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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 9

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,208 head

▼ 228 vs last sale 2,436▼ 455 vs year ago 2,663 · −17.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 80 vs last sale 164▲ 5 vs year ago 79 · +6.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 7▲ 16 vs year ago 6 · +266.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers 450 lb to 875 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher, however thin fleshed and reputation cattle sold up to 20.00 higher. Demand was good Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $465.27/cwt on 426 head. That ranks 14 of 26 comparable sales and sits +2.11 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$465.27

426 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$40.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.52

vs KS average

+19.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	465.74	2,550	421
Medium and Large 1-2	541	425.50	2,300	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.24/cwt here — about $250 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 sale426 hd

465.27

—

KS average3 barns · 600 hd

452.75

+12.52

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+19.42

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

+2.11

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	—	High	1,650	182.49	3,011	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,344	174.90	2,351	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	166.86	2,173	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,212	151.73	1,839	19

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,480	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,276	$2,307	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,265	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,234	$2,175	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$4,000	1thin

Every lot

89 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	287	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,579	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	310	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,721	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	321	611.46/cwt	600.00–632.50	1,963	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	581.33/cwt	577.50–585.00	1,965	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	563.01/cwt	552.50–572.50	2,089	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	657.69/cwt	622.50–662.50	2,486	40
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	390	589.00/cwt	589.00–589.00	2,297	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	546.38/cwt	535.00–552.40	2,246	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,208	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,060	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	444	575.49/cwt	572.50–582.50	2,555	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,565	59
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	466	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,481	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,009	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,111	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	477.43/cwt	467.50–487.50	2,339	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	496.41/cwt	481.00–505.00	2,561	102
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	437.28/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,304	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,332	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	469.28/cwt	452.50–485.00	2,534	160
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,249	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,213	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	434.61/cwt	421.00–442.50	2,551	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	590	455.38/cwt	455.00–457.50	2,687	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	616	437.05/cwt	434.00–440.00	2,692	71
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	414.05/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,600	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,512	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,656	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	379.34/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,591	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	386.33/cwt	383.50–388.50	2,801	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,654	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	781	398.50/cwt	398.50–398.50	3,112	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	352.41/cwt	347.00–359.00	2,770	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,876	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	372.27/cwt	369.50–376.00	3,075	158
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	357.06/cwt	351.00–358.00	2,992	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	847	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,269	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	344.12/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,956	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	364.59/cwt	354.00–367.50	3,183	99
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,569	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	347	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,761	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	369	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,232	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	487.70/cwt	482.50–510.00	1,873	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	390	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,126	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	535.94/cwt	532.00–550.00	2,294	61
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	488.00/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,094	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	439.29/cwt	421.00–475.00	1,911	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	448.67/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,113	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	386.37/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,828	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	483	485.29/cwt	482.00–510.00	2,344	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,374	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	415.16/cwt	406.00–430.00	2,171	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	354.17/cwt	322.50–385.00	1,898	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	348.05/cwt	333.00–362.00	1,998	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	382.30/cwt	371.00–398.00	2,225	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	583	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,507	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	583	401.03/cwt	400.00–404.00	2,338	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	335.59/cwt	302.00–342.50	2,108	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	360.80/cwt	351.00–375.00	2,273	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	342.31/cwt	338.00–349.00	2,331	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,046	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	327.89/cwt	326.00–330.00	2,374	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	338.54/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,586	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,769	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	316.00/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,958	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,302	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,378	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,975	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	418.73/cwt	415.00–422.50	1,834	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	417.39/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,054	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,197	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	375.45/cwt	332.59–422.50	2,185	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,491	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	308.43/cwt	297.50–315.00	2,079	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,256	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,414	172.43/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,438	4
Bulls	—	—	1,653	196.29/cwt	193.00–199.00	3,245	3
Bulls	—	—	1,784	182.32/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,253	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,212	151.73/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,839	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	166.86/cwt	162.00–169.00	2,173	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	174.54/cwt	170.00–177.50	2,342	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,498	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,234	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,265	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,276	2,306.61/head	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,307	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,480	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	848	178.01/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,510	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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,208Last week 2,436Year ago 2,663

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 164Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 7Year ago 6

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	298	462.50	462.50
4	350–400	378	522.50	522.50
2	400–450	438	415.00–422.50	418.73
13	450–500	492	405.00–445.00	417.39
5	500–550	508	432.50	432.50
9	550–600	582	332.59–422.50	375.45
6	600–650	619	402.50	402.50
11	650–700	674	297.50–315.00	308.43
2	700–750	722	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	472.50	472.50
21	350–400	384	482.50–510.00	487.70
16	400–450	429	465.00–495.00	488.00
34	450–500	471	432.50–465.00	448.67
18	500–550	523	406.00–430.00	415.16
21	550–600	582	371.00–398.00	382.30
63	600–650	630	351.00–375.00	360.80
18	650–700	681	338.00–349.00	342.31
13	700–750	724	326.00–330.00	327.89
31	750–800	764	330.00–345.00	338.54
7	850–900	882	314.00	314.00
11	900–950	936	311.00–318.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	507.50	507.50
6	350–400	390	545.00	545.00
61	400–450	428	532.00–550.00	535.94
57	450–500	483	482.00–510.00	485.29
25	500–550	505	470.00	470.00
12	550–600	583	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,032	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	421.00–475.00	439.29
26	450–500	473	380.00–415.00	386.37
36	500–550	536	322.50–385.00	354.17
36	550–600	574	333.00–362.00	348.05
11	600–650	628	302.00–342.50	335.59
4	650–700	682	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	369	605.00	605.00
53	550–600	583	400.00–404.00	401.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	600.00–632.50	611.46
4	350–400	390	589.00	589.00
43	400–450	444	572.50–582.50	575.49
59	450–500	454	565.00	565.00
102	500–550	516	481.00–505.00	496.41
63	550–600	590	455.00–457.50	455.38
71	600–650	616	434.00–440.00	437.05
13	650–700	659	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	338	577.50–585.00	581.33
6	350–400	371	552.50–572.50	563.01
15	400–450	411	535.00–552.40	546.38
6	450–500	490	467.50–487.50	477.43
160	500–550	540	452.50–485.00	469.28
60	550–600	587	421.00–442.50	434.61
55	600–650	628	405.00–427.50	414.05
47	650–700	683	375.00–394.00	379.34
51	700–750	725	383.50–388.50	386.33
5	750–800	788	365.00	365.00
158	800–850	826	369.50–376.00	372.27
99	850–900	873	354.00–367.50	364.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	442	466.00	466.00
3	450–500	488	432.50	432.50
3	500–550	533	437.50	437.50
2	550–600	552	407.50	407.50
14	600–650	649	387.00	387.00
8	700–750	725	366.00	366.00
11	750–800	786	347.00–359.00	352.41
13	800–850	838	351.00–358.00	357.06
24	850–900	859	336.00–346.00	344.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	466	532.50	532.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	555.00	555.00
2	400–450	435	507.50	507.50
4	450–500	470	427.50	427.50
33	500–550	527	420.00–442.50	437.28
3	550–600	571	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	378	622.50–662.50	657.69
138	750–800	781	398.50	398.50
56	800–850	847	386.00	386.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	193.00–199.00	196.29
7	—	1,784	180.00–185.00	182.32
4	—	1,414	170.00–177.00	172.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,212	146.00–158.00	151.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	181.00	181.00
17	—	1,342	170.00–177.50	174.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,302	162.00–169.00	166.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	4,000.00	4,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,276	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,306.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,234	2,175.00	2,175.00

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	—	848	176.00–184.00	178.01

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.