Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-09

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,425 head
▲ 2,302 vs last sale 2,123▲ 4,425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
700 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 594▲ 700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers 550-700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 750-900 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves lower undertone noted, heifer calves higher undertone noted, not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls limited offerings, higher undertone noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.85/cwt on 1,939 head.
Average price
$149.85
1,939 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.92
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1770149.851,1531,939
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 sale1,939 hd
149.85
—
KS average4 barns · 9,564 hd
155.77
−5.92
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—Average1,91881.401,5619thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69872.131,2253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28557.50739330
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11934.1038211

Every lot

51 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1307211.00/cwt211.00–211.006486
Steers—Medium and Large 1436189.94/cwt186.50–196.0082829
Steers—Medium and Large 1474180.52/cwt174.00–182.0085645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508146.00/cwt146.00–146.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1533165.49/cwt159.00–167.0088237
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed573166.47/cwt166.00–167.0095497
Steers—Medium and Large 1586154.82/cwt149.00–160.0090764
Steers—Medium and Large 1613156.24/cwt149.00–160.0095859
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0269
Steers—Medium and Large 1687145.80/cwt144.00–146.501,00275
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy701163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,143100
Steers—Medium and Large 1723145.78/cwt143.50–148.001,054175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy765136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,04416
Steers—Medium and Large 1782145.90/cwt139.50–150.751,141270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed800157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,25843
Steers—Medium and Large 1822145.11/cwt139.50–151.351,193353
Steers—Medium and Large 1869146.11/cwt139.00–150.001,270301
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed902149.44/cwt149.35–150.001,34869
Steers—Medium and Large 1915142.45/cwt138.50–143.751,303121
Steers—Medium and Large 1956134.11/cwt133.50–138.251,28232
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012136.85/cwt136.85–136.851,3857
Steers—Medium and Large 11,186126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,5008
Steers—Medium and Large 11,279109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,40116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349175.00/cwt175.00–175.0061110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428161.37/cwt158.00–163.0069139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469156.79/cwt151.00–160.0073528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477136.00/cwt136.00–136.006496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519130.50/cwt130.50–130.506778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539144.71/cwt141.00–147.0078039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571130.36/cwt129.00–131.0074422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579138.64/cwt138.00–141.5080370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606140.33/cwt134.00–141.6085094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639128.54/cwt128.00–129.0082111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676126.00/cwt126.00–126.008524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685138.35/cwt135.75–142.00948134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737135.78/cwt135.25–141.001,00181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778136.04/cwt134.50–140.251,058318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808134.33/cwt132.00–135.501,085127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881134.85/cwt127.00–137.001,188433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement937140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,31214
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,016132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,34620
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,055124.81/cwt124.00–125.001,31716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405181.00/cwt181.00–181.0073317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1548151.00/cwt151.00–151.008278
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,85678.20/cwt72.00–81.001,4515
Bulls——1,99585.39/cwt84.00–87.001,7044
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09846.02/cwt43.00–48.0050521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11934.10/cwt32.00–40.0038211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24256.43/cwt47.00–61.00701210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41662.22/cwt57.00–68.0088199
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69872.13/cwt66.50–75.001,2253

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.