Winter Livestock Market Report

Pratt, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 20, 2023

5,923 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.56/cwt -5.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,484/hd at 836 lb · 874 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $183.93/cwt ≈ $1,779/hd at 967 lb · 369 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.35/cwt ≈ $1,524/hd at 869 lb · 362 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,923	5,141	6,054
Feeder cattle	5,430	4,341	5,669
Slaughter cattle	453	695	375
Replacement cattle	40	105	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

*** Final Report *** Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower, however reputation thin fleshed calves sold up to 20.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–312 thin fleshed	308	14	275.00–285.00	$280.06	$863	—
317–337	333	11	257.50–265.00	$258.80	$862	—
358 thin fleshed	358	77	324.00	$324.00	$1,160	—
364 fancy	364	5	282.50	$282.50	$1,028	—
362–390	385	18	259.00–270.00	$265.13	$1,021	-11.57
402 fancy	402	2	232.50	$232.50	$935	—
410–440	423	16	251.00–253.50	$252.14	$1,067	-32.93
428 thin fleshed	428	78	317.50	$317.50	$1,359	—
462–471 fancy	466	15	252.50–262.00	$257.52	$1,200	—
475 unweaned	475	13	228.00	$228.00	$1,083	—
455–485	481	18	237.50–246.00	$241.57	$1,162	-23.44
507 unweaned	507	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,161	—
501–539 thin fleshed	525	29	247.50–250.00	$248.81	$1,306	—
525–527	525	33	235.00–243.00	$242.51	$1,273	-5.52
571–584 thin fleshed	582	21	232.00–240.00	$238.50	$1,388	—
585–590	587	19	207.00–219.00	$217.21	$1,275	-28.84
600–642	623	15	212.00–219.00	$215.53	$1,343	-39.97
606–647 thin fleshed	635	20	223.00–229.00	$224.72	$1,427	—
674–680 thin fleshed	676	15	221.00–225.00	$222.07	$1,501	—
666–698	680	37	199.00–211.00	$206.09	$1,401	-9.87
707–747	729	42	191.00–200.00	$194.76	$1,420	-39.19
742 thin fleshed	742	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,558	—
763 fancy	763	40	219.00	$219.00	$1,671	—
751–799	778	45	191.50–198.00	$195.27	$1,519	-23.54
831 fancy	831	58	207.75	$207.75	$1,726	—
827–849	845	84	197.00–198.00	$197.16	$1,666	-4.43
852–897	888	237	190.00–197.10	$194.04	$1,723	-7.18
892 fancy	892	60	207.00	$207.00	$1,846	—
900–946	910	105	172.00–183.50	$179.91	$1,637	-17.41
924–948 fancy	941	158	188.75–191.75	$190.32	$1,791	—
958–973 fancy	964	240	186.25–188.75	$187.15	$1,804	—
965–987	973	129	175.00–179.25	$177.95	$1,731	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1043	1032	180	170.25–179.60	$179.05	$1,848	-0.20
1051–1055	1053	160	170.00–179.85	$176.62	$1,860	+9.12

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–595	578	2	191.00–202.00	$196.67	$1,137	—
645	645	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,303	-10.72
670–690	680	2	161.00–171.00	$166.07	$1,129	—
740	740	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,413	-0.94
777–799	794	36	181.00–183.00	$182.51	$1,449	-13.46
817–843	825	23	181.00–184.00	$182.73	$1,508	—
873–893	880	40	177.00–186.50	$184.58	$1,624	+1.58
942	942	14	166.00	$166.00	$1,564	—
969	969	8	169.50	$169.50	$1,642	-0.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1048	1048	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,656	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	301	5	246.00–247.00	$246.20	$741	—
300–332 thin fleshed	329	70	267.00–282.00	$280.83	$924	—
368–390	375	21	227.00–234.00	$230.83	$866	-7.99
383 fancy	383	9	244.00	$244.00	$935	—
402 thin fleshed	402	120	273.50	$273.50	$1,099	—
405–445 fancy	422	6	241.00–249.00	$245.13	$1,034	—
443–449	447	19	229.00–234.00	$232.44	$1,039	-5.40
462–497	481	34	214.00–228.00	$219.98	$1,058	-8.85
486 thin fleshed	486	14	237.50	$237.50	$1,154	-13.50
503 fancy	503	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,132	—
501–546	523	19	207.00–220.00	$216.50	$1,132	-5.63
520–532 thin fleshed	525	27	217.00–221.00	$219.20	$1,151	—
560–578 thin fleshed	569	81	215.00–227.00	$220.56	$1,255	—
556–597	572	16	190.00–202.00	$198.70	$1,137	-23.51
591 fancy	591	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,241	—
620–632	625	13	186.00–196.00	$192.40	$1,202	-32.52
615–644 thin fleshed	640	202	223.50–229.50	$228.70	$1,464	—
648 fancy	648	15	207.00	$207.00	$1,341	—
655–698	685	66	188.00–200.00	$194.33	$1,331	-9.72
692 thin fleshed	692	94	212.50	$212.50	$1,470	—
712 fancy	712	37	209.75	$209.75	$1,493	-10.14
707–731 thin fleshed	724	122	193.00–197.75	$194.81	$1,410	—
719–749	739	152	178.00–188.00	$186.89	$1,381	-11.79
750 thin fleshed	750	65	195.50	$195.50	$1,466	—
758–797	770	285	180.00–188.50	$183.96	$1,416	-0.19
804–849	836	874	173.50–181.50	$177.56	$1,484	-6.81
852–893	869	362	172.50–178.00	$175.35	$1,524	—
900–933	918	57	173.00–177.75	$176.46	$1,620	-1.22
958–985	964	32	160.00–170.50	$167.14	$1,611	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	231.00	$231.00	$718	+10.00
442	442	2	201.00	$201.00	$888	-26.12
522–545	526	21	191.00–198.00	$195.08	$1,026	—
624–646	640	17	183.00	$183.00	$1,171	-19.36
675–690	683	2	175.00–176.00	$175.51	$1,199	-18.49
715	715	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,258	-25.00
795	795	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,391	—
809–844	817	39	158.00–170.00	$167.30	$1,367	-3.00
855–890	867	18	122.00–172.50	$155.21	$1,346	—
902–920	909	5	159.00–162.00	$160.39	$1,458	—
995	995	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,502	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035	1035	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,428	—
1065	1065	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,342	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,177	+13.00
585–597	593	9	202.00–210.00	$207.48	$1,230	—
601	601	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,247	—
680	680	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,292	—
820	820	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,345	—
950–975	958	3	161.00–171.00	$166.95	$1,599	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1012–1033	1016	21	159.00–171.00	$169.40	$1,721	—
1060	1060	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,590	—
1130	1130	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,729	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1565	1287	75-80%	214	90.00–99.50	$94.26	$1,213	+2.89
1130–1810	1474	75-80%	52	100.00–106.50	$102.29	$1,508	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1460	1152	80-85%	109	81.00–89.50	$87.07	$1,003	-1.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$987	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1900	1574	11	93.00–103.00	$97.43	$1,534	—
1245–1772	1601	12	105.00–118.50	$113.09	$1,811	—
1745–2160	1933	11	119.00–136.00	$127.33	$2,461	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1001–1050	1017	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	109.00–121.00	$111.90	$1,138

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1515	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,700.00	$1,549.34
1420	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–965	958	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,238.19
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1200–1400	1367	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,425.00–2,000.00	$1,904.17	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.