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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Feb 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

865 head

▼ 1,794 vs last sale 2,659▼ 1,690 vs year ago 2,555 · −66.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 89▼ 216 vs year ago 234 · −92.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 875 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, however fancy steers sold up to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 850 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, however approximately 400 head of reputation heifers sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers 400 lb to 700 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher on very light receipts

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.53/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −109.25 against this barn's trailing median of $396.78.

Average price

$287.53

34 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.57

vs KS average

−9.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	287.53	1,668	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

287.53

—

KS average2 barns · 83 hd

294.10

−6.57

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−9.47

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.78

−109.25

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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.80, low $364.26, median $396.78 across 28 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	—	Average	1,525	169.00	2,577	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,362	149.65	2,039	15

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,375	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,305	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,631	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,640	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	537	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,880	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,891	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	687	309.33/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,125	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,942	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	784	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,309	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	261.15/cwt	258.00–262.00	2,071	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	276.06/cwt	274.00–279.00	2,195	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	841	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,414	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	272.37/cwt	265.00–275.50	2,381	93
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,234	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,326	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,532	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,676	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,751	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	271.16/cwt	261.50–276.00	1,844	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	740	272.25/cwt	267.00–274.00	2,015	161
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,857	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	235.34/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,777	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	770	269.42/cwt	268.00–271.00	2,075	144
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,989	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	805	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,093	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,829	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,941	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,052	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,577	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	151.47/cwt	150.00–153.50	2,060	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,372	142.39/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,954	3

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 865Last week 2,659Year ago 2,555

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 89Year ago 234

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	700–750	740	267.00–274.00	272.25
144	750–800	770	268.00–271.00	269.42
15	800–850	805	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	357.50	357.50
2	500–550	532	288.00	288.00
32	550–600	583	287.50	287.50
6	600–650	639	274.00	274.00
67	650–700	680	261.50–276.00	271.16
4	700–750	740	251.00	251.00
9	750–800	791	251.50	251.50
12	800–850	813	225.00	225.00
8	850–900	855	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	755	232.00–237.00	235.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,080	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
46	650–700	687	302.00–310.00	309.33
51	750–800	784	294.50	294.50
66	800–850	841	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	432.50	432.50
6	450–500	454	287.50	287.50
2	500–550	522	312.50	312.50
6	600–650	624	303.00	303.00
10	650–700	696	279.00	279.00
51	750–800	795	274.00–279.00	276.06
93	850–900	874	265.00–275.50	272.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	529	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	793	258.00–262.00	261.15
14	850–900	890	251.00	251.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,360	150.00–153.50	151.47
3	—	1,372	142.00–143.00	142.39

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.