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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 2

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 25May 2May 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,470 head

▼ 596 vs last sale 4,066▲ 615 vs year ago 2,855 · +21.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

269 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 279▼ 351 vs year ago 620 · −56.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 37▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, those under 700 lbs no recent price comparison, however a sharply higher undertone noted. All weights of heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $307.68/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −155.48 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$307.68

71 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$46.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.29

vs KS average

−0.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	325.85	1,746	43
Medium and Large 1-2	591	279.79	1,655	28

One grade step is worth $46.06/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale71 hd

307.68

—

KS average3 barns · 363 hd

322.97

−15.29

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−0.93

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−155.48

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	—	Low	1,753	151.28	2,652	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	134.02	1,922	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	131.08	1,624	114
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	116.28	1,279	54

Every lot

48 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	380.05/cwt	375.00–383.00	1,471	30
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	341.02/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,347	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,645	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	331.67/cwt	315.00–338.00	1,751	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,564	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	306.63/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,723	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	278.92/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,665	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	315.93/cwt	293.00–318.00	1,978	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,766	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	272.49/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,937	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	250.96/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,832	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	260.01/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,999	116
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	234.42/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,857	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	238.00/cwt	229.50–242.00	1,959	103
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	228.00/cwt	225.00–243.50	1,888	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	854	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,178	61
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	237.93/cwt	233.25–247.00	2,089	559
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	226.79/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,991	269
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,915	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	227.76/cwt	219.75–234.00	2,123	453
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	955	213.98/cwt	210.50–217.00	2,044	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	221.31/cwt	212.00–227.50	2,147	734
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	211.33/cwt	202.00–217.00	2,160	206
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	205.23/cwt	201.00–209.00	2,212	100
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,152	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	2,252	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	331.65/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,104	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	305.59/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,253	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,153	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,449	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	271.65/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,434	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	255.38/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,491	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	240.87/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,609	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	234.01/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,659	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	223.97/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,747	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,592	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	208.98/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,739	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	207.65/cwt	204.75–209.50	1,788	61
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,992	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,033	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	138.80/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,256	2
Bulls	—	—	1,763	152.28/cwt	135.00–165.50	2,685	25
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	104.36/cwt	91.00–107.00	1,105	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	118.66/cwt	111.00–129.00	1,315	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	129.80/cwt	123.00–137.00	1,607	101
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	141.03/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,760	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	134.02/cwt	127.00–149.00	1,922	64
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,049	160.42/cwt	140.50–186.00	1,683	17

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 May 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,470Last week 4,066Year ago 2,855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 269Last week 279Year ago 620

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 37Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	1000–1050	1,022	202.00–217.00	211.33
100	1050–1100	1,078	201.00–209.00	205.23
3	1150–1200	1,152	195.50	195.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	387	375.00–383.00	380.05
7	400–450	447	368.00	368.00
33	500–550	528	315.00–338.00	331.67
10	550–600	562	293.00–313.00	306.63
50	600–650	626	293.00–318.00	315.93
20	650–700	654	270.00	270.00
18	700–750	711	271.00–274.00	272.49
116	750–800	769	246.00–264.00	260.01
103	800–850	823	229.50–242.00	238.00
559	850–900	878	233.25–247.00	237.93
453	900–950	932	219.75–234.00	227.76
734	950–1000	970	212.00–227.50	221.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	395	338.00–345.00	341.02
3	500–550	545	287.00	287.00
25	550–600	597	277.00–280.00	278.92
4	600–650	641	249.00	249.00
34	700–750	730	239.00–260.00	250.96
43	750–800	792	233.00–247.00	234.42
46	800–850	828	225.00–243.50	228.00
269	850–900	878	219.00–229.50	226.79
3	900–950	925	207.00	207.00
15	950–1000	955	210.50–217.00	213.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	850–900	854	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	265.00	265.00
7	750–800	784	203.00	203.00
23	800–850	832	202.00–210.00	208.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	325.00–339.00	331.65
12	400–450	410	299.00–318.00	305.59
12	450–500	479	302.50	302.50
16	500–550	528	263.00–282.50	271.65
28	550–600	584	245.00–262.00	255.38
20	650–700	668	230.00–252.00	240.87
38	700–750	709	221.00–238.00	234.01
30	750–800	780	221.00–225.00	223.97
61	850–900	861	204.75–209.50	207.65
17	900–950	918	217.00	217.00
7	950–1000	982	207.00	207.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,049	140.50–186.00	160.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,059	91.00–107.00	104.36
45	—	1,108	111.00–129.00	118.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,434	127.00–149.00	134.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,248	138.00–144.00	141.03
101	—	1,238	123.00–137.00	129.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	135.00–143.00	138.80
25	—	1,763	135.00–165.50	152.28

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.