Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2022-10-06

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 6
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,679 head
▼ 3,921 vs last sale 5,600▲ 227 vs year ago 1,452 · +15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
725 head
▲ 370 vs last sale 355▲ 565 vs year ago 160 · +353.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 31▲ 21 vs year ago 7 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers 400 lb to 900 lb sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower on light receipts. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.20/cwt on 873 head.
Average price
$167.20
873 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.59
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726169.341,229741
Medium and Large 1-2624155.85973129
Large 11,137128.331,4593thin
One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale873 hd
167.20
—
KS average3 barns · 2,794 hd
172.79
−5.59
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—Low1,74685.361,49026
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37077.911,067182
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19464.19766323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09454.06591107

Every lot

72 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy310208.00/cwt208.00–208.006453
Steers—Medium and Large 1323197.05/cwt195.00–199.0063610
Steers—Medium and Large 1380189.08/cwt185.00–190.0071917
Steers—Medium and Large 1433185.41/cwt184.50–186.0080310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448175.00/cwt175.00–175.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy484187.35/cwt187.00–190.0090756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489160.92/cwt160.00–161.0078712
Steers—Medium and Large 1493174.00/cwt174.00–174.0085825
Steers—Medium and Large 1522164.11/cwt160.00–166.0085717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530147.02/cwt144.00–151.007799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581159.76/cwt150.00–167.5092855
Steers—Medium and Large 1582178.61/cwt178.00–179.001,04053
Steers—Medium and Large 1619166.62/cwt162.00–171.001,03149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628157.90/cwt148.00–159.0099210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,12737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665152.33/cwt146.00–156.001,0134
Steers—Medium and Large 1677161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,09014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,00818
Steers—Medium and Large 1733166.47/cwt161.00–168.501,22051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768155.93/cwt149.00–161.001,19812
Steers—Medium and Large 1769168.66/cwt165.00–171.001,29759
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy783176.42/cwt176.00–176.751,38159
Steers—Medium and Large 1838160.35/cwt160.00–161.501,34417
Steers—Medium and Large 1862160.07/cwt159.00–162.501,380127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2851
Steers—Medium and Large 1927170.43/cwt167.00–171.001,58055
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy928154.35/cwt154.35–154.351,43282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2942159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4985
Steers—Large 11,090134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4611
Steers—Large 11,115119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3271
Steers—Large 11,205132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322164.74/cwt161.00–166.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382141.00/cwt141.00–141.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387166.08/cwt159.00–169.0064328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412162.13/cwt159.00–164.006688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472158.44/cwt153.00–162.5074833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy487165.00/cwt165.00–165.0080449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy519165.50/cwt165.50–165.508598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523156.74/cwt154.00–162.0082056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529150.71/cwt146.00–151.0079717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573151.43/cwt150.00–156.0086840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575138.70/cwt126.00–141.007989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603155.50/cwt155.50–155.509385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621140.50/cwt140.50–140.508733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666155.93/cwt155.00–159.001,03834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680141.34/cwt141.00–142.009613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732143.18/cwt142.50–145.001,04815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy735158.10/cwt157.00–162.001,16226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778143.43/cwt141.00–147.001,11631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785132.52/cwt130.00–135.001,0402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826142.65/cwt136.00–143.501,1789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy832160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,33560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,24014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1905139.23/cwt139.00–141.001,2609
Heifers—Large 11,030132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,3652
Heifers—Large 11,078135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,45528
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421153.00/cwt153.00–153.006445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498141.00/cwt141.00–141.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505156.45/cwt153.00–159.0079014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576132.00/cwt132.00–132.007606
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663139.13/cwt137.00–145.009227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48071.91/cwt70.00–76.001,0643
Bulls——1,77384.97/cwt80.00–88.501,50718
Bulls——1,80994.82/cwt92.00–97.001,7155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09454.06/cwt48.00–59.50591107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19464.19/cwt60.00–69.50766323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31373.65/cwt70.00–79.50967114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46585.04/cwt80.00–87.501,24668
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 196894.15/cwt82.00–109.0091128

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.