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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 27

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,409 head

▼ 727 vs last sale 4,136▲ 989 vs year ago 2,420 · +40.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

225 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 298▼ 25 vs year ago 250 · −10.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 13▲ 28 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 750 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. No recent comparison on steers 400 lb to 750 lb, however a lower trend was noted. Feeder heifers 675 lb to 1,000 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No recent comparison on heifers 500 lb to 675 lb, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 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 $130.80/cwt on 1,693 head.

Average price

$130.80

1,693 head · 874 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$134

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$9.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.08

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	843	133.11	1,122	1,109
Medium and Large 1-2	859	129.00	1,108	320
Large 1	1,019	123.29	1,257	264

One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale1,693 hd

130.80

—

KS average3 barns · 3,611 hd

134.88

−4.08

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	1,909	90.98	1,737	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,324	72.94	966	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	64.51	757	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,188	56.17	667	36

Every lot

62 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	327	187.43/cwt	185.00–189.00	613	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	661	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	708	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	156.65/cwt	155.00–159.00	830	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	142.43/cwt	142.00–143.00	815	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	796	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	821	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	618	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	958	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	133.75/cwt	132.00–137.00	893	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	670	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	972	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	142.23/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,050	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	955	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	757	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,098	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	133.76/cwt	132.50–137.25	1,050	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	133.50/cwt	129.50–137.00	1,096	244
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	136.10/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,177	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	877	128.84/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,130	287
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	127.36/cwt	122.50–128.50	1,176	384
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	123.00/cwt	119.00–123.75	1,212	32
Steers	—	Large 1	1,013	123.82/cwt	118.85–125.50	1,254	251
Steers	—	Large 1	1,090	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,221	2
Steers	—	Large 1	1,140	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	1,308	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,176	109.01/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,282	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	501	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	591	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	146.39/cwt	141.00–151.00	782	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	134.17/cwt	130.50–136.50	767	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	777	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	864	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	134.13/cwt	134.00–134.25	897	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	687	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	948	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	883	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	129.33/cwt	126.75–131.50	958	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	777	133.25/cwt	132.10–134.75	1,035	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	128.52/cwt	127.00–129.50	1,000	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	126.86/cwt	123.50–129.00	1,043	257
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	123.96/cwt	121.10–126.00	1,075	403
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	119.37/cwt	116.00–119.60	1,128	165
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,063	114.07/cwt	112.50–115.10	1,213	166
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,180	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,097	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	709	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	765	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	979	19
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	78.75/cwt	75.50–81.00	1,260	3
Bulls	—	—	1,946	97.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,897	8
Bulls	—	—	1,961	89.70/cwt	84.00–94.50	1,759	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	64.51/cwt	61.00–67.50	757	61
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	56.17/cwt	53.00–60.00	667	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,281	71.13/cwt	68.00–73.75	911	44
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	75.88/cwt	74.00–78.50	1,059	27
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,713	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,303	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	12,183	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,310	908.17/cwt	835.00–970.00	11,897	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,666	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	15,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	19,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,233	1,115.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,135.00	13,748	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,241.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,285.00	16,133	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,400	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	18,690	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 May 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,409Last week 4,136Year ago 2,420

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 298Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 13Year 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
14	—	668	132.00–137.00	133.75
2	—	407	174.00	174.00
244	—	821	129.50–137.00	133.50
384	—	923	122.50–128.50	127.36
177	—	865	135.00–136.50	136.10
2	—	492	162.00	162.00
32	—	985	119.00–123.75	123.00
139	—	785	132.50–137.25	133.76
7	—	327	185.00–189.00	187.43
7	—	530	155.00–159.00	156.65
63	—	738	140.00–143.00	142.23
9	—	572	142.00–143.00	142.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	155.00	155.00
7	—	670	145.00	145.00
5	—	757	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	582	141.00	141.00
5	—	403	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	1,013	118.85–125.50	123.82
2	—	1,090	112.00	112.00
3	—	1,176	107.00–113.00	109.01
8	—	1,140	114.75	114.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	877	125.00–129.50	128.84
20	—	752	127.00	127.00
10	—	573	139.00	139.00
3	—	818	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	765	128.00	128.00
5	—	586	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	669	134.00–134.25	134.13
257	—	822	123.50–129.00	126.86
178	—	778	127.00–129.50	128.52
13	—	572	130.50–136.50	134.17
15	—	534	141.00–151.00	146.39
32	—	647	133.50	133.50
165	—	945	116.00–119.60	119.37
98	—	741	126.75–131.50	129.33
403	—	867	121.10–126.00	123.96
2	—	427	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	687	138.00	138.00
4	—	563	140.00	140.00
74	—	777	132.10–134.75	133.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	121.00	121.00
16	—	712	124.00	124.00
5	—	501	118.00	118.00
10	—	675	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,063	112.50–115.10	114.07
1	—	1,180	93.00	93.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,303	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,310	835.00–970.00	908.17

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	925.00	925.00

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	2	—	1,200	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,335.00	1,335.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,233	1,100.00–1,135.00	1,115.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,300	1,175.00–1,285.00	1,241.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,395	74.00–78.50	75.88
44	—	1,281	68.00–73.75	71.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,173	61.00–67.50	64.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,188	53.00–60.00	56.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	75.50–81.00	78.75
8	—	1,946	95.00–100.00	97.49
12	—	1,961	84.00–94.50	89.70

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.