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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

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

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,681 head

▲ 1,671 vs last sale 2,010▲ 1,659 vs year ago 2,022 · +82.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

177 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 208▼ 15 vs year ago 192 · −7.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

49 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 46▼ 14 vs year ago 63 · −22.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report*

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 1000 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Not enough steer calves 450 lb to 650 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Thin fleshed heifers 600 lb to 700 lb sold up to 20.00 higher. Not enough heifers under 600 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.15/cwt on 54 head, down $4.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 28 comparable sales and sits +37.37 against this barn's trailing median of $396.78.

Average price

$434.15

▼ 4.65 vs prior sale

54 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.73

vs KS average

+5.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	434.15	2,406	54

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

434.15

—

KS average3 barns · 465 hd

441.88

−7.73

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+5.79

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.78

+37.37

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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.80, low $364.26, median $396.78 across 28 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	1,727	218.10	3,766	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,360	184.25	2,506	109
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,417	175.68	2,489	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,343	162.42	2,181	17

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$2,954	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,003	$2,900	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,651	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	775	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$1,805	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,150	$3,633	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,000	1thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,918	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,100	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	595.33/cwt	565.00–600.00	2,512	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,431	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	537.07/cwt	527.50–547.50	2,616	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	507.90/cwt	492.50–515.00	2,666	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,566	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	467.42/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,650	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,551	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	438.40/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,744	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	400.92/cwt	394.00–408.00	2,546	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,677	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	654	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	3,002	54
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,451	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	428.68/cwt	427.50–433.00	2,829	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	392.54/cwt	387.00–397.50	2,669	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	414.36/cwt	402.00–416.00	2,946	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	376.81/cwt	327.50–391.00	2,743	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	759	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,975	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	380.38/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,967	79
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	347.95/cwt	321.00–368.00	2,728	48
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,720	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	360.58/cwt	349.00–361.75	3,022	81
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	341.45/cwt	336.00–349.00	2,954	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	363.64/cwt	352.00–370.00	3,153	220
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	902	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,238	41
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	919	322.79/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,966	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	346.94/cwt	335.00–355.00	3,202	323
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	331.41/cwt	328.00–339.00	3,258	208
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	318.69/cwt	308.00–326.50	3,283	162
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	289.08/cwt	286.00–297.00	3,122	26
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,100	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,377	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	308	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,017	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	616.68/cwt	605.00–622.50	2,084	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,042	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	416	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,350	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	530.40/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,238	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,169	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	467	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,288	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	454.92/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,211	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,424	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	430.60/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,291	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,318	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	383.62/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,263	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	594	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,614	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	623	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,567	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	366.53/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,302	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	395.08/cwt	380.00–398.00	2,540	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	383.39/cwt	376.00–387.00	2,573	52
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	339.25/cwt	321.00–355.00	2,297	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,417	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	713	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,617	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	358.56/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,621	113
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	352.56/cwt	341.00–357.00	2,739	340
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,636	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	345.25/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,862	186
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	326.82/cwt	326.00–327.00	2,722	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	327.73/cwt	322.00–338.00	2,871	421
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	309.97/cwt	308.00–316.00	2,728	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	886	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,048	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	314.46/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,909	263
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	292.99/cwt	291.00–295.00	2,757	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	308.82/cwt	298.00–311.75	2,980	129
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	969	284.23/cwt	283.00–286.00	2,754	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	295.26/cwt	281.00–297.00	2,973	69
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,125	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	3,060	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	554.23/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,416	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,482	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,794	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	326.45/cwt	307.50–345.00	2,713	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,087	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,643	208.50/cwt	205.00–213.00	3,426	6
Bulls	—	—	1,716	220.38/cwt	216.00–225.00	3,782	7
Bulls	—	—	2,015	238.90/cwt	232.00–246.00	4,814	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,276	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,399	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,289	208.09/cwt	194.00–242.00	2,682	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,343	162.42/cwt	149.00–169.00	2,181	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	182.91/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,500	100
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,417	175.68/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,489	28
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,064	244.33/cwt	186.00–293.00	2,600	25
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	1,805.29/head	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,805	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	2,651.34/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,651	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,003	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,105	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,210	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,258	2,954.04/head	2,400.00–3,400.00	2,954	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	3,940.00/head	2,500.00–4,300.00	3,940	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	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 Apr 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,681Last week 2,010Year ago 2,022

