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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 4

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

7,238 head

▲ 2,707 vs last sale 4,531▲ 3,827 vs year ago 3,411 · +112.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

198 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 301▼ 140 vs year ago 338 · −41.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 94 vs last sale 112▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared with last week, feeder steers 450 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 lb to 900 lb sold 3,00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

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 $135.50/cwt on 4,795 head.

Average price

$135.50

4,795 head · 816 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.09

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	135.74	1,104	4,720
Medium and Large 1-2	760	126.00	958	6thin
Large 1	1,023	119.73	1,225	69

One grade step is worth $16.01/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale4,795 hd

135.50

—

KS average3 barns · 8,862 hd

135.59

−0.09

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	—	Average	1,761	80.40	1,416	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,327	64.48	856	107
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	56.72	689	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	41.69	461	3thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	306	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	542	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	697	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	175.01/cwt	169.00–176.00	716	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	795	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	181.00/cwt	179.00–185.00	849	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	171.38/cwt	164.00–172.00	900	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	965	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	175.94/cwt	170.00–180.00	996	193
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	869	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	156.61/cwt	151.00–158.50	924	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	159.83/cwt	157.00–164.50	993	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	621	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	894	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	152.80/cwt	149.00–156.00	979	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,104	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	148.27/cwt	143.00–150.00	999	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	719	145.68/cwt	141.00–146.50	1,047	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	138.85/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,002	258
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	738	130.90/cwt	127.00–133.00	966	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	958	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	135.19/cwt	131.75–140.10	1,059	370
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	791	142.21/cwt	141.50–144.75	1,125	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	815	137.68/cwt	137.00–138.75	1,122	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	1,031	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	129.44/cwt	126.00–134.75	1,072	785
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	853	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,032	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	127.56/cwt	122.00–129.75	1,115	868
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	125.89/cwt	123.00–130.25	1,163	400
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	967	123.40/cwt	120.25–127.00	1,193	717
Steers	—	Large 1	1,003	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,206	58
Steers	—	Large 1	1,130	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,322	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	495	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	165.30/cwt	164.00–166.00	532	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	607	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	152.97/cwt	150.00–159.00	656	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	444	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	719	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	144.16/cwt	143.00–145.00	696	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	502	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	683	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	151.77/cwt	151.50–152.00	789	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	142.51/cwt	141.00–145.00	755	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	136.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	768	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	587	146.73/cwt	143.00–147.50	861	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	129.65/cwt	126.00–133.50	804	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	128.06/cwt	123.50–129.75	861	346
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	126.73/cwt	123.50–129.50	933	260
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	857	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	126.57/cwt	119.00–128.50	978	675
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	123.75/cwt	119.25–125.75	1,018	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	117.92/cwt	117.75–118.00	1,035	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	117.16/cwt	114.00–118.25	1,074	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	119.60/cwt	119.60–119.60	1,170	51
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,050	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,187	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	352	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	634	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	690	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	175.98/cwt	170.00–177.50	801	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	153.35/cwt	153.00–154.00	790	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	585	144.30/cwt	141.00–147.00	844	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	880	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	924	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,552	68.88/cwt	63.00–73.00	1,069	5
Bulls	—	—	1,652	76.56/cwt	73.50–84.00	1,265	13
Bulls	—	—	1,967	89.35/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,758	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	41.69/cwt	35.00–50.50	461	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	56.72/cwt	51.00–59.50	689	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,264	61.87/cwt	60.00–63.50	782	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,349	65.41/cwt	63.50–67.50	882	79
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,113	1,006.49/cwt	860.00–1,125.00	11,202	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,210	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,164	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	14,214	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,395	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	12,834	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,458	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	12,903	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,928	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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,238Last week 4,531Year ago 3,411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 301Year ago 338

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 112Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	674	143.00–150.00	148.27
717	—	967	120.25–127.00	123.40
258	—	722	134.00–142.50	138.85
9	—	381	183.00	183.00
785	—	828	126.00–134.75	129.44
45	—	469	179.00–185.00	181.00
19	—	525	164.00–172.00	171.38
868	—	874	122.00–129.75	127.56
7	—	409	169.00–176.00	175.01
370	—	783	131.75–140.10	135.19
22	—	590	151.00–158.50	156.61
26	—	641	149.00–156.00	152.80
5	—	306	177.00	177.00
400	—	924	123.00–130.25	125.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	187.00	187.00
110	—	719	141.00–146.50	145.68
129	—	791	141.50–144.75	142.21
193	—	566	170.00–180.00	175.94
9	—	530	182.00	182.00
146	—	815	137.00–138.75	137.68
113	—	660	167.25	167.25
197	—	621	157.00–164.50	159.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,130	117.00	117.00
58	—	1,003	120.25	120.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	738	127.00–133.00	130.90
63	—	824	125.10	125.10
15	—	621	144.00	144.00
26	—	853	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	760	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	141.00–147.00	144.30
1	—	880	105.00	105.00
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
10	—	455	170.00–177.50	175.98
15	—	413	167.00	167.00
3	—	515	153.00–154.00	153.35
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
4	—	352	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	135.00	135.00
3	—	583	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	429	150.00–159.00	152.97
9	—	389	156.00	156.00
23	—	530	141.00–145.00	142.51
675	—	773	119.00–128.50	126.57
133	—	620	126.00–133.50	129.65
83	—	917	114.00–118.25	117.16
37	—	563	130.00–140.00	136.50
260	—	736	123.50–129.50	126.73
186	—	823	119.25–125.75	123.75
3	—	275	180.00	180.00
51	—	978	119.60	119.60
9	—	322	164.00–166.00	165.30
346	—	672	123.50–129.75	128.06
6	—	483	143.00–145.00	144.16
119	—	878	117.75–118.00	117.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	502	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	520	151.50–152.00	151.77
7	—	444	162.00	162.00
86	—	587	143.00–147.50	146.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	35.00–50.50	41.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,349	63.50–67.50	65.41
28	—	1,264	60.00–63.50	61.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,214	51.00–59.50	56.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,652	73.50–84.00	76.56
5	—	1,552	63.00–73.00	68.88
12	—	1,967	87.00–95.00	89.35

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)	4	—	1,113	860.00–1,125.00	1,006.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	840.00	840.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,458	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,030.00	1,030.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,395	920.00	920.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	950.00	950.00

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.