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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 24

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,515 head

▼ 3,111 vs last sale 6,626▼ 450 vs year ago 3,965 · −11.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

271 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 315▲ 5 vs year ago 266 · +1.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 750 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 750 lb sold steady. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $163.31/cwt on 1,764 head.

Average price

$163.31

1,764 head · 798 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$112

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.97

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	784	166.05	1,302	1,508
Medium and Large 1-2	729	156.56	1,142	126
Large 1	1,025	138.00	1,414	130

One grade step is worth $28.05/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale1,764 hd

163.31

—

KS average3 barns · 3,619 hd

159.34

+3.97

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	1,938	110.53	2,142	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,391	91.12	1,267	113
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	82.71	954	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	75.19	897	28

Every lot

60 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	300	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	642	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	334	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	798	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	865	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	221.24/cwt	221.00–223.00	958	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	212.02/cwt	208.50–218.00	1,016	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	203.77/cwt	203.50–205.00	1,072	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	544	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,088	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	194.44/cwt	193.50–199.00	1,087	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,251	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	165.11/cwt	164.50–169.00	1,045	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	192.40/cwt	190.00–192.50	1,237	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,192	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	167.50/cwt	164.00–173.00	1,116	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	168.91/cwt	165.50–173.00	1,231	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	159.01/cwt	153.00–162.50	1,159	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	760	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,307	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	158.21/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,231	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	156.22/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,289	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	142.09/cwt	135.00–143.50	1,191	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	857	156.96/cwt	155.00–158.75	1,345	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	150.27/cwt	146.25–153.00	1,304	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	896	142.56/cwt	142.00–142.75	1,277	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	146.41/cwt	141.00–148.75	1,351	381
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	143.24/cwt	140.00–147.10	1,375	183
Steers	—	Large 1	1,020	138.13/cwt	137.50–138.75	1,409	125
Steers	—	Large 1	1,142	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,539	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	294	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	676	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	764	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	187.35/cwt	182.00–190.00	875	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	179.76/cwt	178.75–182.00	913	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	890	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	173.38/cwt	168.00–175.50	980	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	152.28/cwt	144.00–157.00	901	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	152.40/cwt	150.00–153.00	966	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	150.31/cwt	146.00–153.50	1,016	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	149.33/cwt	147.00–152.00	1,087	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	740	157.38/cwt	154.00–158.60	1,165	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	140.80/cwt	139.00–142.25	1,049	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	148.10/cwt	147.75–149.00	1,145	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,070	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	817	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,258	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	134.18/cwt	134.00–134.50	1,103	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	141.46/cwt	138.00–145.75	1,173	340
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,222	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	869	128.97/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,121	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	136.00/cwt	133.00–136.50	1,193	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	135.78/cwt	134.85–137.75	1,274	213
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,002	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,232	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	890	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,175	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,707	98.24/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,677	3
Bulls	—	—	1,953	108.42/cwt	106.00–111.00	2,117	5
Bulls	—	—	2,016	116.45/cwt	115.00–119.50	2,348	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	82.71/cwt	79.00–86.00	954	80
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	75.19/cwt	69.00–77.50	897	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	97.66/cwt	95.00–101.50	1,309	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,397	90.34/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,262	101

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 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,515Last week 6,626Year ago 3,965

Slaughter CattleReceipts 271Last week 315Year ago 266

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	565	168.00–175.50	173.38
154	—	773	147.75–149.00	148.10
25	—	634	150.00–153.00	152.40
98	—	676	146.00–153.50	150.31
69	—	508	178.75–182.00	179.76
178	—	877	133.00–136.50	136.00
100	—	728	147.00–152.00	149.33
50	—	467	182.00–190.00	187.35
7	—	444	172.00	172.00
5	—	294	199.00	199.00
3	—	323	171.00	171.00
10	—	386	175.00	175.00
340	—	829	138.00–145.75	141.46
213	—	938	134.85–137.75	135.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	817	154.00	154.00
66	—	740	154.00–158.60	157.38
35	—	850	143.75	143.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,002	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	822	134.00–134.50	134.18
13	—	869	121.00–136.00	128.97
38	—	745	139.00–142.25	140.80
11	—	592	144.00–157.00	152.28
11	—	790	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	533	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	655	182.00	182.00
37	—	760	172.00	172.00
103	—	857	155.00–158.75	156.96
49	—	610	205.00	205.00
15	—	544	200.00	200.00
7	—	334	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	433	221.00–223.00	221.24
381	—	923	141.00–148.75	146.41
183	—	960	140.00–147.10	143.24
139	—	643	190.00–192.50	192.40
123	—	868	146.25–153.00	150.27
5	—	388	219.00	219.00
64	—	825	150.00–158.00	156.22
3	—	300	214.00	214.00
51	—	778	153.00–161.00	158.21
48	—	526	203.50–205.00	203.77
48	—	479	208.50–218.00	212.02
65	—	729	165.50–173.00	168.91
31	—	666	164.00–173.00	167.50
92	—	559	193.50–199.00	194.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	896	142.00–142.75	142.56
19	—	838	135.00–143.50	142.09
56	—	633	164.50–169.00	165.11
31	—	729	153.00–162.50	159.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	408	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,020	137.50–138.75	138.13
5	—	1,142	134.75	134.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	141.00	141.00
3	—	890	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,193	69.00–77.50	75.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,340	95.00–101.50	97.66
101	—	1,397	87.00–94.00	90.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,153	79.00–86.00	82.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,016	115.00–119.50	116.45
5	—	1,953	106.00–111.00	108.42
3	—	1,707	97.00–99.00	98.24

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.