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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 25

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 18Apr 25May 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4,066 head

▼ 932 vs last sale 4,998▲ 2,385 vs year ago 1,681 · +141.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

279 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 253▼ 10 vs year ago 289 · −3.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 39▲ 10 vs year ago 27 · +37.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 550 lb to 1025 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, however fancy steers and reputation steers sold up to 12.00 higher. Not enough steers under 500 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 775 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Not enough heifers 500 lb to 775 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Demand was good for feeder cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, however 1 high yielding bull sold for 165.

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 $297.01/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −166.15 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$297.01

36 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$34.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.87

vs KS average

−12.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	301.77	1,599	31
Medium and Large 1-2	558	267.50	1,493	5thin

One grade step is worth $34.27/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale36 hd

297.01

—

KS average3 barns · 340 hd

319.88

−22.87

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−12.54

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−166.15

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	1,749	146.00	2,554	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	134.81	1,840	91
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	125.59	1,557	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,181	115.18	1,360	30

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,400	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,050	3thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	335	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,307	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,343	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	428	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,404	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,454	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,564	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	294.25/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,518	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	521	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,599	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,493	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	560	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,719	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,624	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	286.36/cwt	280.50–295.00	1,781	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,725	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	274.26/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,879	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	708	285.51/cwt	284.00–287.00	2,021	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	266.04/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,918	99
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	245.51/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,915	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	219.80/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,734	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	215.80/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,780	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	828	256.44/cwt	251.00–258.25	2,123	327
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	237.90/cwt	229.00–242.10	1,994	118
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	234.42/cwt	228.00–243.50	2,072	305
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	904	246.00/cwt	245.50–246.50	2,224	114
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,859	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	226.82/cwt	215.00–233.00	2,112	657
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,912	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	218.78/cwt	214.00–225.10	2,129	116
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	214.05/cwt	205.25–223.00	2,181	729
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,047	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,057	7
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	2,263	31
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,087	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,098	8
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,136	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,249	83
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,262	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,206	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	298.95/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,369	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	508	286.01/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,453	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	268.47/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,415	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,526	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	254.69/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,444	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,395	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	259.86/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,593	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	239.44/cwt	231.00–247.00	1,626	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,338	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	209.54/cwt	206.00–211.00	1,511	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	229.01/cwt	218.50–234.00	1,672	86
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	218.37/cwt	211.00–229.00	1,679	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	773	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,824	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	205.09/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,618	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	216.64/cwt	204.00–221.50	1,781	172
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	849	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,012	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	210.29/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,857	250
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	906	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,948	47
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	202.27/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,877	85
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	203.44/cwt	201.25–207.50	1,965	149
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,008	204.74/cwt	204.00–205.00	2,064	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,398	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,531	136.77/cwt	134.50–139.00	2,094	8
Bulls	—	—	1,816	145.30/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,639	15
Bulls	—	—	1,823	154.45/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,816	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	115.18/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,360	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	125.59/cwt	120.00–129.50	1,557	95
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,361	133.83/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,821	78
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	140.69/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,951	13
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,400	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	948	161.67/cwt	141.00–182.00	1,533	29

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 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,066Last week 4,998Year ago 1,681

Slaughter CattleReceipts 279Last week 253Year ago 289

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 39Year ago 27

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
8	400–450	428	328.00	328.00
6	450–500	468	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	503	311.00	311.00
6	550–600	560	307.00	307.00
44	700–750	708	284.00–287.00	285.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	326.00	326.00
6	450–500	493	295.00	295.00
8	500–550	516	294.00–295.00	294.25
4	550–600	568	286.00	286.00
12	600–650	622	280.50–295.00	286.36
27	650–700	685	272.00–282.00	274.26
99	700–750	721	261.00–275.00	266.04
34	750–800	780	243.00–247.50	245.51
118	800–850	838	229.00–242.10	237.90
305	850–900	884	228.00–243.50	234.42
657	900–950	931	215.00–233.00	226.82
116	950–1000	973	214.00–225.10	218.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	307.00	307.00
327	800–850	828	251.00–258.25	256.44
114	900–950	904	245.50–246.50	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,047	196.50	196.50
8	1050–1100	1,087	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
729	1000–1050	1,019	205.25–223.00	214.05
31	1050–1100	1,070	211.50	211.50
83	1100–1150	1,136	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	558	267.50	267.50
8	650–700	661	261.00	261.00
10	750–800	789	218.00–221.00	219.80
25	800–850	825	204.00–221.00	215.80
3	900–950	925	201.00	201.00
5	950–1000	951	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	247.00	247.00
3	650–700	678	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	317.00	317.00
12	450–500	458	290.00–308.00	298.95
17	500–550	527	260.00–274.00	268.47
26	550–600	567	252.00–259.00	254.69
13	600–650	613	253.00–263.00	259.86
16	650–700	679	231.00–247.00	239.44
86	700–750	730	218.50–234.00	229.01
33	750–800	769	211.00–229.00	218.37
172	800–850	822	204.00–221.50	216.64
250	850–900	883	203.00–212.00	210.29
85	900–950	928	200.00–207.00	202.27
149	950–1000	966	201.25–207.50	203.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	900–950	906	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	553	276.00	276.00
46	650–700	663	270.00	270.00
28	750–800	773	236.00	236.00
17	800–850	849	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,008	204.00–205.00	204.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	600	232.50	232.50
3	650–700	686	195.00	195.00
7	700–750	721	206.00–211.00	209.54
13	750–800	789	202.00–207.00	205.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	508	285.00–288.00	286.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,816	141.00–148.00	145.30
8	—	1,531	134.50–139.00	136.77
10	—	1,823	150.00–165.00	154.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,181	109.00–119.00	115.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,361	130.00–139.00	133.83
13	—	1,387	140.00–143.00	140.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,240	120.00–129.50	125.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	948	141.00–182.00	161.67

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.