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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 21

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

973 head

▼ 1,148 vs last sale 2,121▼ 1,272 vs year ago 2,245 · −56.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

189 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 185▼ 64 vs year ago 253 · −25.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 0▲ 37 vs year ago 4 · +925.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Next Monday October 25 will be the first of 3 special calf sales at Pratt Livestock

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 800 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Steers 800 lb to 950 lb sold steady on light receipts. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers 800 lb to 900 lb sold steady on very light receipts. Not enough calves for a market test, however a steady trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $161.07/cwt on 488 head.

Average price

$161.07

488 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$65.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.49

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	749	165.09	1,236	364
Medium and Large 1-2	700	151.33	1,059	119
Large 1	1,251	100.00	1,251	5thin

One grade step is worth $65.09/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale488 hd

161.07

—

KS average3 barns · 2,793 hd

160.58

+0.49

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	1,905	83.69	1,594	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	72.43	1,075	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	62.46	781	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,136	52.92	601	48

Every lot

74 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	642	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	782	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	844	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	794	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	462	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	878	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	169.82/cwt	166.00–171.00	813	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	170.56/cwt	169.00–177.00	875	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	855	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	146.53/cwt	141.00–150.00	848	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	164.47/cwt	161.50–166.50	1,015	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	144.66/cwt	142.00–148.00	893	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	679	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,161	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,094	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	144.57/cwt	143.50–145.50	993	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	715	170.38/cwt	168.00–171.51	1,218	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	161.02/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,167	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,144	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,128	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	763	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,272	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	163.61/cwt	163.50–165.00	1,296	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,220	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	156.39/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,300	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	923	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,465	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,439	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	971	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,165	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,177	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,296	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,264	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	160.40/cwt	156.00–162.00	518	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	152.73/cwt	152.00–153.00	496	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	376	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	146.43/cwt	146.00–147.00	577	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	629	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	686	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	151.64/cwt	149.00–157.00	735	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	684	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	144.41/cwt	143.00–146.00	752	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	573	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	888	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	799	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	796	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	949	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	647	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,022	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	652	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,043	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	148.13/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,077	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	143.44/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,106	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,027	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	813	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,187	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	142.25/cwt	137.00–142.60	1,182	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,206	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	129.13/cwt	121.00–129.50	1,179	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,182	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,034	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,109	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,070	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	760	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,763	74.26/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,309	7
Bulls	—	—	1,955	84.53/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,653	12
Bulls	—	—	1,969	93.00/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,831	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	52.92/cwt	47.50–57.00	601	48
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	62.46/cwt	58.00–67.00	781	56
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	914	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,643	75.85/cwt	72.50–78.00	1,246	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,142	813.29/cwt	675.00–835.00	9,288	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,145	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,473	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,161	738.52/cwt	735.00–750.00	8,574	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,186	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,302	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,235	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,498	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,273	837.22/cwt	760.00–950.00	10,658	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,328	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,535	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	15,350	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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 973Last week 2,121Year ago 2,245

Slaughter CattleReceipts 189Last week 185Year ago 253

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 4

* Final Report *

Next Monday October 25 will be the first of 3 special calf sales at Pratt Livestock

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	808	151.00	151.00
3	—	446	178.00	178.00
15	—	579	141.00–150.00	146.53
3	—	971	120.00	120.00
13	—	687	143.50–145.50	144.57
63	—	738	155.00	155.00
3	—	541	158.00	158.00
7	—	757	149.00	149.00
9	—	617	142.00–148.00	144.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	959	150.00	150.00
18	—	479	166.00–171.00	169.82
1	—	345	186.00	186.00
53	—	792	163.50–165.00	163.61
18	—	831	156.00–157.00	156.39
44	—	725	159.00–166.00	161.02
2	—	417	187.50	187.50
17	—	617	161.50–166.50	164.47
5	—	513	169.00–177.00	170.56
4	—	686	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	715	168.00–171.51	170.38
5	—	421	200.50	200.50
60	—	923	158.75	158.75
9	—	462	190.00	190.00
19	—	679	171.00	171.00
65	—	763	166.75	166.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,296	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	158.00	158.00
6	—	647	158.00	158.00
4	—	813	146.00	146.00
7	—	565	155.00	155.00
16	—	652	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	771	140.00–146.00	143.44
25	—	485	149.00–157.00	151.64
4	—	887	136.00	136.00
6	—	637	149.00	149.00
16	—	521	143.00–146.00	144.41
17	—	419	150.00	150.00
23	—	913	121.00–129.50	129.13
44	—	727	144.00–154.00	148.13
4	—	323	156.00–162.00	160.40
63	—	831	137.00–142.60	142.25
12	—	977	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	126.00	126.00
9	—	778	132.00	132.00
6	—	985	105.00	105.00
5	—	456	150.50	150.50
3	—	390	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	146.00–147.00	146.43
2	—	592	135.00	135.00
4	—	325	152.00–153.00	152.73
4	—	485	141.00	141.00
4	—	603	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	573	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,109	96.50	96.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
4	—	528	131.00	131.00
1	—	420	181.00	181.00
1	—	795	109.00	109.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,142	675.00–835.00	813.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,535	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	740.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,161	735.00–750.00	738.52
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,186	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,273	760.00–950.00	837.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,969	90.00–96.00	93.00
7	—	1,763	72.00–76.00	74.26
12	—	1,955	82.00–87.00	84.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	69.00	69.00
4	—	1,643	72.50–78.00	75.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,250	58.00–67.00	62.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,136	47.50–57.00	52.92

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.