Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2026-06-04

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,183 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 1,319▼ 1,865 vs year ago 3,048 · −61.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 186 vs last sale 155▲ 131 vs year ago 210 · +62.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 34 vs year ago 39 · −87.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, with load lots selling up to 15.00 higher. Not enough steers under 800 lb for a market test. Not enough feeder heifers 400 lb to 900 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady, however 2 high yielding bulls sold for 249-250.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $403.88/cwt on 8 head, up $37.73 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 16 of 27 comparable sales and sits +4.49 against this barn's trailing median of $399.38.
Average price
$403.88
▲ 37.73 vs prior sale
8 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.11
vs KS average
−17.80 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662403.882,6738thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
403.88
—
KS average2 barns · 38 hd
417.99
−14.11
National average157 barns · 12,051 hd
421.67
−17.80
This barn, trailing median27 sales
399.38
+4.49
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 600–700 lb

27 sales
479432386339median 399.3803/0504/1607/0909/1710/29
Steers 600–700 lb: high $464.92, low $353.18, median $399.38 across 27 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—Average1,771223.323,95520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,335182.602,438294
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,077163.371,75912
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133154.411,7499thin

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 (5-8 yrs)1,425$3,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,360$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$2,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$4,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,4001thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1449580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,6049
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484531.37/cwt525.00–555.002,5729
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,5322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,7206
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,7783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730332.77/cwt321.00–352.002,42913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759354.72/cwt349.00–359.002,6927
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6373
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828370.92/cwt368.00–375.003,071358
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847300.78/cwt276.00–325.502,5486
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2877337.48/cwt316.00–345.002,96024
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890365.05/cwt354.00–368.503,249169
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7452
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926356.96/cwt355.75–360.003,305296
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976340.50/cwt340.50–340.503,32356
Steers1100–1150Large 1-21,100240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,6402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326567.50/cwt567.50–567.501,8505
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,4347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy450507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,2843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485459.98/cwt457.50–465.002,2313
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721349.10/cwt337.00–353.002,5178
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,6098
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,72164
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5532
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,74618
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy920262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,4106
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368632.50/cwt632.50–632.502,3285
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,4745
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,122267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,9962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,606209.90/cwt196.00–217.003,3717
Bulls——1,733224.26/cwt223.00–228.003,8869
Bulls——2,145244.70/cwt238.00–250.005,2494
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight986162.45/cwt161.00–168.001,6026
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,109190.28/cwt175.00–277.502,11051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133154.41/cwt151.00–157.001,7499
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168164.29/cwt160.00–169.001,9196
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,382183.47/cwt180.00–190.002,536166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384175.62/cwt170.00–179.002,43177
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0004,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3602,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4253,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001

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.