Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-03-26

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 26
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,241 head
▲ 4,127 vs last sale 1,114▲ 5,241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 214▲ 300 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 mostly 8.00 to 11.00 higher with instances of 14.00 to 18.00 higher on thinner reputation cattle. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Calves too lightly tested last week for accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.55/cwt on 2,874 head.
Average price
$134.55
2,874 head · 808 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$347
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$34.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.70
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439169.0574233
Medium and Large 1812134.151,0892,841
One grade step is worth $34.89/cwt here — about −$347 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 sale2,874 hd
134.55
—
KS average3 barns · 6,540 hd
133.86
+0.70
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—High1,86193.301,73645
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64074.411,2202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28869.99902152
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05748.725157thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386178.50/cwt178.50–178.5068917
Steers—Medium and Large 1425179.50/cwt179.50–179.5076338
Steers—Medium and Large 1468179.05/cwt174.00–190.0083868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495159.00/cwt159.00–159.0078716
Steers—Medium and Large 1505174.57/cwt173.00–176.5088211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550155.00/cwt155.00–155.0085311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed551180.50/cwt180.50–180.5099522
Steers—Medium and Large 1578166.13/cwt161.00–168.5096069
Steers—Medium and Large 1631154.89/cwt153.75–156.0097779
Steers—Medium and Large 1678149.04/cwt146.00–155.501,010353
Steers—Medium and Large 1735141.26/cwt138.00–143.501,038166
Steers—Medium and Large 1770139.78/cwt133.50–144.501,076213
Steers—Medium and Large 1826131.66/cwt119.00–138.751,088446
Steers—Medium and Large 1871127.56/cwt115.00–138.101,111685
Steers—Medium and Large 1909114.91/cwt110.00–118.001,045197
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy934133.10/cwt133.10–133.101,24394
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy964103.50/cwt103.50–103.5099851
Steers—Medium and Large 1967115.17/cwt108.50–122.001,114131
Steers—Medium and Large 11,018113.35/cwt107.00–115.751,154203
Steers—Medium and Large 11,32094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368155.99/cwt154.50–157.5057436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412148.63/cwt146.00–150.0061233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526126.00/cwt126.00–126.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533133.00/cwt133.00–133.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543148.83/cwt144.00–154.0080831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579140.39/cwt137.00–146.0081363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635136.63/cwt132.50–139.50868132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669131.53/cwt126.00–136.0088049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716120.76/cwt117.00–125.75865255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy770112.50/cwt112.50–112.5086658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776120.75/cwt114.75–127.00937434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822115.02/cwt112.00–117.75945516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897111.75/cwt111.50–112.001,002122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927108.33/cwt103.50–110.001,004143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59878.50/cwt78.50–78.501,2542
Bulls——1,69689.33/cwt81.00–97.501,51526
Bulls——2,144101.11/cwt97.50–102.002,16817
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05748.72/cwt45.00–52.005157
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12460.57/cwt56.00–62.006819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16268.22/cwt62.50–73.5079362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40372.40/cwt65.50–75.001,01681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64074.41/cwt73.00–76.001,2202

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.