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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 17

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,876 head

▼ 1,535 vs last sale 4,411▲ 2,613 vs year ago 263 · +993.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

274 head

▼ 148 vs last sale 422▲ 213 vs year ago 61 · +349.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 112 vs last sale 117▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 950 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Steers 650 lb to 800 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 925 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold unevenly steady, Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 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 $159.31/cwt on 1,378 head.

Average price

$159.31

1,378 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$47.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.36

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	160.96	1,131	1,282
Medium and Large 1-2	658	141.58	931	81
Large 1	1,059	113.80	1,205	15thin

One grade step is worth $47.17/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale1,378 hd

159.31

—

KS average3 barns · 3,845 hd

160.67

−1.36

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	1,813	98.29	1,782	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	79.42	1,096	117
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	69.66	809	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	60.98	653	32

Every lot

80 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	750	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	346	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	657	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	664	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	811	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	214.86/cwt	213.00–216.00	898	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	847	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	782	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	200.54/cwt	199.00–202.00	973	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	192.15/cwt	190.00–196.00	978	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	163.32/cwt	156.00–167.00	872	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	540	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,145	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,220	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,096	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	198.63/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,166	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	180.75/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,113	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	626	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,196	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,225	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	925	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	172.98/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,183	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	171.49/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,260	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	758	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,311	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	156.01/cwt	152.50–158.50	1,198	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	167.84/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,313	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	809	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,351	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,154	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	147.80/cwt	143.00–153.50	1,230	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	156.26/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,355	357
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	152.86/cwt	151.10–158.00	1,426	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	151.15/cwt	150.85–152.00	1,457	202
Steers	—	Large 1	1,019	145.38/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,481	45
Steers	—	Large 1	1,190	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,440	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	317	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	510	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	619	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	527	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	361	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	545	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	369	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	760	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	802	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	684	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	179.10/cwt	178.00–180.00	790	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	172.76/cwt	169.00–176.00	796	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	927	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	168.33/cwt	165.00–169.00	897	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	812	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	561	174.14/cwt	170.00–179.00	977	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	161.39/cwt	161.00–163.00	912	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	938	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	146.70/cwt	144.00–149.00	889	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	165.60/cwt	163.00–166.25	1,058	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	160.82/cwt	158.00–162.75	1,081	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	694	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,142	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	151.06/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,077	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	138.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,003	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	738	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,148	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	744	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,254	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	136.64/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,032	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	153.67/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,174	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	775	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,213	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	148.62/cwt	144.00–150.75	1,228	214
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,183	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	853	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,303	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	140.87/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,240	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	139.91/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,276	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	129.55/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,264	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,040	115.44/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,201	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,060	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,187	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,101	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,321	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,230	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,328	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,027	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,255	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	991	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	93.76/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,606	8
Bulls	—	—	2,006	106.22/cwt	100.50–113.00	2,131	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	60.98/cwt	55.00–63.50	653	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	69.66/cwt	65.00–73.00	809	45
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,366	77.71/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,062	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,398	81.48/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,139	53
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	16,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,130.00/cwt	1,130.00–1,130.00	14,690	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 Feb 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,876Last week 4,411Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 274Last week 422Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 117Year ago 4

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	758	173.00	173.00
30	—	809	167.00	167.00
24	—	655	187.00	187.00
5	—	552	221.00	221.00
10	—	626	191.00	191.00
15	—	540	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	418	213.00–216.00	214.86
51	—	587	195.00–205.00	198.63
137	—	933	151.10–158.00	152.86
14	—	509	190.00–196.00	192.15
5	—	377	215.00	215.00
4	—	616	180.00–181.00	180.75
357	—	867	153.00–157.00	156.26
44	—	684	172.00–178.00	172.98
29	—	832	143.00–153.50	147.80
67	—	735	171.00–172.00	171.49
1	—	335	224.00	224.00
202	—	964	150.85–152.00	151.15
16	—	485	199.00–202.00	200.54
25	—	782	165.00–169.00	167.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	137.00	137.00
6	—	715	160.00	160.00
6	—	534	156.00–167.00	163.32
20	—	768	152.50–158.50	156.01
1	—	480	163.00	163.00
23	—	580	189.00	189.00
1	—	375	177.00	177.00
1	—	830	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	121.00	121.00
45	—	1,019	140.00–145.50	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	185.00	185.00
5	—	346	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	912	135.00–141.00	139.91
17	—	880	135.50–144.00	140.87
2	—	360	172.00	172.00
131	—	764	148.00–154.50	153.67
81	—	713	146.00–154.00	151.06
15	—	565	161.00–163.00	161.39
3	—	1,101	120.00	120.00
214	—	826	144.00–150.75	148.62
9	—	976	129.00–134.00	129.55
39	—	461	169.00–176.00	172.76
28	—	533	165.00–169.00	168.33
75	—	672	158.00–162.75	160.82
10	—	441	178.00–180.00	179.10
62	—	639	163.00–166.25	165.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	744	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,040	111.00–116.00	115.44
1	—	1,230	108.00	108.00
5	—	1,060	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	738	155.50	155.50
77	—	694	164.50	164.50
89	—	561	170.00–179.00	174.14
117	—	775	156.50	156.50
42	—	853	152.75	152.75
88	—	466	199.00	199.00
9	—	422	190.00	190.00
25	—	369	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	547	148.50	148.50
24	—	727	135.00–139.00	138.01
24	—	755	134.00–140.00	136.64
11	—	606	144.00–149.00	146.70
3	—	845	140.00	140.00
11	—	360	146.25	146.25
4	—	586	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	361	151.00	151.00
7	—	317	161.00	161.00
2	—	430	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	708	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,366	74.00–79.50	77.71
53	—	1,398	80.00–84.00	81.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,162	65.00–73.00	69.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,071	55.00–63.50	60.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,006	100.50–113.00	106.22
8	—	1,713	88.00–99.00	93.76
1	—	1,255	79.00	79.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,130.00	1,130.00

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.