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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 27

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,523 head

▼ 1,084 vs last sale 2,607▲ 1,523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

120 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 225▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts offered today. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Calves not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Not enough bulls last week 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 $145.80/cwt on 948 head.

Average price

$145.80

948 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.18

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	737	145.80	1,075	948

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 sale948 hd

145.80

—

KS average3 barns · 1,662 hd

142.62

+3.18

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	1,761	87.68	1,544	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	59.48	719	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	48.00	521	1thin

Every lot

29 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	477	178.51/cwt	177.00–179.00	851	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	174.34/cwt	174.00–177.00	910	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	939	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	620	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,039	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	157.82/cwt	146.00–162.50	983	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	659	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,041	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	150.98/cwt	138.50–153.50	1,048	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	143.36/cwt	136.25–146.10	1,042	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	136.87/cwt	134.75–140.00	1,053	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	814	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,013	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	135.97/cwt	131.00–139.75	1,120	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,184	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	128.66/cwt	118.85–134.75	1,203	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	123.08/cwt	118.50–124.50	1,186	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	743	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	146.39/cwt	144.00–149.00	763	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	139.88/cwt	132.00–141.50	789	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	129.32/cwt	128.25–131.50	811	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	134.54/cwt	129.50–135.25	881	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	677	121.19/cwt	120.50–121.50	820	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	120.77/cwt	119.00–121.50	885	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	118.95/cwt	117.75–121.00	900	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,011	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,754	93.69/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,643	4
Bulls	—	—	1,764	85.28/cwt	80.50–89.50	1,504	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,070	54.93/cwt	50.00–57.00	588	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	521	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	59.87/cwt	57.00–63.00	718	35
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	63.39/cwt	60.50–65.60	906	7

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 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,523Last week 2,607Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 225Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	727	136.25–146.10	143.36
109	—	935	118.85–134.75	128.66
46	—	964	118.50–124.50	123.08
15	—	576	163.00	163.00
166	—	623	146.00–162.50	157.82
74	—	769	134.75–140.00	136.87
31	—	522	174.00–177.00	174.34
12	—	477	177.00–179.00	178.51
118	—	694	138.50–153.50	150.98
69	—	824	131.00–139.75	135.97
28	—	852	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	659	158.00	158.00
25	—	620	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	814	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	757	117.75–121.00	118.95
15	—	521	144.00–149.00	146.39
79	—	564	132.00–141.50	139.88
31	—	733	119.00–121.50	120.77
3	—	860	117.50	117.50
90	—	655	129.50–135.25	134.54
62	—	627	128.25–131.50	129.32
6	—	489	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	677	120.50–121.50	121.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,764	80.50–89.50	85.28
4	—	1,754	91.50–95.00	93.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,200	57.00–63.00	59.87
7	—	1,430	60.50–65.60	63.39
9	—	1,070	50.00–57.00	54.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	48.00	48.00

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.