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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 19

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,685 head

▼ 314 vs last sale 1,999▼ 489 vs year ago 2,174 · −22.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

441 head

▲ 111 vs last sale 330▲ 93 vs year ago 348 · +26.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

89 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 119▲ 57 vs year ago 32 · +178.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 550 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Not enough 400 lb to 500 lb calves for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 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 $325.71/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −137.45 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$325.71

199 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$25.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs KS average

−0.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	327.36	1,818	186
Medium and Large 1-2	556	302.15	1,679	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.21/cwt here — about $138 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 sale199 hd

325.71

—

KS average3 barns · 519 hd

324.95

+0.77

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−0.92

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−137.45

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	147.60	2,699	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,271	123.11	1,564	217
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	117.05	1,439	111
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	104.52	1,230	28

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,256	$2,050	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,912	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,346	$1,901	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,655	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,403	$1,893	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,335	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,950	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$2,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,225	6

Every lot

90 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	312	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,560	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,344	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	355	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,500	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	381	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,375	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,317	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	393.96/cwt	389.00–400.00	1,678	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	379.28/cwt	377.00–382.00	1,733	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	367.12/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,733	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,394	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	329.44/cwt	321.00–342.50	1,594	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,757	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,419	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	300.32/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,571	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	548	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,841	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	338.48/cwt	337.00–341.00	1,889	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	320.50/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,801	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,729	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,656	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	298.15/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,902	166
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,724	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	678	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,003	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	268.45/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,820	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	689	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,995	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	702	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,015	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	275.75/cwt	263.00–279.00	2,043	81
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	255.71/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,897	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,814	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	255.65/cwt	251.50–264.00	2,245	40
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,408	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	333	379.09/cwt	373.00–385.00	1,262	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	340.57/cwt	332.50–343.00	1,151	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	352	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,214	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	317.50/cwt	317.00–319.00	1,162	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	985	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	420	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,424	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,328	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,310	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	453	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,477	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	275.76/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,302	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	301.08/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,442	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,237	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	299.08/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,552	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	545	311.43/cwt	310.00–313.50	1,697	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	574	292.36/cwt	291.00–294.50	1,678	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	235.07/cwt	223.00–245.00	1,380	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	267.81/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,580	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,698	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	222.72/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,350	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	268.09/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,670	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	221.52/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,458	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,591	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	264.80/cwt	260.50–269.00	1,782	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,564	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	218.37/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,686	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,659	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,601	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	207.15/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,808	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,687	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	214.64/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,962	32
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,847	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	208.30/cwt	202.00–216.00	2,000	25
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	206.38/cwt	205.00–216.00	2,068	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,059	214.43/cwt	206.00–216.00	2,271	19
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,224	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,350	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,586	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,684	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,707	130.71/cwt	121.00–139.50	2,231	6
Bulls	—	—	1,764	146.14/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,578	15
Bulls	—	—	1,950	156.41/cwt	150.00–160.00	3,050	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	104.52/cwt	96.00–109.00	1,230	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	117.05/cwt	111.00–119.50	1,439	111
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,233	131.57/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,622	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,271	123.03/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,564	215
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,125	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,181	1,912.12/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,912	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,256	2,049.63/head	1,950.00–2,075.00	2,050	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,335	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,346	1,900.93/head	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,901	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,403	1,892.67/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,893	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,655	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	151.15/cwt	141.00–171.00	1,519	32
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2

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 Dec 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,685Last week 1,999Year ago 2,174

Slaughter CattleReceipts 441Last week 330Year ago 348

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 119Year ago 32

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

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	275.00–279.00	275.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	373.00–385.00	379.09
4	400–450	420	339.00	339.00
21	450–500	453	326.00	326.00
17	500–550	545	310.00–313.50	311.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	248.00	248.00
4	450–500	493	251.00	251.00
13	500–550	543	275.00	275.00
10	550–600	587	223.00–245.00	235.07
7	600–650	606	217.00–225.00	222.72
28	650–700	658	200.00–231.00	221.52
6	750–800	775	214.00	214.00
3	800–850	838	191.00	191.00
6	850–900	888	190.00	190.00
4	950–1000	957	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	345.00	345.00
8	400–450	425	312.50	312.50
88	550–600	574	291.00–294.50	292.36
18	600–650	600	283.00	283.00
63	650–700	673	260.50–269.00	264.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	332.50–343.00	340.57
4	350–400	366	317.00–319.00	317.50
9	400–450	447	293.00	293.00
33	450–500	479	297.00–304.00	301.08
72	500–550	519	290.00–305.00	299.08
48	550–600	590	264.00–277.00	267.81
25	600–650	623	266.00–270.00	268.09
16	650–700	660	241.00	241.00
3	700–750	741	211.00	211.00
9	750–800	772	217.00–220.00	218.37
5	850–900	873	202.00–210.00	207.15
32	900–950	914	205.00–216.00	214.64
25	950–1000	960	202.00–216.00	208.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,002	205.00–216.00	206.38
19	1050–1100	1,059	206.00–216.00	214.43
7	1200–1250	1,224	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	594	267.00	267.00
4	600–650	640	235.00	235.00
8	750–800	752	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	479	291.00	291.00
2	500–550	505	281.00	281.00
11	550–600	565	306.00	306.00
4	600–650	632	262.00	262.00
3	650–700	658	262.00	262.00
28	700–750	742	250.00–260.00	255.71
2	750–800	792	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	361.00	361.00
20	450–500	457	377.00–382.00	379.28
12	500–550	548	336.00	336.00
74	550–600	558	337.00–341.00	338.48
8	650–700	689	289.50	289.50
5	700–750	702	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	400.00	400.00
16	400–450	426	389.00–400.00	393.96
38	450–500	472	363.00–370.00	367.12
16	500–550	523	297.00–306.00	300.32
81	550–600	562	312.50–330.00	320.50
166	600–650	638	287.00–302.00	298.15
43	650–700	678	265.00–275.00	268.45
81	700–750	741	263.00–279.00	275.75
63	800–850	820	265.00	265.00
40	850–900	878	251.50–264.00	255.65
30	950–1000	989	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	500.00	500.00
3	350–400	355	422.50	422.50
5	450–500	458	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	505	348.00	348.00
20	650–700	678	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	332.50	332.50
27	450–500	484	321.00–342.50	329.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,177	96.00–109.00	104.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	131.00–132.00	131.57
215	—	1,271	120.00–129.00	123.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,229	111.00–119.50	117.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,950	150.00–160.00	156.41
15	—	1,764	140.00–149.00	146.14
6	—	1,707	121.00–139.50	130.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,655	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,256	1,950.00–2,075.00	2,049.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,181	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,912.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,403	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,892.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,346	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,900.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,005	141.00–171.00	151.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	2,225.00	2,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,200	2,950.00	2,950.00

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