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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Sep 21

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,607 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 2,537▲ 572 vs year ago 2,035 · +28.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 171▼ 311 vs year ago 512 · −60.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have their first special calf sale next Thursday September 28 *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher, however reputation and fancy steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Not enough steer calves for a market test. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 900 lb sold 5,00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 500 lb to 750 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on the steers and moderate on the heifers. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 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 $258.05/cwt on 1,768 head.

Average price

$258.05

1,768 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.22

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	798	261.00	2,083	1,623
Large 1	1,025	227.00	2,326	125
Medium and Large 1-2	805	226.16	1,820	15thin
Large 1-2	1,067	171.00	1,825	5thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $258 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 sale1,768 hd

258.05

—

KS average3 barns · 4,977 hd

263.26

−5.22

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	1,655	119.51	1,978	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,381	115.92	1,601	88
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	104.27	1,301	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,196	93.08	1,113	28

Every lot

66 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	443	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,356	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,229	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,585	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,459	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	582	290.82/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,693	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,630	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,592	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	626	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,797	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	662	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,821	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	671	287.11/cwt	285.50–288.50	1,927	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	264.43/cwt	259.00–267.50	1,780	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	703	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,007	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	707	272.28/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,925	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	258.81/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,923	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	258.88/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,960	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	234.68/cwt	221.00–248.50	1,816	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	775	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,104	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	778	263.27/cwt	261.75–265.50	2,048	211
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	254.43/cwt	247.00–256.50	2,086	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	823	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,107	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	839	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,139	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	250.29/cwt	240.25–252.00	2,223	217
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	239.15/cwt	233.50–241.00	2,198	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	925	250.98/cwt	249.50–252.50	2,322	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	968	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,255	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	971	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,010	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	229.30/cwt	221.00–231.00	2,247	169
Steers	—	Large 1	1,016	227.90/cwt	227.00–228.85	2,315	106
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,067	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,825	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,072	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,380	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	370	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,036	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	263.62/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,015	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,153	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,157	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	268.92/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,294	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,383	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	262.67/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,397	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,336	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	253.44/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,483	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	610	260.70/cwt	258.00–261.50	1,590	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	631	260.59/cwt	259.50–262.00	1,644	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	246.00/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,555	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	226.47/cwt	205.00–233.00	1,597	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	715	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,795	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	246.12/cwt	239.00–248.50	1,826	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	233.07/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,788	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,648	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	787	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,905	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	231.22/cwt	222.00–232.50	1,887	192
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	830	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,946	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	857	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,774	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	225.56/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,980	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,998	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,975	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,015	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,939	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,064	194.78/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,072	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,063	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,386	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,210	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,524	115.26/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,757	6
Bulls	—	—	1,917	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.50	2,454	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,196	93.08/cwt	81.00–99.00	1,113	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	104.27/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,301	47
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,361	113.65/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,547	63
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	121.65/cwt	119.25–123.50	1,741	25

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 Sep 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,607Last week 2,537Year ago 2,035

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 171Year ago 512

* Final Report *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have their first special calf sale next Thursday September 28 *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	775	271.50	271.50
30	—	823	256.00	256.00
26	—	518	306.00	306.00
172	—	671	285.50–288.50	287.11
91	—	703	285.50	285.50
22	—	582	290.00–291.00	290.82
9	—	626	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	971	207.00	207.00
2	—	512	240.00	240.00
8	—	774	221.00–248.50	234.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,067	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,016	227.00–228.85	227.90
19	—	1,072	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	888	240.25–252.00	250.29
169	—	980	221.00–231.00	229.30
101	—	757	250.00–260.00	258.88
71	—	919	233.50–241.00	239.15
59	—	820	247.00–256.50	254.43
54	—	743	250.00–260.00	258.81
15	—	443	306.00	306.00
9	—	622	256.00	256.00
8	—	523	279.00	279.00
7	—	597	273.00	273.00
17	—	673	259.00–267.50	264.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	778	261.75–265.50	263.27
110	—	925	249.50–252.50	250.98
57	—	839	255.00	255.00
57	—	662	275.00	275.00
29	—	707	268.00–273.00	272.28
16	—	968	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	900	222.00	222.00
64	—	742	239.00–248.50	246.12
56	—	767	228.00–236.00	233.07
45	—	878	220.00–227.00	225.56
35	—	585	251.00–257.50	253.44
29	—	532	253.00–265.00	262.67
6	—	954	207.00	207.00
5	—	461	251.00	251.00
3	—	385	260.00–271.00	263.62
1	—	435	265.00	265.00
192	—	816	222.00–232.50	231.22
23	—	632	244.00–247.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	631	259.50–262.00	260.59
9	—	501	276.00	276.00
1	—	370	280.00	280.00
21	—	481	266.00–273.00	268.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	236.00	236.00
13	—	705	205.00–233.00	226.47
3	—	663	225.00	225.00
7	—	781	211.00	211.00
6	—	857	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,064	190.00–197.00	194.78
8	—	1,015	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	787	242.00	242.00
56	—	830	234.50	234.50
45	—	610	258.00–261.50	260.70
41	—	715	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	212.50	212.50
2	—	665	182.00	182.00
2	—	580	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,361	110.00–117.50	113.65
25	—	1,431	119.25–123.50	121.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,196	81.00–99.00	93.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,248	100.00–109.50	104.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,524	113.00–118.00	115.26
3	—	1,917	127.00–129.50	128.01

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.