Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Dairy bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

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	1,575	66.84	1,053	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,438	56.77	816	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,243	43.75	544	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,315	112.16	1,475	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	109.40	1,416	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	102.15	1,382	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,536	118.40	1,819	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	115.21	1,691	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,446	112.30	1,624	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,545	102.62	1,586	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	108	137.80/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	104	107.50/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	91	61.34/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	79	14.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Replacements	90	120.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	130	60.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	113	37.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	100	15.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	66.84/cwt	62.00–70.00	1,053	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	56.77/cwt	54.00–62.00	816	15
Steers	Select and ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,525	112.36/cwt	110.00–114.50	1,713	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,405	112.27/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,577	23
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,595	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,683	2
Steers	Select	—	1,531	101.80/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,559	7
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,548	118.56/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,835	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,673	1
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,507	115.40/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,739	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	114.89/cwt	114.00–116.50	1,610	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	102.15/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,315	112.16/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	109.40/cwt	107.00–111.50	1,416	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,351	49.27/cwt	41.00–55.00	666	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	108	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	120	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	48	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	105	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	37	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	130	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	78	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	17	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	51.48/cwt	40.00–60.00	53	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	86.67/cwt	75.00–100.00	78	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	40.15/cwt	35.00–45.00	33	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	47.50/cwt	40.00–55.00	36	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	118.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	130	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	105	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	102.50/cwt	90.00–115.00	108	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	124	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	137.28/cwt	130.00–145.00	143	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	142.82/cwt	125.00–150.00	161	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	129.93/cwt	125.00–135.00	160	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	36.38/cwt	30.00–40.00	400	6

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 13, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 187Last week 225Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 64Last week 70Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Dairy bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	62.00–70.00	66.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,438	54.00–62.00	56.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,351	41.00–55.00	49.27
6	—	1,099	30.00–40.00	36.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,525	110.00–114.50	112.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,405	110.00–114.00	112.27
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	105.00–106.00	105.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,531	95.00–107.00	101.80
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,548	117.50–120.00	118.56
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,507	113.00–118.00	115.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,401	114.00–116.50	114.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	100.00–104.00	102.15
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,315	111.00–113.00	112.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,294	107.00–111.50	109.40

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	40.00	40.00
1	—	105	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	130	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	17.00	17.00
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	102	40.00–60.00	51.48
3	—	90	75.00–100.00	86.67
2	—	83	35.00–45.00	40.15
2	—	75	40.00–55.00	47.50
1	—	110	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	110	115.00–120.00	118.33
3	—	95	110.00	110.00
2	—	105	90.00–115.00	102.50
1	—	130	95.00	95.00
1	—	85	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	104	130.00–145.00	137.28
6	—	113	125.00–150.00	142.82
3	—	123	125.00–135.00	129.93
2	—	93	135.00–140.00	137.43

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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