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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

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

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,914 head

▲ 1,318 vs last sale 596▲ 731 vs year ago 1,183 · +61.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

192 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 172▼ 68 vs year ago 260 · −26.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 19▲ 17 vs year ago 16 · +106.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note* Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday July 16th *

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Outstanding offering of 800 lb to 950 lb steers. Not enough steers under 650 lb for a market test. No recent comparison on feeder heifers 700 lb to 925 lb, however a steady to higher trend was noted. Not enough heifers under 700 lb for a market test. Spayed heifers sold at a 5.00 to 10.00 premium. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady, however 1 high yielding bull sold for 237.50.

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 $491.85/cwt on 43 head, up $24.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 26 comparable sales and sits +28.68 against this barn's trailing median of $463.16.

Average price

$491.85

▲ 24.35 vs prior sale

43 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$64.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.31

vs KS average

+32.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	499.34	2,711	38
Medium and Large 1-2	592	434.88	2,574	5thin

One grade step is worth $64.46/cwt here — about $136 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 sale43 hd

491.85

—

KS average3 barns · 169 hd

482.53

+9.31

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+32.37

This barn, trailing median26 sales

463.16

+28.68

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	—	High	1,822	219.86	4,006	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,313	185.70	2,438	131
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	162.96	2,076	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,131	148.90	1,684	6thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,381	$3,350	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,373	$3,137	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,190	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,295	$2,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	820	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,240	$4,350	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,600	$3,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,157	$3,821	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$3,750	4thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,476	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,714	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,692	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	434.88/cwt	420.00–457.50	2,574	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,578	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	637	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	3,045	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	647	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	3,015	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,606	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,002	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	424.85/cwt	419.00–429.00	3,063	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	402.97/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,998	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	361.51/cwt	341.00–364.00	2,834	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	393.19/cwt	392.75–398.00	3,122	126
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	373.48/cwt	362.00–376.00	3,107	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	3,079	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	862	370.63/cwt	368.25–375.00	3,195	186
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	360.38/cwt	354.50–365.50	3,157	270
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	349.58/cwt	343.00–354.00	3,097	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	364.29/cwt	364.00–364.50	3,344	374
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	921	341.75/cwt	336.00–346.00	3,148	128
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950	344.08/cwt	342.00–344.50	3,269	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	329.53/cwt	329.50–331.00	3,262	56
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,003	319.54/cwt	319.50–320.00	3,205	12
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	277.49/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,977	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,682	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,626	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,646	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	727	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,741	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	375.18/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,750	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,693	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	337.62/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,839	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	874	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,050	169
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	928	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,923	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,648	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,620	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,765	213.74/cwt	201.00–219.00	3,773	13
Bulls	—	—	1,799	222.97/cwt	221.00–228.00	4,011	10
Bulls	—	—	2,066	231.97/cwt	229.00–237.50	4,793	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	148.90/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,684	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,177	190.78/cwt	180.00–250.00	2,245	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,261	180.25/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,273	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	162.96/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,076	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	185.55/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,540	83
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,157	3,821.43/head	3,650.00–3,950.00	3,821	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	3,716.67/head	3,700.00–3,750.00	3,717	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	4,475.00/head	4,475.00–4,475.00	4,475	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,600	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,190	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,373	3,136.52/head	2,950.00–3,350.00	3,137	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,381	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,395	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,914Last week 596Year ago 1,183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 172Year ago 260

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 19Year ago 16

* Note* Pratt Livestock will not have a sale next Thursday July 16th *

* Final Report *

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,850.00	3,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	4,475.00	4,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,157	3,650.00–3,950.00	3,821.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,850.00	3,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	3,850.00	3,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	3,700.00–3,750.00	3,716.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,373	2,950.00–3,350.00	3,136.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,381	3,350.00	3,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,295	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,395	3,100.00	3,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	3,050.00	3,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,261	176.00–182.00	180.25
83	—	1,369	183.00–187.00	185.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,177	180.00–250.00	190.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,131	146.00–158.00	148.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,274	161.00–168.00	162.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,066	229.00–237.50	231.97
13	—	1,765	201.00–219.00	213.74
10	—	1,799	221.00–228.00	222.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	495.00	495.00
3	650–700	695	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	532.50	532.50
32	500–550	540	502.50	502.50
6	550–600	558	482.50	482.50
8	650–700	690	435.00	435.00
40	700–750	721	419.00–429.00	424.85
126	750–800	794	392.75–398.00	393.19
45	800–850	832	362.00–376.00	373.48
270	850–900	876	354.50–365.50	360.38
374	900–950	918	364.00–364.50	364.29
56	950–1000	990	329.50–331.00	329.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	637	478.00	478.00
186	850–900	862	368.25–375.00	370.63
65	950–1000	950	342.00–344.50	344.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	420.00–457.50	434.88
3	600–650	603	427.50	427.50
3	650–700	675	386.00	386.00
17	700–750	744	398.00–410.00	402.97
18	750–800	784	341.00–364.00	361.51
7	800–850	846	364.00	364.00
5	850–900	886	343.00–354.00	349.58
128	900–950	921	336.00–346.00	341.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	647	466.00	466.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,003	319.50–320.00	319.54
2	1050–1100	1,073	275.00–280.00	277.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	522.50	522.50
15	600–650	642	409.00	409.00
5	650–700	682	388.00	388.00
14	700–750	733	370.00–376.00	375.18
75	800–850	841	336.00–347.00	337.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	727	377.00	377.00
169	850–900	874	349.00	349.00
24	900–950	928	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	799	337.00	337.00

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.