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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Nov 19

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,867 head

▼ 221 vs last sale 2,088▲ 160 vs year ago 1,707 · +9.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

460 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 487▼ 113 vs year ago 573 · −19.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 69 vs last sale 98▲ 2 vs year ago 27 · +7.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, 700 lb to 950 lb steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold unevenly steady. No recent comparison on 600 lb to 850 lb heifers, however a lower market was noted. Heifers 850 lb to 950 lb sold 1.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

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 $142.25/cwt on 1,064 head.

Average price

$142.25

1,064 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.66

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	142.63	1,077	1,020
Medium and Large 1-2	595	134.73	801	41
Large 1	1,001	116.00	1,161	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale1,064 hd

142.25

—

KS average3 barns · 4,733 hd

142.91

−0.66

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	—	Low	1,808	66.08	1,195	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	61.59	862	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	49.45	602	187
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,192	41.01	489	47

Every lot

60 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	199.62/cwt	197.00–200.00	673	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	190.39/cwt	186.00–195.00	703	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	397	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	699	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	183.40/cwt	180.00–192.00	776	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	177.47/cwt	171.00–185.00	816	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	165.15/cwt	164.50–166.00	799	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	159.99/cwt	155.00–164.50	819	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	151.55/cwt	151.00–152.00	805	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	137.12/cwt	135.50–142.00	738	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	753	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	147.62/cwt	144.00–152.00	843	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	143.57/cwt	139.75–150.50	912	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	142.50/cwt	139.00–145.50	941	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	873	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	682	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	890	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	686	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,029	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,009	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	133.38/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,051	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	136.94/cwt	135.00–137.25	1,143	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	134.78/cwt	130.00–137.25	1,173	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	876	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,218	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,183	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	936	140.85/cwt	140.85–140.85	1,318	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	130.80/cwt	122.50–133.50	1,254	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	963	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,146	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,001	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,161	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	499	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	518	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	153.46/cwt	149.00–156.00	568	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	148.26/cwt	148.00–150.00	649	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	144.77/cwt	141.00–149.00	688	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	624	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	499	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	634	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	140.98/cwt	137.00–145.00	733	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	684	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	752	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	134.62/cwt	134.00–136.00	781	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	128.42/cwt	124.50–130.50	791	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	121.98/cwt	121.00–123.00	837	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	129.16/cwt	126.00–133.00	934	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	128.49/cwt	125.50–130.50	971	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	799	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	939	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	122.96/cwt	122.50–125.75	1,056	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	914	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	983	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	120.79/cwt	118.25–123.50	1,119	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	953	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,215	28
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,009	107.88/cwt	102.00–126.00	1,089	50
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	57.32/cwt	55.00–61.00	917	12
Bulls	—	—	1,850	67.13/cwt	61.00–72.00	1,242	22
Bulls	—	—	1,966	74.30/cwt	73.00–75.50	1,461	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,169	66.83/cwt	66.00–70.00	781	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,192	41.01/cwt	35.50–44.00	489	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	49.45/cwt	44.50–57.50	602	187
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	60.66/cwt	57.00–64.50	874	84
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,252	692.51/cwt	650.00–750.00	8,670	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,413	871.33/cwt	750.00–960.00	12,312	9

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 Nov 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,867Last week 2,088Year ago 1,707

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 487Year ago 573

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 98Year ago 27

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	756	125.50–130.50	128.49
11	—	370	149.00–156.00	153.46
4	—	290	172.00	172.00
50	—	520	137.00–145.00	140.98
46	—	475	141.00–149.00	144.77
27	—	616	124.50–130.50	128.42
10	—	686	121.00–123.00	121.98
15	—	438	148.00–150.00	148.26
77	—	859	122.50–125.75	122.96
62	—	580	134.00–136.00	134.62
31	—	723	126.00–133.00	129.16
44	—	926	118.25–123.50	120.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	499	127.00	127.00
7	—	534	128.00	128.00
2	—	360	146.00	146.00
2	—	332	156.00	156.00
10	—	655	119.00	119.00
9	—	576	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	799	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	953	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,009	102.00–126.00	107.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	134.00	134.00
9	—	476	131.00	131.00
5	—	914	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	835	135.00–137.25	136.94
28	—	423	180.00–192.00	183.40
97	—	635	139.75–150.50	143.57
11	—	369	186.00–195.00	190.39
202	—	870	130.00–137.25	134.78
102	—	788	131.00–136.00	133.38
8	—	337	197.00–200.00	199.62
28	—	660	139.00–145.50	142.50
86	—	959	122.50–133.50	130.80
61	—	512	155.00–164.50	159.99
44	—	571	144.00–152.00	147.62
4	—	917	129.00	129.00
8	—	734	137.50	137.50
9	—	460	171.00–185.00	177.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	963	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	936	140.85	140.85
58	—	876	139.00	139.00
14	—	686	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,001	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	538	135.50–142.00	137.12
13	—	677	129.00	129.00
7	—	600	139.00	139.00
5	—	554	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	397	176.00	176.00
19	—	682	130.50	130.50
31	—	531	151.00–152.00	151.55
27	—	484	164.50–166.00	165.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,600	55.00–61.00	57.32
10	—	1,966	73.00–75.50	74.30
22	—	1,850	61.00–72.00	67.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,169	66.00–70.00	66.83
84	—	1,441	57.00–64.50	60.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,218	44.50–57.50	49.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,192	35.50–44.00	41.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,413	750.00–960.00	871.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,252	650.00–750.00	692.51

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.