Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher, with fancy and reputation steers selling up to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher, in places up to 25.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers under 500 lb for a market test. Demand was good Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $424.95/cwt on 129 head, up $21.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +8.53 against this barn's trailing median of $416.42.

Average price

$424.95

▲ 21.31 vs prior sale

129 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,337

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$16.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.48

vs KS average

+0.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	427.93	2,367	106
Medium and Large 1-2	535	411.25	2,201	23

One grade step is worth $16.67/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.94, low $364.26, median $416.42 across 27 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

424.95

—

KS average3 barns · 357 hd

440.44

−15.48

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

+0.88

This barn, trailing median27 sales

416.42

+8.53

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	1,870	220.17	4,117	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,353	188.35	2,548	233
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	168.28	2,077	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	151.65	1,735	5thin

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)	1,304	$3,469	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$2,905	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$2,470	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,350	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$3,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	937	$2,699	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$3,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1Fancy	550–600	557	482.79/cwt	482.00–485.00	2,689	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,546	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,811	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,935	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	397	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,005	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	542	517.95/cwt	517.00–527.50	2,807	72
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	3,414	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	343	652.50/cwt	652.50–652.50	2,238	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	886	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,216	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	461.74/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,854	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	459.07/cwt	447.50–459.50	3,021	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	328.06/cwt	327.00–330.00	3,103	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	327.53/cwt	324.00–338.00	3,243	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	778	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,112	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,649	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	1,817	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	370.14/cwt	365.50–378.00	3,039	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	329.35/cwt	328.00–332.00	2,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	415.11/cwt	400.00–418.00	3,034	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,626	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	346.89/cwt	341.00–356.00	3,219	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	442.88/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,733	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	461.48/cwt	459.00–476.00	2,704	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	540.42/cwt	537.00–547.50	2,599	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	354.57/cwt	340.00–356.00	3,131	171
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	324.95/cwt	306.00–327.00	3,301	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	571	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,655	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	366	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,386	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	535.10/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,301	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	489.13/cwt	472.50–495.00	2,534	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	382.04/cwt	377.00–390.00	3,014	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	405.95/cwt	396.00–416.00	2,765	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	470.21/cwt	470.00–472.50	2,201	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,403	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,069	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	430.46/cwt	422.50–432.00	2,484	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	471	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,461	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	178.58/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,557	155
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	168.28/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,077	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,094	224.80/cwt	177.00–288.00	2,459	43
Bulls	—	—	1,776	210.12/cwt	181.00–217.00	3,732	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	151.65/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,735	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	186.82/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,466	35
Bulls	—	—	2,037	235.06/cwt	233.00–238.00	4,788	6
Bulls	—	—	1,858	222.42/cwt	220.00–226.00	4,133	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	995	2,904.79/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,905	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	2,699.02/head	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,699	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,304	3,468.61/head	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,469	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,237	2,469.54/head	1,850.00–2,800.00	2,470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	431.25/cwt	424.00–443.00	2,411	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,009	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	332	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	348.37/cwt	336.50–351.50	2,846	463
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	291.07/cwt	289.00–294.00	3,228	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	430.44/cwt	387.50–442.50	2,169	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	300.62/cwt	280.00–307.50	2,766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	857	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,845	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	369.64/cwt	361.00–377.00	2,672	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	571.62/cwt	565.00–572.50	1,829	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,081	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	407.11/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,341	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,242	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	323.98/cwt	321.50–327.00	3,013	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	345.23/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,717	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	330.62/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,896	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	450.77/cwt	442.50–452.50	2,299	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	392.20/cwt	391.00–392.50	2,518	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	308.40/cwt	298.00–315.00	2,699	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,932	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	974	280.51/cwt	280.00–281.00	2,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	315.27/cwt	313.00–321.00	3,061	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	453.03/cwt	447.50–455.00	2,229	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	419.27/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,038	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	381.41/cwt	372.00–384.00	2,227	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	310.95/cwt	305.00–326.00	2,295	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	388.50/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,630	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	363.17/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,480	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	320.21/cwt	311.00–331.00	2,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	892	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,046	16

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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