Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-01-07

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 7
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,712 head
▲ 1,451 vs last sale 3,261▲ 287 vs year ago 4,425 · +6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
603 head
▲ 268 vs last sale 335▼ 97 vs year ago 700 · −13.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 82▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to the last sale on 12/17/2020, feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 850 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 300 lb to 400 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.24/cwt on 3,012 head.
Average price
$136.24
3,012 head · 803 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.46
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1792137.181,0862,787
Medium and Large 1-2641136.9587851
Medium 1765122.5093712thin
Large 11,043120.821,260162
One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale3,012 hd
136.24
—
KS average4 barns · 11,036 hd
142.70
−6.46
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—Low2,00275.071,50323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38457.47795186
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16947.55556249
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13742.1247977

Every lot

74 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 190400.00/cwt400.00–400.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 1285600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7101
Steers—Medium and Large 1285196.00/cwt190.00–202.005592
Steers—Medium and Large 1380205.32/cwt202.00–213.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1428179.12/cwt172.00–186.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy443186.00/cwt186.00–186.008246
Steers—Medium and Large 1468181.69/cwt179.00–185.0085020
Steers—Medium and Large 1525167.68/cwt163.00–172.0088035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547158.00/cwt158.00–158.0086415
Steers—Medium and Large 1562162.73/cwt157.00–166.0091560
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580150.67/cwt147.00–154.5087429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy629140.84/cwt139.50–142.0088650
Steers—Medium and Large 1637153.26/cwt147.50–157.25976191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637123.00/cwt123.00–123.007844
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy665151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,00437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned675131.44/cwt130.00–134.0088714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677129.22/cwt123.00–134.0087524
Steers—Medium and Large 1679142.83/cwt138.75–147.25970172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714127.63/cwt126.50–128.759118
Steers—Medium and Large 1728138.53/cwt134.50–140.751,008228
Steers—Medium 1765122.50/cwt122.50–122.5093712
Steers—Medium and Large 1770137.58/cwt132.25–140.001,059460
Steers—Medium and Large 1822130.44/cwt127.25–134.501,072557
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy842119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy886129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,1476
Steers—Medium and Large 1887133.00/cwt128.50–139.001,180228
Steers—Medium and Large 1922129.91/cwt126.75–134.001,198610
Steers—Medium and Large 1959127.99/cwt126.00–129.251,22769
Steers—Large 11,031122.91/cwt122.00–123.851,267100
Steers—Large 11,063117.45/cwt114.25–118.501,24862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225400.00/cwt400.00–400.009002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1266187.00/cwt187.00–187.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323168.32/cwt162.00–173.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy350175.00/cwt175.00–175.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392162.28/cwt156.00–167.006367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405156.82/cwt150.00–163.0063515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468149.55/cwt144.00–154.007007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520149.45/cwt141.00–154.0077774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573142.23/cwt136.00–143.5081575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615138.66/cwt138.50–139.0085322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy642125.00/cwt125.00–125.0080320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646111.00/cwt111.00–111.007174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672108.00/cwt108.00–108.007266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685127.97/cwt123.00–131.00877258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720127.27/cwt126.00–128.7591677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy731117.00/cwt117.00–117.008554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy762117.00/cwt117.00–117.008927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773127.31/cwt122.50–128.75984310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy803115.00/cwt115.00–115.0092310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827127.75/cwt123.00–129.751,056309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864126.51/cwt121.00–127.351,09368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1929121.51/cwt120.00–123.251,129123
Heifers—Large 11,019121.04/cwt117.50–121.251,23354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285141.00/cwt141.00–141.004023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2407115.00/cwt115.00–115.004682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525121.00/cwt121.00–121.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540148.00/cwt148.00–148.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561140.00/cwt140.00–140.007859
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636129.00/cwt129.00–129.008203
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74374.23/cwt70.50–76.501,2943
Bulls——1,79264.61/cwt62.00–66.001,1589
Bulls——2,24483.86/cwt79.00–87.501,88211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13742.12/cwt37.00–45.0047977
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16947.55/cwt44.00–53.00556249
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36456.92/cwt54.00–58.50776149
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46659.66/cwt59.25–63.0087537
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,5561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,222602.07/cwt550.00–725.007,35713
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2351,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,2761
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,274879.39/cwt750.00–970.0011,2034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,315717.11/cwt600.00–775.009,4303
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,360803.20/cwt600.00–880.0010,9247
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4251,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,1001

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.