Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2025-06-26

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,680 head
▼ 559 vs last sale 2,239▲ 1,680 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 292▲ 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday July 3rd in observance of July 4th *

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks age, feeder stgers 775 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower, however reputation and fancy steers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 850 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower on very light receipts. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, however bulls were not as attractive as 2 weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $362.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −36.88 against this barn's trailing median of $399.38.
Average price
$362.50
5 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.18
vs KS average
+13.06 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646362.502,3425thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
362.50
—
KS average2 barns · 55 hd
353.32
+9.18
National average127 barns · 7,180 hd
349.44
+13.06
This barn, trailing median27 sales
399.38
−36.88
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 600–700 lb

27 sales
479432386339median 399.3803/0504/1607/0909/1710/29
Steers 600–700 lb: high $464.92, low $353.18, median $399.38 across 27 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—Average1,593187.932,99418
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,370164.252,250172
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275154.271,96720
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,181144.381,7055thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,3506
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$3,1003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,0001thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,3425
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,9954
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,2736
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,46641
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,49321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy830321.32/cwt321.00–322.002,66743
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,2124
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy857315.52/cwt314.00–317.502,704373
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2862247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,1294
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888303.71/cwt299.00–308.002,697116
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910274.88/cwt264.00–282.002,5015
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy927314.72/cwt314.50–315.002,917257
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1934305.04/cwt300.00–309.502,849172
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,3478
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1988291.45/cwt289.00–296.502,880177
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,025237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,4292
Steers1000–1050Large 11,047271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,83733
Steers1050–1100Large 11,065274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,91822
Steers1100–1150Large 1-21,105222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,4532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,6923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5954
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7084
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8392
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714259.00/cwt258.00–260.001,8494
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717296.76/cwt291.00–301.002,12812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770291.53/cwt287.00–294.002,24581
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1633
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824286.99/cwt285.00–289.002,36563
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1861265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,28235
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869255.24/cwt245.00–260.002,21813
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,18516
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1981241.74/cwt235.00–245.002,3713
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,013226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,29425
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526356.51/cwt331.00–374.001,8755
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9552
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0492
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,0563
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,2133
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,486180.71/cwt170.00–189.002,6857
Bulls——1,661192.52/cwt190.00–195.003,19811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,181144.38/cwt143.00–145.001,7055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275154.27/cwt150.00–159.001,96720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,285174.46/cwt171.00–178.002,2428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,374163.75/cwt160.00–169.002,250164
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,070184.19/cwt170.00–197.001,9712

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.