Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-01-06

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,300 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 4,528▼ 412 vs year ago 4,712 · −8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 194 vs last sale 6▲ 166 vs year ago 34 · +488.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Due to the holidays and three weeks since last sale, there has been no recent price comparison, however a higher undertone was noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.66/cwt on 2,293 head.
Average price
$162.66
2,293 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$17.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.02
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1764166.761,2741,299
Medium and Large 1-2775159.341,235796
Large 1-21,038149.131,548198
One grade step is worth $17.62/cwt here — about −$275 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 sale2,293 hd
162.66
—
KS average4 barns · 8,858 hd
169.67
−7.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy420212.00/cwt212.00–212.0089011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430178.00/cwt178.00–178.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1477188.23/cwt188.00–189.0089838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521174.76/cwt170.00–177.0091019
Steers—Medium and Large 1527178.67/cwt173.00–187.0094244
Steers—Medium and Large 1567181.58/cwt174.00–186.001,03054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587170.87/cwt163.00–172.501,00345
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy604189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,14237
Steers—Medium and Large 1615179.41/cwt178.00–182.001,10398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638172.85/cwt161.00–176.001,10314
Steers—Medium and Large 1660169.90/cwt168.00–179.001,12141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668168.14/cwt156.50–174.001,123146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716159.77/cwt151.00–164.001,144131
Steers—Medium and Large 1718166.84/cwt161.75–172.001,198199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765157.34/cwt147.00–159.001,20483
Steers—Medium and Large 1780163.24/cwt161.50–165.001,27336
Steers—Medium and Large 1820162.73/cwt158.75–165.001,334401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828154.03/cwt142.50–156.501,27548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870152.71/cwt145.50–154.501,329169
Steers—Medium and Large 1889159.51/cwt154.50–165.101,418189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2904156.29/cwt145.00–157.001,41369
Steers—Medium and Large 1914155.25/cwt152.25–158.001,419151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2962149.96/cwt146.00–150.501,44369
Steers—Large 1-2987146.47/cwt146.00–148.001,44617
Steers—Large 1-21,027149.64/cwt149.00–150.251,53799
Steers—Large 1-21,062149.07/cwt146.00–150.351,58382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438167.00/cwt167.00–167.007313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440159.25/cwt158.50–160.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461162.50/cwt162.50–162.5074919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488162.82/cwt162.00–163.0079517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516156.11/cwt148.50–160.0080637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572160.85/cwt154.75–162.75920103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574147.70/cwt137.00–161.0084845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625153.03/cwt149.00–155.0095629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639155.18/cwt154.50–156.0099275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,05039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662155.64/cwt147.50–158.501,030156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678147.39/cwt141.50–154.0099955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722151.29/cwt147.50–152.751,092162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725142.82/cwt135.00–145.001,03528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766141.41/cwt138.00–145.001,08326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770151.15/cwt150.10–151.751,164252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817147.85/cwt146.00–148.751,208132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833150.59/cwt147.75–151.751,254109
Heifers—Large 1-2923128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1814
Heifers—Large 1930146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,36061
Heifers—Large 1-21,023131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,34010
Heifers—Large 1-21,061108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,14612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,7601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,006965.98/cwt950.00–1,000.009,7183
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,5792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,083700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,58112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,4803
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,1731,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,6103
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,267750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,5038
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,271930.82/cwt770.00–1,050.0011,83144
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3721,359.69/cwt1,200.00–1,510.0018,65597
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,437750.49/cwt700.00–935.0010,7858

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.