Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 450 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 875 lb sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Incoming weather was a big topic at the sale barn today. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.09/cwt on 104 head, down $3.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −18.15 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$460.09

▼ 3.73 vs prior sale

104 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$57.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.40

vs KS average

−5.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	466.19	2,610	93
Medium and Large 1-2	588	408.56	2,402	11thin

One grade step is worth $57.63/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale104 hd

460.09

—

KS average3 barns · 518 hd

458.69

+1.40

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−5.24

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

−18.15

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	1,770	170.17	3,012	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,332	170.07	2,265	103
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,085	154.87	1,680	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,282	141.31	1,812	24

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)	1,315	$2,883	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,277	$2,694	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,327	$2,650	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,475	$2,558	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,275	$2,401	14

Every lot, as filed

72 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	700–750	713	379.78/cwt	376.00–382.50	2,708	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,222	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	530.54/cwt	520.00–542.50	2,456	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	518.62/cwt	517.50–520.00	2,272	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	323.09/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,611	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	331.78/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,538	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	446.66/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,300	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	403.66/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,970	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	398.79/cwt	398.00–400.00	2,508	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	465.01/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,748	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	392.34/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,221	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	882	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,052	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	318	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	470.20/cwt	467.50–472.50	2,031	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,450	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	591	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,459	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	369.77/cwt	366.00–377.00	2,455	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	385	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,935	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,877	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	2,558.49/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	445.50/cwt	442.50–447.50	2,740	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,775	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	687	401.64/cwt	398.00–407.00	2,759	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	567	465.99/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,642	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,252	6
Bulls	—	—	2,080	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,786	1
Bulls	—	—	1,819	176.41/cwt	176.00–177.00	3,209	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	141.31/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,812	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	176.91/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,443	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	167.64/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,203	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	154.87/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,680	64
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,882.83/head	2,850.00–2,900.00	2,883	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	203.98/cwt	167.50–287.00	2,019	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	2,401.28/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,401	14
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	304.95/cwt	302.00–308.00	3,117	28
Bulls	—	—	1,677	162.99/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	322.31/cwt	280.00–352.50	1,367	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	290.90/cwt	283.00–300.00	2,278	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	360.34/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,877	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	364.82/cwt	337.50–382.50	2,141	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,327	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,277	2,694.25/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	344.60/cwt	318.00–349.50	2,647	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	366.16/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,845	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,221	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	332.86/cwt	318.00–343.00	2,297	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,461	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	408.56/cwt	391.00–412.50	2,402	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	352.62/cwt	331.00–359.00	2,155	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	379.19/cwt	362.00–393.00	2,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,603	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	351.25/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	527.48/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,925	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	308.24/cwt	306.00–311.00	2,703	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	358.42/cwt	355.50–362.00	2,921	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	656	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,854	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	328.25/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,856	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	512.31/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	414.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,555	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	341.04/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,432	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	447.06/cwt	430.00–454.00	2,597	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	488.35/cwt	475.00–502.50	2,593	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	321.92/cwt	316.00–324.50	2,984	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	375.58/cwt	362.50–387.00	2,498	28

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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