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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, May 14

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,762 head

▼ 3,152 vs last sale 4,914▼ 3,068 vs year ago 4,830 · −63.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

319 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 313▼ 95 vs year ago 414 · −22.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 67▼ 53 vs year ago 95 · −55.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 1,000 lb sold 8.00 to 20.00 higher. Not enough steers under 600 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 775 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower, however one partial load of fancy heifers weighing 835 lb sold 4.00 higher. Heifers 550 lb to 775 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Not enough heifers under 550 lb for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. One high yielding bull sold for 244.

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 $455.97/cwt on 16 head, down $11.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 26 comparable sales and sits −7.19 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$455.97

▼ 11.56 vs prior sale

16 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$63.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.71

vs KS average

−17.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	471.96	2,622	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	408.00	2,207	4thin

One grade step is worth $63.96/cwt here — about $414 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd

455.97

—

KS average3 barns · 299 hd

490.68

−34.71

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−17.73

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

−7.19

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	—	Low	1,780	217.37	3,869	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,258	197.89	2,490	242
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	175.38	2,206	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,189	159.63	1,898	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,245	$3,450	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$3,216	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,130	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,160	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,186	$2,478	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$3,880	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,144	$3,606	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,517	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,164	$3,200	11

Every lot

89 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,918	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,269	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	526.56/cwt	517.00–532.50	2,538	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,603	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,451	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,948	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,664	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	446.20/cwt	420.00–502.50	2,583	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,850	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,773	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	376.68/cwt	361.00–387.00	2,392	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	657	429.09/cwt	426.00–432.00	2,819	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	390.67/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,586	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	369.73/cwt	352.50–383.00	2,507	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,919	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	395.65/cwt	391.00–397.00	2,845	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,541	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	375.84/cwt	368.00–384.00	2,883	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,681	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	820	374.78/cwt	371.00–376.00	3,073	74
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	349.48/cwt	338.00–354.00	2,904	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	335.35/cwt	333.00–341.00	2,793	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	321.45/cwt	311.00–326.00	2,845	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	352.13/cwt	349.00–365.00	3,134	105
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	327.32/cwt	313.00–333.00	2,988	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	352.84/cwt	346.00–357.00	3,281	145
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	308.32/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,954	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	342.64/cwt	334.00–350.00	3,324	191
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	322.66/cwt	312.25–326.75	3,327	198
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	314.74/cwt	314.50–315.00	3,396	21
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,226	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,519	4
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,278	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	3,208	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,766	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,129	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,881	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	401.67/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,671	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,208	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,014	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	482.93/cwt	478.00–490.00	2,347	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,042	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,853	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	545	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,431	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	375.04/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,085	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	397.83/cwt	393.00–404.00	2,264	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	623	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,405	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,075	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	361.48/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,299	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	375.66/cwt	368.00–382.50	2,521	52
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	684	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,709	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	327.85/cwt	301.00–341.00	2,242	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	364.78/cwt	362.00–368.00	2,601	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	326.00/cwt	310.00–335.50	2,386	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	335.35/cwt	328.75–349.00	2,653	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	794	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,862	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	325.92/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,650	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	300.38/cwt	273.00–309.50	2,481	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	835	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,872	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	303.11/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,643	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	320.83/cwt	317.50–328.00	2,823	159
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,849	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	291.23/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,819	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	366.05/cwt	353.00–375.00	2,474	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	358.08/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,718	12
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,685	7
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	303.37/cwt	299.00–307.00	2,800	11
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,782	4
Bulls	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,231	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,979	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,508	203.48/cwt	188.00–219.00	3,068	10
Bulls	—	—	1,921	235.55/cwt	230.00–244.00	4,525	5
Bulls	—	—	1,948	221.37/cwt	220.00–224.00	4,312	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,065	217.43/cwt	179.00–287.50	2,316	78
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,189	159.63/cwt	140.00–169.00	1,898	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	175.38/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,206	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,302	191.81/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,497	79
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	185.60/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,589	85
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,160	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,170	3,215.62/head	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,216	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,186	2,478.19/head	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,478	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,075	3,300.00/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,300	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,164	3,200.00/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,200	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	5

