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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Dec 18

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,606 head

▲ 1,778 vs last sale 828▲ 921 vs year ago 1,685 · +54.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

414 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 339▼ 27 vs year ago 441 · −6.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 93 vs last sale 145▼ 37 vs year ago 89 · −41.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Pratt Livestock will not have an auction on Thursday December25th and Thursday January 1st for the holidays *

* Note * Pratt Livestock will have a special weaned calf sale on Thursday January 8th *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400 lb to 975 lb sold 17.00 to 30.00 higher, in places 40.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 15.00 higher on light receipts. Heifer calves 400 lb to 750 lb sold 5.00 to 12.00 lower, however heifers 500 lb to 550 lb sold up to 15.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and 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 $468.21/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 17 of 26 comparable sales and sits +5.05 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$468.21

129 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$42.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.75

vs KS average

+24.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	479.51	2,614	95
Medium and Large 1-2	556	436.62	2,429	34

One grade step is worth $42.89/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale129 hd

468.21

—

KS average3 barns · 447 hd

452.46

+15.75

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+24.11

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

+5.05

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	—	Low	1,723	171.79	2,961	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	167.53	2,300	165
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	159.14	2,026	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	138.95	1,669	44

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,537	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,233	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,312	$2,175	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$2,550	1thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,081	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	340	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,176	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,115	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,368	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	558.53/cwt	552.50–565.00	2,368	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	514.95/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,420	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,036	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	499.53/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,458	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	444.86/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,313	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	490.15/cwt	479.00–494.00	2,608	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	551	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,631	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	461.55/cwt	452.50–463.00	2,617	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	432.13/cwt	405.00–443.00	2,489	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	450.31/cwt	442.50–454.00	2,751	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	423.58/cwt	410.00–428.00	2,647	73
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	388.94/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,509	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	355.14/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,408	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	368.76/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,526	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	695	387.68/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,694	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,735	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	365.65/cwt	358.00–377.00	2,633	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	340.96/cwt	290.00–351.00	2,506	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	341.40/cwt	338.00–342.50	2,690	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	319.78/cwt	313.00–323.50	2,545	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	356.70/cwt	351.00–360.00	2,953	642
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	325.86/cwt	316.00–338.00	2,698	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	331.31/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,829	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	333.50/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,895	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	872	355.11/cwt	348.00–357.50	3,097	249
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	329.57/cwt	318.00–331.00	3,012	111
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	308.41/cwt	295.00–311.00	2,853	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	952	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,647	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	294.22/cwt	285.00–297.00	2,880	36
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	312.18/cwt	297.00–312.50	3,150	50
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,083	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,859	16
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,117	255.84/cwt	236.00–268.00	2,858	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	491.03/cwt	485.00–497.50	1,532	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	330	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,840	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,766	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,737	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	448.01/cwt	446.00–455.00	1,841	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,724	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	342.94/cwt	317.50–397.50	1,636	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	422.40/cwt	402.50–427.50	2,019	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	411.93/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,130	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,274	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,963	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	362.50/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,240	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	334.88/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,096	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	322.16/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,026	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	304.12/cwt	290.00–309.00	2,025	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	333.63/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,295	110
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	301.11/cwt	295.00–312.00	2,204	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	328.42/cwt	321.00–329.50	2,420	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	317.85/cwt	307.00–322.00	2,444	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,399	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,685	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,323	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	294.74/cwt	287.00–297.25	2,567	50
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	891	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,709	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,764	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,525	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,941	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,581	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	268.69/cwt	261.00–301.00	2,789	39
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,084	266.03/cwt	262.00–267.00	2,884	5
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,111	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,000	11
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,162	256.31/cwt	252.50–262.00	2,978	5
Heifers	1300–1350	Large 1	1,305	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,832	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,322	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,987	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,647	172.17/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,836	11
Bulls	—	—	1,776	164.96/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,930	8
Bulls	—	—	1,828	184.42/cwt	180.00–189.00	3,371	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,201	138.95/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,669	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	159.14/cwt	151.00–164.00	2,026	136
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,372	166.94/cwt	165.00–172.50	2,290	152
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,381	174.41/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,409	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,260	2,233.40/head	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,233	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	2,537.39/head	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,537	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,312	2,174.65/head	1,550.00–2,650.00	2,175	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	223.55/cwt	180.00–287.50	2,392	34
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1

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.

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