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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 9

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Dec 19Jan 9Jan 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

746 head

▼ 939 vs last sale 1,685▲ 356 vs year ago 390 · +91.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▼ 311 vs last sale 441▼ 57 vs year ago 187 · −30.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 89▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 3 weeks ago, feeder steers 600 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher on very light receipts. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $323.50/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −139.66 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$323.50

16 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.93

vs KS average

−18.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	337.00	1,921	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	310.00	1,724	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd

323.50

—

KS average3 barns · 313 hd

354.43

−30.93

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−18.58

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−139.66

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	1,884	145.09	2,733	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,239	126.92	1,573	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,439	116.07	1,670	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,265	$2,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,775	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$1,675	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$1,425	1thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,743	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,724	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,921	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	296.03/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,883	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,048	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,826	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,825	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	276.18/cwt	273.00–282.00	2,030	119
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	738	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,162	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	279.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,137	62
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	276.78/cwt	275.00–277.00	2,308	36
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	858	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,317	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,163	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	258.41/cwt	256.00–268.00	2,328	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	248.91/cwt	245.50–254.25	2,444	102
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,420	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,452	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,491	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,530	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	314.52/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,623	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,680	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	245.87/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,515	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	235.80/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,641	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	237.02/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,726	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,596	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	806	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,999	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	239.73/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,990	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,829	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,050	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	242.50/cwt	242.00–245.00	2,236	64
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,848	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,107	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,074	193.38/cwt	191.00–195.00	2,077	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,823	155.53/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,835	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	131.77/cwt	130.00–133.50	2,415	2
Bulls	—	—	1,939	146.53/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,841	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,217	126.14/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,535	81
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,439	116.07/cwt	115.00–119.50	1,670	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	134.86/cwt	130.50–137.50	1,973	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	940	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,190	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,265	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	928	173.35/cwt	139.00–188.00	1,609	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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Thu Jan 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 746Last week 1,685Year ago 390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 441Year ago 187

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 89Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	336.00	336.00
7	450–500	485	307.50	307.50
12	500–550	516	311.00–318.00	314.52
7	600–650	613	274.00	274.00
5	650–700	696	231.00–239.00	235.80
18	700–750	728	235.00–239.00	237.02
24	800–850	830	235.00–242.00	239.73
7	850–900	895	229.00	229.00
64	900–950	922	242.00–245.00	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	203.00	203.00
5	1050–1100	1,074	191.00–195.00	193.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	297.00	297.00
6	600–650	616	241.00–251.00	245.87
4	750–800	798	200.00	200.00
10	800–850	839	218.00	218.00
7	950–1000	978	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	800–850	806	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,017	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	738	293.00	293.00
16	850–900	858	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	461	378.00	378.00
8	550–600	570	337.00	337.00
72	600–650	636	296.00–298.00	296.03
9	650–700	665	308.00	308.00
119	700–750	735	273.00–282.00	276.18
62	750–800	766	270.00–280.00	279.00
36	800–850	834	275.00–277.00	276.78
17	850–900	865	250.00	250.00
10	900–950	901	256.00–268.00	258.41
102	950–1000	982	245.50–254.25	248.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	556	310.00	310.00
9	650–700	697	262.00	262.00
4	700–750	713	256.00	256.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,190	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	24	—	928	139.00–188.00	173.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	155.00–156.00	155.53
2	—	1,833	130.00–133.50	131.77
4	—	1,939	144.00–148.00	146.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,463	130.50–137.50	134.86
81	—	1,217	120.00–129.00	126.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,439	115.00–119.50	116.07

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.