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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 10

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5,509 head

▼ 839 vs last sale 6,348▼ 1,193 vs year ago 6,702 · −17.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▼ 216 vs last sale 379▼ 87 vs year ago 250 · −34.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 7▼ 15 vs year ago 17 · −88.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Steers 600 lb to 700 lb sold steady. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Fancy cattle demand 8.00 to 10.00 premium. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

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 $162.67/cwt on 3,675 head.

Average price

$162.67

3,675 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,234

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	765	165.74	1,268	2,735
Medium and Large 1-2	715	155.64	1,114	861
Large 1	1,017	132.77	1,350	79

One grade step is worth $32.97/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale3,675 hd

162.67

—

KS average3 barns · 6,245 hd

162.02

+0.65

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	1,676	106.79	1,790	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,316	89.71	1,181	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	78.87	933	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	68.95	765	3thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	355	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	827	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	768	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	181.39/cwt	171.00–184.00	767	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	209.64/cwt	208.00–212.00	920	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	443	225.25/cwt	224.00–236.00	998	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	202.63/cwt	200.00–209.00	952	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	184.50/cwt	184.00–185.00	878	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	218.50/cwt	205.00–222.75	1,156	294
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	191.86/cwt	191.00–198.00	1,015	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	169.57/cwt	166.00–174.00	921	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	946	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	593	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,210	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	204.75/cwt	203.50–206.00	1,247	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	185.84/cwt	180.50–189.50	1,173	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	174.95/cwt	164.00–178.00	1,109	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	177.98/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,187	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	158.46/cwt	149.00–168.00	1,081	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	690	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,318	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	709	170.78/cwt	167.50–174.00	1,211	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	159.82/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,159	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	149.49/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,088	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	154.94/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,191	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	142.45/cwt	138.50–146.10	1,103	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	775	165.75/cwt	161.50–167.00	1,285	303
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	135.56/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,118	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	829	159.33/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,321	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	146.11/cwt	143.50–151.00	1,214	410
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	858	157.59/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,352	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	143.70/cwt	138.00–147.50	1,257	393
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	889	136.01/cwt	135.50–137.50	1,209	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,232	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	139.06/cwt	136.75–142.00	1,302	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	973	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,226	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	135.48/cwt	134.25–138.25	1,334	149
Steers	—	Large 1	1,016	132.79/cwt	129.50–134.00	1,349	78
Steers	—	Large 1	1,075	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,408	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	307	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	510	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	170.57/cwt	169.00–174.00	720	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	155.74/cwt	152.00–158.00	754	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	143.64/cwt	138.00–149.00	766	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	154.09/cwt	152.00–158.00	831	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	152.70/cwt	152.00–153.00	867	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	148.16/cwt	146.00–150.00	853	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	935	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	144.99/cwt	141.50–148.00	893	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	672	150.39/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,011	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	139.69/cwt	133.50–143.00	951	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	910	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	720	143.04/cwt	142.25–144.25	1,030	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	133.64/cwt	132.00–137.00	989	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	134.43/cwt	131.50–138.25	1,035	261
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	133.21/cwt	129.50–135.25	1,091	200
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	849	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,153	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	133.32/cwt	125.00–134.75	1,161	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	127.72/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,167	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,226	63
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,063	118.55/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,260	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,104	108.86/cwt	105.00–124.00	1,202	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,245	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,307	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,559	105.04/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,638	9
Bulls	—	—	1,662	93.19/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,549	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	111.94/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,987	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	68.95/cwt	67.00–71.00	765	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	78.87/cwt	76.00–83.00	933	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,299	87.15/cwt	84.00–90.50	1,132	48
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,343	93.81/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,260	30
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,270	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,288	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	12,750	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 Mar 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,509Last week 6,348Year ago 6,702

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 379Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 17

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	774	138.50–146.10	142.45
5	—	973	126.00	126.00
212	—	634	164.00–178.00	174.95
14	—	570	166.00	166.00
16	—	476	184.00–185.00	184.50
38	—	825	135.00–138.00	135.56
102	—	889	135.50–137.50	136.01
166	—	682	149.00–168.00	158.46
167	—	728	142.00–154.00	149.49
5	—	423	171.00–184.00	181.39
20	—	543	166.00–174.00	169.57
10	—	933	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
393	—	875	138.00–147.50	143.70
180	—	936	136.75–142.00	139.06
34	—	667	171.00–181.00	177.98
16	—	470	200.00–209.00	202.63
23	—	529	191.00–198.00	191.86
93	—	631	180.50–189.50	185.84
410	—	831	143.50–151.00	146.11
11	—	439	208.00–212.00	209.64
120	—	725	156.00–165.00	159.82
209	—	769	149.00–159.00	154.94
149	—	985	134.25–138.25	135.48
4	—	398	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	609	203.50–206.00	204.75
8	—	355	233.00	233.00
15	—	690	191.00	191.00
28	—	709	167.50–174.00	170.78
58	—	443	224.00–236.00	225.25
52	—	829	157.00–163.50	159.33
166	—	858	156.00–158.50	157.59
303	—	775	161.50–167.00	165.75
8	—	593	204.00	204.00
294	—	529	205.00–222.75	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
78	—	1,016	129.50–134.00	132.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	576	146.00–150.00	148.16
117	—	740	132.00–137.00	133.64
157	—	681	133.50–143.00	139.69
188	—	871	125.00–134.75	133.32
33	—	616	141.50–148.00	144.99
1	—	395	181.00	181.00
34	—	914	119.00–131.00	127.72
200	—	819	129.50–135.25	133.21
104	—	539	152.00–158.00	154.09
15	—	484	152.00–158.00	155.74
63	—	975	125.75	125.75
23	—	422	169.00–174.00	170.57
261	—	770	131.50–138.25	134.43
5	—	307	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	720	142.25–144.25	143.04
81	—	672	150.00–152.50	150.39
62	—	849	135.75	135.75
24	—	568	152.00–153.00	152.70
1	—	615	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,063	114.00–123.00	118.55
5	—	1,104	105.00–124.00	108.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	138.00–149.00	143.64
25	—	697	130.50	130.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,183	76.00–83.00	78.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	67.00–71.00	68.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,343	91.00–98.00	93.81
48	—	1,299	84.00–90.50	87.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,662	89.00–97.00	93.19
11	—	1,775	109.00–117.00	111.94
9	—	1,559	100.00–108.00	105.04

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 (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,275.00	1,275.00

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.