Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-01-30

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
▼ 480 vs last sale 1,303▲ 823 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 45▲ 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 182▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to heavy amounts of snowfall in the trade area, limited receipts available. Feeder steers and heifers lower undertone noted. Not enough calves for a market test. Overall, demand moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher using a limited test. Not enough bulls for a market test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.67/cwt on 389 head.
Average price
$144.67
389 head · 763 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.16
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1763144.671,103389
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 sale389 hd
144.67
—
KS average3 barns · 2,133 hd
142.51
+2.16
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—High1,89086.711,6394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59171.161,13213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30164.69842155
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07053.505721thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377196.00/cwt196.00–196.007392
Steers—Medium and Large 1477186.00/cwt186.00–186.008875
Steers—Medium and Large 1512171.00/cwt171.00–171.008765
Steers—Medium and Large 1576158.00/cwt158.00–158.009109
Steers—Medium and Large 1658146.69/cwt142.25–151.0096576
Steers—Medium and Large 1723141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,02324
Steers—Medium and Large 1781143.22/cwt140.50–145.501,119154
Steers—Medium and Large 1840143.39/cwt136.00–145.501,20470
Steers—Medium and Large 1886139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,23432
Steers—Medium and Large 1915132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,20812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423166.00/cwt166.00–166.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517152.50/cwt152.50–152.5078819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551151.00/cwt151.00–151.0083213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624141.32/cwt137.50–142.8588296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1699125.30/cwt125.00–127.0087627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777125.00/cwt125.00–125.0097124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,02220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885122.69/cwt121.00–123.001,08633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,14839
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,11486.00/cwt86.00–86.009586
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84088.41/cwt87.00–90.001,6272
Bulls——1,94085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07053.50/cwt53.50–53.505721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08653.56/cwt51.00–57.505826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19962.73/cwt55.00–65.2575269
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40567.22/cwt63.75–70.0094480
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59171.16/cwt70.00–72.001,13213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1491,140.07/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0013,0994
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,224822.61/cwt700.00–885.0010,06946
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0111,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,17613

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.