Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday's sale, slaughter steers sold steady to weak on an active trade and moderate demand. Slaughter cows were lightly tested and sold firm in response to limited supplies and good demand.

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	—	Average	1,305	67.00	874	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	56.13	898	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,453	55.87	812	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,189	50.59	602	13
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,312	116.28	1,525	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,175	113.98	1,339	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,519	119.89	1,821	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	117.57	1,737	60
Steers	Select	Average	1,336	111.68	1,492	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	122.80/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	94	101.53/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	95	59.19/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	73	12.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	120	145.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	90	45.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	123.33/cwt	115.00–135.00	117	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	121.67/cwt	110.00–135.00	134	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	122.95/cwt	110.00–135.00	127	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	102.50/cwt	95.00–110.00	113	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	81	97.90/cwt	85.00–110.00	79	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	104.85/cwt	90.00–115.00	107	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	101.48/cwt	90.00–115.00	95	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	76.67/cwt	55.00–90.00	77	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	53.51/cwt	30.00–65.00	60	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	39.00/cwt	20.00–55.00	32	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	66.74/cwt	35.00–85.00	62	6
Bulls	Utility	—	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	174	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	—	—	1,305	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	874	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	55.99/cwt	54.00–58.00	796	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,159	113.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,313	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,295	115.60/cwt	114.00–117.50	1,497	11
Heifers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,358	118.15/cwt	116.50–120.50	1,604	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	55.49/cwt	54.00–59.00	853	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	56.83/cwt	54.00–60.00	656	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	117.67/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,716	42
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,556	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,844	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,471	119.37/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,756	14
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,551	119.48/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,853	22
Steers	Select	—	1,336	111.68/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,492	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,315	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,585	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,512	123.11/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,861	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	62.67/cwt	62.00–63.00	1,119	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	871	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,695	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	52.18/cwt	49.00–54.00	812	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	113.25/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,597	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	47.82/cwt	40.00–55.00	576	9

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA

Mon Apr 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 210Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 79Last week 44Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	115.00–135.00	123.33
3	—	110	110.00–135.00	121.67
12	—	103	110.00–135.00	122.95
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	95.00–110.00	102.50
5	—	81	85.00–110.00	97.90
5	—	102	90.00–115.00	104.85
7	—	94	90.00–115.00	101.48
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	100	55.00–90.00	76.67
3	—	112	30.00–65.00	53.51
4	—	81	20.00–55.00	39.00
6	—	93	35.00–85.00	66.74
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
1	—	95	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,421	54.00–58.00	55.99
1	—	1,405	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,695	49.00	49.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	54.00–59.00	55.49
3	—	1,785	62.00–63.00	62.67
4	—	1,556	49.00–54.00	52.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,154	54.00–60.00	56.83
9	—	1,205	40.00–55.00	47.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,159	110.00–115.00	113.26
1	—	1,315	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,295	114.00–117.50	115.60
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	116.50–120.50	118.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,458	115.00–121.00	117.67
4	—	1,410	112.00–115.00	113.25
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,556	117.00–120.00	118.51
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,471	116.00–122.00	119.37
5	—	1,512	122.00–124.00	123.11
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,551	116.00–122.00	119.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,336	107.00–115.00	111.68

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.

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