Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-01-11

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 11
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▼ 1,456 vs last sale 1,846▼ 3,704 vs year ago 4,094 · −90.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 370▼ 90 vs year ago 277 · −32.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, not enough of a comparison to make an accurate a market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $218.40/cwt on 278 head.
Average price
$218.40
278 head · 829 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.89
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1829218.401,810278
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale278 hd
218.40
—
KS average3 barns · 1,572 hd
227.29
−8.89
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,884117.702,2177thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,387102.551,42230
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18999.311,18186
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06794.961,01332

Every lot

17 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0414
Steers—Medium and Large 1463251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1623
Steers—Medium and Large 1625235.50/cwt226.00–240.001,47216
Steers—Medium and Large 1659234.55/cwt231.00–240.001,54615
Steers—Medium and Large 1779225.83/cwt223.00–227.501,75967
Steers—Medium and Large 1886212.85/cwt209.00–215.501,886143
Steers—Medium and Large 1922200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,84414
Steers—Medium and Large 1987199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,96916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678205.26/cwt203.00–206.001,39228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,49310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,69345
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,884117.70/cwt116.00–121.002,2177
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06794.96/cwt89.50–102.501,01332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18999.31/cwt95.00–106.501,18186
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,387102.55/cwt95.50–106.501,42230

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.