Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Pratt / 2026-06-11

Winter Livestock - Pratt

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Jun 11
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,856 head
▲ 673 vs last sale 1,183▼ 383 vs year ago 2,239 · −17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 341▼ 187 vs year ago 292 · −64.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 5▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note* Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday June 18th for harvest break.

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, however load lots of fancy steers sold steady. Not enough steers under 800 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold from 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Not enough heifers under 700 lb for a market test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold lower, however quality was not as good as last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.50/cwt on 29 head, up $32.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 26 comparable sales and sits +4.34 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.
Average price
$467.50
▲ 32.91 vs prior sale
29 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.71
vs KS average
+13.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582467.502,72129
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 sale29 hd
467.50
—
KS average2 barns · 38 hd
469.21
−1.71
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+13.78
This barn, trailing median26 sales
463.16
+4.34
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—Average1,583216.013,4207thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,244190.892,37563
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281173.502,2237thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170163.051,90818

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$3,5726
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$2,7001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,2501thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490484.13/cwt477.50–485.002,37216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,72129
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,6783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7636
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1798364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,90533
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814370.50/cwt370.50–370.503,01683
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872349.79/cwt344.50–359.003,050129
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy882367.00/cwt367.00–367.003,23795
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy919358.04/cwt356.00–361.003,290449
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924338.71/cwt333.00–340.503,130110
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2946314.93/cwt312.00–322.002,97922
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980339.58/cwt333.75–345.003,328337
Steers1000–1050Large 11,014317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,21431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522408.43/cwt407.50–414.002,1327
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5204
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552401.06/cwt400.00–405.002,21419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4982
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723355.90/cwt349.00–358.002,57353
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,2606
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1798328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,61725
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808333.73/cwt326.00–335.502,697100
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement813376.00/cwt376.00–376.003,05719
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829305.00/cwt301.00–307.002,52814
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890306.12/cwt302.50–308.002,72439
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906308.42/cwt304.00–310.002,794127
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,5506
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,023293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,99717
Heifers1300–1350Large 11,322229.00/cwt229.00–229.003,0272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1592375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2202
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1716354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,5353
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,042233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,4282
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,068237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,5313
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,125221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4864
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,581213.35/cwt208.00–217.503,3736
Bulls——1,595232.00/cwt232.00–232.003,7001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,134199.93/cwt181.00–256.002,26723
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170163.05/cwt147.00–169.001,90818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281173.50/cwt170.00–177.502,2237
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290185.27/cwt181.00–187.502,39035
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,432188.60/cwt188.00–189.002,7015
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2103,572.05/head3,000.00–3,700.003,5726
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19652,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001

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.