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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 2

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,436 head

▲ 227 vs last sale 2,209▲ 573 vs year ago 1,863 · +30.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

164 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 78▲ 8 vs year ago 156 · +5.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 1 vs year ago 6 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next week October 9th

* Final report *

Compared to last week, feeder steer 400 lb to 1,000 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, however thin fleshed and reputation calves sold up to 20.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 10.00 to 40.00 higher, with most advance on reputation heifers. 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.87/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 9 of 26 comparable sales and sits −28.29 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$434.87

102 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$78.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

vs KS average

+12.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	445.70	2,474	88
Medium and Large 1-2	538	366.82	1,974	14thin

One grade step is worth $78.88/cwt here — about $500 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale102 hd

434.87

—

KS average3 barns · 551 hd

424.73

+10.14

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+12.22

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−28.29

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,392	181.34	2,524	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,297	170.92	2,216	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	158.76	1,980	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	147.80	1,731	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$2,800	1thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,911	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	362	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,253	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	389	487.06/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,895	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,490	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	527.88/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,191	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	567.05/cwt	565.00–572.50	2,376	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,032	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,384	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	448.95/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,141	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,477	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	475.78/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,422	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	381.43/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,972	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,218	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	567	448.88/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,545	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	340.51/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,961	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,507	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	324.05/cwt	318.00–327.00	2,048	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,414	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	671	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,711	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	389.78/cwt	378.00–393.00	2,643	176
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	342.56/cwt	319.00–361.00	2,336	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	709	405.83/cwt	403.50–406.50	2,877	177
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	366.30/cwt	359.00–376.00	2,626	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	326.07/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,338	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,718	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	773	384.82/cwt	384.50–385.50	2,975	79
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	361.90/cwt	356.50–364.75	2,823	115
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	788	378.22/cwt	375.50–381.50	2,980	255
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	342.96/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,816	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	372.73/cwt	369.00–377.00	3,101	251
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	344.64/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,991	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	363.85/cwt	362.00–367.00	3,195	201
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,860	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	335.34/cwt	331.00–337.00	3,038	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	323.45/cwt	310.00–328.00	3,170	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,507	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,785	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	348	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	2,081	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	372	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,953	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,846	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,652	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,947	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	413.60/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,725	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	427	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,178	78
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	470.38/cwt	465.00–473.00	2,121	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	375.81/cwt	336.00–447.50	1,793	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	472.63/cwt	467.50–475.00	2,373	114
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,112	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,167	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	339.14/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,814	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	376.07/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,129	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,398	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	364.66/cwt	357.50–372.00	2,290	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	329.14/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,189	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,441	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,513	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	751	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,621	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	339.82/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,705	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,579	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	337.14/cwt	337.00–337.50	2,754	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	852	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,854	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,792	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	313.31/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,895	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,942	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,962	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,815	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,062	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	416.06/cwt	403.00–453.00	1,964	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,054	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	365.88/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,027	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	343.01/cwt	317.50–353.00	2,456	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,359	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	314.96/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,756	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,368	177.80/cwt	155.00–185.00	2,432	14
Bulls	—	—	1,410	193.76/cwt	193.00–195.00	2,732	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,481	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	147.80/cwt	137.00–153.00	1,731	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	158.76/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,980	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,276	180.45/cwt	178.50–184.00	2,303	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,298	170.24/cwt	166.00–176.00	2,210	84
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	952	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,761	5

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,436Last week 2,209Year ago 1,863

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 78Year ago 156

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 6

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next week October 9th

* Final report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	399	455.00	455.00
11	400–450	441	467.50	467.50
15	450–500	472	403.00–453.00	416.06
7	500–550	535	384.00	384.00
6	550–600	554	362.50–372.50	365.88
7	700–750	716	317.50–353.00	343.01
4	750–800	761	310.00	310.00
9	850–900	875	310.00–317.50	314.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	525.00	525.00
6	350–400	373	495.00	495.00
25	400–450	416	468.00	468.00
52	450–500	451	465.00–473.00	470.38
24	500–550	513	422.50	422.50
23	550–600	575	417.00	417.00
16	600–650	628	357.50–372.00	364.66
8	650–700	678	360.00	360.00
11	700–750	739	340.00	340.00
22	750–800	796	339.00–340.00	339.82
21	800–850	817	337.00–337.50	337.14
6	850–900	895	312.00	312.00
6	900–950	924	312.00–320.00	313.31
2	950–1000	952	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	348	598.00	598.00
16	350–400	372	525.00	525.00
78	400–450	427	510.00	510.00
114	500–550	502	467.50–475.00	472.63
27	750–800	751	349.00	349.00
4	850–900	852	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,011	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	452.50	452.50
9	350–400	382	432.50	432.50
9	400–450	417	400.00–430.00	413.60
34	450–500	477	336.00–447.50	375.81
12	500–550	535	332.50–352.50	339.14
15	550–600	566	372.50–380.00	376.07
8	650–700	665	323.00–339.00	329.14
6	800–850	806	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	509	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	671	404.00	404.00
177	700–750	709	403.50–406.50	405.83
79	750–800	773	384.50–385.50	384.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	612.50	612.50
36	400–450	419	565.00–572.50	567.05
7	450–500	463	515.00	515.00
22	500–550	509	465.00–480.00	475.78
35	550–600	583	430.00	430.00
176	650–700	678	378.00–393.00	389.78
14	700–750	717	359.00–376.00	366.30
115	750–800	780	356.50–364.75	361.90
251	800–850	832	369.00–377.00	372.73
201	850–900	878	362.00–367.00	363.85
11	900–950	906	331.00–337.00	335.34
12	950–1000	980	310.00–328.00	323.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	477.50–500.00	487.06
13	400–450	415	520.00–545.00	527.88
8	500–550	525	422.50	422.50
11	600–650	648	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	362	622.50	622.50
18	450–500	481	515.00	515.00
23	550–600	567	445.00–450.00	448.88
255	750–800	788	375.50–381.50	378.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	430	472.50	472.50
11	450–500	477	432.50–465.00	448.95
9	500–550	517	380.00–382.50	381.43
5	550–600	576	337.50–342.50	340.51
9	600–650	632	318.00–327.00	324.05
19	650–700	682	319.00–361.00	342.56
10	700–750	717	310.00–333.00	326.07
12	750–800	770	353.00	353.00
22	800–850	821	340.00–353.00	342.96
17	850–900	868	343.00–345.00	344.64
10	900–950	905	316.00	316.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,247	156.00–164.00	158.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,171	137.00–153.00	147.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,276	178.50–184.00	180.45
84	—	1,298	166.00–176.00	170.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	193.00–195.00	193.76
14	—	1,368	155.00–185.00	177.80
1	—	1,690	206.00	206.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,850.00	2,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	952	185.00	185.00

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.