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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

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

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jul 18Jul 25Aug 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,184 head

▲ 1,900 vs last sale 284▲ 1,098 vs year ago 1,086 · +101.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

227 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 203▲ 92 vs year ago 135 · +68.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 4 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 and heifers 400 lb to 950 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady, however 1 high yielding bull sold for 188

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 $314.09/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −149.08 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$314.09

50 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$648

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

$102.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.90

vs KS average

+16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	318.17	1,728	48
Medium and Large 1-2	500	216.00	1,080	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.17/cwt here — about $648 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 sale50 hd

314.09

—

KS average3 barns · 110 hd

305.19

+8.90

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+16.27

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−149.08

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	1,906	167.87	3,200	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,261	136.38	1,720	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	124.86	1,442	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	114.82	1,319	4thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	357.37/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,454	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	328.19/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,533	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,080	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	320.31/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,707	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	310.06/cwt	296.00–312.00	1,805	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	240.74/cwt	231.00–261.00	1,500	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,911	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	263.41/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,907	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	258.13/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,970	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	241.73/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,890	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	791	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,120	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	812	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,851	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,901	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	260.31/cwt	255.00–261.50	2,174	187
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	854	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,875	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	260.61/cwt	252.00–264.00	2,259	433
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	236.39/cwt	235.00–237.50	2,080	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	917	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,164	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	253.65/cwt	248.00–259.75	2,341	134
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	251.34/cwt	246.50–254.25	2,393	159
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	979	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,193	44
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,323	3
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,029	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,094	8
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,130	206.25/cwt	206.25–206.25	2,331	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,203	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,280	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,484	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,383	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,489	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	579	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,662	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,519	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,752	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	702	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,815	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	231.55/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,702	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	779	260.94/cwt	258.00–264.25	2,033	209
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	795	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,948	104
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	229.00/cwt	224.00–231.50	1,843	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	851	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,115	73
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	231.66/cwt	230.50–231.75	2,057	66
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	227.72/cwt	225.75–228.25	2,072	101
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,910	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	220.83/cwt	217.50–222.00	2,138	19
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,045	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,247	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,697	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,747	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,023	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,855	161.13/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,989	13
Bulls	—	—	1,875	169.73/cwt	166.00–173.00	3,182	5
Bulls	—	—	2,044	180.94/cwt	177.00–188.00	3,698	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	114.82/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,319	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	124.86/cwt	120.50–127.00	1,442	65
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,250	135.31/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,691	102
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	142.41/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,887	18
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,069	184.09/cwt	163.00–191.00	1,968	4

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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,184Last week 284Year ago 1,086

Slaughter CattleReceipts 227Last week 203Year ago 135

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 11Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	579	287.00	287.00
23	700–750	702	258.50	258.50
104	750–800	795	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
209	750–800	779	258.00–264.25	260.94
73	850–900	851	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	385	312.50	312.50
7	400–450	428	299.00	299.00
29	450–500	498	298.00	298.00
4	500–550	518	267.00	267.00
8	550–600	566	263.00	263.00
24	650–700	666	263.00	263.00
13	700–750	735	229.00–233.00	231.55
24	800–850	805	224.00–231.50	229.00
66	850–900	888	230.50–231.75	231.66
101	900–950	910	225.75–228.25	227.72
19	950–1000	968	217.50–222.00	220.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,045	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	243.00	243.00
2	950–1000	960	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	407	350.00–360.00	357.37
20	450–500	467	322.50–330.00	328.19
38	500–550	533	302.50–325.00	320.31
10	550–600	582	296.00–312.00	310.06
3	600–650	635	301.00	301.00
20	700–750	724	259.00–269.00	263.41
19	750–800	763	251.00–259.00	258.13
187	800–850	835	255.00–261.50	260.31
433	850–900	867	252.00–264.00	260.61
134	900–950	923	248.00–259.75	253.65
159	950–1000	952	246.50–254.25	251.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	750–800	791	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	812	228.00	228.00
15	850–900	854	219.50	219.50
44	950–1000	979	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,029	203.50	203.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,010	230.00	230.00
49	1100–1150	1,130	206.25	206.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	216.00	216.00
6	600–650	623	231.00–261.00	240.74
23	750–800	782	237.00–245.50	241.73
3	800–850	830	229.00	229.00
16	850–900	880	235.00–237.50	236.39
10	900–950	917	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	261.00	261.00
3	700–750	731	239.00	239.00
1	850–900	895	226.00	226.00

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	4	—	1,069	163.00–191.00	184.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,855	151.00–165.00	161.13
6	—	2,044	177.00–188.00	180.94
5	—	1,875	166.00–173.00	169.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,149	114.00–117.00	114.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,325	140.00–146.00	142.41
102	—	1,250	130.00–139.50	135.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,155	120.50–127.00	124.86

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.