Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. 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	1,559	62.77	979	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,404	55.10	774	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	38.76	443	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,430	111.31	1,592	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	108.39	1,424	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,290	104.57	1,349	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,502	118.66	1,782	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	114.73	1,644	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,412	110.45	1,560	23

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	113	165.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 1	107	106.04/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	100	87.52/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 3	94	51.06/cwt	24
Bulls	Utility	83	19.10/cwt	5
Heifers	Replacements	85	100.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	85	85.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	85	30.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	69	6.67/cwt	3

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
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	126	1
Heifers	ReplacementsCrossbred	—	80	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	48	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	30.00/cwt	20.00–40.00	26	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	72	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	23.33/cwt	15.00–30.00	21	3
Bulls	Utility	—	73	12.76/cwt	5.00–20.00	9	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	165.00/cwt	150.00–180.00	182	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	120	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	198	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	51.85/cwt	40.00–65.00	47	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	53.84/cwt	40.00–65.00	45	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	113	48.72/cwt	45.00–55.00	55	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	46.25/cwt	40.00–55.00	46	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	87.48/cwt	65.00–105.00	89	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	87.32/cwt	65.00–105.00	80	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	94.29/cwt	85.00–105.00	104	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	76.67/cwt	75.00–80.00	65	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	105.73/cwt	100.00–115.00	109	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	106.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	118	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	105	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	137	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	120	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	44.07/cwt	40.00–48.00	524	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,314	108.39/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,424	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,430	111.31/cwt	110.50–112.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,290	104.57/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,349	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,353	114.09/cwt	111.50–116.50	1,544	18
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,483	115.12/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,707	29
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,400	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,624	1
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,513	118.96/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,800	9
Steers	Select	—	1,344	109.54/cwt	107.00–112.50	1,472	15
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,540	112.16/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,727	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	55.10/cwt	50.00–62.00	774	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	62.77/cwt	58.00–68.00	979	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	31.69/cwt	20.00–40.00	343	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 Jun 3, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 269Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 110Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. All prices cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Replacements · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	20.00–40.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	15.00–30.00	23.33
2	—	73	5.00–20.00	12.76
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	150.00–180.00	165.00
1	—	120	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	91	40.00–65.00	51.85
8	—	84	40.00–65.00	53.84
4	—	113	45.00–55.00	48.72
4	—	100	40.00–55.00	46.25
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	102	65.00–105.00	87.48
9	—	92	65.00–105.00	87.32
7	—	110	85.00–105.00	94.29
3	—	85	75.00–80.00	76.67
1	—	120	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	100.00–115.00	105.73
4	—	111	105.00–110.00	106.29
2	—	95	110.00	110.00
1	—	130	105.00	105.00
1	—	120	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,188	40.00–48.00	44.07
6	—	1,082	20.00–40.00	31.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,404	50.00–62.00	55.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,559	58.00–68.00	62.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,314	107.00–110.00	108.39
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	110.50–112.00	111.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	101.00–106.00	104.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,353	111.50–116.50	114.09
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,483	112.00–117.00	115.12
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	116.00	116.00
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,513	117.00–122.00	118.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,344	107.00–112.50	109.54
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,540	109.00–115.00	112.16

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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