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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 12

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 5Sep 12Sep 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,073 head

▲ 1,133 vs last sale 940▲ 2,073 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

173 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 207▲ 173 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers limited offerings, lower undertone noted. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. 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 $135.65/cwt on 1,590 head.

Average price

$135.65

1,590 head · 872 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$452

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

$11.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.19

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	498	147.00	732	5thin
Medium and Large 1	873	135.61	1,184	1,585

One grade step is worth $11.39/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 sale1,590 hd

135.65

—

KS average3 barns · 3,425 hd

137.84

−2.19

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	1,610	70.19	1,130	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	56.91	727	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	48.89	526	40

Every lot

30 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	732	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	148.82/cwt	146.50–149.50	920	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	143.26/cwt	143.00–143.50	986	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	704	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,105	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	145.92/cwt	143.50–147.00	1,048	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	724	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	996	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	137.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,072	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	141.50/cwt	134.25–143.00	1,159	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	137.11/cwt	134.00–138.50	1,205	267
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,138	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	135.41/cwt	128.00–137.25	1,225	236
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	126.38/cwt	124.25–128.85	1,213	291
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,028	122.03/cwt	121.75–122.35	1,254	165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	610	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	734	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	133.33/cwt	129.00–136.00	831	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	924	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	130.62/cwt	128.00–131.50	946	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	730	138.38/cwt	138.25–139.00	1,010	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	122.36/cwt	122.00–124.00	976	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	124.72/cwt	124.10–126.25	1,041	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,005	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,069	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,415	59.77/cwt	58.00–63.00	846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,637	74.56/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,221	4
Bulls	—	—	2,090	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,756	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	48.89/cwt	46.00–50.50	526	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	52.41/cwt	50.00–54.00	597	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	58.77/cwt	55.00–62.50	789	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,505	66.23/cwt	65.00–66.50	997	5

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 Sep 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,073Last week 940Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 173Last week 207Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	84.00	84.00
4	—	1,637	72.00–76.00	74.56
3	—	1,415	58.00–63.00	59.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,076	46.00–50.50	48.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,342	55.00–62.50	58.77
24	—	1,140	50.00–54.00	52.41
5	—	1,505	65.00–66.50	66.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	372	164.00	164.00
22	—	798	122.00–124.00	122.36
20	—	959	111.50	111.50
34	—	623	129.00–136.00	133.33
32	—	692	133.50	133.50
18	—	855	117.50	117.50
88	—	835	124.10–126.25	124.72
46	—	724	128.00–131.50	130.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	730	138.25–139.00	138.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	718	143.50–147.00	145.92
236	—	905	128.00–137.25	135.41
165	—	1,028	121.75–122.35	122.03
73	—	779	135.00–140.00	137.67
304	—	819	134.25–143.00	141.50
27	—	688	143.00–143.50	143.26
291	—	960	124.25–128.85	126.38
26	—	618	146.50–149.50	148.82
267	—	879	134.00–138.50	137.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	704	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	894	127.25	127.25
11	—	724	137.50	137.50

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.