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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 4

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

2,855 head

▲ 1,174 vs last sale 1,681▲ 997 vs year ago 1,858 · +53.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs no recent test to compare with, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs not well tested, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was moderate. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $209.16/cwt on 1,445 head.

Average price

$209.16

1,445 head · 810 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$210

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	214.32	1,673	1,240
Medium and Large 1-2	733	191.27	1,401	63
Large 1	1,095	172.03	1,883	142

One grade step is worth $42.29/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale1,445 hd

209.16

—

KS average3 barns · 3,660 hd

212.95

−3.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	247	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	719	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	305	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,022	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	303.86/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,112	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	283.08/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,234	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	438	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,369	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	276.72/cwt	272.50–278.00	1,278	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	501	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,338	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	556	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,368	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	241.40/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,381	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	217.44/cwt	207.00–229.00	1,274	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	625	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,513	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	213.60/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,365	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	668	239.63/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,601	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	220.56/cwt	211.00–226.00	1,489	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	182.84/cwt	178.00–191.00	1,311	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,647	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	752	229.05/cwt	223.00–229.50	1,722	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	186.78/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,459	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	216.41/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,705	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	812	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,778	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	199.40/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,655	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,419	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	866	198.81/cwt	198.00–199.50	1,722	238
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	195.69/cwt	185.00–196.50	1,697	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	187.45/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,708	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	937	163.70/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,534	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	984	181.40/cwt	178.50–183.00	1,785	76
Steers	—	Large 1	1,092	172.17/cwt	171.85–172.50	1,880	96
Steers	—	Large 1	1,100	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,889	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	264.70/cwt	261.00–272.50	858	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	368	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,089	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	941	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	236.67/cwt	236.00–239.00	966	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	235.40/cwt	228.00–237.50	1,109	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	202.79/cwt	200.00–208.00	977	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	224.98/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,181	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,170	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	532	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,261	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	215.75/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,241	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	198.11/cwt	196.00–199.00	1,161	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	592	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,437	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	612	230.69/cwt	219.00–234.00	1,412	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	202.29/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,248	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	183.59/cwt	174.00–197.00	1,158	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	661	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,395	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,180	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	194.00/cwt	192.25–200.00	1,333	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	713	202.93/cwt	199.25–205.00	1,447	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	187.45/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,337	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	765	192.33/cwt	192.00–192.50	1,471	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	181.84/cwt	176.50–187.25	1,409	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	182.29/cwt	176.00–184.50	1,495	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,566	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	171.72/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,585	63
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,022	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,625	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,067	149.07/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,591	7

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 May 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,855Last week 1,681Year ago 1,858

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	668	236.00–241.00	239.63
21	—	556	246.00	246.00
5	—	305	335.00	335.00
4	—	625	242.00	242.00
89	—	752	223.00–229.50	229.05
11	—	438	312.50	312.50
7	—	501	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	462	272.50–278.00	276.72
5	—	639	212.00–214.00	213.60
11	—	724	227.50	227.50
214	—	830	195.00–210.00	199.40
20	—	572	232.00–246.00	241.40
55	—	366	300.00–312.00	303.86
24	—	788	216.00–217.00	216.41
38	—	675	211.00–226.00	220.56
145	—	867	185.00–196.50	195.69
122	—	911	183.00–195.00	187.45
76	—	984	178.50–183.00	181.40
22	—	247	291.00	291.00
14	—	436	282.00–290.00	283.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	812	219.00	219.00
238	—	866	198.00–199.50	198.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	586	207.00–229.00	217.44
11	—	937	161.00–171.00	163.70
11	—	855	166.00	166.00
7	—	781	183.00–192.00	186.78
8	—	717	178.00–191.00	182.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,100	171.75	171.75
96	—	1,092	171.85–172.50	172.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	159.00	159.00
7	—	1,067	144.00–156.00	149.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	586	196.00–199.00	198.11
5	—	527	222.00	222.00
25	—	631	174.00–197.00	183.59
7	—	482	200.00–208.00	202.79
4	—	678	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	713	199.25–205.00	202.93
114	—	765	192.00–192.50	192.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	251.00	251.00
9	—	408	236.00–239.00	236.67
185	—	820	176.00–184.50	182.29
71	—	713	185.00–190.00	187.45
26	—	471	228.00–237.50	235.40
19	—	895	175.00	175.00
17	—	617	198.00–216.00	202.29
63	—	923	169.00–174.00	171.72
40	—	525	210.00–232.00	224.98
16	—	575	214.00–219.00	215.75
16	—	324	261.00–272.50	264.70
87	—	775	176.50–187.25	181.84
80	—	687	192.25–200.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	237.00	237.00
13	—	661	211.00	211.00
5	—	368	296.00	296.00
35	—	592	242.75	242.75
18	—	612	219.00–234.00	230.69

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.