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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 9

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 2Sep 9Sep 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,196 head

▼ 500 vs last sale 2,696▲ 1,037 vs year ago 1,159 · +89.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

169 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 251▲ 90 vs year ago 79 · +113.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 5▲ 16 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 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers 700 lb to 800 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. No recent comparison on steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb, however a steady trend was noted. Not enough feeder heifers 400 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

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 $154.45/cwt on 1,845 head.

Average price

$154.45

1,845 head · 814 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	155.69	1,265	1,688
Medium and Large 1-2	775	144.71	1,122	138
Large 1	1,252	114.58	1,435	19thin

One grade step is worth $41.11/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale1,845 hd

154.45

—

KS average3 barns · 3,339 hd

156.29

−1.85

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	—	Low	1,620	84.13	1,363	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,309	74.64	977	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	65.26	800	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	56.31	642	14

Every lot

70 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	642	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	347	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	798	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	385	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	782	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	796	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	439	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	865	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	869	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	164.09/cwt	163.00–165.00	870	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	766	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	825	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	156.89/cwt	153.00–159.00	908	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	166.63/cwt	163.00–169.00	975	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	156.57/cwt	154.00–160.00	972	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	153.65/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,040	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	687	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,171	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,023	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	156.14/cwt	151.00–159.25	1,132	247
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	139.87/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,025	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	734	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,174	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	151.98/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,182	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	787	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,251	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,149	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	154.78/cwt	150.50–157.75	1,282	229
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	835	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,328	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,239	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	150.40/cwt	145.50–152.50	1,324	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	149.26/cwt	148.25–151.25	1,369	259
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	932	154.01/cwt	152.50–155.35	1,435	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	137.58/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,335	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,486	71
Steers	—	Large 1	1,002	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,378	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,368	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,423	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	294	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	538	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	170.82/cwt	170.00–171.00	646	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	699	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	156.40/cwt	155.00–157.00	769	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	498	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	722	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	147.23/cwt	145.00–153.00	782	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	541	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	914	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	709	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	789	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	138.51/cwt	136.00–140.00	870	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	808	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	647	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	932	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	139.58/cwt	139.00–140.00	967	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	730	152.76/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,115	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,087	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	131.71/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,106	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,024	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	365	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	723	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	159.89/cwt	156.00–164.00	756	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	978	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,514	72.19/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,093	5
Bulls	—	—	1,583	84.66/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,340	20
Bulls	—	—	1,803	91.15/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,643	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	56.31/cwt	51.00–57.50	642	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	65.26/cwt	61.00–68.50	800	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	72.98/cwt	71.00–74.00	927	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	76.71/cwt	75.00–79.50	1,042	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,229	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,365	989.14/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	13,502	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,466	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	17,592	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	17,225	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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,196Last week 2,696Year ago 1,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 251Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 5Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	687	170.50	170.50
6	—	347	230.00	230.00
201	—	932	152.50–155.35	154.01
62	—	835	159.00	159.00
16	—	787	159.00	159.00
8	—	439	197.00	197.00
72	—	734	160.00	160.00
7	—	385	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	733	139.00–140.00	139.87
9	—	559	147.50	147.50
29	—	970	134.00–141.00	137.58
5	—	543	141.00	141.00
21	—	837	148.00	148.00
21	—	788	145.75	145.75
45	—	691	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	462	188.00	188.00
74	—	778	150.00–153.00	151.98
13	—	677	150.00–158.00	153.65
1	—	345	186.00	186.00
226	—	880	145.50–152.50	150.40
229	—	828	150.50–157.75	154.78
19	—	530	163.00–165.00	164.09
35	—	621	154.00–160.00	156.57
7	—	438	181.75	181.75
1	—	378	181.00	181.00
32	—	585	163.00–169.00	166.63
259	—	917	148.25–151.25	149.26
71	—	971	153.00	153.00
247	—	725	151.00–159.25	156.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,368	104.00	104.00
6	—	1,002	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	495	163.00	163.00
19	—	579	153.00–159.00	156.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	135.50	135.50
9	—	498	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	541	169.00	169.00
29	—	730	148.00–154.00	152.76
9	—	647	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	176.00	176.00
1	—	590	142.00	142.00
26	—	693	139.00–140.00	139.58
24	—	840	130.00–137.00	131.71
13	—	492	155.00–157.00	156.40
12	—	378	170.00–171.00	170.82
33	—	531	145.00–153.00	147.23
18	—	628	136.00–140.00	138.51
8	—	426	164.00	164.00
5	—	294	183.00	183.00
3	—	760	143.00	143.00
4	—	957	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	131.00	131.00
3	—	765	131.00	131.00
4	—	631	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	198.00	198.00
1	—	660	130.00	130.00
4	—	473	156.00–164.00	159.89
1	—	770	127.00	127.00
1	—	600	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,514	71.00–78.00	72.19
7	—	1,803	90.00–92.50	91.15
20	—	1,583	81.00–89.00	84.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,140	51.00–57.50	56.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,358	75.00–79.50	76.71
25	—	1,270	71.00–74.00	72.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,226	61.00–68.50	65.26

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,135	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,365	925.00–1,125.00	989.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,466	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,325.00	1,325.00

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.