Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2026-08-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 27
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
709 head
▲ 373 vs last sale 336▼ 493 vs year ago 1,202 · −41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
361 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 187▲ 232 vs year ago 129 · +179.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 27▲ 70 vs year ago 6 · +1,166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers 550 lbs to 800 lbs sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher, instances of sharply higher. Steer and heifer calves not well tested, weak undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand good to very good for light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.12/cwt on 25 head, down $80.49 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −77.01 against this barn's trailing median of $473.13.
Average price
$396.12
▼ 80.49 vs prior sale
25 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,163
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$401
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.69
vs KS average
+25.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566405.592,29617thin
Medium and Large 1-2504376.001,8958thin
One grade step is worth $29.59/cwt here — about $401 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

26 sales
542489435382median 473.1301/2903/1204/3007/2309/24
Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.69, low $396.12, median $473.13 across 26 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 sale25 hd
396.12
—
KS average3 barns · 169 hd
406.81
−10.69
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
+25.12
This barn, trailing median26 sales
473.13
−77.01
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,723186.733,21732
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608162.232,60961
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240157.751,956245
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,070156.003,2291thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,322140.521,8585thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,158$3,9505
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,236$3,2504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,331$2,9004thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,333$2,6819
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,456$2,6005
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,231$2,3653thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,400$3,6004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$3,3254thin

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,52025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9783
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750708336.37/cwt325.00–339.502,38124
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy850–900860330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8383
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716350.75/cwt345.00–363.502,51122
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657340.39/cwt340.00–343.002,23647
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900853322.27/cwt322.00–323.002,74992
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450400430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7204
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900859312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,68020
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—815272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,2172
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650608378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,2984
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,02010
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400352465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6374
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550546426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,3267
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610344.21/cwt341.00–348.002,10015
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800756337.12/cwt333.00–338.002,54929
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2312,365.02/head2,350.00–2,400.002,3653
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,073185.71/cwt180.00–189.001,9933
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1583,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9505
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,165137.01/cwt130.00–143.001,59615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,065174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8535
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,252159.45/cwt145.00–169.001,996221
CowsPremium White 65-75%—2,070156.00/cwt156.00–156.003,2291
Bulls——1,781191.79/cwt178.00–200.003,41627
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,608162.23/cwt154.00–165.502,60961
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0503,325.00/head2,700.00–3,650.003,3254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth—1,4003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6004
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580391.31/cwt384.00–396.002,27010
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477453.95/cwt451.00–459.002,16514
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,4689
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3565
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000973296.16/cwt294.00–300.002,88219
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700656373.10/cwt366.00–374.002,44828
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950920318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,92616
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850836333.06/cwt332.75–336.002,78463
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600583370.65/cwt369.00–377.002,16138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2074
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,40318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850816309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,5213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1126
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763339.00/cwt332.00–349.002,58764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth—1,3332,680.65/head2,300.00–2,800.002,6819
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2363,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3312,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9004
Open HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—764264.29/cwt250.00–290.002,01922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550504376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,8958
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450434492.18/cwt480.00–501.002,1367
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,073121.54/cwt120.00–122.501,3044
CowsLean 85-90%—1,322140.52/cwt136.00–143.001,8585
Bulls——1,409159.40/cwt150.00–168.002,2465
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,012287.46/cwt283.00–289.502,90919
SteersLarge 11000–10501,003293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,93910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4562,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6005

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.