2,650.00	2,175	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	268.69/cwt	261.00–301.00	2,789	39
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	330	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	301.11/cwt	295.00–312.00	2,204	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	317.85/cwt	307.00–322.00	2,444	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	304.12/cwt	290.00–309.00	2,025	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	322.16/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,026	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	294.74/cwt	287.00–297.25	2,567	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,399	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	448.01/cwt	446.00–455.00	1,841	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,685	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	411.93/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,130	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	342.94/cwt	317.50–397.50	1,636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	491.03/cwt	485.00–497.50	1,532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	333.63/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,295	110
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,162	256.31/cwt	252.50–262.00	2,978	5
Heifers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,305	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	422.40/cwt	402.50–427.50	2,019	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,941	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	716	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,631	3

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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