Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2019-07-25

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,373 head
▲ 2,027 vs last sale 1,346▲ 3,373 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 200▲ 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers limited comparable weights from last week, higher undertone noted. Feeder heifers 750-850 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Overall demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher using a limited test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.24/cwt on 1,934 head.
Average price
$132.24
1,934 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.34
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779132.241,0301,934
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,934 hd
132.24
—
KS average3 barns · 3,153 hd
133.58
−1.34
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—Average1,71287.561,49934
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23661.13756145
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04449.4951713

Every lot

37 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1431194.00/cwt194.00–194.0083619
Steers—Medium and Large 1496174.00/cwt174.00–174.0086320
Steers—Medium and Large 1522163.13/cwt162.00–165.0085227
Steers—Medium and Large 1579150.03/cwt145.00–152.5086975
Steers—Medium and Large 1621146.30/cwt142.50–150.0090924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008714
Steers—Medium and Large 1678147.65/cwt146.50–150.501,00185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737126.50/cwt126.50–126.509327
Steers—Medium and Large 1771140.33/cwt136.50–142.501,08261
Steers—Medium and Large 1804145.79/cwt136.00–149.001,172131
Steers—Medium and Large 1869139.17/cwt128.00–145.251,209165
Steers—Medium and Large 1915139.24/cwt129.25–142.501,274454
Steers—Medium and Large 1976130.73/cwt127.00–136.851,276183
Steers—Medium and Large 11,003126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2648
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406158.00/cwt158.00–158.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495142.00/cwt142.00–142.0070325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530127.00/cwt127.00–127.0067311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560140.13/cwt134.00–141.7578562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed572146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed604149.25/cwt149.25–149.2590170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624142.00/cwt142.00–142.0088611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672137.10/cwt133.00–138.7592171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680146.35/cwt144.00–147.50995125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730133.83/cwt124.50–136.60977179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784130.54/cwt127.50–137.001,023349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820129.41/cwt127.00–131.501,061509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871127.63/cwt123.00–132.501,112380
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy872118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,02921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928123.23/cwt121.50–123.501,14459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1978121.85/cwt121.85–121.851,19228
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532132.00/cwt132.00–132.007029
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57785.92/cwt78.00–92.001,35522
Bulls——1,96090.57/cwt87.00–94.501,77512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04449.49/cwt42.00–52.0051713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11554.33/cwt51.00–57.0060616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22560.75/cwt57.00–64.0074498
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33565.85/cwt62.50–73.0087931

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.