Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2019-04-22

Vintage

Slaughter Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, Apr 22
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916
← earliestApr 22Apr 29
Receipts
210 head
210 vs last sale 0 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-4.00 higher. No market reported for feeder dairy calves due to light receipts.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76858.661,0374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44554.7479112
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29345.135838thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,32493.351,2364thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39878.231,0944thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,300119.501,5543thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,418106.861,5154thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,551121.921,89114
SteersChoiceAverage1,489119.591,78151
SteersSelectAverage1,259110.011,3856thin

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35549.92/cwt49.00–51.006763
CowsLean 85-90%1,17333.55/cwt20.00–43.003943
CowsLean 85-90%1,50057.00/cwt57.00–57.008551
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,32493.35/cwt84.00–100.001,2364
Dairy HeifersChoice1,39878.23/cwt77.00–80.001,0944
SteersSelect1,259110.01/cwt107.00–115.001,3856
SteersChoice and PrimeNon-Traditional1,610124.13/cwt123.00–126.001,9984
SteersChoice and Prime1,527121.04/cwt117.00–125.501,84810
SteersChoiceNon-Traditional1,515121.75/cwt117.00–123.501,84514
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,782112.31/cwt111.00–114.002,0013
SteersChoice1,453119.34/cwt116.00–123.001,73434
HeifersChoice and Prime1,300119.50/cwt118.00–122.001,5543
HeifersChoice1,418106.86/cwt103.00–111.001,5154
CowsLean 85-90%1,33150.84/cwt49.00–53.006774
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76858.66/cwt55.00–62.501,0374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47556.35/cwt53.50–59.008319

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.