Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. There is no market report on dairy calves. All prices cwt.

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	1,707	62.56	1,068	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,533	55.82	856	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,313	42.55	559	19
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,286	111.91	1,439	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,286	109.38	1,407	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,380	105.00	1,449	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,526	116.81	1,782	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	113.85	1,693	76
Steers	Select	Average	1,426	110.74	1,579	81

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	113.89/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,682	68
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,569	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,781	8
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,498	116.30/cwt	115.00–118.50	1,742	12
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,559	117.42/cwt	115.00–118.50	1,831	10
Steers	Select	—	1,420	110.69/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,572	78
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,570	112.17/cwt	111.50–113.00	1,761	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	33.11/cwt	20.00–40.00	385	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,286	111.91/cwt	111.50–112.50	1,439	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,286	109.38/cwt	108.50–110.00	1,407	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,401	48.06/cwt	40.00–53.00	673	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	62.56/cwt	58.00–67.00	1,068	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,533	55.82/cwt	50.00–60.00	856	14

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 27, 2019

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

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Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. There is no market report on dairy calves. All prices cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,477	112.00–116.50	113.89
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,569	112.00–115.50	113.51
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,498	115.00–118.50	116.30
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,559	115.00–118.50	117.42
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,420	106.00–114.00	110.69
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	111.50–113.00	112.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,162	20.00–40.00	33.11
12	—	1,401	40.00–53.00	48.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,707	58.00–67.00	62.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,533	50.00–60.00	55.82
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,286	111.50–112.50	111.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	108.50–110.00	109.38

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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