Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-07-22

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 22
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,680 head
▼ 484 vs last sale 2,164▼ 310 vs year ago 1,990 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
309 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 205▲ 175 vs year ago 134 · +130.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Steers 900 lb to 1,000 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 lb to 650 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.74/cwt on 945 head.
Average price
$154.74
945 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.75
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1844157.631,330784
Medium and Large 1-2738145.871,077115
Large 11,218127.651,55546
One grade step is worth $29.98/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale945 hd
154.74
—
KS average3 barns · 2,635 hd
152.99
+1.75
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—Low1,68287.311,46917
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34776.961,037118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17069.85817106
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16462.2672533

Every lot

55 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335194.00/cwt194.00–194.006504
Steers—Medium and Large 1370190.03/cwt188.00–192.007032
Steers—Medium and Large 1421197.07/cwt191.00–200.0083012
Steers—Medium and Large 1460176.00/cwt176.00–176.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460164.00/cwt164.00–164.007547
Steers—Medium and Large 1526178.00/cwt178.00–178.009365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558161.43/cwt156.00–169.0090117
Steers—Medium and Large 1572176.74/cwt176.00–178.001,01135
Steers—Medium and Large 1608172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617125.00/cwt125.00–125.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1678166.05/cwt161.00–169.001,12661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0884
Steers—Medium and Large 1719166.69/cwt164.50–170.501,199100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725144.12/cwt139.00–150.001,04511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775138.86/cwt137.00–144.501,07633
Steers—Medium and Large 1781158.01/cwt155.00–160.001,23433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,22517
Steers—Medium and Large 1846155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,31619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,18724
Steers—Medium and Large 1872152.58/cwt150.35–154.001,330109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural877148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2984
Steers—Medium and Large 1931152.17/cwt147.00–154.501,417152
Steers—Medium and Large 1968151.10/cwt149.85–151.751,463239
Steers—Large 11,095128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,4071
Steers—Large 1Natural1,221127.63/cwt125.00–127.751,55845
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320153.00/cwt153.00–153.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385156.90/cwt155.00–161.006049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410157.00/cwt157.00–157.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521144.00/cwt144.00–144.0075010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534164.20/cwt163.00–166.0087712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570166.00/cwt166.00–166.009468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614139.00/cwt139.00–139.0085311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624153.46/cwt153.00–154.0095821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652153.25/cwt148.00–154.5099942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667132.50/cwt132.50–132.508844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690140.09/cwt139.00–142.5096771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712144.68/cwt143.00–145.001,03032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy741153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,13712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770140.89/cwt136.25–143.251,08551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829142.11/cwt137.25–143.751,178167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy850134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,14112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy856137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,17719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1894135.80/cwt135.10–136.501,214120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2896126.97/cwt126.85–129.501,13863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2553
Heifers—Large 11,018125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2734
Heifers—Large 11,082108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1746134.75/cwt131.00–136.001,0054
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46878.64/cwt73.00–81.001,1544
Bulls——1,70588.36/cwt84.00–93.501,50711
Bulls——1,98598.84/cwt97.00–100.501,9622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16462.26/cwt58.00–65.0072533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17069.85/cwt66.00–73.00817106
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32075.85/cwt73.50–77.501,00188
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42880.20/cwt79.00–83.001,14530

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.