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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 11

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6,702 head

▼ 536 vs last sale 7,238▲ 3,916 vs year ago 2,786 · +140.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

250 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 198▲ 60 vs year ago 190 · +31.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 18▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers 925 lb to 1000 lb sold steady. Steers 500 lb to 650 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 500 lb sold 6.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers 725 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 475 lb to 725 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 300 lb to 475 lb sold 4.00 lower on a light test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bull 2.00 to 3.00 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 $137.08/cwt on 4,165 head.

Average price

$137.08

4,165 head · 795 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	788	137.59	1,084	4,038
Medium and Large 1-2	732	133.25	976	12thin
Large 1	1,037	119.58	1,240	115

One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about −$156 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 sale4,165 hd

137.08

—

KS average3 barns · 8,772 hd

137.40

−0.32

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	1,767	80.03	1,414	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,359	62.60	851	137
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	52.69	615	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	41.41	428	13

Every lot

72 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	416	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	815	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	788	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	178.87/cwt	173.00–181.00	853	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	177.46/cwt	175.00–180.00	914	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	168.85/cwt	166.00–173.00	888	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	167.90/cwt	167.75–168.00	939	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	576	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	870	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	159.50/cwt	156.00–164.00	936	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	619	161.44/cwt	160.00–162.00	999	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	937	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	155.02/cwt	149.50–159.00	981	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	146.30/cwt	143.00–153.00	988	291
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	140.90/cwt	135.75–145.00	1,024	398
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	734	148.18/cwt	147.75–148.35	1,088	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	766	146.94/cwt	145.50–150.00	1,126	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,011	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	136.32/cwt	132.00–141.50	1,056	690
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	807	139.60/cwt	139.60–139.60	1,127	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	131.59/cwt	128.60–138.85	1,083	575
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	129.08/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,127	726
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	917	130.10/cwt	130.10–130.10	1,193	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	125.68/cwt	123.75–128.50	1,160	255
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	123.06/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,199	289
Steers	—	Large 1	1,033	120.09/cwt	116.75–122.60	1,241	107
Steers	—	Large 1	1,090	114.35/cwt	113.25–121.00	1,246	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,105	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,127	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	150.10/cwt	149.00–150.50	486	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	148.20/cwt	140.00–151.00	608	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	452	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	597	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	545	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	464	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	687	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	142.82/cwt	137.00–144.50	697	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	154.71/cwt	153.00–156.00	775	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	147.63/cwt	142.00–151.75	790	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	133.40/cwt	130.50–136.00	778	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	127.21/cwt	127.00–127.50	749	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	601	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	721	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	135.83/cwt	130.50–139.50	849	403
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	130.83/cwt	127.50–134.50	880	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	876	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	127.61/cwt	125.50–129.50	924	257
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	126.28/cwt	122.00–128.10	961	308
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	123.70/cwt	119.50–127.50	1,023	510
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	120.86/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,058	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	120.69/cwt	118.00–121.75	1,104	205
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,019	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,044	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	400	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	624	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	517	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	487	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	774	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	798	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	669	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	883	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	731	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	826	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,435	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	918	2
Bulls	—	—	1,641	78.87/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,294	8
Bulls	—	—	2,005	85.93/cwt	84.50–87.50	1,723	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,034	41.41/cwt	39.00–45.00	428	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,167	52.69/cwt	47.00–56.00	615	52
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,336	61.17/cwt	58.00–63.00	817	89
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,402	65.24/cwt	64.00–67.00	915	48
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,458	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,218	734.30/cwt	650.00–775.00	8,944	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	940.96/cwt	910.00–1,000.00	11,715	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,257	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,456	4

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 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,702Last week 7,238Year ago 2,786

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 198Year ago 190

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 18Year 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
11	—	477	173.00–181.00	178.87
726	—	873	125.00–133.00	129.08
191	—	633	149.50–159.00	155.02
44	—	526	166.00–173.00	168.85
255	—	923	123.75–128.50	125.68
58	—	587	156.00–164.00	159.50
575	—	823	128.60–138.85	131.59
398	—	727	135.75–145.00	140.90
291	—	675	143.00–153.00	146.30
289	—	974	120.50–126.00	123.06
3	—	433	182.00	182.00
690	—	775	132.00–141.50	136.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	445	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	559	167.75–168.00	167.90
105	—	619	160.00–162.00	161.44
73	—	807	139.60	139.60
6	—	416	196.00	196.00
27	—	917	130.10	130.10
23	—	515	175.00–180.00	177.46
59	—	766	145.50–150.00	146.94
141	—	734	147.75–148.35	148.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,090	113.25–121.00	114.35
107	—	1,033	116.75–122.60	120.09
1	—	1,105	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	148.50	148.50
8	—	576	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	766	132.00	132.00
3	—	631	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	724	125.50–129.50	127.61
57	—	535	142.00–151.75	147.63
510	—	827	119.50–127.50	123.70
24	—	488	137.00–144.50	142.82
403	—	625	130.50–139.50	135.83
42	—	583	130.50–136.00	133.40
93	—	875	118.00–123.00	120.86
137	—	673	127.50–134.50	130.83
13	—	410	140.00–151.00	148.20
5	—	324	149.00–150.50	150.10
205	—	915	118.00–121.75	120.69
308	—	761	122.00–128.10	126.28
1	—	390	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	132.00	132.00
2	—	395	135.00	135.00
2	—	615	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,019	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	120.50	120.50
4	—	543	130.00	130.00
29	—	589	127.00–127.50	127.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	601	120.00	120.00
3	—	865	110.00	110.00
15	—	510	140.00	140.00
12	—	712	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	501	153.00–156.00	154.71
17	—	464	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	156.00	156.00
4	—	731	113.00	113.00
1	—	385	173.00	173.00
8	—	616	129.50	129.50
16	—	669	132.00	132.00
4	—	487	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	64.00	64.00
7	—	2,005	84.50–87.50	85.93
8	—	1,641	72.00–82.00	78.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,034	39.00–45.00	41.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,402	64.00–67.00	65.24
89	—	1,336	58.00–63.00	61.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,167	47.00–56.00	52.69

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,245	910.00–1,000.00	940.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,257	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,130	660.00	660.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,218	650.00–775.00	734.30

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.