Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-04-10

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 10
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,022 head
▼ 835 vs last sale 2,857▼ 102 vs year ago 2,124 · −4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 225▼ 102 vs year ago 294 · −34.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 14▲ 52 vs year ago 11 · +472.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Steers 900 lb to 1,000 lb sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers under 500 lb for a market test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.28/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −87.88 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$375.28
69 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs KS average
+20.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539378.062,03862
Medium and Large 1-2542350.711,9017thin
One grade step is worth $27.34/cwt here — about $137 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 sale69 hd
375.28
—
KS average3 barns · 431 hd
376.38
−1.10
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
+20.98
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
−87.88
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—Average1,816174.293,16434
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,362150.232,046120
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177135.061,59016
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,136119.681,3606thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,395$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,087$1,9502thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,003$2,6896
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,128$1,8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,267$3,0673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,293$3,04824
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,175$2,7504thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1752thin

Every lot

91 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326476.01/cwt470.00–480.001,5525
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,4355
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,6602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5078
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405419.80/cwt417.50–421.001,7006
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459413.67/cwt412.50–415.001,89921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned487390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy516398.77/cwt397.50–400.002,05828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,94911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561358.83/cwt358.00–359.002,01318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1705
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608353.68/cwt351.00–356.002,15024
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0909
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy619370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,29024
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632335.06/cwt332.50–337.002,1187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy661352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3308
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681320.24/cwt313.00–330.002,18165
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688299.03/cwt296.00–302.002,0574
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2496
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730288.25/cwt286.00–293.002,1046
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1796276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,19711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy829303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,516133
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1844287.53/cwt283.00–296.502,427113
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874280.84/cwt270.00–286.002,45546
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,3365
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy891292.94/cwt291.00–294.502,610192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy922292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,69774
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927276.40/cwt269.50–284.252,562165
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975274.92/cwt267.50–280.502,680257
Steers1050–1100Large 11,081235.65/cwt235.50–236.002,54720
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy373396.44/cwt390.00–397.501,47914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,4455
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410408.54/cwt405.00–413.001,6757
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419356.27/cwt350.00–360.001,4938
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy438384.67/cwt383.00–392.501,68511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,66510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,76714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,62012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519285.53/cwt280.00–293.001,48217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532326.57/cwt315.00–330.001,73718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy534341.39/cwt335.00–344.001,82321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559324.89/cwt318.00–336.001,81649
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572262.97/cwt260.00–270.001,50410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7406
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608294.51/cwt294.00–295.001,79116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661281.62/cwt272.50–287.001,86221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707257.01/cwt251.00–260.001,81717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721277.28/cwt271.25–285.001,99931
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756267.84/cwt261.00–275.002,02526
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,0259
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845257.20/cwt257.00–257.502,173155
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy858262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,24810
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860243.63/cwt240.00–245.002,09522
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,9693
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,16724
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0745
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1996232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,31132
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4103
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8323
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565344.10/cwt318.00–355.001,94418
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658271.84/cwt270.00–280.001,78911
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,0739
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1793257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0384
Bulls1050–1100Large 11,080201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,785185.02/cwt182.00–188.003,3033
Bulls——1,790170.78/cwt161.00–179.003,05728
Bulls——2,085196.32/cwt195.00–197.004,0933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,136119.68/cwt112.00–129.001,3606
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177135.06/cwt131.00–139.001,59016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,278145.84/cwt140.00–149.501,86462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452154.92/cwt150.00–168.002,24958
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0871,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3952,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,079168.38/cwt163.00–175.001,81714
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2673,066.67/head2,900.00–3,200.003,0673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3182,981.58/head2,950.00–3,100.002,98219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0032,688.82/head2,150.00–2,850.002,6896
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1281,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503

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.