Winter Livestock Market Report

Pratt, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 1, 2022

4,681 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.44/cwt +0.53 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 529 lb · 364 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $210.59/cwt +13.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,106/hd at 525 lb · 321 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $204.30/cwt +16.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,176/hd at 575 lb · 308 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	4,681	4,093
Feeder cattle	3,802	3,212
Slaughter cattle	761	740
Replacement cattle	118	141

Market comments — USDA reporter

*** Note *** Pratt Livestock will have a commercial Angus female sale on Saturday December 3 *** Final Report *** Compared to 2 weeks ago, not enough feeder steers and heifers 700 lb to 950 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Steers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher, however fancy weaned steers sold up to 10.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. High quality weaned heifer calves sold up to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–271 fancy	269	12	242.50–260.00	$258.65	$696	—
297	297	5	219.00	$219.00	$650	—
305 unweaned	305	4	191.00	$191.00	$583	—
302–335	313	3	203.00–205.00	$203.71	$638	-19.45
340 thin fleshed	340	30	235.00	$235.00	$799	—
342–345 fancy	342	30	225.00–245.00	$244.33	$836	-23.67
350–358 fancy	356	32	216.00–222.00	$218.12	$777	-39.88
381–397	386	9	196.00–206.00	$200.50	$774	+6.29
386 thin fleshed	386	76	238.00	$238.00	$919	—
405–412 fancy	409	42	210.00–227.00	$217.62	$890	+7.17
426–448	437	25	196.00–200.00	$196.98	$861	+1.13
435–438 unweaned	437	8	180.00–182.00	$180.75	$790	-10.25
452 unweaned	452	3	193.00	$193.00	$872	—
450–488	465	29	203.00–208.00	$206.53	$960	+16.57
457–490 fancy	475	156	211.50–231.00	$223.12	$1,060	-9.39
503–521 unweaned	513	42	188.00–194.00	$190.79	$979	—
500–545 fancy	517	162	210.00–230.00	$223.19	$1,154	+17.00
500–549	541	117	194.00–208.00	$200.25	$1,083	+8.38
561–583	567	65	186.00–196.00	$190.87	$1,082	+6.79
552–595 unweaned	574	61	175.50–181.00	$179.25	$1,029	—
562–597 fancy	579	182	204.25–224.50	$217.50	$1,259	+11.00
602–649 fancy	624	138	198.00–214.00	$204.45	$1,276	-7.05
614–640	633	146	179.00–183.00	$179.72	$1,138	-10.28
652–655 fancy	653	157	207.50–209.50	$208.53	$1,362	+15.48
655–680	671	59	189.00–197.50	$193.19	$1,296	+38.19
702–718	706	25	186.00–188.00	$186.49	$1,317	-0.78
737–740 fancy	739	95	194.50–200.00	$197.46	$1,459	-0.54
777	777	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,391	+1.62
801–827	809	45	175.00–177.60	$176.83	$1,431	-7.17
816 fancy	816	71	189.85	$189.85	$1,549	—
867–897	874	10	166.00–173.50	$171.66	$1,500	-5.09
957–987	980	32	170.00–171.50	$170.37	$1,670	—
985 fancy	985	33	179.00	$179.00	$1,763	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	3	180.00	$180.00	$794	+5.00
483–496	490	6	161.00–165.00	$162.97	$799	-16.76
512–515	514	10	170.00–183.00	$172.59	$887	+0.87
578	578	7	181.00	$181.00	$1,046	+10.74
607–630	614	33	166.00–178.00	$174.42	$1,071	+6.45
658–680	666	25	165.00–179.00	$174.03	$1,159	+4.13
701–726	710	23	160.00–174.00	$168.89	$1,199	+8.10
770	770	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,155	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1042	1031	8	142.00–155.00	$150.12	$1,548	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–296 fancy	291	32	205.00–227.00	$213.00	$620	—
292–295	294	4	187.00–190.00	$188.51	$554	—
318 thin fleshed	318	29	207.00	$207.00	$658	—
318 unweaned	318	14	189.00	$189.00	$601	+19.00
362–376 unweaned	374	43	173.00–176.00	$174.95	$654	—
358–395 fancy	377	47	196.00–225.00	$208.61	$786	+1.61
375–395	379	35	177.50–188.00	$185.32	$702	+22.68
402–415	413	13	179.00–181.00	$179.30	$741	+8.10
411–420 fancy	413	9	197.00–209.00	$206.29	$852	+0.20
