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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 18

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,043 head

▲ 653 vs last sale 390▼ 336 vs year ago 1,379 · −24.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

170 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 187▼ 10 vs year ago 180 · −5.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, not enough of a comparison to make an accurate market trend on feeder cattle. A higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, likely due to the better weather conditions and less transportation issues.

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 $264.31/cwt on 495 head.

Average price

$264.31

495 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$25.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.34

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	723	265.34	1,918	475
Medium and Large 1-2	667	239.83	1,599	20

One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $318 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 sale495 hd

264.31

—

KS average3 barns · 1,951 hd

248.97

+15.34

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	1,798	117.26	2,108	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	112.52	1,797	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	110.86	1,413	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	99.01	1,030	27

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,344	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	401	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,399	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	329.10/cwt	311.00–337.00	1,767	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	294.09/cwt	288.00–312.00	1,650	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,528	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,851	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,735	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	262.94/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,738	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	226.47/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,610	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	245.88/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,824	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,898	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,942	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,898	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	217.95/cwt	215.00–220.00	2,086	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,091	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	268.92/cwt	262.00–276.00	1,172	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	267.44/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,318	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	240.35/cwt	239.50–241.00	1,295	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,162	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,517	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	240.75/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,396	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,345	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	216.17/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,442	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	220.76/cwt	218.00–222.00	1,634	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	210.64/cwt	209.00–213.00	1,691	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,725	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,724	112.88/cwt	99.00–129.00	1,946	7
Bulls	—	—	2,055	132.59/cwt	132.00–133.00	2,725	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	99.01/cwt	80.00–110.00	1,030	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	110.86/cwt	94.00–119.00	1,413	87
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,597	112.52/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,797	23

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 Jan 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,043Last week 390Year ago 1,379

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 187Year ago 180

*Final*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	953	181.00	181.00
10	—	436	262.00–276.00	268.92
6	—	603	223.00	223.00
14	—	539	239.50–241.00	240.35
27	—	493	255.00–276.00	267.44
7	—	341	320.00	320.00
26	—	740	218.00–222.00	220.76
71	—	563	269.50	269.50
39	—	803	209.00–213.00	210.64
36	—	667	210.00–221.00	216.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	580	237.00–249.00	240.75
6	—	543	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	384	350.00	350.00
84	—	537	311.00–337.00	329.10
53	—	794	239.00	239.00
17	—	837	232.00	232.00
58	—	742	240.00–250.00	245.88
78	—	957	215.00–220.00	217.95
8	—	401	349.00	349.00
24	—	661	253.00–274.00	262.94
30	—	561	288.00–312.00	294.09
10	—	632	274.50	274.50
55	—	887	214.00	214.00
6	—	497	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	711	225.00–229.00	226.47
6	—	564	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	607	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,724	99.00–129.00	112.88
2	—	2,055	132.00–133.00	132.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,597	106.00–115.00	112.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,040	80.00–110.00	99.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,275	94.00–119.00	110.86

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.