Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady.

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	1,515	61.86	937	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	57.23	757	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	35.94	403	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,335	114.72	1,532	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,580	109.88	1,736	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,542	119.01	1,835	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	115.32	1,669	39
Steers	Select	Low	1,375	110.30	1,516	24

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	121.80/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	94	85.52/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	86	51.75/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	83	13.17/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	93	50.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	12.50/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	113	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	144	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	28.63/cwt	20.00–32.00	309	4
Steers	Select	—	1,473	104.19/cwt	102.50–105.00	1,535	4
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,405	112.81/cwt	110.00–114.50	1,585	3
Steers	Select	—	1,346	111.30/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,498	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	61.86/cwt	58.50–64.00	937	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	57.23/cwt	54.00–60.00	757	14
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,605	119.78/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,922	7
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,479	118.23/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,749	7
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,492	116.26/cwt	114.00–118.50	1,735	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	114.79/cwt	113.00–117.50	1,632	25
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,335	114.72/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,532	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,580	109.88/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,736	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	41.79/cwt	40.00–48.00	482	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	51	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	Utility	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	49.22/cwt	40.00–65.00	41	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	55.82/cwt	45.00–65.00	51	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	85.51/cwt	75.00–90.00	80	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	87.04/cwt	75.00–95.00	90	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	84.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	71	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	119.15/cwt	110.00–125.00	123	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	117	3

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.

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Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA

Mon May 20, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 187Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 60Last week 64Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	125.00–130.00	127.44
6	—	103	110.00–125.00	119.15
3	—	95	120.00–125.00	123.33
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
2	—	75	17.00	17.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	83	40.00–65.00	49.22
6	—	92	45.00–65.00	55.82
1	—	75	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	75.00–90.00	85.51
5	—	103	75.00–95.00	87.04
5	—	85	80.00–90.00	84.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	55	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
1	—	85	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	20.00–32.00	28.63
5	—	1,154	40.00–48.00	41.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,515	58.50–64.00	61.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,323	54.00–60.00	57.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	102.50–105.00	104.19
17	—	1,346	109.00–113.00	111.30
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	110.00–114.50	112.81
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,605	119.00–121.00	119.78
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,479	117.00–119.00	118.23
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,492	114.00–118.50	116.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,422	113.00–117.50	114.79
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	113.00–116.00	114.72
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	109.00–111.00	109.88

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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