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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 29

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5,600 head

▲ 3,565 vs last sale 2,035▲ 3,622 vs year ago 1,978 · +183.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

355 head

▼ 157 vs last sale 512▲ 257 vs year ago 98 · +262.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 0▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, no recent comparison on steers 600 lb to 950 lb, however a steady to higher trend was noted especially on thin fleshed steers. Thin fleshed steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves sold 400 lb to 600 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Not enough heifers 600 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate, however demand was good on thin fleshed cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady. No recent comparison on slaughter bulls, however a lower trend was noted.

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 $188.11/cwt on 3,610 head.

Average price

$188.11

3,610 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	191.12	1,216	3,140
Medium and Large 1-2	626	168.18	1,053	466
Large 1	1,033	149.50	1,544	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.62/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale3,610 hd

188.11

—

KS average3 barns · 5,720 hd

185.39

+2.72

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	1,881	89.72	1,687	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	82.42	1,141	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	71.37	859	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	63.30	722	87

Every lot

89 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	738	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	213.59/cwt	210.00–219.00	720	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	338	189.99/cwt	189.00–191.00	642	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	209.16/cwt	203.00–217.00	782	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	764	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	398	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	927	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	223.76/cwt	214.00–225.00	904	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	191.36/cwt	182.00–196.00	821	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	202.70/cwt	199.00–211.00	874	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	189.90/cwt	186.00–200.00	881	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	176.90/cwt	170.00–186.00	837	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	179.93/cwt	171.00–182.00	860	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	211.14/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,011	385
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	183.67/cwt	179.00–191.50	962	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	528	201.92/cwt	194.75–207.75	1,066	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	172.42/cwt	161.00–176.50	914	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	204.25/cwt	198.50–207.00	1,136	173
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	184.95/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,065	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	170.16/cwt	155.50–176.50	992	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	165.25/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,010	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	619	186.27/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,153	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	177.76/cwt	173.25–184.50	1,113	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	156.69/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,011	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	652	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	1,267	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,040	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	177.80/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,177	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	167.66/cwt	159.50–169.00	1,152	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	688	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,266	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	726	189.85/cwt	182.85–192.50	1,378	283
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,170	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	176.31/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,315	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,235	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	171.68/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,327	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	777	187.69/cwt	186.35–188.75	1,458	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	172.59/cwt	172.00–174.50	1,410	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	827	184.65/cwt	183.00–185.25	1,527	273
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,325	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	177.68/cwt	176.25–178.25	1,535	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,549	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	922	180.08/cwt	180.00–180.25	1,660	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	955	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,650	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	145.72/cwt	145.50–147.00	1,400	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,033	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,544	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	284	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	525	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	320	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	701	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	181.69/cwt	175.00–188.00	618	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	370	192.39/cwt	185.00–193.00	712	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	166.78/cwt	165.00–169.00	620	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	174.81/cwt	170.00–179.00	666	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	170.10/cwt	167.00–177.00	708	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	161.51/cwt	161.00–162.00	696	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	771	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	166.53/cwt	158.50–169.00	793	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	156.10/cwt	152.00–157.00	756	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	486	175.86/cwt	175.00–178.50	855	285
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	138.90/cwt	135.00–141.00	722	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	889	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	161.40/cwt	155.50–166.50	852	228
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	821	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	161.43/cwt	155.00–166.00	917	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	167.42/cwt	166.00–173.00	959	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	169.14/cwt	168.50–170.00	1,044	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	157.04/cwt	155.00–161.00	972	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	148.82/cwt	148.00–149.50	921	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,049	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	140.35/cwt	137.00–141.00	971	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	145.29/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,036	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	916	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,058	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	787	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,214	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	148.27/cwt	142.00–148.50	1,318	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	149.44/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,366	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	453	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	757	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	517	167.48/cwt	157.00–174.00	866	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	148.50/cwt	126.00–154.00	832	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	147.06/cwt	131.00–157.00	912	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	146.66/cwt	138.00–155.00	994	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	800	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,216	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	990	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,317	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,826	81.65/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,491	7
Bulls	—	—	1,910	94.22/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,800	7
Bulls	—	—	1,968	102.23/cwt	101.00–103.50	2,012	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	63.30/cwt	51.00–66.50	722	87
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	71.37/cwt	67.00–78.00	859	160
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,333	80.11/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,068	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	84.22/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,200	23
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	968	105.88/cwt	91.00–125.00	1,025	31

