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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 4

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 28Apr 4Apr 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,862 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 1,771▲ 44 vs year ago 1,818 · +2.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

171 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 215▼ 59 vs year ago 230 · −25.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 75▼ 22 vs year ago 54 · −40.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher. No recent comparison on steers 500 lb to 800 lb, however a lower trend was noted. However 93 fancy steers weighing 769 lb sold for 270, which would be 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 500 lb to 700 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.34/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −160.82 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$302.34

48 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$45.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.35

vs KS average

−8.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	306.10	1,712	44
Medium and Large 1-2	593	261.00	1,548	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.10/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

302.34

—

KS average3 barns · 629 hd

330.69

−28.35

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−8.42

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−160.82

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.87, low $396.12, median $463.16 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,833	161.32	2,957	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,459	143.52	2,093	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	135.85	1,815	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,215	124.95	1,518	20

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,169	$1,990	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,725	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,675	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,375	1thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,282	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,358	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	357.88/cwt	357.50–358.00	1,557	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,701	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	323.17/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,567	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	314.03/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,636	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	302.40/cwt	287.00–307.00	1,745	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,548	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,913	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	276.33/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,710	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	264.60/cwt	262.50–267.00	1,672	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	274.09/cwt	269.50–276.00	1,850	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	679	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,030	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	702	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,931	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	253.65/cwt	245.00–264.50	1,844	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	748	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,765	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	769	270.40/cwt	270.00–270.50	2,079	93
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	258.87/cwt	256.75–264.00	1,993	44
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	801	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,027	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	232.29/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,889	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	235.32/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,956	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	854	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,079	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,918	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	236.63/cwt	224.00–239.00	2,087	124
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	917	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,825	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	223.98/cwt	218.50–229.00	2,087	137
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	222.46/cwt	220.75–223.60	2,158	165
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	205.92/cwt	201.50–207.00	2,107	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	211.75/cwt	211.75–211.75	2,270	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	332.13/cwt	329.00–342.50	1,073	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,290	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	286.51/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,390	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,328	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	277.70/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,411	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	540	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,571	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	273.60/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,587	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,655	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	258.97/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,632	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	245.55/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,628	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,587	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	236.43/cwt	235.50–237.00	1,669	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	742	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,584	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	758	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,842	47
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	233.63/cwt	223.00–239.00	1,813	112
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	214.75/cwt	208.50–221.00	1,785	115
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	213.42/cwt	209.25–217.00	1,889	217
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	201.46/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,874	24
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	199.60/cwt	198.00–202.00	1,922	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	152.01/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,615	14
Bulls	—	—	1,813	161.94/cwt	157.00–169.00	2,936	25
Bulls	—	—	2,092	175.69/cwt	171.00–183.00	3,675	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	124.95/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,518	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	135.85/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,815	44
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,354	149.56/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,025	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	142.97/cwt	139.50–147.00	2,099	44
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,068	161.54/cwt	146.00–176.00	1,725	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,169	1,989.96/head	1,775.00–2,200.00	1,990	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1

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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,862Last week 1,771Year ago 1,818

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 215Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 75Year ago 54

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	329.00–342.50	332.13
6	350–400	384	336.00	336.00
18	450–500	485	278.00–289.00	286.51
11	500–550	508	267.50–280.00	277.70
29	550–600	580	272.00–274.00	273.60
42	600–650	630	252.00–263.00	258.97
23	650–700	663	239.00–252.00	245.55
21	700–750	706	235.50–237.00	236.43
112	750–800	776	223.00–239.00	233.63
115	800–850	831	208.50–221.00	214.75
217	850–900	885	209.25–217.00	213.42
24	900–950	930	200.00–202.50	201.46
10	950–1000	963	198.00–202.00	199.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	291.00	291.00
16	600–650	605	273.50	273.50
47	750–800	758	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	271.00	271.00
8	650–700	681	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	742	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	407.00	407.00
3	350–400	373	364.00	364.00
8	400–450	435	357.50–358.00	357.88
8	450–500	485	315.00–337.50	323.17
14	500–550	521	305.00–323.00	314.03
30	550–600	577	287.00–307.00	302.40
54	600–650	619	267.00–285.00	276.33
17	650–700	675	269.50–276.00	274.09
31	700–750	727	245.00–264.50	253.65
44	750–800	770	256.75–264.00	258.87
20	800–850	831	226.00–237.00	235.32
124	850–900	882	224.00–239.00	236.63
137	900–950	932	218.50–229.00	223.98
165	950–1000	970	220.75–223.60	222.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	748	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	470	362.00	362.00
25	600–650	613	312.00	312.00
25	650–700	679	299.00	299.00
22	700–750	702	275.00	275.00
93	750–800	769	270.00–270.50	270.40
28	800–850	801	253.00	253.00
60	850–900	854	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,023	201.50–207.00	205.92
53	1050–1100	1,072	211.75	211.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	261.00	261.00
11	600–650	632	262.50–267.00	264.60
21	800–850	813	221.00–237.00	232.29
7	850–900	880	218.00	218.00
5	900–950	917	199.00	199.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,068	146.00–176.00	161.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,215	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,169	1,775.00–2,200.00	1,989.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,100	2,675.00	2,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,375.00	2,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	149.00–150.00	149.56
44	—	1,468	139.50–147.00	142.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,215	116.00–128.00	124.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,336	130.00–139.00	135.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,813	157.00–169.00	161.94
14	—	1,720	144.00–156.00	152.01
8	—	2,092	171.00–183.00	175.69

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.