Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-06-06

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,208 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 2,238▲ 228 vs year ago 1,980 · +11.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 345▼ 115 vs year ago 317 · −36.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 80▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 950 lb sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 925 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Not enough steers and heifers 400 lb to 800 lb for a market test.. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $275.83/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −187.33 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$275.83
22 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−18.84
vs KS average
−33.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575275.831,58622
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
275.83
—
KS average2 barns · 49 hd
294.68
−18.84
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−33.33
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
−187.33
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
517472427382median 463.1603/0504/1607/0909/1710/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,821163.172,97116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,385143.111,982118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,169130.971,53138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,167117.681,3737thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,445$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,1002thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,3874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,6956
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568266.96/cwt266.00–271.001,51616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1594299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,7796
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,85712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6565
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4892
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1697278.22/cwt277.00–285.001,93926
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743240.63/cwt238.00–241.001,78816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy763277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,11471
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769250.67/cwt246.00–258.001,92854
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780238.65/cwt231.00–241.001,86121
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818242.98/cwt241.00–257.001,98857
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841228.58/cwt226.00–234.001,92223
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867252.87/cwt243.00–256.752,192444
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880224.23/cwt209.00–230.001,97376
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909218.23/cwt213.00–220.001,98412
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925240.16/cwt230.50–246.002,221316
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955195.52/cwt189.00–202.001,8674
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959244.11/cwt243.00–245.502,341210
Steers1000–1050Large 11,025226.63/cwt225.50–227.752,323110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4507
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582269.52/cwt268.00–271.001,56924
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680252.66/cwt248.00–258.001,71859
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy712254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8087
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5443
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728240.27/cwt238.00–241.001,74920
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6936
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1797238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,90150
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815234.68/cwt230.50–238.001,913198
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829213.95/cwt210.50–215.501,77416
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853215.46/cwt213.50–215.751,83864
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927208.52/cwt202.50–211.601,933142
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,043184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,9193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,664154.12/cwt148.00–166.002,5659
Bulls——1,988171.45/cwt170.00–173.003,4085
Bulls——2,108183.20/cwt181.00–185.003,8622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,167117.68/cwt112.00–122.001,3737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169130.97/cwt125.00–136.001,53138
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371141.55/cwt137.00–146.001,94188
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,427147.70/cwt147.00–154.002,10830
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,061156.38/cwt144.00–171.001,65918
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.