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 Sep 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,600Last week 2,035Year ago 1,978

Slaughter CattleReceipts 355Last week 512Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 0Year ago 0

* 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
143	—	583	155.50–176.50	170.16
17	—	530	161.00–176.50	172.42
3	—	753	164.00	164.00
172	—	687	159.50–169.00	167.66
3	—	828	160.00	160.00
112	—	611	160.00–169.00	165.25
14	—	473	170.00–186.00	176.90
2	—	745	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	300	246.00	246.00
385	—	479	202.00–215.00	211.14
70	—	398	233.00	233.00
18	—	404	214.00–225.00	223.76
14	—	688	184.00	184.00
42	—	619	185.00–187.50	186.27
173	—	556	198.50–207.00	204.25
132	—	528	194.75–207.75	201.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	337	210.00–219.00	213.59
7	—	961	145.50–147.00	145.72
72	—	817	172.00–174.50	172.59
121	—	626	173.25–184.50	177.76
54	—	773	166.00–176.00	171.68
69	—	662	176.00–182.00	177.80
76	—	431	199.00–211.00	202.70
54	—	374	203.00–217.00	209.16
46	—	746	168.00–179.00	176.31
26	—	903	171.50	171.50
254	—	576	180.00–188.00	184.95
209	—	524	179.00–191.50	183.67
86	—	864	176.25–178.25	177.68
87	—	464	186.00–200.00	189.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	652	194.25	194.25
194	—	777	186.35–188.75	187.69
283	—	726	182.85–192.50	189.85
180	—	922	180.00–180.25	180.08
273	—	827	183.00–185.25	184.65
16	—	955	172.75	172.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	478	171.00–182.00	179.93
3	—	388	197.00	197.00
2	—	338	189.00–191.00	189.99
16	—	645	156.00–157.00	156.69
13	—	658	158.00	158.00
13	—	530	175.00	175.00
55	—	429	182.00–196.00	191.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	484	152.00–157.00	156.10
23	—	372	165.00–169.00	166.78
25	—	544	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	284	185.00	185.00
25	—	914	143.00–150.00	149.44
15	—	660	159.00	159.00
28	—	889	142.00–148.50	148.27
117	—	416	167.00–177.00	170.10
154	—	476	158.50–169.00	166.53
150	—	568	155.00–166.00	161.43
228	—	528	155.50–166.50	161.40
50	—	381	170.00–179.00	174.81
32	—	713	138.00–147.00	145.29
99	—	619	155.00–161.00	157.04
16	—	340	175.00–188.00	181.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	370	185.00–193.00	192.39
36	—	617	168.50–170.00	169.14
4	—	523	170.00	170.00
119	—	573	166.00–173.00	167.42
12	—	787	154.25	154.25
105	—	435	177.25	177.25
20	—	320	219.00	219.00
285	—	486	175.00–178.50	175.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	150.00	150.00
1	—	745	123.00	123.00
20	—	619	148.00–149.50	148.82
12	—	431	161.00–162.00	161.51
2	—	750	141.00	141.00
3	—	520	135.00–141.00	138.90
12	—	692	137.00–141.00	140.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	560	126.00–154.00	148.50
4	—	453	167.00	167.00
1	—	800	152.00	152.00
2	—	678	138.00–155.00	146.66
20	—	620	131.00–157.00	147.06
22	—	517	157.00–174.00	167.48
1	—	990	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,333	79.00–82.00	80.11
23	—	1,425	83.00–88.00	84.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,140	51.00–66.50	63.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,203	67.00–78.00	71.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,968	101.00–103.50	102.23
7	—	1,910	90.00–99.00	94.22
7	—	1,826	74.00–86.00	81.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	31	—	968	91.00–125.00	105.88

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.