421 unweaned	421	47	182.00	$182.00	$766	+22.00
456–468 fancy	462	69	186.00–191.00	$190.30	$879	—
463–488	477	27	175.00–181.50	$178.89	$853	+5.95
469–495 unweaned	480	81	161.00–173.50	$168.22	$807	+13.22
504 unweaned	504	31	160.50	$160.50	$809	—
506–547	528	252	171.50–181.00	$176.10	$930	+5.06
510–548 fancy	543	81	182.00–189.00	$188.11	$1,021	+1.62
555 fancy	555	43	178.00	$178.00	$988	—
553–577 unweaned	567	92	160.50–168.50	$163.79	$929	—
551–598	568	100	166.00–176.00	$171.93	$977	-3.50
614–629	625	84	164.00–175.50	$171.63	$1,073	+4.47
627 fancy	627	27	186.10	$186.10	$1,167	+9.90
655–699	661	92	164.00–172.00	$170.48	$1,127	-9.52
700–740	724	46	149.00–165.50	$162.80	$1,179	+5.76
738 fancy	738	14	173.00	$173.00	$1,277	+9.00
758–766	759	19	155.00–165.00	$163.41	$1,240	—
825–847	840	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,268	-8.43
863–877	868	11	156.00–162.00	$159.80	$1,387	+9.38
904–924	915	13	149.00–154.50	$151.51	$1,386	+7.51
963 fancy	963	31	156.00	$156.00	$1,502	—
976–980	977	13	145.00–151.50	$149.49	$1,461	+8.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	11	170.00	$170.00	$583	—
411–418	415	7	164.00–165.00	$164.58	$683	—
453–486	475	25	161.00–171.00	$167.25	$794	+16.25
505–545	523	24	161.00–169.00	$165.66	$866	+23.67
555	555	1	161.00	$161.00	$894	+2.71
626–647	635	16	155.00–162.00	$158.74	$1,008	+4.65
650	650	4	152.00	$152.00	$988	—
705–737	723	7	141.00–148.00	$143.92	$1,041	+15.52
845	845	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,022	-24.99
857	857	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,191	—
915–948	930	13	100.00–119.00	$108.94	$1,013	—
967–975	973	8	118.00–133.00	$121.73	$1,184	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1040	1011	25	109.00–150.00	$134.00	$1,355	-12.90
1020 fancy	1020	8	155.00	$155.00	$1,581	—
1065	1065	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,459	+18.00
1117–1130	1121	3	126.00–144.00	$132.05	$1,480	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	185.00	$185.00	$675	—
498	498	3	151.00	$151.00	$752	-25.55
600–620	610	2	151.00–153.00	$151.98	$927	+20.98
655	655	4	139.00–144.00	$140.25	$919	—
740–745	743	2	159.00–160.00	$159.50	$1,185	+18.50
783	783	3	157.00	$157.00	$1,229	+7.00
841	841	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,371	—
920	920	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,426	—
966	966	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,410	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
944	944	80-85%	6	61.00	$61.00	$576	—
1035–1591	1174	80-85%	306	60.00–69.50	$66.26	$778	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1695	1300	75-80%	300	70.00–79.00	$74.01	$962	—
1332–1730	1518	75-80%	12	80.00–86.00	$81.43	$1,236	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1285	1177	85-90%	11	51.00–58.50	$55.99	$659	+0.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1855	1560	15	65.00–87.00	$80.58	$1,257	—
1441–2053	1768	27	91.00–99.50	$95.83	$1,694	—
1905–2205	2033	4	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$2,085	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1075	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	56	76.00–125.00	$93.54	$891

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1090	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,061.16
1182	1182	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
1170–1300	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	950.00–1,080.00	$1,052.36
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1300	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,185.00	$1,185.00
1220–1425	1386	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,226.87

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1100–1400	1155	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,527.27	—
1100–1200	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,680.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.