Pratt feeder cattle sale results
Pratt Livestock, Pratt, Kansas, reported receipts of 3,000 head selling on April 30, compared to 6,311 head trading on April 23 and 3,256 head selling a year ago, according to USDA-Kansas Department of Agriculture Market News, Dodge City, Kansas.
This was a mid-session report. Compared to a week ago, feeder steers weighing 500 to 700 pounds were trading $1 to $2 higher; 700 to 850 pounds were selling $4 to $8 higher and those above 850 pounds were trading $1 to $5 higher. The feeder heifers weighing 800 to 900 pounds were selling steady to $2 lower and those under 800 pounds were trading $1 to $2 higher. The supply included 100% feeder cattle with 63% steers and 37% was heifers. The feeder cattle supply weighing over 600 pounds was 95%.
Feeder steers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 14 head, 538 lbs., 151.00; 17 head, 596 lbs., 140.00; 26 head, 608 to 647 lbs., 130.00 to 139.50 (137.76); 125 head, 657 to 699 lbs., 131.00 to 140.50 (137.33); 88 head, 715 to 740 lbs., 123.00 to 134.25 (133.70); 199 head, 768 to 797 lbs., 115.00 to 130.25 (118.60); 314 head, 806 to 838 lbs., 114.50 to 126.00 (122.03); 160 head, 868 to 886 lbs., 111.00 to 114.75 (113.85); 307 head, 906 to 932 lbs., 106.00 to 113.25 (110.75); 119 head, 950 to 953 lbs., 110.10 to 110.25 (110.17); 94 head, 1015 to 1040 lbs., 99.75 to 106.00 (103.70); 70 head, 1052 to 1076 lbs., 100.75 to 103.10 (102.15).
Feeder heifers: Medium and Large 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 6 head, 470 lbs., 134.00; 32 head, 501 to 542 lbs., 127.00 to 136.50 (131.53); 28 head, 571 lbs., 135.50; 126 head, 602 to 637 lbs., 122.00 to 135.50 (129.17); 22 head, 668 to 680 lbs., 120.00; 128 head, 707 to 745 lbs., 110.25 to 112.00 (111.42); 63 head, 715 lbs., 123.00, fancy; 114 head, 758 to 782 lbs., 105.00 to 115.00 (108.80); 203 head, 800 to 846 lbs., 101.50 to 107.50 (105.06); 82 head, 874 to 898 lbs., 94.75 to 97.75 (96.96); 58 head, 937 to 948 lbs., 92.60 to 95.00 (93.05). Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 11 head, 568 lbs., 116.00; 13 head, 794 lbs., 102.00.