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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 30

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,978 head

▲ 1,229 vs last sale 749▼ 453 vs year ago 2,431 · −18.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

98 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 152▼ 39 vs year ago 137 · −28.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Steers 900 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Steers 500 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 300 lb to 500 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bull sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.77/cwt on 896 head.

Average price

$142.77

896 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$13.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	145.59	980	708
Medium and Large 1-2	761	132.16	1,006	188

One grade step is worth $13.43/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale896 hd

142.77

—

KS average3 barns · 2,212 hd

143.55

−0.78

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	1,792	85.68	1,535	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,440	72.62	1,046	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	58.15	744	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,187	49.66	589	7thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	611	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	729	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	181.42/cwt	178.00–183.00	773	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	787	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	160.80/cwt	158.00–165.00	825	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	762	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	155.37/cwt	152.00–156.00	833	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	821	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	152.81/cwt	150.00–155.00	866	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	622	152.40/cwt	152.00–153.00	948	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	146.76/cwt	143.00–150.00	917	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	137.05/cwt	136.00–139.00	885	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	924	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	148.28/cwt	146.00–149.50	977	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	772	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,112	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	783	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,245	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	151.23/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,192	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	152.56/cwt	151.00–154.75	1,245	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	820	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,320	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,190	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	851	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,132	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,271	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	895	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,428	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	155.14/cwt	152.35–156.10	1,423	101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	516	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	343	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	528	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	609	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	581	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	398	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	561	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	601	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	150.06/cwt	147.00–151.00	647	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	146.00/cwt	145.00–149.50	696	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	640	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	669	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	703	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	150.10/cwt	149.00–150.50	796	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	141.44/cwt	137.00–143.00	758	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	128.93/cwt	124.00–131.00	723	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	140.81/cwt	135.00–143.50	794	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	585	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	892	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	139.18/cwt	139.00–139.50	871	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	132.94/cwt	130.00–134.00	852	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,004	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	142.76/cwt	141.00–146.00	968	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	686	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	878	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	848	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	713	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,123	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	127.64/cwt	126.00–129.00	933	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	735	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	985	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	145.75/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,077	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,152	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	807	151.85/cwt	151.85–151.85	1,225	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	131.78/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,096	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	143.23/cwt	143.00–147.50	1,203	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	876	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,152	52
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	686	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	446	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	540	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	153.78/cwt	143.00–155.00	747	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	540	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	132.85/cwt	129.00–141.00	779	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	762	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,029	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	78.67/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,298	2
Bulls	—	—	1,769	86.08/cwt	83.00–89.50	1,523	6
Bulls	—	—	2,003	91.50/cwt	90.50–92.50	1,833	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	49.66/cwt	46.00–53.00	589	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	58.15/cwt	55.00–66.00	744	42
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,299	68.36/cwt	67.00–71.00	888	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	76.40/cwt	74.00–76.75	1,196	9

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 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,978Last week 749Year ago 2,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 152Year ago 137

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	129.00	129.00
12	—	562	125.00	125.00
47	—	641	130.00–134.00	132.94
16	—	735	134.00	134.00
5	—	343	154.00	154.00
4	—	511	131.00	131.00
4	—	420	143.00	143.00
15	—	383	159.00	159.00
12	—	686	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	398	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	630	138.00	138.00
9	—	731	126.00–129.00	127.64
2	—	387	150.00	150.00
2	—	342	151.00	151.00
79	—	832	125.00–133.00	131.78
52	—	876	131.50	131.50
14	—	561	124.00–131.00	128.93
5	—	517	136.00	136.00
2	—	695	122.00	122.00
5	—	494	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	807	151.85	151.85
66	—	713	157.50	157.50
14	—	654	153.50	153.50
4	—	585	152.50	152.50
27	—	530	149.00–150.50	150.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	477	145.00–149.50	146.00
36	—	626	139.00–139.50	139.18
90	—	739	143.00–150.00	145.75
89	—	773	149.00	149.00
63	—	840	143.00–147.50	143.23
46	—	536	137.00–143.00	141.44
28	—	564	135.00–143.50	140.81
24	—	431	147.00–151.00	150.06
11	—	678	141.00–146.00	142.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	895	159.50	159.50
50	—	820	161.00	161.00
30	—	622	152.00–153.00	152.40
20	—	783	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	567	150.00–155.00	152.81
22	—	390	187.00	187.00
16	—	426	178.00–183.00	181.42
2	—	320	191.00	191.00
56	—	878	144.75	144.75
84	—	659	146.00–149.50	148.28
50	—	625	143.00–150.00	146.76
101	—	917	152.35–156.10	155.14
55	—	513	158.00–165.00	160.80
7	—	460	171.00	171.00
146	—	816	151.00–154.75	152.56
13	—	788	145.00–152.00	151.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	832	143.00	143.00
3	—	655	141.00	141.00
37	—	646	136.00–139.00	137.05
10	—	544	151.00	151.00
6	—	851	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	772	144.00	144.00
24	—	536	152.00–156.00	155.37
1	—	290	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	486	143.00–155.00	153.78
10	—	762	135.00	135.00
1	—	440	156.00	156.00
3	—	586	129.00–141.00	132.85
1	—	540	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	446	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,279	55.00–66.00	58.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,187	46.00–53.00	49.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,565	74.00–76.75	76.40
8	—	1,299	67.00–71.00	68.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	77.00–80.00	78.67
2	—	2,003	90.50–92.50	91.50
6	—	1,769	83.00–89.50	86.08

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.