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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 1

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← May 25Jun 1Jun 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,398 head

▲ 1,312 vs last sale 1,086▼ 534 vs year ago 2,932 · −18.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

333 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 401▼ 74 vs year ago 407 · −18.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 24▼ 65 vs year ago 75 · −86.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher, in places 20.00 higher. Not enough steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 9.00 to 12.00 higher, in places 20.00 higher. Not enough heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Outstanding offering of graze out cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

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 $226.48/cwt on 1,456 head.

Average price

$226.48

1,456 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$29.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.97

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	226.64	1,847	1,448
Medium and Large 1-2	750	197.14	1,478	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.50/cwt here — about $370 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 sale1,456 hd

226.48

—

KS average2 barns · 1,827 hd

224.51

+1.97

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	—	Low	1,656	120.17	1,990	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,284	108.80	1,397	156
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	96.31	1,119	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	85.01	894	9thin

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)	1,140	$1,325	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$1,300	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$1,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,400	4thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	972	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	278.98/cwt	272.50–281.00	1,063	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,212	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	272.78/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,143	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	468	297.56/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,393	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,088	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	275.86/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,346	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,199	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,139	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	554	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,407	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,550	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	221.91/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,409	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	673	240.21/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,617	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,414	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,490	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	722	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,711	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	221.59/cwt	217.50–224.50	1,680	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	761	232.56/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,770	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	194.19/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,499	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	778	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,766	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	810	231.88/cwt	226.10–236.50	1,878	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	216.44/cwt	215.75–217.25	1,818	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	215.92/cwt	205.50–217.25	1,857	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	878	215.47/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,892	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	889	225.25/cwt	222.25–228.25	2,002	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	213.40/cwt	208.00–213.85	1,946	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	925	219.20/cwt	214.50–227.75	2,028	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	963	207.75/cwt	207.75–207.75	2,001	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	195.32/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,904	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	902	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	366	272.34/cwt	261.00–276.00	997	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	851	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	419	266.12/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,115	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	953	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	478	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,214	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	208.01/cwt	207.00–213.00	1,007	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	924	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	941	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	525	251.45/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,320	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	207.91/cwt	206.00–208.00	1,114	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,079	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	595	235.43/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,401	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,417	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	177.43/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,182	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	691	222.85/cwt	222.50–224.50	1,540	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	206.18/cwt	200.50–209.00	1,476	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	717	216.57/cwt	212.25–219.50	1,553	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	203.75/cwt	203.75–203.75	1,559	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	785	212.45/cwt	209.75–215.00	1,668	175
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,352	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	199.32/cwt	199.10–200.00	1,609	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	200.15/cwt	197.50–201.85	1,739	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	876	168.63/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,477	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,557	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,728	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,653	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,858	56
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,288	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	695	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,425	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,449	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,563	118.99/cwt	112.00–122.50	1,860	24
Bulls	—	—	1,614	104.80/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,691	4
Bulls	—	—	1,828	126.57/cwt	124.00–131.50	2,314	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,052	85.01/cwt	74.00–87.00	894	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	96.31/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,119	88
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,211	104.80/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,269	80
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	113.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,537	76
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4

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 Jun 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,398Last week 1,086Year ago 2,932

Slaughter CattleReceipts 333Last week 401Year ago 407

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 24Year ago 75

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	207.00	207.00
2	—	635	216.00–228.00	221.91
108	—	840	215.75–217.25	216.44
36	—	488	267.50–285.00	275.86
50	—	758	217.50–224.50	221.59
6	—	975	194.00–196.00	195.32
130	—	860	205.50–217.25	215.92
2	—	517	232.00	232.00
53	—	912	208.00–213.85	213.40
9	—	419	271.00–276.00	272.78
8	—	381	272.50–281.00	278.98
2	—	347	280.00	280.00
1	—	720	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	810	226.10–236.50	231.88
204	—	925	214.50–227.75	219.20
78	—	778	227.00	227.00
115	—	889	222.25–228.25	225.25
97	—	722	237.00	237.00
59	—	963	207.75	207.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	211.00	211.00
6	—	772	190.00–200.00	194.19
1	—	825	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	295.00–300.00	297.56
42	—	761	230.00–237.50	232.56
31	—	673	235.00–244.00	240.21
2	—	400	303.00	303.00
83	—	878	213.00–216.00	215.47
18	—	554	254.00	254.00
11	—	608	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	473	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	716	200.50–209.00	206.18
7	—	435	219.00	219.00
12	—	662	214.00	214.00
7	—	924	187.00	187.00
7	—	765	203.75	203.75
28	—	807	199.10–200.00	199.32
21	—	536	206.00–208.00	207.91
6	—	484	207.00–213.00	208.01
4	—	355	254.00	254.00
102	—	869	197.50–201.85	200.15
56	—	979	189.75	189.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	494	187.00	187.00
8	—	876	166.00–169.00	168.63
2	—	900	173.00	173.00
2	—	805	168.00	168.00
1	—	520	181.00	181.00
1	—	580	186.00	186.00
4	—	666	167.00–181.00	177.43
1	—	950	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	525	248.00–253.00	251.45
8	—	366	261.00–276.00	272.34
34	—	595	232.00–241.00	235.43
15	—	419	262.50–270.00	266.12
175	—	785	209.75–215.00	212.45
110	—	717	212.25–219.50	216.57
90	—	691	222.50–224.50	222.85
9	—	478	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	207.00	207.00
1	—	510	252.50	252.50
1	—	695	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,360	110.00–118.00	113.02
80	—	1,211	100.00–109.50	104.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,162	91.00–99.50	96.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,052	74.00–87.00	85.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,614	99.00–110.00	104.80
14	—	1,828	124.00–131.50	126.57
24	—	1,563	112.00–122.50	118.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,220	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,140	1,325.00	1,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	2,400.00	2,400.00

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.