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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Nov 21

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,707 head

▼ 533 vs last sale 2,240▲ 1,707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

573 head

▲ 155 vs last sale 418▲ 573 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 12▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower using a limited test. Heifers not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend. Unweaned steer calves sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher using a limited test. Heifer calves not enough comparable weights for a market test, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly even using a limited 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 $148.46/cwt on 1,047 head.

Average price

$148.46

1,047 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

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

$13.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.21

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	774	148.53	1,149	1,042
Medium and Large 1-2	574	135.00	775	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.53/cwt here — about $374 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 sale1,047 hd

148.46

—

KS average3 barns · 3,712 hd

149.67

−1.21

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	1,922	74.44	1,431	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	66.65	1,106	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	48.77	603	176
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	34.22	381	82

Every lot

59 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	585	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	317	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	574	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	657	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	673	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	175.75/cwt	175.00–176.50	752	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	772	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	160.68/cwt	159.00–162.00	765	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	800	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	149.42/cwt	146.00–153.50	799	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	151.77/cwt	149.00–153.00	862	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	142.83/cwt	141.00–143.50	837	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	143.35/cwt	141.00–144.50	880	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	137.63/cwt	137.00–140.00	932	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	138.44/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,018	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	137.47/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,065	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	778	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,210	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	140.39/cwt	134.00–144.50	1,162	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	857	159.38/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,366	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	144.39/cwt	137.00–146.50	1,246	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,357	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	927	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,400	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	132.65/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,295	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,295	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	349	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	511	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	351	154.64/cwt	154.00–155.00	543	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	422	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	599	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	154.70/cwt	154.00–155.00	664	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	459	145.37/cwt	144.00–147.00	667	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	720	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	130.62/cwt	130.00–131.00	692	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	135.41/cwt	135.00–135.50	724	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	717	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	128.28/cwt	128.00–128.50	868	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	127.11/cwt	126.00–129.00	928	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	876	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	130.67/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,021	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,075	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	865	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,055	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,172	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,189	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,008	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,220	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	638	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	691	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	743	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	653	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	842	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,686	64.24/cwt	60.50–68.00	1,083	5
Bulls	—	—	1,879	76.59/cwt	73.00–78.50	1,439	10
Bulls	—	—	2,189	79.37/cwt	76.00–83.50	1,737	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,114	34.22/cwt	31.00–39.00	381	82
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	43.37/cwt	38.50–46.00	517	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	50.46/cwt	45.50–57.00	619	90
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,427	58.95/cwt	54.00–64.00	841	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	66.65/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,106	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,299	1,003.32/cwt	860.00–1,075.00	13,033	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,313	793.80/cwt	700.00–860.00	10,423	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,580	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	14,615	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 Nov 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,707Last week 2,240Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 573Last week 418Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	781	123.00–133.00	130.67
23	—	535	135.00–135.50	135.41
10	—	475	151.50	151.50
3	—	1,008	121.00	121.00
24	—	730	126.00–129.00	127.11
17	—	811	132.50	132.50
8	—	916	128.00	128.00
26	—	575	130.00	130.00
20	—	677	128.00–128.50	128.28
8	—	987	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	422	142.00	142.00
8	—	349	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	429	154.00–155.00	154.70
13	—	459	144.00–147.00	145.37
14	—	351	154.00–155.00	154.64
15	—	571	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	865	122.00	122.00
27	—	530	130.00–131.00	130.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	762	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	142.00	142.00
5	—	470	147.00	147.00
5	—	653	129.00	129.00
6	—	370	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	976	130.50–137.00	132.65
30	—	775	135.00–140.00	137.47
16	—	475	162.50	162.50
8	—	308	190.00	190.00
86	—	677	137.00–140.00	137.63
53	—	926	146.50	146.50
28	—	614	141.00–144.50	143.35
8	—	428	175.00–176.50	175.75
6	—	1,070	121.00	121.00
80	—	863	137.00–146.50	144.39
42	—	568	149.00–153.00	151.77
19	—	735	137.00–140.00	138.44
8	—	357	184.00	184.00
4	—	521	153.50	153.50
174	—	828	134.00–144.50	140.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	586	141.00–143.50	142.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	375	179.50	179.50
28	—	535	146.00–153.50	149.42
7	—	317	181.00	181.00
25	—	476	159.00–162.00	160.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	927	151.00	151.00
59	—	778	155.50	155.50
185	—	857	158.00–160.00	159.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,686	60.50–68.00	64.24
6	—	2,189	76.00–83.50	79.37
10	—	1,879	73.00–78.50	76.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	66.00–67.00	66.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,427	54.00–64.00	58.95
66	—	1,191	38.50–46.00	43.37
90	—	1,227	45.50–57.00	50.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,114	31.00–39.00	34.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,580	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,299	860.00–1,075.00	1,003.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,313	700.00–860.00	793.80

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.