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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 20

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,096 head

▲ 557 vs last sale 1,539▲ 1,123 vs year ago 973 · +115.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

418 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 417▲ 229 vs year ago 189 · +121.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

83 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 33▲ 42 vs year ago 41 · +102.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb for a market test, however a steady trend was noted. One load of thin fleshed steers weighing 930 lb sold for 185.75. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, however thin fleshed and fancy calves sold 20.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. One high yielding bull sold for 99.

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 $187.85/cwt on 1,256 head.

Average price

$187.85

1,256 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,237

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	190.06	1,273	1,118
Medium and Large 1-2	565	170.03	961	137
Large 1	1,000	148.00	1,480	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.06/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale1,256 hd

187.85

—

KS average3 barns · 3,341 hd

182.67

+5.17

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	1,861	83.32	1,550	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,334	69.09	922	155
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	57.77	657	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	50.31	567	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,383	$1,031	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,316	$1,014	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$1,000	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	959	$959	6

Every lot

79 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	342	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	728	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	199.26/cwt	192.00–202.00	693	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	737	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	820	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	174.67/cwt	171.00–185.00	741	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	907	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	467	236.80/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,106	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	187.70/cwt	183.00–189.50	877	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	195.71/cwt	191.00–201.50	941	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	805	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	212.01/cwt	206.00–216.50	1,073	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	980	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	172.02/cwt	171.00–176.50	920	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	571	198.82/cwt	197.00–202.50	1,135	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	161.52/cwt	151.00–168.00	938	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	178.67/cwt	173.00–181.75	1,043	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	178.36/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,102	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	191.83/cwt	187.50–194.00	1,191	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	667	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,294	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	172.16/cwt	168.00–176.50	1,174	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,095	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	742	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,417	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,155	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,455	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	164.85/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,330	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	813	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,553	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	831	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,496	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,404	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,566	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	930	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,727	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	940	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,631	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,514	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,627	38
Steers	—	Large 1	1,000	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,480	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	640	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	182.02/cwt	181.00–186.00	613	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	180.55/cwt	178.00–182.00	652	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	582	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	416	190.18/cwt	187.50–192.00	791	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	732	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	182.83/cwt	178.00–188.00	783	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	167.85/cwt	166.00–170.00	774	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	183.25/cwt	182.00–186.50	852	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	176.90/cwt	172.00–181.00	856	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	790	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	156.66/cwt	155.00–160.00	808	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	939	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	167.26/cwt	163.00–173.50	870	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	885	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	165.29/cwt	160.50–168.25	945	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	164.89/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,022	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	153.98/cwt	146.00–158.00	990	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	646	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,150	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,106	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,037	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	156.41/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,118	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,334	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,376	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	988	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,502	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,007	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,118	4
Heifers	—	Large 1Fancy	1,010	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,475	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,060	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,124	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,145	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,420	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	529	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	889	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,737	84.32/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,465	21
Bulls	—	—	1,775	72.83/cwt	64.00–78.00	1,293	13
Bulls	—	—	2,170	92.94/cwt	90.00–99.00	2,017	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	50.31/cwt	44.00–52.50	567	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	57.77/cwt	53.00–62.00	657	125
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,299	66.35/cwt	62.00–75.00	862	120
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,454	78.47/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,141	35
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	959	958.58/head	910.00–1,175.00	959	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,316	1,014.33/head	900.00–1,200.00	1,014	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,383	1,030.61/head	925.00–1,125.00	1,031	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	948	68.55/cwt	54.00–91.00	650	66

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 Oct 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,096Last week 1,539Year ago 973

Slaughter CattleReceipts 418Last week 417Year ago 189

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 33Year ago 41

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	337	181.00–186.00	182.02
14	—	418	175.00	175.00
12	—	461	166.00–170.00	167.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	690	170.00	170.00
4	—	988	152.00	152.00
53	—	646	178.00	178.00
26	—	720	170.00	170.00
18	—	465	182.00–186.50	183.25
80	—	520	180.50	180.50
75	—	416	187.50–192.00	190.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,010	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	165.00	165.00
14	—	715	155.00–157.00	156.41
40	—	428	178.00–188.00	182.83
115	—	520	163.00–173.50	167.26
108	—	572	160.50–168.25	165.29
49	—	484	172.00–181.00	176.90
46	—	620	163.00–170.00	164.89
13	—	361	178.00–182.00	180.55
25	—	323	198.00	198.00
8	—	844	158.00	158.00
4	—	983	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	106.00	106.00
12	—	1,145	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,007	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	154.50	154.50
2	—	497	159.00	159.00
2	—	407	143.00	143.00
15	—	516	155.00–160.00	156.66
9	—	571	155.00	155.00
6	—	643	146.00–158.00	153.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	535	171.00–176.50	172.02
3	—	693	158.00	158.00
2	—	485	166.00	166.00
1	—	765	151.00	151.00
11	—	424	171.00–185.00	174.67
13	—	872	161.00	161.00
8	—	581	151.00–168.00	161.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	467	232.50–240.00	236.80
6	—	428	212.00	212.00
3	—	831	180.00	180.00
179	—	571	197.00–202.50	198.82
97	—	621	187.50–194.00	191.83
44	—	506	206.00–216.50	212.01
6	—	940	173.50	173.50
5	—	342	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	682	168.00–176.50	172.16
31	—	946	160.00	160.00
12	—	348	192.00–202.00	199.26
38	—	992	164.00	164.00
13	—	807	160.00–167.00	164.85
29	—	481	191.00–201.50	195.71
127	—	618	173.00–181.00	178.36
56	—	896	174.75	174.75
24	—	584	173.00–181.75	178.67
20	—	795	183.00	183.00
11	—	516	190.00	190.00
9	—	395	207.50	207.50
1	—	415	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	667	194.00	194.00
90	—	813	191.00	191.00
75	—	742	191.00	191.00
56	—	930	185.75	185.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	382	193.00	193.00
21	—	467	183.00–189.50	187.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	529	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,127	44.00–52.50	50.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,454	75.00–81.00	78.47
120	—	1,299	62.00–75.00	66.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,137	53.00–62.00	57.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,737	80.00–89.00	84.32
13	—	1,775	64.00–78.00	72.83
12	—	2,170	90.00–99.00	92.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	925.00–1,125.00	1,030.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,316	900.00–1,200.00	1,014.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	959	910.00–1,175.00	958.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,185	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	66	—	948	54.00–91.00	68.55

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.