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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 25

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,738 head

▼ 367 vs last sale 3,105▲ 484 vs year ago 2,254 · +21.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

421 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 312▲ 280 vs year ago 141 · +198.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 800 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 600 lb sold steady to 3.00 lower. Thin fleshed and fancy cattle will demand an 8.00 to 10.00 premium. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher with one high yielding bull selling for 123.

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 $194.92/cwt on 1,343 head.

Average price

$194.92

1,343 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$251

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.33

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	723	198.13	1,432	1,159
Medium and Large 1-2	668	176.49	1,179	146
Large 1	1,003	167.86	1,683	38

One grade step is worth $30.27/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale1,343 hd

194.92

—

KS average3 barns · 4,730 hd

189.59

+5.33

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	1,735	110.18	1,911	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	88.80	1,233	149
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	77.83	936	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	69.87	800	73

Every lot

88 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	311	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	858	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	233.09/cwt	227.00–234.00	797	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	866	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	203.10/cwt	198.00–207.00	760	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	381	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,052	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	219.62/cwt	219.00–224.00	839	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	229.45/cwt	227.00–234.00	968	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	213.94/cwt	211.00–217.00	907	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	221.32/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,022	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	464	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,109	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	190.94/cwt	180.00–195.00	920	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,044	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	190.42/cwt	190.00–191.50	975	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	212.10/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,124	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	549	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,191	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,177	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	199.85/cwt	196.00–200.50	1,151	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	986	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	630	202.04/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,273	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	179.69/cwt	179.50–181.00	1,148	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	174.32/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,114	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,065	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	196.38/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,337	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	185.48/cwt	180.00–187.50	1,284	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	181.78/cwt	178.00–186.50	1,316	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	170.16/cwt	165.00–177.50	1,254	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,303	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	184.33/cwt	183.25–186.00	1,456	195
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	798	188.60/cwt	188.60–188.60	1,505	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	177.78/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,438	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	861	165.60/cwt	162.50–169.00	1,426	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	178.36/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,582	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,512	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	177.21/cwt	171.50–179.85	1,620	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	938	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,717	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,627	51
Steers	—	Large 1	1,000	168.53/cwt	157.50–169.50	1,685	37
Steers	—	Large 1	1,105	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,580	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	211	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	471	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	278	205.47/cwt	203.00–206.00	571	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	570	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	312	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	743	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	198.04/cwt	194.00–199.00	667	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	374	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	793	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	645	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	198.33/cwt	197.00–199.00	760	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	416	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	899	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	761	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	879	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	186.56/cwt	182.00–190.00	866	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	795	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	980	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	177.98/cwt	176.00–180.00	925	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	526	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	994	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	195.81/cwt	191.50–196.50	1,083	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	175.10/cwt	163.00–177.00	1,005	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,021	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	178.53/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,132	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	980	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	151.02/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,010	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	680	181.23/cwt	180.00–181.75	1,232	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	169.67/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,167	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,250	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	712	184.40/cwt	180.50–185.25	1,313	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	171.25/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,247	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,191	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	776	178.62/cwt	175.25–181.50	1,386	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	166.87/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,327	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,286	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	167.67/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,368	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	843	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,467	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	869	153.16/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,331	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	164.06/cwt	160.50–168.00	1,429	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	142.31/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,359	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	159.83/cwt	159.50–160.00	1,533	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,036	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,533	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,060	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,574	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	553	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	990	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	987	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,402	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,412	93.39/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,319	3
Bulls	—	—	1,598	105.44/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,685	15
Bulls	—	—	1,872	115.70/cwt	111.00–123.00	2,166	22
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	69.87/cwt	62.50–74.50	800	73
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	77.83/cwt	75.00–84.00	936	126
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	92.59/cwt	92.00–95.50	1,268	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,391	88.41/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,230	135

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 Aug 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,738Last week 3,105Year ago 2,254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 421Last week 312Year ago 141

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	549	217.00	217.00
14	—	464	239.00	239.00
43	—	681	192.00–198.00	196.38
57	—	938	183.00	183.00
16	—	550	214.00	214.00
91	—	381	276.00	276.00
29	—	630	200.00–204.00	202.04
29	—	311	276.00	276.00
61	—	798	188.60	188.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	737	165.00–177.50	170.16
27	—	639	164.00–179.00	174.32
2	—	580	170.00	170.00
3	—	911	166.00	166.00
25	—	861	162.50–169.00	165.60
25	—	512	190.00–191.50	190.42
9	—	482	180.00–195.00	190.94
2	—	670	159.00	159.00
3	—	810	170.00	170.00
9	—	374	198.00–207.00	203.10
7	—	785	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	179.50–181.00	179.69
75	—	809	176.00–178.00	177.78
5	—	361	240.00	240.00
28	—	422	227.00–234.00	229.45
179	—	887	175.00–181.00	178.36
113	—	914	171.50–179.85	177.21
11	—	692	180.00–187.50	185.48
51	—	976	166.75	166.75
195	—	790	183.25–186.00	184.33
11	—	724	178.00–186.50	181.78
12	—	462	217.00–224.00	221.32
41	—	530	208.00–216.00	212.10
21	—	576	196.00–200.50	199.85
15	—	342	227.00–234.00	233.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	143.00	143.00
37	—	1,000	157.50–169.50	168.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	382	219.00–224.00	219.62
3	—	490	213.00	213.00
35	—	424	211.00–217.00	213.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,060	148.50	148.50
3	—	1,036	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	278	203.00–206.00	205.47
2	—	300	190.00	190.00
4	—	473	168.00	168.00
1	—	375	172.00	172.00
3	—	416	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	553	191.50–196.50	195.81
4	—	416	216.00	216.00
60	—	712	180.50–185.25	184.40
5	—	526	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	680	180.00–181.75	181.23
29	—	312	238.00	238.00
11	—	700	178.50	178.50
4	—	843	174.00	174.00
134	—	776	175.25–181.50	178.62
43	—	517	189.50	189.50
41	—	374	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	634	171.00–180.00	178.53
17	—	520	176.00–180.00	177.98
12	—	959	159.50–160.00	159.83
99	—	795	165.00–170.00	166.87
110	—	728	166.00–173.50	171.25
115	—	871	160.50–168.00	164.06
13	—	211	223.00	223.00
14	—	383	197.00–199.00	198.33
16	—	688	166.00–171.00	169.67
122	—	816	163.00–169.00	167.67
5	—	337	194.00–199.00	198.04
58	—	464	182.00–190.00	186.56
1	—	435	202.00	202.00
40	—	574	163.00–177.00	175.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	152.00	152.00
13	—	740	161.00	161.00
14	—	801	160.50	160.50
7	—	587	174.00	174.00
12	—	955	135.00–143.00	142.31
5	—	669	150.00–155.00	151.02
11	—	869	151.00–154.00	153.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	165.00	165.00
6	—	553	179.00	179.00
4	—	987	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,391	85.00–91.00	88.41
14	—	1,369	92.00–95.50	92.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,203	75.00–84.00	77.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,145	62.50–74.50	69.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,872	111.00–123.00	115.70
15	—	1,598	102.00–109.00	105.44
3	—	1,412	89.00–99.00	93.39

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.