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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Oct 16
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,343 head
▲ 1,135 vs last sale 2,208▲ 2,017 vs year ago 1,326 · +152.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 84▲ 19 vs year ago 171 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 22▲ 5 vs year ago 11 · +45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next Thursday October23rd *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher, however load lots of fancy reputation steer calves sold up to 30.00 higher. No recent comparisons on steers over 900 lb. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher, however bigger bunches of fancy reputation heifers sold up to 25.00 higher Heifers 400 lb to 600 lb sold unevenly steady, however reputation thin fleshed calves sold up to 50.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $496.91/cwt on 496 head. That ranks 26 of 26 comparable sales and sits +33.75 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$496.91
496 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$513
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$102.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.56
vs KS average
+27.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532509.752,712434
Medium and Large 1-2540407.062,19962
One grade step is worth $102.69/cwt here — about $513 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 sale496 hd
496.91
—
KS average3 barns · 1,032 hd
467.36
+29.56
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
+27.87
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
+33.75
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—High1,762187.243,29915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,357176.812,40069
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204165.581,99465
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,129153.051,72821

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)1,480$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)972$3,6005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$3,2501thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed310691.00/cwt691.00–691.002,1426
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318576.98/cwt572.50–590.001,8354
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy341681.21/cwt670.00–685.002,32323
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8973
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy378645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,4384
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415608.91/cwt595.00–612.502,5275
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,2792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424565.99/cwt555.00–577.502,40035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424483.13/cwt442.50–510.002,04818
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed428618.13/cwt615.00–640.002,64680
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472445.79/cwt425.00–465.002,10429
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479493.15/cwt475.00–497.502,36218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy491515.05/cwt507.50–525.002,52923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy512537.91/cwt530.00–544.002,754257
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520472.91/cwt457.50–477.502,45949
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527416.55/cwt385.00–441.002,19549
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572418.10/cwt415.00–425.002,39216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy577450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,59718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed578479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,76994
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590371.30/cwt302.50–400.002,19113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned605380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,29913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614420.64/cwt410.00–435.002,58351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618352.87/cwt307.50–392.502,18115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660356.80/cwt315.00–374.002,35522
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665383.93/cwt365.00–392.002,55335
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy682401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,73510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728389.82/cwt380.00–394.502,83835
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736364.06/cwt360.00–378.002,67915
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned751359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,6969
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773371.79/cwt367.50–380.002,87432
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,7196
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy802400.50/cwt400.50–400.503,212109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2822359.34/cwt359.00–361.002,9546
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830378.99/cwt369.00–381.003,146159
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy851380.00/cwt380.00–380.003,23464
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860367.00/cwt367.00–367.003,1563
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884368.50/cwt357.50–371.003,258130
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy901366.00/cwt366.00–366.003,29858
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910339.47/cwt337.00–342.003,0894
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937349.97/cwt340.00–351.753,279137
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy972341.50/cwt341.50–341.503,31962
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2973323.27/cwt314.00–329.003,1457
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1988306.39/cwt301.00–317.003,0277
Steers1000–1050Large 11,024333.09/cwt328.00–338.003,411108
Steers1050–1100Large 11,063321.45/cwt309.00–327.003,41720
Steers1200–1250Large 11,237270.00/cwt270.00–270.003,3402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6266
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy319612.50/cwt612.50–612.501,9548
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,7254
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy366632.53/cwt630.00–635.002,31558
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376552.46/cwt540.00–565.002,07725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,9652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy401480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,92516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425563.48/cwt558.00–565.002,39573
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427420.11/cwt400.00–435.001,79414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed451535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,413128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy451462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,0868
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474377.49/cwt352.50–400.001,78919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484412.72/cwt392.50–427.501,99842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy503430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,16332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed522475.95/cwt470.00–482.002,484179
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534369.28/cwt365.00–372.001,97210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,90113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed556445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,47458
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585374.50/cwt370.00–382.502,19141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624329.14/cwt305.00–347.502,05410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627347.89/cwt327.50–355.002,18120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,58125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669338.29/cwt305.00–362.002,26328
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676376.79/cwt360.00–386.002,54728
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709376.80/cwt368.00–381.502,67281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed713384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,73855
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,5585
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5801
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783362.57/cwt357.00–366.002,839115
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6476
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834345.21/cwt344.00–345.252,87956
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed858344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,95250
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870326.08/cwt321.00–338.002,83710
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,6782
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923325.91/cwt310.00–329.003,00853
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985306.50/cwt306.50–306.503,0195
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,018311.53/cwt307.00–312.003,17121
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,075287.00/cwt287.00–287.003,0853
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350577.50/cwt577.50–577.502,0212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425507.75/cwt442.50–575.002,15811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9926
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0784
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,0603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,637169.54/cwt161.00–179.002,7753
Bulls——1,760195.05/cwt191.00–202.003,4338
Bulls——1,859184.88/cwt182.00–186.003,4374
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight987150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,144153.37/cwt147.50–159.001,75519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204165.58/cwt160.00–169.001,99465
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348174.49/cwt170.00–179.002,35251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384183.39/cwt180.00–187.002,53818
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4003,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4802,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1963210.00/cwt172.00–287.502,0228
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19723,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6005

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.