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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 15

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,308 head

▼ 672 vs last sale 1,980▼ 992 vs year ago 2,300 · −43.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

299 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 317▲ 23 vs year ago 276 · +8.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale on Thursday June 29 or Thursday July 6

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower, however thin fleshed steers sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 850 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower, however fancy and thin fleshed heifers sold 4.00 higher. Not enough steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Demand was moderate ,however demand was good on thin fleshed and fancy cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 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 $244.61/cwt on 636 head.

Average price

$244.61

636 head · 765 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$73.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.26

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	246.53	1,861	612
Large 1	1,030	199.00	2,050	21
Medium and Large 1-2	912	173.00	1,577	3thin

One grade step is worth $73.53/cwt here — about $283 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 sale636 hd

244.61

—

KS average2 barns · 1,312 hd

237.35

+7.26

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	1,727	119.88	2,070	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,343	108.84	1,461	157
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	95.65	1,109	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	87.53	953	18

Every lot

76 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	299	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,049	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	309	334.36/cwt	333.00–340.00	1,033	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	366	323.87/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,185	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	296.33/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,099	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	389	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,255	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,207	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,034	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	273.51/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,165	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	440	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,346	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	295.09/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,381	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,371	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,466	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	255.96/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,380	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	542	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,599	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	564	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,650	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	569	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,479	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,383	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	633	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,564	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	237.31/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,514	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	665	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,609	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,589	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	716	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,840	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	762	241.56/cwt	241.00–243.50	1,841	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,745	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800	227.35/cwt	227.35–227.35	1,819	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,445	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	195.21/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,677	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	866	228.63/cwt	228.25–229.00	1,980	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,903	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	910	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,011	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	930	233.86/cwt	232.50–235.10	2,175	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,674	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,614	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,925	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,030	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,050	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	308.00/cwt	302.00–312.50	955	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	324	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,037	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	371	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,076	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,054	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	256.83/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,104	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,077	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	482	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,166	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	498	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,108	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	225.29/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,199	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	992	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	222.55/cwt	216.50–226.00	1,291	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	972	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,279	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,260	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	179.58/cwt	176.00–187.00	1,225	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	711	222.85/cwt	211.50–226.00	1,584	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,378	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	741	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,415	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	207.77/cwt	203.50–209.50	1,619	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	785	219.17/cwt	219.00–219.35	1,720	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	819	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,802	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	200.72/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,652	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,445	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	851	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,702	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	189.02/cwt	185.00–190.50	1,624	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,496	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,526	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,730	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	167.48/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,604	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,017	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,826	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,171	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	812	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	908	168.02/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,526	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	960	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,546	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,437	108.00/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,552	7
Bulls	—	—	1,732	120.62/cwt	116.00–124.00	2,089	13
Bulls	—	—	1,922	127.22/cwt	125.50–130.50	2,445	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	87.53/cwt	77.00–89.00	953	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	95.65/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,109	56
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,265	105.24/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,331	87
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,439	113.31/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,631	70

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 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,308Last week 1,980Year ago 2,300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 299Last week 317Year ago 276

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale on Thursday June 29 or Thursday July 6

* 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
1	—	955	169.00	169.00
1	—	935	179.00	179.00
1	—	845	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	295.00	295.00
11	—	389	322.50	322.50
10	—	299	351.00	351.00
5	—	569	260.00	260.00
165	—	930	232.50–235.10	233.86
4	—	520	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	700	227.00	227.00
4	—	468	292.50–297.50	295.09
14	—	906	210.00	210.00
5	—	859	190.00–199.00	195.21
34	—	539	252.00–263.00	255.96
5	—	309	333.00–340.00	334.36
13	—	774	225.50	225.50
12	—	371	290.00–302.00	296.33
9	—	426	271.00–277.00	273.51
5	—	596	232.00	232.00
12	—	638	234.00–242.00	237.31
4	—	982	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	800	227.35	227.35
92	—	866	228.25–229.00	228.63
10	—	564	292.50	292.50
15	—	542	295.00	295.00
11	—	366	319.00–330.00	323.87
7	—	910	221.00	221.00
3	—	440	306.00	306.00
25	—	716	257.00	257.00
1	—	665	242.00	242.00
56	—	762	241.00–243.50	241.56
3	—	633	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,030	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	493	278.00	278.00
2	—	412	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	222.50	222.50
1	—	615	208.00	208.00
3	—	682	176.00–187.00	179.58
6	—	382	276.00	276.00
12	—	580	216.50–226.00	222.55
12	—	430	255.00–258.00	256.83
11	—	823	200.00–201.00	200.72
67	—	779	203.50–209.50	207.77
18	—	532	224.00–226.00	225.29
7	—	310	302.00–312.50	308.00
11	—	859	185.00–190.50	189.02
4	—	925	187.00	187.00
3	—	725	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	785	219.00–219.35	219.17
190	—	711	211.50–226.00	222.85
6	—	482	242.00	242.00
35	—	819	220.00	220.00
4	—	851	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	169.50	169.50
1	—	880	170.00	170.00
1	—	545	182.00	182.00
2	—	600	162.00	162.00
1	—	845	171.00	171.00
2	—	958	165.00–170.00	167.48
4	—	663	190.00	190.00
3	—	741	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	324	320.00	320.00
10	—	371	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	444	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	812	190.00	190.00
1	—	610	192.00	192.00
1	—	960	161.00	161.00
2	—	908	165.00–171.00	168.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,159	90.00–99.00	95.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,089	77.00–89.00	87.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,439	110.00–115.50	113.31
87	—	1,265	100.00–109.50	105.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,922	125.50–130.50	127.22
13	—	1,732	116.00–124.00	120.62
7	—	1,437	102.00–114.00	108.00

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.