Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-06-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 27

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jun 20Jun 27Jul 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,730 head

▼ 1,760 vs last sale 3,490▲ 1,730 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

139 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 200▲ 139 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 sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Heifer calves limited comparable weights, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Not enough bulls for a market test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.88/cwt on 768 head.

Average price

$135.88

768 head · 819 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$8.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.53

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	821	136.06	1,117	751
Medium and Large 1-2	731	127.75	934	17thin

One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about $184 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 sale768 hd

135.88

—

KS average2 barns · 1,293 hd

132.35

+3.53

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	1,707	82.13	1,402	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,780	69.50	1,237	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	61.19	728	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	969	50.30	487	9thin

Every lot

33 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	458	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	797	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	496	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	157.95/cwt	154.75–166.00	845	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	900	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	903	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	144.79/cwt	142.50–147.50	982	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	934	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	131.89/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,012	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	137.83/cwt	132.00–141.85	1,150	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	131.50/cwt	130.25–135.50	1,153	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	125.21/cwt	119.50–130.25	1,197	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,006	123.72/cwt	117.50–125.75	1,245	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	163.55/cwt	161.00–165.00	633	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	142.92/cwt	139.50–148.00	700	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	145.89/cwt	143.00–149.00	754	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	570	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	772	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	146.86/cwt	146.75–147.00	843	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	792	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	144.18/cwt	140.00–145.25	917	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	134.71/cwt	133.00–138.00	909	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	132.68/cwt	130.00–136.50	969	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	129.80/cwt	124.50–132.75	996	283
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	991	25
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	81.15/cwt	76.00–84.50	1,262	4
Bulls	—	—	2,133	90.92/cwt	87.00–93.50	1,939	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	516	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	49.24/cwt	46.00–53.00	479	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,062	56.38/cwt	54.00–57.50	599	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	61.73/cwt	57.00–64.00	738	85
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,356	65.10/cwt	63.00–67.00	883	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,780	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,237	1

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 Jun 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,730Last week 3,490Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 200Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	570	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	387	161.00–165.00	163.55
9	—	574	146.75–147.00	146.86
19	—	517	143.00–149.00	145.89
24	—	490	139.50–148.00	142.92
25	—	806	123.00	123.00
75	—	636	140.00–145.25	144.18
81	—	675	133.00–138.00	134.71
126	—	730	130.00–136.50	132.68
283	—	767	124.50–132.75	129.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	607	130.50	130.50
34	—	666	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	174.00	174.00
15	—	625	144.50	144.50
17	—	578	155.75	155.75
41	—	767	130.00–134.00	131.89
42	—	535	154.75–166.00	157.95
62	—	1,006	117.50–125.75	123.72
90	—	877	130.25–135.50	131.50
106	—	678	142.50–147.50	144.79
145	—	956	119.50–130.25	125.21
226	—	834	132.00–141.85	137.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	731	127.75	127.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	68.50	68.50
2	—	2,133	87.00–93.50	90.92
4	—	1,555	76.00–84.50	81.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,356	63.00–67.00	65.10
20	—	1,062	54.00–57.50	56.38
85	—	1,195	57.00–64.00	61.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	69.50	69.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	54.00	54.00
7	—	973	46.00–53.00	49.24

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.