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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Aug 7

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jul 31Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,681 head

▲ 518 vs last sale 1,163▼ 452 vs year ago 2,133 · −21.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

183 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 224▲ 11 vs year ago 172 · +6.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 17 vs year ago 1 · +1,700.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 925 lb sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, however up to 20.00 higher in places on very light receipts. Not enough steers under 700 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher. Not enough heifers under 600 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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 $342.93/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −53.85 against this barn's trailing median of $396.78.

Average price

$342.93

27 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$43.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.44

vs KS average

−7.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	352.59	1,896	21
Medium and Large 1-2	510	309.14	1,577	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.45/cwt here — about $319 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 sale27 hd

342.93

—

KS average2 barns · 176 hd

377.38

−34.44

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−7.64

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.78

−53.85

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	—	Low	1,627	193.97	3,156	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,245	168.99	2,105	113
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	155.23	2,016	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	145.97	1,657	17

Every lot

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,618	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	544.00/cwt	544.00–544.00	2,176	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,846	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,148	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,909	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,260	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,237	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	346.56/cwt	340.00–351.00	2,318	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,190	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	710	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,691	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	357.51/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,603	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,561	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,791	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	813	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,821	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	337.45/cwt	323.00–343.00	2,821	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,869	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,830	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	326.89/cwt	309.00–328.50	3,037	190
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,933	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	369	438.09/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,617	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	379.42/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,415	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,932	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,680	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	309.14/cwt	294.00–339.00	1,577	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	356.77/cwt	353.00–362.50	1,902	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,854	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,118	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,048	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	382.81/cwt	380.50–384.50	2,607	212
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	701	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,587	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,334	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	351.79/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,593	392
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	352.90/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,717	174
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	330.00/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,703	216
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	325.97/cwt	310.00–329.50	2,807	98
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,631	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,687	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,908	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,277	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	184.36/cwt	170.00–189.00	2,839	9
Bulls	—	—	1,618	194.38/cwt	191.00–198.00	3,145	13
Bulls	—	—	1,778	207.48/cwt	203.00–216.00	3,689	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	145.97/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,657	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,212	167.42/cwt	161.50–169.00	2,029	78
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	155.23/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,016	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.50	2,277	35
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,037	204.74/cwt	185.00–228.00	2,123	17

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 Aug 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,681Last week 1,163Year ago 2,133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 183Last week 224Year ago 172

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 11Year ago 1

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	485.00	485.00
7	350–400	373	370.00–385.00	379.42
3	400–450	445	377.50	377.50
18	500–550	533	353.00–362.50	356.77
3	550–600	566	327.50	327.50
4	600–650	617	332.00	332.00
392	700–750	737	348.00–358.00	351.79
174	750–800	770	348.00–354.00	352.90
216	800–850	819	325.00–336.00	330.00
98	850–900	861	310.00–329.50	325.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	420.00–445.00	438.09
13	400–450	411	470.00	470.00
14	600–650	607	349.00	349.00
212	650–700	681	380.50–384.50	382.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,012	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	294.00–339.00	309.14
2	600–650	630	254.00	254.00
2	700–750	705	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	701	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	502.50	502.50
5	400–450	437	422.50	422.50
10	450–500	472	455.00	455.00
5	550–600	590	383.00	383.00
3	600–650	613	365.00	365.00
5	650–700	669	340.00–351.00	346.56
12	700–750	728	357.00–358.00	357.51
12	750–800	785	355.50	355.50
49	800–850	836	323.00–343.00	337.45
4	850–900	872	329.00	329.00
190	900–950	929	309.00–328.50	326.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	400	544.00	544.00
6	700–750	710	379.00	379.00
22	800–850	813	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,001	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	575	332.00	332.00
2	650–700	680	322.00	322.00
5	750–800	760	337.00	337.00
2	850–900	890	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	357.50	357.50
6	600–650	636	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	716	318.00	318.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,320	170.00–175.50	172.50
78	—	1,212	161.50–169.00	167.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,299	153.00–159.00	155.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,135	137.00–148.00	145.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,540	170.00–189.00	184.36
6	—	1,778	203.00–216.00	207.48
13	—	1,618	191.00–198.00	194.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,037	185.00–228.00	204.74

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.