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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Nov 5

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Oct 29Nov 5latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,033 head

▲ 401 vs last sale 1,632▼ 905 vs year ago 2,938 · −30.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

255 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 374▼ 82 vs year ago 337 · −24.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 577 vs last sale 604▼ 27 vs year ago 54 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note *

* Pratt Livestock will have a special calf sale next Thursday November 12th *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 12.00 lower. Steer calves 300 lb to 600 lb sold 4.00 to 35.00 higher even higher on reputation vaccinated steers. Heifers 400 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 300 lb to 400 lb sold up to 35.00 higher. Demand was moderate on feeders, good on calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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 $461.79/cwt on 606 head, up $9.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 27 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $461.79.

Average price

$461.79

▲ 9.37 vs prior sale

606 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$60.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.88

vs KS average

+47.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	465.79	2,477	566
Medium and Large 1-2	537	405.12	2,174	40

One grade step is worth $60.68/cwt here — about $303 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 sale606 hd

461.79

—

KS average4 barns · 1,231 hd

437.91

+23.88

National average135 barns · 15,890 hd

414.30

+47.49

This barn, trailing median27 sales

461.79

+0.00

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

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.87, low $396.12, median $461.79 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,760	176.55	3,108	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,227	149.92	1,839	143
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	122.22	1,509	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	104.28	1,168	51

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,319	$2,082	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,338	$1,985	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$1,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,700	10

Every lot

81 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	269	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,453	10
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	273	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,556	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	316	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,612	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	334	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,954	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	545.10/cwt	535.00–552.50	1,881	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	353	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,791	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	507.53/cwt	500.00–512.50	1,949	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	556.39/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,309	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,126	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	427	582.00/cwt	582.00–582.00	2,485	119
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	450.09/cwt	427.50–492.50	1,962	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	488.31/cwt	477.50–498.00	2,276	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	522.47/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,456	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,030	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	501	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,530	158
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	439.98/cwt	435.00–443.00	2,270	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	473.27/cwt	457.00–486.00	2,470	168
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	408.25/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,156	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	460.50/cwt	460.50–460.50	2,560	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	413.12/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,384	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	387.35/cwt	377.50–397.50	2,270	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,297	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	415.90/cwt	411.00–422.00	2,541	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	375.69/cwt	355.00–384.00	2,295	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	401.71/cwt	387.50–406.00	2,458	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,238	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	361.02/cwt	346.00–376.00	2,397	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	383.55/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,558	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	345.66/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,378	65
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	707	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,531	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	332.65/cwt	326.00–344.00	2,458	50
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	331.84/cwt	327.00–342.00	2,565	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,650	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	323.49/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,795	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	306.67/cwt	306.00–308.00	2,861	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,459	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,672	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	419.05/cwt	410.00–432.50	1,471	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,669	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	362	500.81/cwt	497.50–505.00	1,813	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	472.26/cwt	470.00–472.50	1,903	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	413.59/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,762	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	440.97/cwt	437.50–450.00	1,896	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,140	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	421.90/cwt	418.00–430.00	2,034	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	387.12/cwt	380.00–389.00	1,874	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,936	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,745	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	384.89/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,025	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,222	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	356.18/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,016	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	342.87/cwt	342.00–347.50	1,989	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	338.82/cwt	331.00–344.00	2,148	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,138	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	332.70/cwt	322.00–344.00	2,232	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	703	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,320	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	327.07/cwt	319.00–332.00	2,378	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,177	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	318.88/cwt	306.00–321.50	2,519	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,580	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	906	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,840	43
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,780	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	288.54/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,805	37
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,043	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,092	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,195	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,731	170.09/cwt	160.00–174.50	2,944	12
Bulls	—	—	1,913	182.34/cwt	181.00–184.00	3,488	2
Bulls	—	—	2,065	191.53/cwt	190.00–193.00	3,955	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,087	223.94/cwt	141.00–265.00	2,434	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	104.28/cwt	83.00–115.00	1,168	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,195	130.11/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,555	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	122.22/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,509	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	139.04/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,814	65
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,310	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00–1,700.00	22,270	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,319	2,082.33/head	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,082	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,338	1,985.24/head	1,850.00–2,075.00	1,985	3

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.

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