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 208Year ago 192

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 46Year ago 63

* Final Report*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	308	655.00	655.00
19	450–500	467	490.00	490.00
2	550–600	562	412.50	412.50
23	700–750	713	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	605.00–622.50	616.68
7	350–400	352	580.00	580.00
30	400–450	422	520.00–540.00	530.40
9	450–500	486	447.50–467.50	454.92
20	500–550	532	420.00–445.00	430.60
8	550–600	590	380.00–385.00	383.62
31	600–650	643	380.00–398.00	395.08
52	650–700	671	376.00–387.00	383.39
113	700–750	731	356.00–367.00	358.56
340	750–800	777	341.00–357.00	352.56
186	800–850	829	340.00–354.00	345.25
421	850–900	876	322.00–338.00	327.73
263	900–950	925	312.00–320.00	314.46
129	950–1000	965	298.00–311.75	308.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	1000–1050	1,007	281.00–297.00	295.26
2	1100–1150	1,125	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	497.50	497.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	416	565.00	565.00
9	500–550	503	482.00	482.00
15	550–600	594	440.00	440.00
16	600–650	623	412.00	412.00
28	850–900	886	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	628	355.00–372.50	366.53
12	650–700	677	321.00–355.00	339.25
3	700–750	711	340.00	340.00
13	750–800	794	332.00	332.00
33	800–850	833	326.00–327.00	326.82
8	850–900	880	308.00–316.00	309.97
4	900–950	941	291.00–295.00	292.99
5	950–1000	969	283.00–286.00	284.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	660	427.50–433.00	428.68
25	750–800	759	392.00	392.00
41	900–950	902	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	470.00	470.00
2	550–600	585	436.00	436.00
4	600–650	635	394.00–408.00	400.92
22	650–700	658	372.50	372.50
21	700–750	728	327.50–391.00	376.81
48	750–800	784	321.00–368.00	347.95
2	800–850	807	337.00	337.00
23	850–900	865	336.00–349.00	341.45
5	900–950	919	318.00–324.00	322.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	650.00	650.00
3	300–350	340	617.50	617.50
34	400–450	422	565.00–600.00	595.33
26	450–500	487	527.50–547.50	537.07
33	500–550	525	492.50–515.00	507.90
30	550–600	567	457.50–470.00	467.42
47	600–650	626	435.00–447.50	438.40
17	650–700	680	387.00–397.50	392.54
34	700–750	711	402.00–416.00	414.36
79	750–800	780	371.00–388.00	380.38
81	800–850	838	349.00–361.75	360.58
220	850–900	867	352.00–370.00	363.64
323	900–950	923	335.00–355.00	346.94
208	950–1000	983	328.00–339.00	331.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	1000–1050	1,030	308.00–326.50	318.69
26	1050–1100	1,080	286.00–297.00	289.08
12	1100–1150	1,100	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	550.00	550.00
3	650–700	653	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	654	459.00	459.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	436	545.00–555.00	554.23
9	500–550	517	480.00	480.00
4	700–750	745	375.00	375.00
4	800–850	831	307.50–345.00	326.45
6	900–950	908	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,343	149.00–169.00	162.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,276	188.00	188.00
100	—	1,367	180.00–187.00	182.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,417	171.00–179.00	175.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,289	194.00–242.00	208.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	205.00–213.00	208.50
2	—	2,015	232.00–246.00	238.90
7	—	1,716	216.00–225.00	220.38

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	25	—	1,064	186.00–293.00	244.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	930	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,651.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	850	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,805.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	775	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,258	2,400.00–3,400.00	2,954.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,003	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,850.00	1,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,180	2,500.00–4,300.00	3,940.00

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.