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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 28

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,632 head

▼ 2,037 vs last sale 5,669▼ 460 vs year ago 4,092 · −11.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

397 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 375▼ 39 vs year ago 436 · −8.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers 500 lb to 750 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 500 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and 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 $153.76/cwt on 1,869 head.

Average price

$153.76

1,869 head · 841 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,294

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$106

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.36

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	829	156.50	1,298	1,496
Medium and Large 1-2	783	148.50	1,163	219
Large 1	1,042	134.66	1,403	154

One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about −$106 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 sale1,869 hd

153.76

—

KS average3 barns · 4,265 hd

159.12

−5.36

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	2,141	109.07	2,335	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,399	81.26	1,137	156
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	73.61	914	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,174	64.66	759	34

Every lot

83 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 1Unweaned	290	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	592	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	643	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	190.53/cwt	189.00–195.00	650	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	215.03/cwt	212.00–216.00	806	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	728	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	867	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	197.26/cwt	194.00–203.00	819	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	837	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	925	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	189.32/cwt	188.00–191.00	877	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	942	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	871	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	986	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	931	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	186.11/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,001	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	183.28/cwt	182.50–192.00	1,036	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	178.16/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,115	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	154.68/cwt	151.00–171.00	998	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	156.80/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,054	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	675	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,212	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,190	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	164.84/cwt	159.00–166.50	1,185	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	160.45/cwt	154.00–163.50	1,237	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	146.96/cwt	137.00–150.25	1,139	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	796	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,317	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	145.27/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,180	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	843	159.85/cwt	159.85–159.85	1,348	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	155.71/cwt	151.75–158.50	1,313	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	144.02/cwt	142.00–144.50	1,257	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	154.46/cwt	154.10–155.00	1,352	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,283	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	145.61/cwt	144.25–150.00	1,350	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	138.75/cwt	136.00–142.75	1,358	280
Steers	—	Large 1	1,033	136.22/cwt	134.00–136.50	1,407	99
Steers	—	Large 1	1,059	131.84/cwt	130.75–132.00	1,396	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	174.98/cwt	170.00–178.00	653	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	629	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	170.77/cwt	165.00–173.50	717	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	168.91/cwt	166.00–174.00	823	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	765	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	161.70/cwt	157.00–166.50	815	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	162.69/cwt	159.00–168.00	906	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	570	176.09/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,004	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	156.80/cwt	156.00–159.00	905	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	149.36/cwt	147.00–151.00	914	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	633	168.28/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,065	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	159.48/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,010	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	166.81/cwt	162.00–171.50	1,113	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	158.60/cwt	157.50–159.50	1,071	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	146.07/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,006	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	140.14/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,009	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	150.37/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,102	337
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	742	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,150	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	136.24/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,045	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,059	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	145.13/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,142	229
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	143.55/cwt	138.00–145.75	1,164	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,122	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,163	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	135.20/cwt	131.50–138.75	1,199	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,233	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	997	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,107	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,038	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,121	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	149.95/cwt	147.00–162.00	799	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	585	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	942	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,019	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	801	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,137	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	895	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,038	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,867	96.69/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,805	3
Bulls	—	—	2,097	106.17/cwt	105.50–106.50	2,226	3
Bulls	—	—	2,228	113.23/cwt	110.00–117.00	2,523	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	64.66/cwt	60.00–69.50	759	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	73.61/cwt	70.00–77.50	914	126
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	80.48/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,124	133
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,416	85.79/cwt	84.75–86.50	1,215	23
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,250	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	16,563	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	17,940	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	988.75/cwt	925.00–1,170.00	11,618	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,233	1,025.00/cwt	975.00–1,050.00	12,638	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,200	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 Apr 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,632Last week 5,669Year ago 4,092

Slaughter CattleReceipts 397Last week 375Year ago 436

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 10Year ago 13

* 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
2	—	567	148.00	148.00
34	—	775	137.00–150.25	146.96
61	—	812	145.00–149.00	145.27
27	—	672	150.00–161.00	156.80
8	—	481	181.00	181.00
3	—	923	139.00	139.00
68	—	873	142.00–144.50	144.02
16	—	645	151.00–171.00	154.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	675	179.50	179.50
60	—	843	159.85	159.85
38	—	796	165.50	165.50
2	—	405	214.00	214.00
22	—	502	196.50	196.50
2	—	451	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	626	175.00–182.00	178.16
37	—	565	182.50–192.00	183.28
7	—	478	197.00	197.00
4	—	375	212.00–216.00	215.03
3	—	415	194.00–203.00	197.26
263	—	927	144.25–150.00	145.61
30	—	694	171.50	171.50
6	—	538	182.00–190.00	186.11
5	—	341	189.00–195.00	190.53
280	—	979	136.00–142.75	138.75
172	—	875	154.10–155.00	154.46
214	—	843	151.75–158.50	155.71
87	—	719	159.00–166.50	164.84
135	—	771	154.00–163.50	160.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,033	134.00–136.50	136.22
55	—	1,059	130.75–132.00	131.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	463	188.00–191.00	189.32
3	—	526	177.00	177.00
1	—	290	204.00	204.00
3	—	375	194.00	194.00
1	—	445	188.00	188.00
1	—	320	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	420	165.00–173.50	170.77
34	—	487	166.00–174.00	168.91
337	—	733	144.00–152.00	150.37
263	—	811	138.00–145.75	143.55
68	—	675	157.50–159.50	158.60
41	—	887	131.50–138.75	135.20
39	—	633	157.00–162.00	159.48
229	—	787	143.00–147.00	145.13
7	—	997	111.00	111.00
56	—	557	159.00–168.00	162.69
10	—	936	131.75	131.75
8	—	373	170.00–178.00	174.98
10	—	504	157.00–166.50	161.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	570	175.00–177.00	176.09
75	—	667	162.00–171.50	166.81
37	—	742	155.00	155.00
45	—	633	167.00–171.00	168.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	773	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	497	154.00	154.00
14	—	689	145.00–148.00	146.07
17	—	612	147.00–151.00	149.36
3	—	513	140.00	140.00
23	—	720	137.00–143.00	140.14
11	—	577	156.00–159.00	156.80
32	—	767	128.00–138.00	136.24
12	—	837	134.00	134.00
2	—	420	138.00	138.00
3	—	858	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	533	147.00–162.00	149.95
4	—	585	161.00	161.00
4	—	801	142.00	142.00
1	—	895	116.00	116.00
1	—	755	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,228	110.00–117.00	113.23
3	—	1,867	96.00–98.00	96.69
3	—	2,097	105.50–106.50	106.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,174	60.00–69.50	64.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,416	84.75–86.50	85.79
133	—	1,396	78.00–84.00	80.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,242	70.00–77.50	73.61

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	—	1,380	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,250	1,325.00	1,325.00

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	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,233	975.00–1,050.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,175	925.00–1,170.00	988.75

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.