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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 16

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

801 head

▼ 1,395 vs last sale 2,196▼ 693 vs year ago 1,494 · −46.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

253 head

▲ 84 vs last sale 169▼ 62 vs year ago 315 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report*

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steer calves 300 lb to 500 lb sold 10.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Heifer calves 300 lb to 600 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for weaned calves under 500 lbs. Slaughter cows and bull sold 2.00 to 3.00 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 $157.04/cwt on 420 head.

Average price

$157.04

420 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	160.49	1,112	368
Medium and Large 1-2	726	132.63	963	52

One grade step is worth $27.86/cwt here — about $149 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 sale420 hd

157.04

—

KS average3 barns · 2,796 hd

155.07

+1.98

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	—	High	1,821	85.24	1,552	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,406	74.48	1,047	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	59.89	729	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	53.05	586	43

Every lot

58 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	710	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	347	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	760	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	199.15/cwt	192.00–200.00	842	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	174.59/cwt	174.00–175.00	777	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	173.91/cwt	173.00–174.00	833	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	840	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	153.24/cwt	153.00–153.50	805	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,007	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	161.72/cwt	161.50–162.50	948	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	868	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	914	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	684	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,132	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,051	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	921	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	143.76/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,091	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,012	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	766	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,189	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,237	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	147.57/cwt	147.00–147.75	1,282	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,224	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	912	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,231	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	140.08/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,366	43
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	299	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	574	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	160.05/cwt	154.00–166.00	528	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	369	187.66/cwt	187.00–190.00	692	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	500	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	417	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	751	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	766	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	152.66/cwt	148.00–154.00	776	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	713	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	146.29/cwt	146.00–146.50	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	762	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	153.75/cwt	145.50–154.50	939	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	133.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	833	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	917	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,010	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	129.61/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,003	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	812	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	893	129.25/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,154	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,140	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	800	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,215	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,014	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,262	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	314	208.55/cwt	207.00–210.00	655	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	135.17/cwt	135.00–136.00	835	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	907	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,116	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,631	79.12/cwt	75.50–82.50	1,290	7
Bulls	—	—	1,899	86.47/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,642	6
Bulls	—	—	1,992	92.34/cwt	90.00–96.75	1,839	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	53.05/cwt	50.00–56.50	586	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	59.89/cwt	57.00–64.50	729	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,276	68.13/cwt	65.00–72.50	869	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	80.01/cwt	74.50–85.50	1,215	39

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 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 801Last week 2,196Year ago 1,494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 169Year ago 315

* Final Report*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	774	129.00–130.00	129.61
4	—	992	122.50	122.50
7	—	577	146.00–146.50	146.29
14	—	508	148.00–154.00	152.66
2	—	942	121.00	121.00
23	—	893	123.00–131.00	129.25
11	—	299	192.00	192.00
8	—	626	130.00–138.00	133.05
2	—	467	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,014	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	695	132.00	132.00
5	—	605	126.00	126.00
12	—	846	96.00	96.00
10	—	975	82.00	82.00
2	—	382	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	611	145.50–154.50	153.75
11	—	716	141.00	141.00
22	—	369	187.00–190.00	187.66
16	—	417	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	154.00–166.00	160.05
8	—	536	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	566	178.00	178.00
37	—	684	165.50	165.50
50	—	766	155.25	155.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	143.00	143.00
6	—	912	135.00	135.00
5	—	764	132.50	132.50
35	—	711	129.50	129.50
1	—	390	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	335	212.00	212.00
58	—	869	147.00–147.75	147.57
43	—	975	136.00–142.50	140.08
17	—	759	142.00–147.00	143.76
16	—	506	166.00	166.00
25	—	689	152.50	152.50
1	—	900	136.00	136.00
9	—	586	161.50–162.50	161.72
8	—	830	149.00	149.00
10	—	479	173.00–174.00	173.91
15	—	380	200.00	200.00
19	—	423	192.00–200.00	199.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	445	174.00–175.00	174.59
2	—	347	171.00	171.00
12	—	525	153.00–153.50	153.24
5	—	638	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	135.00–136.00	135.17
9	—	835	120.00	120.00
6	—	314	207.00–210.00	208.55
2	—	907	123.00	123.00
2	—	390	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,105	50.00–56.50	53.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,519	74.50–85.50	80.01
34	—	1,276	65.00–72.50	68.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,218	57.00–64.50	59.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,992	90.00–96.75	92.34
6	—	1,899	84.00–88.00	86.47
7	—	1,631	75.50–82.50	79.12

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.