Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-01-28

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,317 head
▼ 585 vs last sale 1,902▲ 494 vs year ago 823 · +60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 173▼ 113 vs year ago 237 · −47.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 7▼ 56 vs year ago 63 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1000 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower on a light test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.28/cwt on 860 head.
Average price
$139.28
860 head · 807 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.56
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1807139.281,124860
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 sale860 hd
139.28
—
KS average3 barns · 2,038 hd
138.72
+0.56
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—Average2,00684.511,6954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30163.4382582
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13556.6364316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04848.265069thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1307199.00/cwt199.00–199.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 1388208.01/cwt202.00–214.0080710
Steers—Medium and Large 1517154.50/cwt154.50–154.507997
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy610158.50/cwt158.50–158.5096719
Steers—Medium and Large 1632142.25/cwt140.00–150.0089942
Steers—Medium and Large 1698142.50/cwt142.50–142.509958
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy701148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,04372
Steers—Medium and Large 1726143.28/cwt134.00–144.501,040159
Steers—Medium and Large 1789139.75/cwt131.00–141.251,10388
Steers—Medium and Large 1828139.78/cwt137.75–140.001,157128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0948
Steers—Medium and Large 1877134.24/cwt131.00–136.001,177128
Steers—Medium and Large 1928129.34/cwt128.25–131.001,20059
Steers—Medium and Large 1988126.35/cwt124.75–126.851,248128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315161.00/cwt161.00–161.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383148.98/cwt146.00–151.005715
Heifers—Medium 1Unweaned400120.50/cwt120.50–120.504824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408152.20/cwt144.00–155.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535148.00/cwt148.00–148.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579139.50/cwt137.00–140.0080818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy607138.00/cwt138.00–138.0083841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617129.13/cwt125.00–129.7579724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673126.37/cwt125.25–127.5085031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full695118.00/cwt118.00–118.008202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716119.50/cwt119.50–119.508564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741123.17/cwt123.00–123.5091323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782126.75/cwt126.75–126.7599145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829125.80/cwt124.75–128.251,04390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1891120.18/cwt120.00–121.001,07143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2921109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,14760
Heifers—Large 11,077101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,0932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,6191
Bulls——2,05584.01/cwt82.00–87.001,7262
Bulls——2,15578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,6811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04848.26/cwt47.00–49.005069
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13556.63/cwt52.00–58.0064316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26261.71/cwt59.00–64.0077948
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35565.85/cwt65.00–68.0089234
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,155975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,2611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,541900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,8694

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.