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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 22

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,408 head

▲ 1,674 vs last sale 734▲ 2,408 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

155 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 100▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 0▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers 800-950 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-750 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. No recent price comparison on other weights of feeders and calves.. Demand good to very good on the offering today with several load lots of yearlings available. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $139.67/cwt on 1,236 head.

Average price

$139.67

1,236 head · 862 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$452

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

$15.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.34

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	407	155.00	631	5thin
Medium and Large 1	871	139.65	1,216	1,133
Medium and Large 1-2	778	139.19	1,083	98

One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about −$452 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 sale1,236 hd

139.67

—

KS average3 barns · 2,903 hd

141.01

−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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,721	84.48	1,454	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,527	72.99	1,115	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	65.94	979	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	62.97	832	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,139	54.50	621	42

Every lot

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	407	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	631	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	685	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	813	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	812	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	547	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	842	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	826	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	821	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	936	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	975	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	909	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	938	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,007	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	731	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	983	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	140.59/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,081	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	144.89/cwt	141.50–149.00	1,127	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,159	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	139.95/cwt	136.25–143.75	1,208	301
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	137.38/cwt	133.75–142.85	1,271	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	961	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,372	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	134.87/cwt	131.50–137.25	1,296	234
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	973	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,236	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,022	130.85/cwt	130.85–130.85	1,337	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	158.28/cwt	157.00–158.50	728	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	732	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	832	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	719	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	836	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	144.64/cwt	137.75–146.25	892	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	797	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	920	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	914	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	988	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	856	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	126.65/cwt	122.00–129.50	961	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	781	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,013	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	136.13/cwt	135.00–136.75	1,071	147
Heifers	—	Medium 1	801	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	965	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	130.98/cwt	129.85–132.10	1,060	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,024	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	859	122.68/cwt	122.60–122.75	1,054	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	132.98/cwt	131.75–134.10	1,180	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,203	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,134	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,478	75.80/cwt	73.50–78.00	1,120	6
Bulls	—	—	1,794	85.54/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,535	9
Bulls	—	—	1,881	92.97/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,749	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	45.70/cwt	40.50–49.00	447	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	55.38/cwt	51.00–59.00	629	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	62.53/cwt	56.00–65.00	818	39
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,408	60.71/cwt	60.00–61.00	855	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,443	67.30/cwt	65.00–70.00	971	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	65.94/cwt	61.00–67.50	979	28
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,527	72.99/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,115	14
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,275	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	1,350.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,425.00	15,930	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,875	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	15,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	814.13/cwt	750.00–860.00	10,649	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,318	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,203	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,327	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,749	7

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 Aug 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,408Last week 734Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	925	133.75–142.85	137.38
99	—	778	141.50–149.00	144.89
60	—	825	140.50	140.50
57	—	1,022	130.85	130.85
33	—	667	151.00	151.00
33	—	596	157.00	157.00
9	—	633	154.00	154.00
234	—	961	131.50–137.25	134.87
301	—	863	136.25–143.75	139.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	961	142.75	142.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	572	143.50	143.50
12	—	640	142.00	142.00
15	—	547	154.00	154.00
20	—	731	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	541	150.00	150.00
6	—	410	167.00	167.00
7	—	490	166.00	166.00
7	—	566	146.00	146.00
13	—	656	143.00	143.00
20	—	769	140.00–141.00	140.59
42	—	973	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	732	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	711	128.50	128.50
9	—	692	133.00	133.00
8	—	759	122.00–129.50	126.65
7	—	836	122.50	122.50
3	—	926	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	683	125.00	125.00
9	—	532	137.50	137.50
8	—	623	128.00	128.00
5	—	557	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	887	131.75–134.10	132.98
147	—	787	135.00–136.75	136.13
135	—	809	129.85–132.10	130.98
95	—	918	131.00	131.00
65	—	617	137.75–146.25	144.64
40	—	548	151.75	151.75
14	—	460	157.00–158.50	158.28
10	—	715	138.25	138.25
6	—	597	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	859	122.60–122.75	122.68
62	—	781	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	801	120.50	120.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,175	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,180	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,327	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,308	750.00–860.00	814.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,318	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,881	91.00–94.00	92.97
6	—	1,478	73.50–78.00	75.80
9	—	1,794	80.00–89.50	85.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,443	65.00–70.00	67.30
39	—	1,308	56.00–65.00	62.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,484	61.00–67.50	65.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	60.00–61.00	60.71
6	—	978	40.50–49.00	45.70
32	—	1,135	51.00–59.00	55.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,527	72.00–74.00	72.99

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.