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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 13

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,632 head

▲ 706 vs last sale 1,926▲ 2,632 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

374 head

▲ 324 vs last sale 50▲ 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 800-950 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750-900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Weaned steer and heifer calves higher undertone noted, not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Bulls higher undertone noted using limited comparable weights.

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 $145.15/cwt on 1,516 head.

Average price

$145.15

1,516 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$213

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

$0.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

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	625	145.50	909	30
Medium and Large 1	773	145.14	1,122	1,486

One grade step is worth $0.36/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale1,516 hd

145.15

—

KS average3 barns · 3,734 hd

147.39

−2.24

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	—	Average	1,846	86.36	1,594	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	61.69	768	224
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	895	46.46	416	2thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	212.05/cwt	211.00–213.00	696	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	903	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	186.97/cwt	184.75–191.00	896	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,038	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	174.78/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,021	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	909	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	165.84/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,038	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	153.64/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,032	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	143.05/cwt	136.00–153.00	1,037	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	144.11/cwt	134.60–148.00	1,127	310
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	136.63/cwt	133.85–143.00	1,124	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	135.65/cwt	128.00–144.10	1,183	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	127.82/cwt	126.00–128.25	1,179	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	126.35/cwt	126.35–126.35	1,214	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	636	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	674	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	153.53/cwt	147.50–163.50	742	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	154.04/cwt	151.00–157.50	836	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	149.71/cwt	143.00–154.75	853	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	140.75/cwt	136.50–142.50	864	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	129.79/cwt	125.25–137.50	866	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	130.67/cwt	128.00–131.50	962	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	129.73/cwt	125.50–131.00	989	184
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	122.88/cwt	120.85–124.75	1,010	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	120.44/cwt	118.75–121.35	1,047	119
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,846	86.36/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,594	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	46.46/cwt	45.00–48.00	416	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,022	55.73/cwt	51.50–57.00	570	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	61.31/cwt	56.00–65.25	753	104
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,402	65.80/cwt	65.00–67.00	923	75

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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,632Last week 1,926Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 374Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	374	170.00	170.00
10	—	406	166.00	166.00
15	—	543	151.00–157.50	154.04
19	—	483	147.50–163.50	153.53
102	—	570	143.00–154.75	149.71
106	—	736	128.00–131.50	130.67
111	—	614	136.50–142.50	140.75
119	—	869	118.75–121.35	120.44
126	—	667	125.25–137.50	129.79
166	—	822	120.85–124.75	122.88
184	—	762	125.50–131.00	129.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	203.00	203.00
6	—	328	211.00–213.00	212.05
22	—	479	184.75–191.00	186.97
50	—	961	126.35	126.35
57	—	584	166.00–176.00	174.78
90	—	672	152.00–154.00	153.64
98	—	626	165.00–166.00	165.84
117	—	922	126.00–128.25	127.82
194	—	725	136.00–153.00	143.05
226	—	872	128.00–144.10	135.65
263	—	823	133.85–143.00	136.63
310	—	782	134.60–148.00	144.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	555	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	625	145.50	145.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,846	82.50–88.00	86.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,022	51.50–57.00	55.73
75	—	1,402	65.00–67.00	65.80
104	—	1,228	56.00–65.25	61.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	895	45.00–48.00	46.46

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.