Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-06-13

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,344 head
▼ 864 vs last sale 2,208▲ 36 vs year ago 1,308 · +2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 202▼ 188 vs year ago 299 · −62.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 25▲ 9 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 10.00 to 15 higher. Not enough steers under 800 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 875 lb sold steady on light receipts. Not enough heifers under 700 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −178.16 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$285.00
6 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.74
vs KS average
−14.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595285.001,6966thin
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 sale6 hd
285.00
—
KS average2 barns · 19 hd
290.74
−5.74
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−14.42
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
−178.16
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—Low1,772168.052,97713
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,250146.161,82676
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226133.151,63212
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050117.001,2291thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6966
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,91716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6863
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787250.14/cwt247.75–253.001,96948
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829239.81/cwt239.00–241.001,98812
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841265.16/cwt265.00–265.502,230208
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,25669
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7863
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922255.51/cwt251.75–258.502,356419
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2929218.13/cwt215.00–221.002,0267
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985238.44/cwt232.75–240.502,349176
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1396262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0385
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1501240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2025
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6782
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767238.31/cwt232.00–239.001,82862
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy810244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,98058
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820199.90/cwt198.00–205.001,63918
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830222.22/cwt218.00–227.001,844122
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,96549
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1755
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4333
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1863226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9505
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,727165.06/cwt157.00–169.002,85111
Bulls——2,018184.51/cwt184.00–185.003,7232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,221144.92/cwt140.00–149.501,76966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226133.15/cwt130.00–137.001,63212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,439154.32/cwt152.00–157.002,22110
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,062168.64/cwt151.00–173.001,7919

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.