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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 8

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Aug 1Aug 8Aug 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,133 head

▲ 1,353 vs last sale 780▼ 525 vs year ago 2,658 · −19.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 103▼ 98 vs year ago 270 · −36.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 1 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 700 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, however front end steers sold steady. One load of 963# steers sold for 237.50 which would be 8.00 higher than last week. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough calves for a market test.. Demand was good on the front end kind. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $279.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −183.57 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$279.59

11 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$60.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

vs KS average

+4.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	290.61	1,604	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	595	230.00	1,369	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.61/cwt here — about $235 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 sale11 hd

279.59

—

KS average3 barns · 75 hd

280.11

−0.53

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+4.51

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−183.57

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	—	High	1,846	159.99	2,953	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	142.44	1,918	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	126.68	1,515	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	114.11	1,370	11

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,300	$2,250	1thin

Every lot

53 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	359.33/cwt	358.00–360.00	1,150	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	323.74/cwt	311.00–332.50	1,230	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	386	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,355	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	339.35/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,422	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	329.63/cwt	324.00–332.00	1,523	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	266.37/cwt	265.50–269.00	1,516	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	274.42/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,685	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,570	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	263.41/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,804	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	232.60/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,668	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	257.43/cwt	247.50–261.00	1,861	151
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	232.28/cwt	230.00–236.50	1,812	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	252.82/cwt	240.50–255.00	2,000	153
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	809	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,047	82
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	238.62/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,940	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	242.51/cwt	232.00–248.00	2,100	200
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	225.58/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,983	43
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	240.51/cwt	231.00–245.50	2,181	100
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	225.05/cwt	220.00–225.50	2,088	41
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,263	53
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,306	56
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,318	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	355	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,186	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	313.38/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,163	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,361	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,364	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,547	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	247.02/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,556	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	243.82/cwt	242.50–244.50	1,663	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,535	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	239.42/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,733	116
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	243.27/cwt	234.00–249.00	1,885	419
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,844	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	231.32/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,920	116
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	226.64/cwt	218.50–229.00	1,942	76
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,864	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	216.24/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,994	42
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,140	20
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,056	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,006	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,271	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,377	6
Bulls	1100–1150	Large 1	1,120	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,915	3
Bulls	1150–1200	Large 1	1,191	158.21/cwt	155.00–171.00	1,884	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,591	145.57/cwt	140.00–152.00	2,316	8
Bulls	—	—	1,861	160.36/cwt	154.00–169.50	2,984	17
Bulls	—	—	2,069	173.63/cwt	170.00–178.50	3,592	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	126.68/cwt	120.50–131.00	1,515	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,201	114.11/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,370	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,243	139.61/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,735	42
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	146.04/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,158	33
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,133Last week 780Year ago 2,658

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 103Year ago 270

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	358.00–360.00	359.33
5	350–400	380	311.00–332.50	323.74
5	400–450	419	338.00–345.00	339.35
10	450–500	462	324.00–332.00	329.63
4	550–600	569	265.50–269.00	266.37
6	600–650	614	264.00–280.00	274.42
29	650–700	685	258.00–271.00	263.41
151	700–750	723	247.50–261.00	257.43
153	750–800	791	240.50–255.00	252.82
60	800–850	813	235.00–245.00	238.62
200	850–900	866	232.00–248.00	242.51
100	900–950	907	231.00–245.50	240.51
53	950–1000	953	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,018	226.50	226.50
55	1050–1100	1,073	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	351.00	351.00
5	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
82	800–850	809	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	230.00	230.00
4	600–650	641	245.00	245.00
5	700–750	717	231.00–233.00	232.60
29	750–800	780	230.00–236.50	232.28
43	850–900	879	220.00–229.00	225.58
41	900–950	928	220.00–225.50	225.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	300.00–321.00	313.38
6	450–500	495	275.00	275.00
12	550–600	586	264.00	264.00
17	600–650	630	243.00–250.00	247.02
20	650–700	682	242.50–244.50	243.82
116	700–750	724	234.00–242.00	239.42
419	750–800	775	234.00–249.00	243.27
116	800–850	830	229.00–232.00	231.32
76	850–900	857	218.50–229.00	226.64
42	900–950	922	211.00–218.00	216.24
20	950–1000	993	215.50	215.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,056	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	241.00	241.00
4	650–700	687	223.50	223.50
20	750–800	795	232.00	232.00
10	850–900	867	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	325.00	325.00
6	450–500	470	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,120	171.00	171.00
5	1150–1200	1,191	155.00–171.00	158.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,243	134.00–143.00	139.61
33	—	1,478	144.00–150.00	146.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,196	120.50–131.00	126.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	105.00–119.00	114.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,069	170.00–178.50	173.63
17	—	1,861	154.00–169.50	160.36
8	—	1,591	140.00–152.00	145.57

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,250.00	2,250.00

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.