Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 1,000 lb sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower, however some 6-7 wts suitable for grazing sold nearly steady. Fleshy steers sold up to 20.00 lower. Feeder heifers 475 lb to 975 lb sold 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady, however 3 high yielding bulls sold for 216 to 218.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.54/cwt on 103 head, down $7.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 25 comparable sales and sits +7.30 against this barn's trailing median of $478.24.

Average price

$485.54

▼ 7.55 vs prior sale

103 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

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

$91.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

vs KS average

+13.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	502.49	2,702	84
Medium and Large 1-2	552	410.56	2,266	19thin

One grade step is worth $91.93/cwt here — about $436 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 sale103 hd

485.54

—

KS average3 barns · 364 hd

497.96

−12.43

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+13.34

This barn, trailing median25 sales

478.24

+7.30

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	1,659	197.44	3,276	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,317	178.57	2,352	102
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	164.37	1,995	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	151.27	1,774	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,460	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,478	$2,998	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,362	$2,950	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,328	$2,678	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,108	$3,300	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$3,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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 1-2	500–550	534	418.42/cwt	407.50–461.00	2,234	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	381.76/cwt	372.00–393.00	2,806	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	475.99/cwt	462.50–495.00	2,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	475.69/cwt	435.00–515.00	2,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	328.78/cwt	320.00–337.00	3,074	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	433.95/cwt	427.00–442.50	2,682	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	462.97/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,829	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	718	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,850	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	821	360.96/cwt	359.00–363.00	2,963	242
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	308.73/cwt	289.00–313.00	3,164	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	931	350.93/cwt	343.00–359.00	3,267	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	341.79/cwt	331.00–349.00	3,004	422
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	427.68/cwt	425.00–429.00	2,823	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	436	591.62/cwt	582.50–601.00	2,579	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	521.88/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,756	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	331.44/cwt	328.50–331.75	2,927	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	913	319.26/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,915	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	405.83/cwt	390.00–422.00	2,472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	486.56/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,825	10
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	263.97/cwt	260.00–302.50	2,809	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	493.63/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,128	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	401.83/cwt	390.00–408.00	2,298	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	366.04/cwt	358.00–371.00	2,815	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	412.24/cwt	403.00–422.50	2,774	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	318.44/cwt	304.00–324.50	3,079	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	330.50/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,763	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	345.49/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,705	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	312.52/cwt	311.00–313.00	2,931	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,514	8
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	305.79/cwt	281.00–307.00	3,214	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	484.59/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,612	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	346.57/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,908	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	322.74/cwt	309.00–328.00	2,824	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	662.50/cwt	662.50–662.50	2,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	754	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,865	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	358.07/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,596	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,662	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	398.20/cwt	352.50–407.50	2,481	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,708	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	149.91/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,922	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,294	183.24/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,371	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,328	176.44/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,343	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,471	5
Bulls	—	—	1,833	205.19/cwt	203.00–207.00	3,761	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	164.37/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,995	33
Bulls	—	—	1,630	190.49/cwt	172.00–199.00	3,105	12
Bulls	—	—	1,603	217.50/cwt	216.00–218.00	3,487	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,362	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,478	2,998.37/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	2,998	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,460	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,328	2,677.87/head	2,600.00–2,875.00	2,678	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	186.63/cwt	181.50–205.00	2,124	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	716	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,585	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	384.74/cwt	360.00–402.50	2,008	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	506.18/cwt	410.00–535.00	2,450	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	309.09/cwt	298.00–314.00	2,735	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	473.40/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,268	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	397	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	420.47/cwt	413.00–435.00	2,182	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	334.62/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,613	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	363.31/cwt	356.50–369.00	2,460	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	387.45/cwt	377.50–397.00	2,418	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	346.08/cwt	336.00–354.00	2,492	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	850	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	3,009	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	340.34/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,246	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,809	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	314.31/cwt	311.00–326.00	2,637	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	2,561	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	369.63/cwt	345.00–376.00	2,303	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	382.01/cwt	369.00–387.50	2,204	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	318.12/cwt	314.00–320.00	2,469	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	301.80/cwt	292.00–305.50	2,749	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	800	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,744	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	414.99/cwt	404.00–422.00	2,403	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,179	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,508	2

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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