Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-06-09

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 9
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,321 head
▼ 611 vs last sale 2,932▼ 2,133 vs year ago 4,454 · −47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 407▼ 7 vs year ago 236 · −3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 75▼ 26 vs year ago 27 · −96.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1000 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Steers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 850 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 850 lb to 950 lb sold 10.00 higher. Not enough heifers under 600 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 14.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.93/cwt on 1,566 head.
Average price
$161.93
1,566 head · 884 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1872164.961,4391,298
Medium and Large 1-2880152.171,339168
Large 11,045139.061,453100
One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale1,566 hd
161.93
—
KS average2 barns · 2,028 hd
162.68
−0.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,664112.381,87021
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36599.871,363138
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15884.0297330
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06277.108199thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,000$1,5251thin

Every lot

59 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323218.00/cwt218.00–218.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325181.56/cwt179.00–185.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 1445188.00/cwt188.00–188.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 1468196.81/cwt192.00–198.0092110
Steers—Medium and Large 1500182.00/cwt182.00–182.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555159.00/cwt159.00–159.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy571201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,14826
Steers—Medium and Large 1582171.00/cwt171.00–171.009954
Steers—Medium and Large 1635178.27/cwt174.00–181.001,13231
Steers—Medium and Large 1693171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,18526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0493
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy713178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,26920
Steers—Medium and Large 1745163.06/cwt162.00–165.001,21576
Steers—Medium and Large 1785152.91/cwt149.00–156.001,20045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825151.01/cwt145.00–154.001,24612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy827173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,43169
Steers—Medium and Large 1833162.89/cwt157.00–164.251,357126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,32729
Steers—Medium and Large 1872165.09/cwt162.50–168.851,440133
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy906168.94/cwt167.35–170.101,531185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2921150.62/cwt144.50–154.501,387118
Steers—Medium and Large 1928159.77/cwt155.00–163.251,483205
Steers—Medium and Large 1980159.66/cwt157.00–164.001,565270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy988159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,57863
Steers—Large 11,003145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,46263
Steers—Large 11,059126.00/cwt123.00–127.001,3344
Steers—Large 11,120128.63/cwt117.00–129.001,44132
Steers—Large 11,200104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333180.24/cwt180.00–181.006008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368160.00/cwt160.00–160.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481155.52/cwt153.00–156.007486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy494171.00/cwt171.00–171.008458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543169.67/cwt168.00–170.0092136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559165.92/cwt161.00–168.009277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618141.50/cwt141.50–141.5087421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628157.32/cwt156.00–158.0098832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669147.70/cwt145.00–149.0098832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673131.00/cwt131.00–131.008826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy719156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,12575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732135.82/cwt131.00–137.009945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772141.63/cwt138.00–143.001,09311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776148.77/cwt145.00–153.001,154133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833140.39/cwt139.00–141.251,16994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,10419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859139.54/cwt138.50–141.751,19957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,26562
Heifers—Large 11,000119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1904
Heifers—Large 11,205101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2177
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595160.00/cwt160.00–160.009521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1871
Bulls——1,600109.33/cwt108.00–110.001,7497
Bulls——1,720116.05/cwt111.00–122.501,99613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06277.10/cwt73.00–79.008199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15884.02/cwt80.00–89.0097330
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27095.48/cwt91.00–99.001,21356
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430102.87/cwt100.00–108.001,47182
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.