Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-04-24

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 24
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,354 head
▲ 588 vs last sale 2,766▼ 712 vs year ago 4,066 · −17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
413 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 259▲ 134 vs year ago 279 · +48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 62▲ 30 vs year ago 37 · +81.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 975 lb sold unevenly steady with a lower undertone, however thin fleshed and fancy steers sold up to 10.00 higher. Steers 1000 lb to 1150 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough steers and heifers under 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good on heifers and cattle thin enough to go to grass. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $382.09/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −81.07 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$382.09
99 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$321
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.94
vs KS average
+8.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559390.222,18180
Medium and Large 1-2535347.861,86019thin
One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about $321 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 sale99 hd
382.09
—
KS average3 barns · 403 hd
379.15
+2.94
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
+8.07
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
−81.07
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—Low1,722177.693,06024
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,377153.972,121159
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,265145.961,846167
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,222134.041,63837

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,340$2,80010
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,572$2,7005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,321$2,5256
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,145$2,3502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,445$2,2508
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,075$2,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,167$3,3003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,033$2,8173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,7002thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy330517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,7083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426408.58/cwt402.50–417.001,74110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,96721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491381.25/cwt380.00–382.501,8724
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508400.44/cwt390.00–404.002,0348
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523349.41/cwt349.00–351.001,82715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561351.51/cwt350.00–352.501,9728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,22862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578342.03/cwt334.00–350.001,9774
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy592356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,1082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618334.59/cwt323.50–340.002,06822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620362.07/cwt357.00–366.002,24528
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627306.21/cwt301.00–309.001,92011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy640355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,27215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678294.54/cwt284.00–298.001,9974
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed689329.78/cwt323.00–330.502,27220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy691314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,1704
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed712321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,2865
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy720319.39/cwt316.00–324.002,3007
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727297.90/cwt295.00–301.002,16645
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy764301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,3005
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775263.88/cwt261.00–265.002,0457
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793284.57/cwt281.00–286.502,25731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed805311.75/cwt311.75–311.752,51047
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824287.65/cwt281.00–293.002,370126
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,1703
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy850298.25/cwt298.25–298.252,535119
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866274.57/cwt270.00–279.002,378184
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,3256
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed883290.50/cwt290.50–290.502,56540
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915269.25/cwt257.00–274.002,464332
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,41990
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968263.52/cwt256.00–271.002,551563
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy973271.39/cwt266.00–280.002,641135
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2988239.19/cwt235.00–242.002,3635
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,015231.07/cwt225.00–237.002,3458
Steers1000–1050Large 11,021257.87/cwt250.50–265.252,633334
Steers1050–1100Large 11,059251.05/cwt247.00–253.002,65996
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,084235.90/cwt232.00–237.002,5579
Steers1100–1150Large 11,130242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,73514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,4903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed423380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6075
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5274
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy439405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,77817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy477372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7776
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479358.39/cwt354.00–365.001,7178
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480306.38/cwt283.00–327.501,47110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536314.38/cwt312.50–317.001,6857
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,96861
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,01127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,84023
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620276.45/cwt273.00–286.001,7146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy638312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,99417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7942
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677288.67/cwt287.50–291.001,95440
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719263.24/cwt262.00–264.501,8934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769273.98/cwt268.00–279.502,107247
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788246.76/cwt246.00–249.001,9444
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1842262.79/cwt262.25–269.002,21372
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867258.16/cwt255.00–258.502,23881
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1904234.82/cwt230.00–237.502,12320
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8912
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976219.50/cwt219.00–220.002,1426
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,0912
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,068210.60/cwt202.00–219.002,2492
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,162209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,4297
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488366.60/cwt342.50–382.501,7895
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8244
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1747258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9272
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8914
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,1795
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1911242.93/cwt237.00–245.002,2138
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1972237.22/cwt230.00–246.002,30611
Bulls1000–1050Large 11,017205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0852
Bulls1050–1100Large 11,060234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,4809
Bulls1100–1150Large 11,130216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,4412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545168.37/cwt152.00–176.002,60113
Bulls——1,909184.44/cwt180.00–188.003,5216
Bulls——1,957193.83/cwt190.00–197.003,7935
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,222134.04/cwt118.00–138.001,63837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265145.96/cwt140.00–149.001,846167
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375153.69/cwt150.00–159.002,113156
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,496168.50/cwt168.50–168.502,5213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1452,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3212,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3402,799.50/head2,775.00–2,875.002,80010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2508
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5722,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7005
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,875.00/head2,500.00–3,250.002,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,157180.95/cwt162.00–210.002,09425
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0752,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002

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.