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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 25

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4,531 head

▲ 4,268 vs last sale 263▲ 3,008 vs year ago 1,523 · +197.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

301 head

▲ 240 vs last sale 61▲ 181 vs year ago 120 · +150.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

112 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 4▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

No recent comparison on feeder steers and heifers to establish a trend, however a higher trend was noted especially on light weight cattle suitable for grazing. A lower trend was noted on 700 lb to 900 lb steers and heifers. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady.

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 $141.65/cwt on 2,180 head.

Average price

$141.65

2,180 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	142.08	1,121	2,090
Medium and Large 1-2	703	138.81	976	52
Large 1	1,049	122.08	1,281	38

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$160 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 sale2,180 hd

141.65

—

KS average3 barns · 6,931 hd

140.35

+1.30

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	1,824	83.52	1,524	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,306	62.66	818	139
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	56.28	667	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,218	44.94	547	13

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	664	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	424	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	840	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	183.74/cwt	183.00–184.00	799	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	181.42/cwt	180.00–182.00	847	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	202.81/cwt	192.00–206.00	973	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	187.14/cwt	183.50–191.00	968	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	177.29/cwt	172.50–181.00	929	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	165.93/cwt	160.00–169.00	889	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,057	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	170.13/cwt	163.00–173.00	985	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	155.06/cwt	153.00–159.00	997	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	150.35/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,030	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	702	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	948	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	141.73/cwt	137.75–148.00	1,023	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	936	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	138.36/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,075	305
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	129.93/cwt	129.75–132.00	1,016	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	137.25/cwt	130.00–140.85	1,131	301
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	831	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,163	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	131.35/cwt	126.25–135.35	1,147	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,104	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	129.32/cwt	125.00–131.35	1,188	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	125.76/cwt	124.75–128.25	1,225	219
Steers	—	Large 1	1,045	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,285	36
Steers	—	Large 1	1,120	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,182	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	551	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	371	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	668	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	416	170.11/cwt	168.00–174.00	708	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	649	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	530	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	478	164.43/cwt	159.00–166.50	786	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	151.51/cwt	150.50–153.00	733	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	154.54/cwt	154.00–155.00	787	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	147.49/cwt	143.00–150.00	777	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	736	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	567	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	885	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	578	129.21/cwt	125.00–133.00	747	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	142.02/cwt	138.00–145.00	824	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	793	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	143.40/cwt	142.60–149.00	869	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	139.20/cwt	137.00–139.50	871	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	626	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	829	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	801	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	911	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	131.98/cwt	129.00–132.75	901	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	691	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	860	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	130.25/cwt	124.75–133.00	939	410
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	128.25/cwt	125.25–129.00	1,000	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	125.53/cwt	122.00–126.35	1,028	298
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	122.39/cwt	116.50–123.85	1,051	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	121.21/cwt	120.50–121.50	1,109	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	984	117.33/cwt	117.00–117.50	1,155	50
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,108	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	953	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	769	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	854	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	552	135.69/cwt	131.00–145.00	749	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	935	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,029	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	72.77/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,164	5
Bulls	—	—	1,861	82.23/cwt	77.00–89.50	1,530	10
Bulls	—	—	1,932	93.05/cwt	91.75–94.00	1,798	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,186	56.28/cwt	50.00–59.00	667	86
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,217	67.18/cwt	65.00–70.00	818	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,218	44.94/cwt	41.00–49.00	547	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	61.94/cwt	60.00–64.50	818	120
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	993	915.18/cwt	850.00–975.00	9,088	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,838	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,147	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,044	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,159	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,113	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,182	909.98/cwt	825.00–1,150.00	10,756	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,196	872.83/cwt	825.00–950.00	10,439	57
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,273	765.30/cwt	760.00–775.00	9,742	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,365	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	14,196	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	17,550	1

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 Feb 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,531Last week 263Year ago 1,523

Slaughter CattleReceipts 301Last week 61Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 112Last week 4Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	915	120.50–121.50	121.21
410	—	721	124.75–133.00	130.25
7	—	416	156.00	156.00
15	—	484	150.50–153.00	151.51
5	—	367	150.00	150.00
137	—	859	116.50–123.85	122.39
50	—	984	117.00–117.50	117.33
298	—	819	122.00–126.35	125.53
83	—	626	137.00–139.50	139.20
42	—	580	138.00–145.00	142.02
139	—	780	125.25–129.00	128.25
87	—	527	143.00–150.00	147.49
113	—	683	129.00–132.75	131.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	371	180.00	180.00
63	—	509	154.00–155.00	154.54
65	—	567	156.00	156.00
127	—	478	159.00–166.50	164.43
70	—	659	138.25	138.25
120	—	606	142.60–149.00	143.40
20	—	416	168.00–174.00	170.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	583	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	121.00	121.00
5	—	628	127.50	127.50
5	—	541	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	578	125.00–133.00	129.21
6	—	626	132.50	132.50
25	—	691	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	131.00–145.00	135.69
2	—	380	182.00	182.00
7	—	527	162.00	162.00
4	—	455	169.00	169.00
1	—	935	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	685	146.00–155.00	150.35
216	—	919	125.00–131.35	129.32
180	—	722	137.75–148.00	141.73
219	—	974	124.75–128.25	125.76
81	—	579	163.00–173.00	170.13
11	—	467	180.00–182.00	181.42
305	—	777	135.00–142.00	138.36
8	—	371	179.00	179.00
7	—	435	183.00–184.00	183.74
301	—	824	130.00–140.85	137.25
15	—	524	172.50–181.00	177.29
40	—	643	153.00–159.00	155.06
323	—	873	126.25–135.35	131.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	183.50–191.00	187.14
56	—	576	183.50	183.50
30	—	831	140.00	140.00
81	—	480	192.00–206.00	202.81
8	—	424	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	105.00–106.00	105.50
36	—	1,045	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	750	124.75	124.75
18	—	536	160.00–169.00	165.93
10	—	892	123.75	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	782	129.75–132.00	129.93

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,147	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,182	825.00–1,150.00	909.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,273	760.00–775.00	765.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,196	825.00–950.00	872.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,040.00	1,040.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,159	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	850.00–975.00	915.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,217	65.00–70.00	67.18
120	—	1,320	60.00–64.50	61.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,186	50.00–59.00	56.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,218	41.00–49.00	44.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	71.00–75.00	72.77
7	—	1,932	91.75–94.00	93.05
10	—	1,861	77.00–89.50	82.23

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.