Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-01-27

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 27
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,909 head
▲ 531 vs last sale 2,378▲ 1,592 vs year ago 1,317 · +120.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 283▲ 61 vs year ago 124 · +49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 55▲ 5 vs year ago 7 · +71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, yearling steers 450 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Yearling heifers 600 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.78/cwt on 1,601 head.
Average price
$161.78
1,601 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$33.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1791163.381,2921,367
Medium and Large 1-2721154.991,118210
Large 11,086129.711,40824
One grade step is worth $33.67/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale1,601 hd
161.78
—
KS average3 barns · 4,860 hd
162.89
−1.11
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low2,099100.212,10310
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35676.701,040133
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17869.2881624
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15159.456848thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305201.00/cwt201.00–201.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy362235.00/cwt235.00–235.0085114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419171.00/cwt171.00–171.007166
Steers—Medium and Large 1425187.00/cwt187.00–187.007951
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy449217.00/cwt217.00–217.009745
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy458223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,02113
Steers—Medium and Large 1471203.18/cwt199.00–204.0095738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy508198.72/cwt197.00–200.001,00912
Steers—Medium and Large 1533192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy540178.00/cwt178.00–178.009613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548167.00/cwt167.00–167.0091515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553164.00/cwt164.00–164.009074
Steers—Medium and Large 1576181.26/cwt180.00–181.501,04437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy577189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,09328
Steers—Medium and Large 1602178.49/cwt175.50–181.251,07523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy614172.51/cwt171.00–174.001,05929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630155.57/cwt148.50–167.0098032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy657170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,11710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662159.63/cwt157.00–159.851,05726
Steers—Medium and Large 1682165.22/cwt161.50–169.001,12768
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy706167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,17918
Steers—Medium and Large 1718163.32/cwt161.00–165.251,173113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726154.51/cwt143.00–155.501,12223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769150.57/cwt149.00–153.001,15854
Steers—Medium and Large 1771159.77/cwt155.00–163.251,232123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy785166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,30987
Steers—Medium and Large 1807154.89/cwt152.00–156.001,25098
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy832160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,33164
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy861160.10/cwt160.10–160.101,37859
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,31040
Steers—Medium and Large 1884157.13/cwt153.00–159.251,389222
Steers—Medium and Large 1925153.58/cwt151.85–156.001,421190
Steers—Medium and Large 1968147.72/cwt147.50–148.001,430111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2981138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3546
Steers—Large 11,026136.76/cwt130.00–142.001,40311
Steers—Large 11,136123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,40613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy352187.00/cwt187.00–187.0065813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388181.48/cwt180.00–182.0070415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423178.26/cwt177.50–181.0075413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468172.17/cwt171.00–173.008065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy485186.00/cwt186.00–186.0090235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502110.50/cwt110.50–110.505552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy527171.57/cwt171.00–174.5090441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533159.05/cwt154.00–162.50848108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570165.44/cwt162.00–166.0094314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578148.52/cwt146.00–150.008588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585159.94/cwt153.00–160.7593645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.80/cwt126.00–146.5086637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622153.74/cwt150.50–156.00956120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy628159.69/cwt159.00–159.751,003158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy658151.00/cwt151.00–151.009948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684140.34/cwt136.00–141.5096014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709145.51/cwt143.00–149.001,03270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766133.86/cwt132.50–136.001,02523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775143.92/cwt142.50–147.001,115136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2801134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821143.33/cwt141.00–145.351,177142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886136.22/cwt136.00–137.501,20713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy917140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,2915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922131.93/cwt130.50–136.501,21647
Heifers—Large 11,035127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,3201
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,052117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2315
Heifers—Large 11,11593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0373
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603158.11/cwt144.00–161.009536
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,90083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5771
Bulls——1,98089.86/cwt88.00–91.001,7792
Bulls——2,161105.62/cwt102.00–108.502,2827
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15159.45/cwt56.00–63.006848
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17869.28/cwt67.00–71.0081624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30874.50/cwt72.50–76.0097471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41279.21/cwt76.00–85.001,11862
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1910875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,9631
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,296955.01/cwt810.00–1,075.0012,3778
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,335935.86/cwt825.00–1,025.0012,4942
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,200910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,9201

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.