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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 5

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,858 head

▼ 1,774 vs last sale 3,632▼ 2,783 vs year ago 4,641 · −60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

306 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 397▼ 108 vs year ago 414 · −26.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 18▼ 67 vs year ago 82 · −81.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 900 lb to 1,025 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Not enough feeder steers 650 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Not enough feeder heifers 650 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Steer and heifer calves 450 lb to 650 lb sold steady on light receipts. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $152.35/cwt on 1,304 head.

Average price

$152.35

1,304 head · 876 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$404

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

$24.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.96

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	615	163.64	1,006	22
Medium and Large 1	865	153.62	1,329	1,149
Large 1	1,010	139.58	1,410	133

One grade step is worth $24.06/cwt here — about −$404 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 sale1,304 hd

152.35

—

KS average3 barns · 3,274 hd

156.31

−3.96

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	1,948	97.48	1,899	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,343	76.52	1,028	149
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	66.60	853	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	56.00	618	36

Every lot

63 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	338	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	761	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	885	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	932	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	920	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	984	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,136	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	170.58/cwt	170.00–177.00	991	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	187.63/cwt	182.50–190.50	1,098	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	973	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	165.02/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,023	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	670	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,173	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,119	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,119	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	154.26/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,191	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	150.50/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,237	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,099	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	883	156.80/cwt	156.50–157.10	1,385	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	146.27/cwt	145.75–146.75	1,299	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	149.25/cwt	145.25–151.85	1,379	468
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	967	146.65/cwt	145.60–147.50	1,418	155
Steers	—	Large 1	1,010	139.58/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,410	133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	347	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	645	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	178.54/cwt	176.00–179.00	700	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	777	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	778	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	527	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	917	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	159.54/cwt	157.00–162.00	842	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	966	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	959	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	140.03/cwt	131.50–159.00	816	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	160.00/cwt	155.00–160.75	984	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	858	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	657	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,097	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	144.40/cwt	144.00–145.50	1,051	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,118	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	133.94/cwt	133.00–135.50	1,098	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,109	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,024	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,118	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,136	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,021	116.34/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,188	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,072	108.98/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,168	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	773	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,036	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	985	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	995	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	91.31/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,534	8
Bulls	—	—	2,103	99.49/cwt	97.00–102.00	2,092	11
Bulls	—	—	2,170	111.08/cwt	110.00–112.00	2,410	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	56.00/cwt	51.00–59.00	618	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	66.60/cwt	60.00–69.50	853	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,321	75.80/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,001	132
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	82.08/cwt	81.50–83.00	1,246	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,003	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,036	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,097	1,003.34/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	11,007	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,287	1,031.09/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	13,270	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,325	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,256	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,595	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	16,748	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	900	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	11,250	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 May 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,858Last week 3,632Year ago 4,641

Slaughter CattleReceipts 306Last week 397Year ago 414

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 18Year ago 82

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	164.00–166.00	165.02
11	—	472	195.00	195.00
155	—	967	145.60–147.50	146.65
51	—	772	151.00–154.50	154.26
99	—	888	145.75–146.75	146.27
14	—	585	182.50–190.50	187.63
141	—	822	147.00–153.00	150.50
3	—	395	203.00	203.00
8	—	704	159.00	159.00
4	—	691	162.00	162.00
468	—	924	145.25–151.85	149.25
18	—	518	190.00	190.00
2	—	447	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	450	207.00	207.00
126	—	883	156.50–157.10	156.80
12	—	575	197.50	197.50
2	—	670	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	872	126.00	126.00
14	—	581	170.00–177.00	170.58
6	—	608	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	225.00	225.00
11	—	475	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,010	139.00–144.50	139.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	433	179.50	179.50
14	—	934	119.75	119.75
7	—	455	171.00	171.00
9	—	853	130.00	130.00
18	—	571	168.00	168.00
13	—	392	176.00–179.00	178.54
3	—	660	140.00	140.00
2	—	955	119.00	119.00
21	—	820	133.00–135.50	133.94
15	—	728	144.00–145.50	144.40
23	—	615	155.00–160.75	160.00
14	—	528	157.00–162.00	159.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	120.00	120.00
3	—	631	136.00	136.00
34	—	583	131.50–159.00	140.03
11	—	816	137.00	137.00
4	—	773	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	347	186.00	186.00
59	—	553	174.75	174.75
38	—	657	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	108.00–111.00	108.98
12	—	1,021	109.00–117.00	116.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	101.00	101.00
2	—	773	133.00–135.00	133.98
1	—	650	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,103	51.00–59.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,321	70.00–79.50	75.80
17	—	1,518	81.50–83.00	82.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,281	60.00–69.50	66.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,103	97.00–102.00	99.49
8	—	1,680	86.00–95.00	91.31
2	—	2,170	110.00–112.00	111.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,003	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,097	925.00–1,050.00	1,003.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,287	950.00–1,125.00	1,031.09
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,595	1,050.00	1,050.00

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	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00

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.