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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 31

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,513 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 1,485▲ 1,513 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

300 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 222▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited offerings today. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Heifers 700-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, higher undertone noted on 800-1000 lbs. Not enough calves for a market test. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower using a limited test, 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 $148.08/cwt on 835 head.

Average price

$148.08

835 head · 837 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.93

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	837	148.08	1,239	835

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 sale835 hd

148.08

—

KS average4 barns · 4,432 hd

149.02

−0.93

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	1,772	72.79	1,290	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	64.50	990	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	45.48	540	164
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	31.73	339	26

Every lot

31 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 1Unweaned	491	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	761	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	507	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	750	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	838	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	148.22/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,055	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	151.55/cwt	146.00–154.75	1,191	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	149.57/cwt	148.10–151.25	1,207	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	129.18/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,055	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	818	155.50/cwt	154.50–156.00	1,272	195
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,266	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	143.91/cwt	141.85–146.00	1,335	232
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,346	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,056	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,278	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	132.94/cwt	131.00–135.00	698	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	987	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	141.64/cwt	138.50–146.00	1,044	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	144.75/cwt	144.50–145.00	1,093	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,038	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	140.25/cwt	139.25–141.10	1,167	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,225	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	137.80/cwt	133.50–140.00	1,286	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,061	128.10/cwt	128.00–128.75	1,359	30
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	67.16/cwt	66.00–68.00	1,051	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	72.84/cwt	71.00–74.50	1,175	4
Bulls	—	—	2,122	76.49/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,623	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	32.21/cwt	29.00–38.00	342	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,111	41.10/cwt	37.75–43.50	457	41
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	302	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	45.52/cwt	42.00–49.00	545	104
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	54.68/cwt	49.00–61.00	715	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	990	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 Oct 31, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,513Last week 1,485Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 300Last week 222Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	933	133.50–140.00	137.80
71	—	737	138.50–146.00	141.64
107	—	832	139.25–141.10	140.25
121	—	755	144.50–145.00	144.75
8	—	681	145.00	145.00
9	—	881	139.00	139.00
30	—	1,061	128.00–128.75	128.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	131.00–135.00	132.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	805	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,056	121.00	121.00
25	—	817	128.00–134.00	129.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	873	145.00	145.00
11	—	968	139.00	139.00
34	—	712	147.00–151.00	148.22
116	—	786	146.00–154.75	151.55
177	—	807	148.10–151.25	149.57
232	—	928	141.85–146.00	143.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	818	154.50–156.00	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	155.00	155.00
4	—	588	139.00	139.00
5	—	507	148.00	148.00
12	—	616	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	66.00–68.00	67.16
3	—	2,122	76.00–77.00	76.49
4	—	1,613	71.00–74.50	72.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,308	49.00–61.00	54.68
41	—	1,111	37.75–43.50	41.10
104	—	1,197	42.00–49.00	45.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	26.00	26.00
24	—	1,061	29.00–38.00	32.21

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.