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 May 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,762Last week 4,914Year ago 4,830

Slaughter CattleReceipts 319Last week 313Year ago 414

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 67Year ago 95

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	558	477.50	477.50
2	600–650	600	475.00	475.00
18	650–700	657	426.00–432.00	429.09
8	700–750	705	414.00	414.00
74	800–850	820	371.00–376.00	374.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	605.00	605.00
13	450–500	482	517.00–532.50	526.56
3	500–550	513	507.50	507.50
5	550–600	579	420.00–502.50	446.20
5	600–650	626	443.00	443.00
17	650–700	662	388.00–400.00	390.67
22	700–750	719	391.00–397.00	395.65
10	750–800	767	368.00–384.00	375.84
14	800–850	831	338.00–354.00	349.48
105	850–900	890	349.00–365.00	352.13
145	900–950	930	346.00–357.00	352.84
191	950–1000	970	334.00–350.00	342.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
198	1000–1050	1,031	312.25–326.75	322.66
21	1050–1100	1,079	314.50–315.00	314.74
4	1200–1250	1,226	287.00	287.00
3	1250–1300	1,278	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	465.00	465.00
2	550–600	555	351.00	351.00
5	600–650	635	361.00–387.00	376.68
10	650–700	678	352.50–383.00	369.73
2	700–750	722	352.00	352.00
8	750–800	798	336.00	336.00
25	800–850	833	333.00–341.00	335.35
10	850–900	885	311.00–326.00	321.45
19	900–950	913	313.00–333.00	327.32
3	950–1000	958	305.00–310.00	308.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	522.50	522.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	445	452.50	452.50
3	450–500	475	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	400.00–402.50	401.67
4	500–550	541	342.50	342.50
7	550–600	556	362.50–380.00	375.04
4	600–650	627	331.00	331.00
9	650–700	684	301.00–341.00	327.85
8	700–750	732	310.00–335.50	326.00
12	800–850	826	273.00–309.50	300.38
23	850–900	872	300.00–311.00	303.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	535.00	535.00
13	350–400	364	585.00	585.00
9	400–450	435	507.50	507.50
24	450–500	486	478.00–490.00	482.93
5	500–550	501	407.50	407.50
13	550–600	569	393.00–404.00	397.83
7	600–650	636	359.00–368.00	361.48
52	650–700	671	368.00–382.50	375.66
13	700–750	713	362.00–368.00	364.78
77	750–800	791	328.75–349.00	335.35
5	800–850	813	320.00–335.00	325.92
159	850–900	880	317.50–328.00	320.83
7	900–950	934	305.00	305.00
8	950–1000	968	290.00–300.00	291.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	545	446.00	446.00
4	600–650	623	386.00	386.00
66	650–700	684	396.00	396.00
40	750–800	794	360.50	360.50
18	800–850	835	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	676	353.00–375.00	366.05
12	750–800	759	352.50–360.00	358.08
7	800–850	821	327.00	327.00
11	900–950	923	299.00–307.00	303.37
4	950–1000	956	291.00	291.00
6	1200–1250	1,231	242.00	242.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,395	180.00–189.00	185.60
79	—	1,302	190.00–194.00	191.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,189	140.00–169.00	159.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,258	171.00–179.00	175.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,065	179.00–287.50	217.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,508	188.00–219.00	203.48
5	—	1,921	230.00–244.00	235.55
12	—	1,948	220.00–224.00	221.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	4	—	1,186	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,478.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,245	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,170	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,215.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,650.00	2,650.00

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	4	—	1,075	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,164	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	3,900.00	3,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,000	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	3,850.00	3,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,800.00	2,800.00

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.