Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2026-01-08

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jan 8
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,539 head
▲ 933 vs last sale 2,606▲ 2,793 vs year ago 746 · +374.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 414▲ 305 vs year ago 130 · +234.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 328 vs last sale 52▲ 345 vs year ago 35 · +985.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 3 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifer 500 lb to 950 lb sold 9.00 to 30.00 higher with most advance on thin fleshed, reputation, and fancy cattle. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $504.68/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 27 of 26 comparable sales and sits +41.51 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$504.68
237 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$475
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$73.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.91
vs KS average
+38.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544508.392,768225
Medium and Large 1-2527435.002,29212thin
One grade step is worth $73.39/cwt here — about $475 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 sale237 hd
504.68
—
KS average4 barns · 1,150 hd
492.77
+11.91
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
+38.35
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
+41.51
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—Low1,702167.842,85623
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,329168.912,245240
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,200153.911,84755
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,115137.151,52960

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,230$3,35024
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,197$2,98085
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,959159
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,295$2,95753
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$2,9002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$2,8658
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$2,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,061$3,7784thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)918$3,13410
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$3,0503thin

Every lot

105 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy332640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,1256
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,22012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409507.63/cwt500.00–525.002,07610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy426532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,2688
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0543
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430607.00/cwt607.00–607.002,61045
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy472529.75/cwt522.50–537.502,50010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed478545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,6054
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503559.52/cwt559.50–560.002,81499
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy511510.64/cwt502.50–520.002,60910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,2448
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,6055
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3874
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy571475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,7125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585463.44/cwt452.50–470.002,711106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy608459.72/cwt457.50–462.502,79520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630430.44/cwt425.00–437.502,71239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635401.38/cwt361.00–412.502,54928
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy652425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,77111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671405.83/cwt397.50–417.002,72330
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680382.10/cwt375.00–392.502,59829
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714391.73/cwt383.00–398.002,79722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy715408.28/cwt404.00–413.002,919118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735366.45/cwt344.00–391.002,69339
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy757381.65/cwt381.00–385.002,889101
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784371.58/cwt363.00–375.002,913184
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789346.08/cwt302.00–356.002,73160
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy791322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,5473
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811328.90/cwt322.00–345.002,66714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy825372.00/cwt372.00–372.003,06946
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832359.09/cwt350.00–366.252,988433
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy864355.25/cwt354.00–356.003,069192
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865337.82/cwt329.00–343.002,922249
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890314.46/cwt287.00–327.002,79914
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926332.57/cwt324.00–339.753,080187
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926304.37/cwt301.00–306.002,8183
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy960329.50/cwt329.50–329.503,16387
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969314.58/cwt310.00–325.003,04831
Steers1000–1050Large 11,032273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,8172
Steers1150–1200Large 11,161261.00/cwt261.00–261.003,0305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned300467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,4032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy324579.30/cwt577.50–585.001,8774
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed335590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,97718
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360533.91/cwt525.00–552.501,9226
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy367515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8902
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,7855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390490.76/cwt482.50–495.001,91412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed409612.50/cwt612.50–612.502,50556
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy413518.12/cwt510.00–555.002,14015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432436.97/cwt422.50–447.501,8887
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442474.95/cwt470.00–480.002,09917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy466472.49/cwt467.50–475.002,20247
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed478544.00/cwt544.00–544.002,600100
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478454.46/cwt442.50–465.002,17241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,08214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514340.98/cwt335.00–342.501,7535
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1935
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542451.42/cwt441.00–461.002,44777
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565366.70/cwt321.00–386.002,07241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568422.68/cwt417.50–425.002,40130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy581455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,6446
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611398.82/cwt392.00–403.002,43736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636347.28/cwt304.00–365.002,20922
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676335.06/cwt330.00–340.002,2656
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690360.67/cwt352.50–368.002,489114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725349.66/cwt341.00–357.002,535129
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735310.84/cwt310.00–316.002,28540
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762338.18/cwt336.00–341.002,57762
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy779316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,4625
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,50720
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1877308.83/cwt303.00–318.002,70834
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy885325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,87616
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908292.76/cwt287.00–299.002,65815
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2967262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,5342
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1971304.50/cwt304.50–304.502,95716
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,000280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8004
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,077263.00/cwt260.00–278.002,8336
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,131270.79/cwt267.00–272.003,06331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1443500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2159
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474411.69/cwt362.50–517.501,9519
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512462.87/cwt422.50–487.502,3709
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560397.26/cwt345.00–422.502,22528
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,614161.69/cwt150.00–167.002,61012
Bulls——1,771173.16/cwt170.00–179.003,0679
Bulls——1,915180.79/cwt180.50–181.003,4622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight993140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3908
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134136.71/cwt131.00–147.001,55052
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200153.91/cwt151.00–159.001,84755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,326173.12/cwt170.00–177.002,29698
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,331166.00/cwt160.00–169.002,209142
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19702,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1352,864.53/head2,350.00–3,000.002,8658
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1972,980.15/head1,750.00–3,100.002,98085
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2102,900.31/head2,700.00–3,050.002,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2303,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,35024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2302,959.17/head1,900.00–3,050.002,959159
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,957.35/head2,050.00–3,150.002,95753
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1862281.27/cwt201.00–311.002,42529
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19183,134.27/head2,550.00–3,650.003,13410
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0613,777.92/head2,650.00–4,075.003,7784
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0503

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.