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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jul 27

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,086 head

▲ 617 vs last sale 469▼ 2,667 vs year ago 3,753 · −71.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

135 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 96▼ 229 vs year ago 364 · −62.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Not enough steer calves for a market test. Outstanding offering of thin fleshed grass steers . Not enough heifers for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $247.92/cwt on 1,012 head.

Average price

$247.92

1,012 head · 864 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$56.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	861	248.71	2,141	993
Large 1	1,030	208.74	2,151	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	885	192.00	1,699	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.71/cwt here — about $442 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 sale1,012 hd

247.92

—

KS average3 barns · 4,647 hd

249.45

−1.53

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	1,714	126.57	2,170	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,248	115.58	1,443	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	107.50	1,180	12

Every lot

30 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	341	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	979	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,159	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	561	282.73/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,586	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	606	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,630	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,667	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,800	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	713	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,897	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	771	249.73/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,925	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,825	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	812	246.33/cwt	246.00–246.50	2,000	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,746	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,953	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	874	258.25/cwt	257.75–259.00	2,257	248
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,647	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	236.12/cwt	231.00–237.75	2,177	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	942	240.19/cwt	240.00–240.60	2,263	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	958	239.58/cwt	239.25–240.25	2,295	159
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,171	14
Steers	—	Large 1	1,093	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,038	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,484	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,514	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	738	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,661	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,687	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,428	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,621	124.59/cwt	120.00–127.50	2,020	19
Bulls	—	—	1,690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,960	1
Bulls	—	—	1,914	131.91/cwt	131.00–134.00	2,525	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,098	107.50/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,180	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,247	115.31/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,438	70
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,280	122.00/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,562	3

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 Jul 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,086Last week 469Year ago 3,753

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 96Year ago 364

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	236.00	236.00
6	—	883	191.00	191.00
2	—	667	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	738	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	207.00	207.00
3	—	646	258.00	258.00
12	—	797	229.00	229.00
135	—	922	231.00–237.75	236.12
8	—	868	225.00	225.00
9	—	683	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	186.50	186.50
14	—	1,017	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	812	246.00–246.50	246.33
5	—	341	287.00	287.00
29	—	713	266.00	266.00
154	—	942	240.00–240.60	240.19
159	—	958	239.25–240.25	239.58
248	—	874	257.75–259.00	258.25
32	—	606	269.00	269.00
38	—	561	280.00–286.00	282.73
43	—	771	244.00–252.00	249.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	203.00	203.00
1	—	910	181.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	116.00	116.00
19	—	1,621	120.00–127.50	124.59
9	—	1,914	131.00–134.00	131.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,098	104.00–109.00	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,247	110.00–119.00	115.31
3	—	1,280	121.00–124.00	122.00

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.