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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 31

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,556 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 3,515▼ 3,682 vs year ago 7,238 · −50.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

321 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 271▲ 42 vs year ago 279 · +15.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 0▲ 5 vs year ago 30 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, feeder steers less than 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; 650 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers less than 500 lbs sold on a light test though a firm undertone was noted; 500 to 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Buyer demand and attendance was good for a moderate sale supply.

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 $150.28/cwt on 1,854 head.

Average price

$150.28

1,854 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$158

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$8.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.04

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	157.01	982	333
Medium and Large 1	766	148.81	1,139	1,521

One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale1,854 hd

150.28

—

KS average3 barns · 5,251 hd

154.32

−4.04

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	—	Average	1,687	108.56	1,832	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	88.05	1,253	87
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	82.31	1,029	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	71.41	789	24

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 1Unweaned	315	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	743	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	362	231.29/cwt	229.00–234.00	837	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	216.77/cwt	214.00–219.00	848	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	944	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,003	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	209.19/cwt	202.00–217.00	1,021	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,028	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	181.40/cwt	181.00–185.00	965	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	194.22/cwt	191.00–195.50	1,107	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	191.53/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,218	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	179.89/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,196	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	162.92/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,124	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	175.32/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,266	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	153.21/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,132	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	755	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,284	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	159.64/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,213	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,188	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	152.71/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,269	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	140.81/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,187	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	149.04/cwt	146.50–150.25	1,300	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	899	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,274	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	924	139.73/cwt	134.00–141.35	1,291	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	145.27/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,355	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	145.17/cwt	142.25–147.50	1,420	234
Steers	—	Large 1	1,012	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,356	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,069	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,478	55
Steers	—	Large 1	1,119	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,399	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	354	177.81/cwt	175.00–185.00	629	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	372	162.88/cwt	161.00–166.00	606	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	177.81/cwt	175.00–180.00	743	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	195.83/cwt	195.00–197.00	860	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	860	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	174.78/cwt	173.00–177.00	858	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	188.20/cwt	186.00–190.50	982	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	171.67/cwt	165.00–177.00	898	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	173.52/cwt	168.50–176.00	993	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	161.63/cwt	158.00–168.00	997	171
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	152.70/cwt	150.00–155.00	953	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	666	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,132	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	157.44/cwt	153.00–164.50	1,067	225
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	142.04/cwt	141.00–143.00	966	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	149.37/cwt	148.50–154.75	1,083	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	140.91/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,037	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	756	155.21/cwt	154.75–156.00	1,173	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	147.67/cwt	144.50–150.00	1,147	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	142.81/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,117	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	140.72/cwt	138.00–141.75	1,160	530
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	131.50/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,102	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	138.06/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,207	275
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	135.71/cwt	133.00–136.35	1,253	67
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,428	100.52/cwt	98.50–102.00	1,435	5
Bulls	—	—	1,621	108.12/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,753	10
Bulls	—	—	1,967	114.93/cwt	114.00–117.50	2,261	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	66.45/cwt	66.00–67.00	653	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,137	72.72/cwt	70.00–74.50	827	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	82.31/cwt	77.00–85.50	1,029	87
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,318	92.41/cwt	91.50–93.50	1,218	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	87.48/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,257	77
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,236	111.49/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,378	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	16,431	2

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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,556Last week 3,515Year ago 7,238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 321Last week 271Year ago 279

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 0Year ago 30

*Final*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	831	150.00–158.00	152.71
89	—	665	179.00–184.00	179.89
88	—	760	156.00–160.00	159.64
56	—	636	187.00–197.00	191.53
116	—	570	191.00–195.50	194.22
46	—	488	202.00–217.00	209.19
17	—	437	216.00	216.00
11	—	391	214.00–219.00	216.77
234	—	978	142.25–147.50	145.17
42	—	722	173.00–179.00	175.32
19	—	522	197.00	197.00
50	—	872	146.50–150.25	149.04
146	—	933	144.00–147.00	145.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	362	229.00–234.00	231.29
9	—	454	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	739	151.00–154.00	153.21
184	—	924	134.00–141.35	139.73
102	—	690	162.00–166.00	162.92
10	—	532	181.00–185.00	181.40
16	—	843	140.00–142.00	140.81
16	—	899	141.75	141.75
19	—	787	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,012	134.00	134.00
6	—	1,119	125.00	125.00
55	—	1,069	138.25	138.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	315	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	755	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	522	186.00–190.50	188.20
12	—	439	195.00–197.00	195.83
8	—	460	187.00	187.00
171	—	617	158.00–168.00	161.63
74	—	725	148.50–154.75	149.37
67	—	923	133.00–136.35	135.71
26	—	777	144.50–150.00	147.67
530	—	824	138.00–141.75	140.72
225	—	678	153.00–164.50	157.44
275	—	874	136.00–140.50	138.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	680	141.00–143.00	142.04
32	—	572	168.50–176.00	173.52
39	—	491	173.00–177.00	174.78
36	—	624	150.00–155.00	152.70
16	—	418	175.00–180.00	177.81
16	—	354	175.00–185.00	177.81
43	—	523	165.00–177.00	171.67
77	—	782	141.00–144.50	142.81
11	—	736	140.00–141.00	140.91
30	—	838	130.00–132.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	666	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	161.00–166.00	162.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	756	154.75–156.00	155.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,318	91.50–93.50	92.41
77	—	1,437	86.00–89.00	87.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,250	77.00–85.50	82.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	983	66.00–67.00	66.45
19	—	1,137	70.00–74.50	72.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,621	105.00–112.00	108.12
5	—	1,428	98.50–102.00	100.52
7	—	1,967	114.00–117.50	114.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,236	109.00–115.00	111.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,195	1,375.00	1,375.00

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.