Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday's sale, steers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Demand Moderate.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	59.77	900	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,402	56.25	789	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,119	45.46	509	15
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,338	114.59	1,533	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	111.70	1,439	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,542	120.06	1,851	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	116.32	1,696	77
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	112.37	1,607	27

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	110	140.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 1	106	129.92/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	102	100.45/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	92	56.54/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	90	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Replacements	100	127.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	110	50.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	85	15.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	37.81/cwt	29.50–47.00	400	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	59.77/cwt	56.00–65.00	900	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,402	56.25/cwt	50.00–64.00	789	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	49.28/cwt	42.00–53.00	566	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	115.90/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,643	56
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,560	120.18/cwt	117.50–124.00	1,875	20
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,566	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,839	21
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,401	112.78/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,580	24
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,523	119.93/cwt	117.00–124.50	1,827	20
Steers	Select and ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,662	109.12/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,814	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,338	114.59/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,533	9
Heifers	ReplacementsCrossbred	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	111.70/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,439	12
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Heifers	ReplacementsCrossbred	—	110	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	209	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	124	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	124.78/cwt	115.00–135.00	141	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	103.33/cwt	85.00–115.00	96	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	51.85/cwt	40.00–75.00	53	3
Bulls	ReplacementsAyshire	—	100	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	90	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	127.24/cwt	115.00–140.00	157	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	77.58/cwt	75.00–80.00	64	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	93.33/cwt	80.00–120.00	112	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	59.19/cwt	35.00–80.00	54	9
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	130	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	215	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	146	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	129.90/cwt	115.00–140.00	134	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	101.80/cwt	85.00–110.00	104	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	58.21/cwt	40.00–75.00	49	5
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	165	1

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 May 6, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 214Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 70Last week 79Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday's sale, steers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Demand Moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,058	29.50–47.00	37.81
10	—	1,149	42.00–53.00	49.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,506	56.00–65.00	59.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	50.00–64.00	56.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,418	113.00–119.50	115.90
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,560	117.50–124.00	120.18
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,566	115.00–120.00	117.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,401	109.00–116.00	112.78
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,523	117.00–124.50	119.93
Steers — Select and Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,662	107.00–111.00	109.12
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	112.00–117.00	114.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,288	109.00–114.00	111.70

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Replacements · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	30.00	30.00
1	—	110	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
1	—	110	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	125.00–135.00	130.00
2	—	123	115.00–140.00	127.24
2	—	110	130.00–135.00	132.50
5	—	103	115.00–140.00	129.90
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	115.00–135.00	124.78
5	—	93	85.00–115.00	103.33
2	—	83	75.00–80.00	77.58
3	—	120	80.00–120.00	93.33
3	—	102	85.00–110.00	101.80
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	40.00–75.00	51.85
1	—	120	40.00	40.00
9	—	92	35.00–80.00	59.19
1	—	75	55.00	55.00
5	—	84	40.00–75.00	58.21
Bulls — Replacements · Ayshire$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	130	165.00	165.00
1	—	100	165.00	165.00

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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