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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 26

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,254 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 2,268▼ 83 vs year ago 2,337 · −3.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

141 head

▼ 225 vs last sale 366▼ 20 vs year ago 161 · −12.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 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 700 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer calves 500 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

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 $162.29/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$162.29

1,189 head · 774 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$133

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	770	165.14	1,272	997
Medium and Large 1-2	770	148.45	1,143	176
Large 1	1,025	137.01	1,405	16thin

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale1,189 hd

162.29

—

KS average3 barns · 3,301 hd

162.00

+0.28

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	—	Average	1,913	91.62	1,752	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	76.53	1,094	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	62.62	772	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,209	54.49	659	43

Every lot

61 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	805	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	831	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	491	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	943	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	851	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	970	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	927	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	595	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,136	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,043	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	598	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,088	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,069	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	161.56/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,023	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,130	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	145.65/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,050	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	167.38/cwt	165.00–169.50	1,215	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	162.92/cwt	161.00–166.75	1,233	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	139.64/cwt	136.00–153.00	1,088	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	158.77/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,302	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	828	164.28/cwt	163.75–165.00	1,360	233
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,314	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	160.63/cwt	160.25–161.00	1,377	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,432	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	149.70/cwt	149.00–149.75	1,437	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,297	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,019	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,437	14
Steers	—	Large 1	1,068	109.07/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,165	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	691	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	780	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	724	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	941	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	154.45/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,024	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	161.85/cwt	161.85–161.85	1,089	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	987	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	133.02/cwt	131.00–141.00	952	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,119	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	747	159.58/cwt	159.50–159.60	1,192	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	134.68/cwt	127.00–144.00	1,026	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	766	157.25/cwt	156.75–157.75	1,205	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	151.12/cwt	148.00–155.75	1,170	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	837	155.58/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,302	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,068	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	125.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,167	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,065	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	988	127.99/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,265	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,071	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,291	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	355	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	596	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	983	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	840	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	848	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	874	127.94/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,118	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,076	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,597	77.22/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,233	7
Bulls	—	—	1,777	87.58/cwt	84.00–92.50	1,556	7
Bulls	—	—	2,063	97.76/cwt	96.00–99.00	2,017	21
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	54.49/cwt	50.00–59.50	659	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	62.62/cwt	59.00–66.00	772	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,397	75.34/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,052	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,579	81.89/cwt	80.50–84.00	1,293	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	855	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	7,610	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,495	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	12,240	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 Aug 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,254Last week 2,268Year ago 2,337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 366Year ago 161

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	175.00	175.00
2	—	492	173.00	173.00
56	—	841	156.25	156.25
68	—	779	136.00–153.00	139.64
36	—	721	145.00–146.00	145.65
3	—	975	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	633	158.00–165.00	161.56
151	—	726	165.00–169.50	167.38
56	—	960	149.00–149.75	149.70
94	—	820	155.00–161.00	158.77
10	—	685	165.00	165.00
109	—	857	160.25–161.00	160.63
55	—	930	154.00	154.00
101	—	757	161.00–166.75	162.92
4	—	372	199.00	199.00
10	—	598	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	471	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	625	171.00	171.00
233	—	828	163.75–165.00	164.28
18	—	491	192.00	192.00
29	—	513	189.00	189.00
42	—	595	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,019	141.00	141.00
2	—	1,068	105.00–113.00	109.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	483	172.00	172.00
15	—	528	175.50	175.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	476	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	470	166.00	166.00
19	—	419	165.00	165.00
12	—	926	125.00–129.00	125.99
10	—	988	125.00–131.00	127.99
122	—	663	148.00–155.00	154.45
246	—	774	148.00–155.75	151.12
35	—	724	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,071	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	837	154.00–157.00	155.58
40	—	553	170.25	170.25
139	—	766	156.75–157.75	157.25
57	—	673	161.85	161.85
37	—	747	159.50–159.60	159.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	676	146.00	146.00
10	—	716	131.00–141.00	133.02
3	—	868	123.00	123.00
3	—	926	115.00	115.00
11	—	762	127.00–144.00	134.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	101.00	101.00
17	—	874	121.00–136.00	127.94
4	—	1,045	103.00	103.00
3	—	723	136.00	136.00
1	—	680	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,397	72.00–78.00	75.34
4	—	1,579	80.50–84.00	81.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,209	50.00–59.50	54.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,233	59.00–66.00	62.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,777	84.00–92.50	87.58
7	—	1,597	75.00–82.00	77.22
21	—	2,063	96.00–99.00	97.76

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	960.00	960.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	890.00	890.00

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.