Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2021-09-02

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 2
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,696 head
▲ 442 vs last sale 2,254▲ 609 vs year ago 2,087 · +29.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 141▲ 62 vs year ago 189 · +32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 5 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 950 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Steers 600 lb to 700 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer calves 500 lb to 600 lb sold steady. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 900 lb to 1,000 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.30/cwt on 1,428 head.
Average price
$161.30
1,428 head · 761 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$42.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.10
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1760162.631,2361,327
Medium and Large 1-2751145.561,09394
Large 11,070120.601,2907thin
One grade step is worth $42.03/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale1,428 hd
161.30
—
KS average3 barns · 3,533 hd
158.20
+3.10
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—High1,88088.231,65918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33974.3699565
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23663.6578754
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12057.1664062

Every lot

69 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy349221.00/cwt221.00–221.0077115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy426197.00/cwt197.00–197.008399
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427179.00/cwt179.00–179.007642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487155.00/cwt155.00–155.007552
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507185.00/cwt185.00–185.009384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510172.00/cwt172.00–172.008775
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546170.00/cwt170.00–170.009285
Steers—Medium and Large 1561186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585152.00/cwt152.00–152.008892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy593188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,115107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy641177.08/cwt175.00–180.001,135219
Steers—Medium and Large 1686160.42/cwt158.00–162.001,10015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713139.58/cwt136.00–143.0099530
Steers—Medium and Large 1725154.00/cwt147.00–154.751,11752
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy729165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,2059
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy777163.25/cwt162.75–163.501,268101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778147.66/cwt146.25–149.001,14933
Steers—Medium and Large 1780158.35/cwt154.50–161.001,235342
Steers—Medium and Large 1826154.69/cwt153.25–156.501,278172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828145.70/cwt142.00–147.751,20611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy865155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3418
Steers—Medium and Large 1865148.51/cwt141.00–149.501,28546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,23911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy905152.35/cwt152.35–152.351,37966
Steers—Medium and Large 1918144.75/cwt144.00–149.001,32987
Steers—Medium and Large 1963141.19/cwt140.50–142.001,36059
Steers—Large 11,070120.60/cwt117.00–122.001,2907
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy342178.00/cwt178.00–178.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy369177.42/cwt177.00–177.5065520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456158.75/cwt154.00–162.507249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514153.76/cwt151.00–155.0079013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523137.93/cwt135.00–142.0072112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy564161.06/cwt160.00–161.5090818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595149.50/cwt149.50–149.5089041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627151.85/cwt150.00–153.0095222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy635159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,01055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637145.00/cwt145.00–145.0092410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664140.87/cwt138.00–144.0093520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy669159.31/cwt158.00–159.501,066132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,03933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720153.23/cwt149.00–156.501,10381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741134.00/cwt134.00–134.009934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768147.80/cwt145.00–149.501,135176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783126.00/cwt126.00–126.009873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810128.86/cwt127.50–129.001,04444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829135.97/cwt134.50–138.501,12729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy845145.59/cwt145.00–145.751,23077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865128.62/cwt128.50–131.001,11360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869136.64/cwt133.00–138.251,18752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy937137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,28811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1937128.30/cwt126.00–128.501,20212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy951141.75/cwt141.75–141.751,34871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2952110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1971131.57/cwt131.00–132.001,27819
Heifers—Large 11,064116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,23424
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315219.00/cwt219.00–219.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385184.00/cwt184.00–184.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400190.00/cwt190.00–190.007606
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582154.00/cwt154.00–154.008962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,87386.93/cwt84.00–88.501,62814
Bulls——1,90592.76/cwt92.00–94.001,7674
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12057.16/cwt51.50–59.0064062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23663.65/cwt60.00–70.0078754
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32973.92/cwt71.00–77.5098261
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48481.02/cwt79.00–82.001,2024
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,165975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,3591
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3251,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,2441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,355961.04/cwt935.00–1,000.0013,0223

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.