Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-01-21

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 21
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,902 head
▼ 1,219 vs last sale 3,121▲ 599 vs year ago 1,303 · +46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 334▲ 128 vs year ago 45 · +284.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 102▼ 175 vs year ago 182 · −96.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 550 lb to 1,000 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves 300 lb to 475 lb sold 2.00 higher. No recent comparison on steer calves from 475 lb to 550 lb, however a lower market was noted. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 850 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.71/cwt on 1,157 head.
Average price
$135.71
1,157 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.34
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1793136.121,0791,136
Large 11,159113.661,31721
One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale1,157 hd
135.71
—
KS average3 barns · 5,204 hd
141.05
−5.34
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—High1,61877.961,26117
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31959.5878656
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17750.0858952
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18044.4552525

Every lot

61 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378210.58/cwt207.00–213.007965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411160.00/cwt160.00–160.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 1442188.39/cwt188.00–191.008337
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy453187.00/cwt187.00–187.0084712
Steers—Medium and Large 1475171.40/cwt168.00–174.0081410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy506176.50/cwt176.50–176.5089321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523146.00/cwt146.00–146.007645
Steers—Medium and Large 1528166.14/cwt162.00–168.0087710
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy545153.00/cwt153.00–153.008349
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy551167.00/cwt167.00–167.009204
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy570151.50/cwt151.50–151.508648
Steers—Medium and Large 1592158.68/cwt158.00–162.0093934
Steers—Medium and Large 1607158.00/cwt158.00–158.0095939
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642137.00/cwt137.00–137.0088012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy648146.00/cwt146.00–146.009466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy660129.00/cwt129.00–129.008517
Steers—Medium and Large 1669145.40/cwt140.00–146.0097351
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy709143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,01716
Steers—Medium and Large 1741135.71/cwt132.00–138.001,00651
Steers—Medium and Large 1761136.13/cwt130.00–137.001,03687
Steers—Medium and Large 1817128.59/cwt126.75–132.101,051237
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy854138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,17961
Steers—Medium and Large 1888127.26/cwt125.00–131.601,130308
Steers—Medium and Large 1917129.73/cwt127.00–131.101,19063
Steers—Medium and Large 1963124.96/cwt123.35–128.751,20370
Steers—Large 11,005126.16/cwt120.00–128.251,2684
Steers—Large 11,150103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1854
Steers—Large 11,209113.09/cwt110.00–115.001,36713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277174.40/cwt173.00–177.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned407141.00/cwt141.00–141.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444157.54/cwt157.00–158.0069913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471157.00/cwt157.00–157.0073916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473137.00/cwt137.00–137.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493117.00/cwt117.00–117.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542151.31/cwt147.00–153.0082082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.85/cwt142.00–146.0081758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595132.50/cwt132.50–132.507885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned599121.00/cwt121.00–121.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633127.81/cwt123.00–131.5080962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672128.80/cwt128.00–129.5086638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713126.14/cwt123.00–127.2589980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762126.55/cwt125.50–129.25964143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860122.58/cwt121.10–122.851,054103
Heifers—Large 11,12596.90/cwt96.00–100.001,0909
Heifers—Large 11,21691.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1074
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410175.00/cwt175.00–175.007182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805117.00/cwt117.00–117.009421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34970.00/cwt70.00–70.009444
Bulls——1,68180.77/cwt80.00–83.001,35812
Bulls——1,93576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,4711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17750.08/cwt47.50–54.0058952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18044.45/cwt38.00–46.0052525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30858.02/cwt55.00–59.5075924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32760.75/cwt59.75–63.0080632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,160850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,8601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,177675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,9452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,330950.00/cwt950.00–950.0012,6351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,400975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,525900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,7251

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.