Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-06-03

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,000 head
▼ 1,409 vs last sale 3,409▼ 3,073 vs year ago 5,073 · −60.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 225▲ 76 vs year ago 267 · +28.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 28▼ 6 vs year ago 43 · −14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared with last week, feeder steers 675 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 575 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough steer and heifer calves for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.31/cwt on 1,009 head.
Average price
$128.31
1,009 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,061
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1820129.021,059954
Medium and Large 1-2787123.1196823
Large 11,049110.721,16132
One grade step is worth $18.31/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale1,009 hd
128.31
—
KS average2 barns · 1,529 hd
127.67
+0.64
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—High1,82396.471,75939
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34880.411,084163
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17872.7785786
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15667.7378313

Every lot

53 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500175.00/cwt175.00–175.0087510
Steers—Medium and Large 1532151.00/cwt151.00–151.008039
Steers—Medium and Large 1673145.96/cwt143.00–148.0098224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1702143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0046
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,09462
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787127.00/cwt127.00–127.009992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,09213
Steers—Medium and Large 1832143.38/cwt138.00–144.001,193149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860132.02/cwt131.00–134.001,13521
Steers—Medium and Large 1893140.31/cwt138.00–141.751,253173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,20310
Steers—Medium and Large 1938140.26/cwt140.00–141.101,31666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2952121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1527
Steers—Medium and Large 1961129.17/cwt126.00–131.001,241262
Steers—Large 11,010123.45/cwt123.35–124.501,24736
Steers—Large 11,093115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2574
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1351153.00/cwt153.00–153.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy484154.00/cwt154.00–154.0074515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed498147.00/cwt147.00–147.0073211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed543148.00/cwt148.00–148.008049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569138.00/cwt138.00–138.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679134.00/cwt134.00–134.0091016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2697127.00/cwt127.00–127.0088510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719135.03/cwt133.00–135.2597182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765126.00/cwt126.00–126.009644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777133.36/cwt131.00–134.101,036151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810130.77/cwt130.25–131.851,059197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886124.44/cwt123.00–126.751,103177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2896117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1905123.06/cwt116.00–123.501,114281
Heifers—Large 11,012117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1848
Heifers—Large 11,061108.62/cwt100.00–109.001,15224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835114.00/cwt114.00–114.009521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55587.34/cwt85.00–90.001,3588
Bulls——1,78894.14/cwt91.00–99.501,68316
Bulls——2,004103.82/cwt100.00–107.002,08115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15667.73/cwt66.00–68.5078313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17872.77/cwt69.00–77.0085786
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33278.73/cwt77.00–80.001,04985
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36582.25/cwt81.00–85.501,12378
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,095785.00/cwt785.00–785.008,5961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,145925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,5911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0015,3003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,290938.15/cwt775.00–960.0012,1029
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3901,165.22/cwt885.00–1,360.0016,1972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,413965.61/cwt960.00–975.0013,6443
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4351,031.49/cwt950.00–1,125.0014,8024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,7101,360.00/cwt1,360.00–1,360.0023,2561
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0015,5008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0015,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0012,2101

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.