Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-01-14

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 14
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,121 head
▼ 1,591 vs last sale 4,712▼ 795 vs year ago 3,916 · −20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
334 head
▼ 269 vs last sale 603▲ 34 vs year ago 300 · +11.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 34▲ 42 vs year ago 60 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 300 lb to 500 lb sold steady. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bull sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.34/cwt on 1,744 head.
Average price
$132.34
1,744 head · 789 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$441
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$15.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.75
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588135.9380038
Medium and Large 1791132.341,0471,695
Large 11,031120.351,24111thin
One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about −$441 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 sale1,744 hd
132.34
—
KS average3 barns · 6,656 hd
139.09
−6.75
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—Low1,81069.621,26021
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39156.84790149
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19346.91560106
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18839.2246615

Every lot

76 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258550.93/cwt490.00–580.001,4213
Steers—Medium and Large 1285199.00/cwt199.00–199.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 1320187.00/cwt187.00–187.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1362207.15/cwt200.00–210.0075017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned376158.00/cwt158.00–158.005943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397160.50/cwt160.50–160.506372
Steers—Medium and Large 1436187.00/cwt187.00–187.008154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466141.00/cwt141.00–141.006577
Steers—Medium and Large 1482180.56/cwt179.00–189.0087012
Steers—Medium and Large 1530165.93/cwt162.00–172.0087932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535135.50/cwt135.50–135.507253
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy542157.00/cwt157.00–157.008517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570139.00/cwt139.00–139.0079213
Steers—Medium and Large 1576151.77/cwt148.00–158.0087433
Steers—Medium and Large 1629142.33/cwt136.50–146.5089547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645129.75/cwt129.75–129.758374
Steers—Medium and Large 1676136.97/cwt134.00–142.00926175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned687137.00/cwt137.00–137.009417
Steers—Medium and Large 1727133.97/cwt130.50–136.35974133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745125.00/cwt125.00–125.009319
Steers—Medium and Large 1780130.43/cwt127.85–136.751,017404
Steers—Medium and Large 1813127.61/cwt123.60–131.751,037284
Steers—Medium and Large 1876124.43/cwt122.00–126.001,090118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy916132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,20955
Steers—Medium and Large 1924125.07/cwt121.75–126.501,156304
Steers—Medium and Large 1971125.22/cwt125.00–125.251,21658
Steers—Large 11,031120.35/cwt120.35–120.351,24111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1252480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268176.96/cwt173.00–181.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332171.59/cwt168.00–176.005703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355177.00/cwt177.00–177.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372159.70/cwt158.00–165.005949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423153.07/cwt150.50–157.006479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461125.00/cwt125.00–125.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy471163.00/cwt163.00–163.0076821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481156.58/cwt152.00–158.0075366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530124.00/cwt124.00–124.0065714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536139.81/cwt137.50–144.0074942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569138.70/cwt132.00–141.5078998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595124.00/cwt124.00–124.0073812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned597126.50/cwt126.50–126.507557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement610137.00/cwt137.00–137.0083619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622128.12/cwt125.00–133.00797103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement663134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673125.60/cwt120.50–129.00845132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725122.80/cwt121.00–124.50890152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730113.85/cwt112.50–116.508319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy742118.00/cwt118.00–118.008765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784123.75/cwt119.75–124.75970160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825123.68/cwt121.00–124.001,020137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877119.21/cwt116.50–123.251,045128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1976118.82/cwt114.00–119.001,16058
Heifers—Large 11,029113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,1658
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580146.00/cwt146.00–146.008471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1662119.51/cwt119.00–121.007914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74063.51/cwt60.00–69.001,10511
Bulls——1,85072.97/cwt71.00–75.001,3506
Bulls——1,94481.42/cwt79.00–84.001,5834
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18839.22/cwt37.00–42.0046615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19346.91/cwt43.00–51.00560106
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34355.57/cwt52.00–57.25746101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49159.50/cwt57.50–65.0088748
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 11,020500.00/cwt500.00–500.005,1004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,179839.22/cwt775.00–950.009,8945
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,231625.00/cwt625.00–625.007,6947
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,278801.01/cwt585.00–875.0010,2377
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,282704.29/cwt600.00–810.009,02926
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,307811.96/cwt700.00–910.0010,61215
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,354837.09/cwt775.00–910.0011,3345
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,403942.27/cwt920.00–970.0013,2203
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3001,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,8507
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1859910.00/cwt910.00–910.007,8175
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18811,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.009,0744

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.