Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-05-30

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 30

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← May 23May 30Jun 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,347 head

▲ 1,867 vs last sale 1,480▲ 3,347 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

398 head

▲ 198 vs last sale 200▲ 398 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1050 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Calves too lightly tested for a market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality mostly average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.75/cwt on 1,587 head.

Average price

$122.75

1,587 head · 809 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

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

$9.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	592	131.83	780	17thin
Medium and Large 1	812	122.65	995	1,570

One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about −$215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,587 hd

122.75

—

KS average2 barns · 1,960 hd

122.67

+0.08

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	1,753	80.61	1,413	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	70.49	1,070	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	62.01	762	157
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	50.79	507	14

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	923	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	934	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,016	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	137.42/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,017	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	138.35/cwt	132.25–146.00	1,079	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	140.94/cwt	136.25–142.00	1,177	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	132.11/cwt	123.75–137.50	1,147	330
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	127.86/cwt	123.75–131.85	1,183	375
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	935	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,080	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	118.74/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,152	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,022	117.56/cwt	117.25–118.00	1,201	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,062	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,232	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	745	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	131.83/cwt	131.00–133.00	780	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	139.80/cwt	136.00–141.00	871	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	132.28/cwt	128.50–146.50	888	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	127.25/cwt	125.25–132.50	933	315
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	123.62/cwt	121.00–126.00	974	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	122.44/cwt	118.00–125.75	1,005	451
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	118.39/cwt	113.25–123.10	1,030	223
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	113.42/cwt	110.00–115.25	1,067	208
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	951	113.10/cwt	113.10–113.10	1,076	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,007	112.60/cwt	112.60–112.60	1,134	31
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,413	69.98/cwt	66.00–73.50	989	3
Bulls	—	—	1,743	81.18/cwt	75.50–85.00	1,415	17
Bulls	—	—	1,992	85.07/cwt	81.50–87.00	1,695	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	45.94/cwt	44.00–48.50	448	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	57.25/cwt	57.25–57.25	589	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	55.05/cwt	49.50–57.25	624	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	60.59/cwt	56.00–63.50	731	76
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	65.89/cwt	61.75–69.00	849	62
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	70.49/cwt	67.00–73.25	1,070	21

This sale against other markets

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Thu May 30, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,347Last week 1,480Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 398Last week 200Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	139.50	139.50
30	—	951	113.10	113.10
31	—	1,007	112.60	112.60
47	—	623	136.00–141.00	139.80
107	—	671	128.50–146.50	132.28
150	—	788	121.00–126.00	123.62
208	—	941	110.00–115.25	113.42
223	—	870	113.25–123.10	118.39
315	—	733	125.25–132.50	127.25
451	—	821	118.00–125.75	122.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	592	131.00–133.00	131.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	935	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	588	157.00	157.00
9	—	640	146.00	146.00
21	—	1,062	116.00	116.00
31	—	664	153.00	153.00
78	—	740	134.00–145.00	137.42
83	—	835	136.25–142.00	140.94
200	—	1,022	117.25–118.00	117.56
214	—	780	132.25–146.00	138.35
219	—	970	116.00–123.00	118.74
330	—	868	123.75–137.50	132.11
375	—	925	123.75–131.85	127.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,413	66.00–73.50	69.98
5	—	1,992	81.50–87.00	85.07
17	—	1,743	75.50–85.00	81.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,133	49.50–57.25	55.05
62	—	1,288	61.75–69.00	65.89
76	—	1,206	56.00–63.50	60.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,518	67.00–73.25	70.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,028	57.25	57.25
8	—	975	44.00–48.50	45.94

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.