Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2024-12-05

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 5
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,577 head
▲ 2,399 vs last sale 1,178▲ 340 vs year ago 3,237 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
466 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 383▲ 203 vs year ago 263 · +77.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 257 vs last sale 414▲ 126 vs year ago 31 · +406.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, not enough feeder steers and heifers 700 lb to 975 lb for a market test, however a steady to higher trend was noted. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, however reputation and thin fleshed calves sold up to 45.00 higher. Demand was good. An outstanding offering of weaned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $355.67/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −107.49 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$355.67
646 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$92.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.39
vs KS average
+30.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539359.411,938620
Medium and Large 1-2570266.631,51926
One grade step is worth $92.78/cwt here — about $419 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale646 hd
355.67
—
KS average4 barns · 1,903 hd
336.29
+19.39
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
+30.30
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
−107.49
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—High1,833144.662,65219
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,337124.341,662122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202115.211,385194
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08699.951,08557

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,322$2,0252thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,178$1,99713
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$1,9003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,276$1,8426
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)991$1,8108
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)942$1,8107
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$1,8004thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,228$1,70510
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,103$1,51016
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,104$1,43352
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)935$1,7442thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)867$1,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$2,0002thin

Every lot

98 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3964
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,3812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed327493.20/cwt480.00–497.501,61315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362423.21/cwt420.00–430.001,53210
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1873
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed374464.00/cwt464.00–464.001,73534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,92433
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417368.71/cwt357.50–390.001,5386
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439429.31/cwt415.00–435.001,885141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462421.67/cwt402.50–425.001,94876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,75420
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed491399.08/cwt392.50–400.001,959106
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521367.57/cwt348.00–379.001,915157
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy529371.64/cwt364.00–375.501,966259
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535330.09/cwt327.50–339.001,76626
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,67810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566351.72/cwt338.00–355.001,991124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577268.92/cwt265.00–271.001,55220
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593307.83/cwt306.00–309.501,82544
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed614325.80/cwt305.00–331.502,000249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy619312.92/cwt312.50–313.001,93735
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623290.95/cwt284.00–299.001,81389
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631280.75/cwt279.00–281.001,77216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy652296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,93011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670278.39/cwt271.00–292.001,86547
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670264.77/cwt256.00–268.001,77445
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725278.67/cwt264.00–285.502,020171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed754280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,11527
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy764275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,10121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,95312
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767268.36/cwt264.25–277.002,05838
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842246.97/cwt236.50–249.752,07989
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866239.62/cwt233.00–247.502,07537
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,27760
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,2062
Steers1050–1100Large 11,055229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,4166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed289435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,25722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321388.57/cwt385.00–390.001,2477
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed340432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,47164
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy372388.74/cwt385.00–392.001,44617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382365.78/cwt350.00–377.501,39712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed384402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,54623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418379.61/cwt360.00–380.001,58750
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439334.96/cwt325.00–340.001,47012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed461347.86/cwt338.00–350.001,604119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466326.83/cwt310.00–332.001,52338
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484309.27/cwt309.00–310.001,49726
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy501327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,638100
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523303.58/cwt297.00–314.001,58857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539285.48/cwt282.50–290.001,53911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552303.50/cwt302.00–305.001,675118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,98176
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577279.48/cwt264.00–295.001,613190
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,74659
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615271.42/cwt260.00–276.001,66971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644242.14/cwt238.00–252.001,55917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674257.49/cwt244.00–261.001,735109
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5576
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721236.09/cwt227.00–245.001,70238
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7395
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8313
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy846207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7554
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870219.28/cwt206.00–228.001,90820
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1911225.59/cwt214.50–226.002,05548
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,017207.94/cwt205.50–215.002,1158
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,088217.61/cwt201.00–220.002,3688
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,112201.41/cwt192.00–211.002,24018
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,173162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,9004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3592
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,791134.08/cwt131.00–138.002,4015
Bulls——1,801142.28/cwt140.00–149.002,5627
Bulls——1,896154.60/cwt151.00–158.502,9317
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight939111.00/cwt110.00–112.001,04216
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93986.00/cwt86.00–86.008089
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113102.56/cwt89.00–109.001,14148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226115.59/cwt110.00–119.001,417178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260131.50/cwt130.00–133.001,6578
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,342123.84/cwt120.00–129.001,662114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19421,810.00/head1,810.00–1,810.001,8107
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19911,810.00/head1,810.00–1,810.001,8108
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1031,510.20/head1,375.00–1,700.001,51016
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1041,433.11/head1,275.00–1,700.001,43352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1781,996.86/head1,750.00–2,350.001,99713
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2281,704.62/head1,250.00–1,750.001,70510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2761,842.22/head1,750.00–1,900.001,8426
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3222,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1908147.90/cwt131.00–177.001,34324
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18671,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19351,744.39/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7442
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002

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.