Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2020-10-15

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,971 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 2,183▼ 108 vs year ago 2,079 · −5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 203▼ 36 vs year ago 203 · −17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady. Steers under 600 lb sold steady with a higher undertone. Feeder steers over 900 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550 lb to 700 lb sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 800 lb sold 4.00 higher. Heifers 800 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Breaker cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Boner and lean cows sold 6.00 lower. Bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.40/cwt on 915 head.
Average price
$142.40
915 head · 888 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.55
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1888142.401,265915
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 sale915 hd
142.40
—
KS average3 barns · 2,964 hd
142.95
−0.55
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—Average1,75573.751,29418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35767.8492137
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15248.7356177
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09040.6944415

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1595151.00/cwt151.00–151.008985
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636132.25/cwt132.25–132.2584110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned641140.00/cwt140.00–140.008975
Steers—Medium and Large 1669142.55/cwt142.00–144.0095427
Steers—Medium and Large 1734143.40/cwt138.00–146.501,05345
Steers—Medium and Large 1775146.37/cwt140.50–147.501,13438
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy825135.88/cwt132.50–136.501,12133
Steers—Medium and Large 1843148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,24818
Steers—Medium and Large 1871143.90/cwt142.50–145.001,253235
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy892129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1519
Steers—Medium and Large 1939142.94/cwt137.50–144.251,342313
Steers—Medium and Large 1964140.05/cwt137.75–143.501,350177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned447135.50/cwt135.50–135.506065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540138.37/cwt135.00–140.0074718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555138.50/cwt138.50–138.507697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598120.50/cwt120.50–120.5072111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned644112.79/cwt110.00–115.007269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663137.16/cwt133.50–139.0090931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy665143.85/cwt143.85–143.8595761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009206
Heifers—Medium 1733130.00/cwt130.00–130.0095321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734138.11/cwt133.00–140.001,014226
Heifers—Medium 1800119.00/cwt119.00–119.009526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813133.72/cwt131.00–135.751,087398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy840126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,05821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy884109.00/cwt109.00–109.0096413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886127.50/cwt127.00–129.751,13062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0345
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1451140.00/cwt140.00–140.006313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67671.98/cwt63.00–75.001,20614
Bulls——2,03279.94/cwt78.00–82.501,6244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09040.69/cwt36.50–45.5044415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,13175.75/cwt73.00–78.008576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15248.73/cwt45.50–56.0056177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40166.31/cwt60.00–70.5092931
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,060870.00/cwt870.00–870.009,2221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,265850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,7531
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,295710.00/cwt710.00–710.009,1951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,313825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,8323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,385950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,1581

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.