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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 3

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,863 head

▼ 649 vs last sale 2,512▲ 905 vs year ago 958 · +94.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

156 head

▼ 184 vs last sale 340▲ 64 vs year ago 92 · +69.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 13▼ 10 vs year ago 16 · −62.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Next Thursday October 10th, Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale in conjunction with their regular Thursday sale 1100 calves are consigned *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 450 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady, however thin fleshed and fancy steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, however thin fleshed and fancy heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good on thin fleshed and fancy cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 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 $308.86/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.30 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$308.86

64 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$65.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.24

vs KS average

+22.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	310.92	1,680	62
Medium and Large 1-2	525	245.00	1,286	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.92/cwt here — about $393 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 sale64 hd

308.86

—

KS average3 barns · 245 hd

291.63

+17.24

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+22.04

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−154.30

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	1,814	145.86	2,646	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,334	125.11	1,669	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	115.87	1,383	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,174	105.91	1,243	7thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	353	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,403	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,649	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,456	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	449	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,693	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	311.26/cwt	306.00–331.00	1,438	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	297.61/cwt	288.00–311.00	1,583	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	323.00/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,728	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,609	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	271.58/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,689	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,594	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	267.36/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,775	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	245.14/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,655	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	246.75/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,826	66
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,741	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	770	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	1,950	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	230.79/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,777	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	775	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,007	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	250.55/cwt	238.00–256.75	2,082	214
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	219.20/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,848	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	243.54/cwt	236.00–247.75	2,148	239
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	213.53/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,982	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	227.36/cwt	224.00–242.00	2,114	80
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	230.68/cwt	224.00–236.00	2,224	166
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	969	199.99/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,938	9
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	222.71/cwt	214.00–224.00	2,278	46
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,064	219.03/cwt	197.00–223.50	2,330	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,137	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,213	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,198	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	391	341.69/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,336	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	296.49/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,296	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	259.37/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,185	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	468	317.16/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,484	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	267.47/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,276	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	273.11/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,434	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,545	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	246.49/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,521	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	231.38/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,506	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	228.70/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,576	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	695	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,814	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	241.13/cwt	227.00–246.75	1,705	42
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	229.95/cwt	224.00–232.50	1,692	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	779	253.76/cwt	249.00–254.75	1,977	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	230.17/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,811	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,810	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,942	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,713	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	205.54/cwt	205.50–206.00	1,924	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,007	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,062	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,114	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,362	5
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,240	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	2,350	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,219	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,310	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,327	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,369	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,225	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,899	1
Bulls	—	—	1,950	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,140	1
Bulls	—	—	1,965	137.77/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,707	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	105.91/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,243	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	115.87/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,383	47
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,250	133.72/cwt	133.50–134.00	1,672	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	123.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,668	69
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,093	190.31/cwt	189.00–197.00	2,080	6

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,863Last week 2,512Year ago 958

Slaughter CattleReceipts 156Last week 340Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 16

* Note * Next Thursday October 10th, Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale in conjunction with their regular Thursday sale 1100 calves are consigned *

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	1000–1050	1,023	214.00–224.00	222.71
29	1050–1100	1,064	197.00–223.50	219.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
15	400–450	449	377.00	377.00
18	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
39	500–550	535	316.00–326.00	323.00
54	750–800	770	253.25	253.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	380.00	380.00
17	450–500	462	306.00–331.00	311.26
15	500–550	532	288.00–311.00	297.61
8	550–600	581	277.00	277.00
46	600–650	622	260.00–282.00	271.58
14	650–700	664	265.00–268.00	267.36
66	700–750	740	240.00–254.00	246.75
18	750–800	770	225.00–236.00	230.79
214	800–850	831	238.00–256.75	250.55
239	850–900	882	236.00–247.75	243.54
80	900–950	930	224.00–242.00	227.36
166	950–1000	964	224.00–236.00	230.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	648	246.00	246.00
5	650–700	675	230.00–249.00	245.14
5	750–800	767	227.00	227.00
5	800–850	843	216.00–220.00	219.20
15	900–950	928	209.00–215.00	213.53
9	950–1000	969	190.00–205.00	199.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	353	397.50	397.50
17	750–800	775	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	257.00–261.00	259.37
3	550–600	581	230.00	230.00
35	650–700	689	227.00–238.00	228.70
25	700–750	736	224.00–232.50	229.95
7	800–850	840	215.50	215.50
5	850–900	897	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	342.50	342.50
5	350–400	362	335.00	335.00
33	400–450	437	292.00–311.00	296.49
10	450–500	477	261.00–272.00	267.47
46	500–550	525	265.00–282.00	273.11
37	600–650	617	242.00–250.00	246.49
13	650–700	651	230.00–232.00	231.38
42	700–750	707	227.00–246.75	241.13
22	750–800	787	225.00–232.50	230.17
3	850–900	871	223.00	223.00
13	900–950	936	205.50–206.00	205.54
6	950–1000	979	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	695	261.00	261.00
70	750–800	779	249.00–254.75	253.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	391	332.50–350.00	341.69
33	450–500	468	307.50–322.50	317.16
35	550–600	568	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,006	205.00	205.00
5	1100–1150	1,114	212.00	212.00
13	1200–1250	1,240	189.50	189.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	277.00	277.00
5	450–500	487	269.00	269.00
2	500–550	535	248.00	248.00
3	550–600	561	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,345	120.00–127.00	123.99
9	—	1,250	133.50–134.00	133.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,194	110.00–119.00	115.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,174	100.00–108.00	105.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,965	134.00–141.00	137.77
1	—	1,950	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,225	155.00	155.00

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	6	—	1,093	189.00–197.00	190.31

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.