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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 12

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,999 head

▼ 1,578 vs last sale 3,577▲ 1,239 vs year ago 760 · +163.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

330 head

▼ 136 vs last sale 466▼ 123 vs year ago 453 · −27.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

119 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 157▼ 666 vs year ago 785 · −84.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special weaned calf sale next Thursday December 19 *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale a December 26 and January 2 for Christmas break *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1000 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steers 400 lb to 800 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower, however 5 wt steers sold steady. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 975 lb sold steady on light receipts. Heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves were not near as attractive as last week. Demand was good on feeders. Slaughter cows and 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 $332.16/cwt on 232 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −131.00 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$332.16

232 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$4.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.91

vs KS average

+7.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	332.26	1,848	227
Medium and Large 1-2	542	327.50	1,775	5thin

One grade step is worth $4.76/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale232 hd

332.16

—

KS average3 barns · 993 hd

327.25

+4.91

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+7.81

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−131.00

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	1,829	144.39	2,642	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,389	122.41	1,700	108
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,236	116.58	1,441	137
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	99.95	1,138	19

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,525	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,060	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,443	$2,000	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,321	$1,936	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,138	$1,900	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,177	$1,875	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,345	$1,751	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,279	$1,690	28
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	972	$2,475	24
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	948	$2,400	5

Every lot

93 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	298	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,162	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	308	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,155	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,445	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,357	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	420.43/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,778	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,496	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	369.50/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,755	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,430	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	360.98/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,873	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	341.34/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,823	79
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,775	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,598	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	308.77/cwt	302.50–316.00	1,812	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	588	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,911	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,742	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	634	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,934	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	288.06/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,867	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	283.13/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,857	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,628	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	257.45/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,887	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,583	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	777	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,051	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	246.64/cwt	246.50–247.50	1,961	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,090	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	225.00/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,827	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	843	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,263	91
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	874	262.47/cwt	259.75–263.50	2,294	141
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	240.29/cwt	239.00–245.50	2,115	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	219.19/cwt	211.00–229.00	1,935	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	252.20/cwt	246.00–258.75	2,320	312
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,083	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	239.50/cwt	239.00–240.00	2,388	106
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,005	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,020	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	228.68/cwt	220.00–230.25	2,344	78
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,472	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	294	383.02/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,126	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	333	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,112	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	334	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,296	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	360.25/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,207	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	328.35/cwt	319.00–336.00	1,212	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	974	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	393	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,405	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	308.82/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,279	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	339.39/cwt	332.50–342.00	1,429	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,247	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	459	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,510	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	307.13/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,477	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	284.50/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,377	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	282.82/cwt	274.00–289.00	1,454	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	306.67/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,579	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	268.16/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,384	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,406	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	267.51/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,538	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,476	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	265.89/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,641	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	248.49/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,662	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	238.03/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,823	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	797	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,761	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	813	236.29/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,921	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,850	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	213.16/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,950	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	207.66/cwt	206.00–211.00	2,029	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	210.86/cwt	210.00–216.00	2,163	28
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,066	203.53/cwt	201.00–206.00	2,170	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	400.09/cwt	394.00–412.50	1,500	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,581	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	344.86/cwt	337.50–348.00	1,642	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	309.38/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,618	33
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,551	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	261.05/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,621	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,710	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,912	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,894	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,702	145.54/cwt	141.00–149.50	2,477	9
Bulls	—	—	1,750	132.62/cwt	122.00–138.00	2,321	11
Bulls	—	—	1,985	153.55/cwt	150.00–159.50	3,048	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,139	99.95/cwt	91.00–109.00	1,138	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	116.58/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,441	137
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,384	121.94/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,688	103
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,487	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,963	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,138	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,177	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,205	2,060.41/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	2,060	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,279	1,689.76/head	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,690	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,305	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,321	1,935.74/head	1,725.00–2,000.00	1,936	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,345	1,751.01/head	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,751	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,443	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	985	159.38/cwt	134.00–191.00	1,570	24
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	948	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	5
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	2,474.90/head	1,975.00–2,500.00	2,475	24

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.

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