Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-06-10

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,454 head
▲ 2,454 vs last sale 2,000▲ 1,243 vs year ago 3,211 · +38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 343▲ 27 vs year ago 209 · +12.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 37▼ 3 vs year ago 30 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Approximately 15 loads of fancy feeder steers weighing 875 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 1.00 higher. Steers 975 lb to 1100 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Heifers 900 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.80/cwt on 2,748 head.
Average price
$133.80
2,748 head · 914 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.53
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1903135.301,2212,395
Large 11,032123.621,276286
Medium and Large 1-2813123.511,00467
One grade step is worth $11.79/cwt here — about $217 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 sale2,748 hd
133.80
—
KS average2 barns · 3,311 hd
135.33
−1.53
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—Average1,85797.271,80633
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45678.631,14531
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25873.33922114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13168.0276917

Every lot

64 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1486169.00/cwt169.00–169.008214
Steers—Medium and Large 1525162.00/cwt162.00–162.008515
Steers—Medium and Large 1580154.00/cwt154.00–154.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 1626140.00/cwt140.00–140.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy663148.00/cwt148.00–148.009816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664126.00/cwt126.00–126.0083710
Steers—Medium and Large 1737135.96/cwt135.00–136.251,00249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751124.00/cwt124.00–124.009318
Steers—Medium and Large 1781141.03/cwt133.50–142.001,101176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy787147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,15716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy809147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,19382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820124.55/cwt123.00–128.001,02135
Steers—Medium and Large 1823138.38/cwt137.50–142.251,13963
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy874141.30/cwt139.75–143.751,235469
Steers—Medium and Large 1875135.92/cwt134.00–138.101,189208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1046
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912131.85/cwt131.85–131.851,20250
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy925136.35/cwt135.60–137.251,261106
Steers—Medium and Large 1943127.66/cwt126.50–128.501,204165
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy963134.72/cwt132.85–135.601,297465
Steers—Medium and Large 1963127.61/cwt123.50–130.601,229508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1218
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy989121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,19718
Steers—Large 11,020124.98/cwt121.25–128.601,275228
Steers—Large 11,078118.59/cwt112.00–118.851,27852
Steers—Large 11,103115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2746
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456142.00/cwt142.00–142.006486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538140.00/cwt140.00–140.007533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1592134.39/cwt134.00–135.5079619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596118.50/cwt118.50–118.5070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616128.00/cwt128.00–128.0078810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy640140.00/cwt140.00–140.008967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670135.87/cwt135.00–138.7591056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685127.00/cwt127.00–127.008705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed695139.50/cwt139.50–139.5097012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719135.16/cwt133.00–137.25972145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747122.50/cwt122.50–122.509155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777133.05/cwt131.50–135.001,034174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824130.74/cwt129.25–132.751,077486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy839124.88/cwt124.00–125.601,048109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872124.96/cwt122.50–126.501,090212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2894100.00/cwt100.00–100.0089415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910126.00/cwt125.50–126.501,147118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2911101.00/cwt101.00–101.009209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0194
Heifers—Large 11,016115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,16815
Heifers—Large 11,215102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,24512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540144.00/cwt144.00–144.007781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60487.03/cwt84.00–90.001,3969
Bulls——1,82594.79/cwt90.00–98.501,73010
Bulls——2,042105.62/cwt100.00–109.002,15714
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13168.02/cwt65.50–70.5076917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25873.33/cwt71.00–75.50922114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36177.15/cwt76.50–79.001,05018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58880.67/cwt80.00–83.501,28113
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0012,2104
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,10019
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,075760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,1701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5051,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.0016,2541
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5351,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0019,3411

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.