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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Mar 19

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,612 head

▼ 660 vs last sale 4,272▲ 210 vs year ago 3,402 · +6.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

197 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 183▲ 77 vs year ago 120 · +64.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 26▲ 36 vs year ago 32 · +112.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Not enough steer and heifers under 700 lb for a market test, however a steady to higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 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 $469.65/cwt on 44 head, down $15.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 26 comparable sales and sits +6.49 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$469.65

▼ 15.88 vs prior sale

44 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

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

$40.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.94

vs KS average

−2.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	477.02	2,734	36
Medium and Large 1-2	548	436.50	2,391	8thin

One grade step is worth $40.52/cwt here — about $342 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 sale44 hd

469.65

—

KS average3 barns · 495 hd

485.59

−15.94

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−2.47

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

+6.49

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	1,800	207.54	3,736	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,331	177.92	2,369	111
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,442	165.51	2,387	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	147.55	1,661	9thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,275	$2,750	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$3,575	2thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,408	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,406	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,857	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	482.95/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,593	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,365	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,435	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	474.74/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,787	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	460.28/cwt	457.50–465.00	2,789	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	438.14/cwt	435.00–448.00	2,721	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	403.33/cwt	375.00–412.00	2,573	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	677	422.60/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,861	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	407.99/cwt	403.00–409.00	2,799	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	368.91/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,542	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	392.27/cwt	384.00–399.00	2,820	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,511	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	764	381.80/cwt	378.00–386.00	2,917	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	350.09/cwt	342.00–351.00	2,741	55
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	368.08/cwt	356.00–372.00	2,889	191
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	803	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	3,188	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	363.36/cwt	355.50–370.00	2,980	309
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	329.85/cwt	305.00–340.00	2,751	51
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	326.44/cwt	301.00–334.00	2,817	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	345.61/cwt	337.50–353.50	3,062	315
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	909	320.05/cwt	316.00–321.00	2,909	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	917	345.21/cwt	344.50–346.00	3,166	155
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	330.09/cwt	325.00–340.50	3,067	313
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	315.68/cwt	301.00–322.00	3,081	211
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	302.51/cwt	274.00–306.25	3,101	101
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	295.53/cwt	291.50–300.50	3,168	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	551.56/cwt	540.00–557.50	2,002	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	519.68/cwt	512.50–523.00	2,188	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,295	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,297	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	388.20/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,201	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	411.58/cwt	404.00–417.00	2,408	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,568	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	393.99/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,470	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	360.29/cwt	342.50–375.00	2,273	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	375.55/cwt	359.00–378.00	2,524	74
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	340.78/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,290	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	708	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,528	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	341.76/cwt	339.00–349.00	2,481	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	325.84/cwt	316.00–330.00	2,385	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	341.18/cwt	331.00–345.50	2,613	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	321.26/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,509	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,700	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	320.60/cwt	315.00–328.50	2,661	345
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	307.82/cwt	298.00–310.00	2,684	154
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	906	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,609	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	303.04/cwt	298.00–312.58	2,794	119
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	292.67/cwt	276.00–296.00	2,824	49
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	997	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,774	108
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,766	4
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,141	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,864	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,230	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,579	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,401	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	302.40/cwt	302.00–303.00	2,694	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,572	188.89/cwt	179.00–197.00	2,969	9
Bulls	—	—	1,787	220.73/cwt	212.00–224.00	3,944	14
Bulls	—	—	1,987	206.14/cwt	200.00–210.00	4,096	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	147.55/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,661	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,318	176.77/cwt	171.00–179.50	2,330	85
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	181.68/cwt	180.00–183.50	2,498	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	165.51/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,387	25
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,113	226.29/cwt	185.00–284.00	2,519	62
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,250	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	4,700.00/head	4,700.00–4,700.00	4,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Thu Mar 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,612Last week 4,272Year ago 3,402

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 183Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 26Year ago 32

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	490.00	490.00
8	500–550	521	495.00	495.00
6	650–700	667	360.00	360.00
5	850–900	891	302.00–303.00	302.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	492.50	492.50
19	600–650	610	421.00	421.00
43	700–750	708	357.00	357.00
31	800–850	800	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	540.00–557.50	551.56
6	400–450	421	512.50–523.00	519.68
6	450–500	486	455.00	455.00
9	500–550	528	435.00	435.00
43	550–600	585	404.00–417.00	411.58
3	600–650	627	390.00–402.50	393.99
74	650–700	672	359.00–378.00	375.55
77	700–750	726	339.00–349.00	341.76
50	750–800	766	331.00–345.50	341.18
345	800–850	830	315.00–328.50	320.60
154	850–900	872	298.00–310.00	307.82
119	900–950	922	298.00–312.58	303.04
49	950–1000	965	276.00–296.00	292.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	567	385.00–389.00	388.20
33	600–650	631	342.50–375.00	360.29
9	650–700	672	330.00–349.00	340.78
10	700–750	732	316.00–330.00	325.84
20	750–800	781	316.00–323.00	321.26
13	900–950	906	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,070	258.50	258.50
6	1100–1150	1,141	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	950–1000	997	278.25	278.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	540.00	540.00
5	450–500	454	530.00	530.00
10	500–550	537	472.50–490.00	482.95
26	550–600	587	465.00–480.00	474.74
12	600–650	621	435.00–448.00	438.14
30	650–700	686	403.00–409.00	407.99
85	700–750	719	384.00–399.00	392.27
191	750–800	785	356.00–372.00	368.08
309	800–850	820	355.50–370.00	363.36
315	850–900	886	337.50–353.50	345.61
313	900–950	929	325.00–340.50	330.09
211	950–1000	976	301.00–322.00	315.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	1000–1050	1,025	274.00–306.25	302.51
108	1050–1100	1,072	291.50–300.50	295.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	392.50	392.50
5	500–550	540	438.00	438.00
3	550–600	561	434.00	434.00
14	600–650	638	375.00–412.00	403.33
45	650–700	689	366.00–370.00	368.91
4	700–750	730	344.00	344.00
55	750–800	783	342.00–351.00	350.09
51	800–850	834	305.00–340.00	329.85
60	850–900	863	301.00–334.00	326.44
18	900–950	909	316.00–321.00	320.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	606	457.50–465.00	460.28
9	650–700	677	420.00–428.00	422.60
30	750–800	764	378.00–386.00	381.80
17	800–850	803	397.00	397.00
155	900–950	917	344.50–346.00	345.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,126	142.00–151.00	147.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,375	180.00–183.50	181.68
85	—	1,318	171.00–179.50	176.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,442	160.00–169.00	165.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,987	200.00–210.00	206.14
9	—	1,572	179.00–197.00	188.89
14	—	1,787	212.00–224.00	220.73

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	62	—	1,113	185.00–284.00	226.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	3,050.00	3,050.00

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	4,700.00	4,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,450.00	2,450.00

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.