Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, steers sold steady. Heifers sold steady. Cows sold steady. No market to report for feeder 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	1,754	62.22	1,091	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,426	57.81	824	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,313	49.49	650	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,273	112.45	1,431	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	108.49	1,350	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,250	105.55	1,319	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,526	117.03	1,786	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	113.94	1,688	57
Steers	Select	Average	1,477	110.30	1,629	48

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	Select	—	1,458	110.05/cwt	107.00–112.50	1,605	41
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,500	114.08/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,711	21
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,555	117.00/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,819	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	113.86/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,675	36
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,587	111.79/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,774	7
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	117.08/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,723	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,501	55.82/cwt	53.00–59.00	838	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	57.81/cwt	54.00–60.50	824	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,754	62.22/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,091	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	43.16/cwt	40.00–45.00	486	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,250	105.55/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,350	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,273	112.45/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,431	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 Jun 10, 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, steers sold steady. Heifers sold steady. Cows sold steady. No market to report for feeder dairy calves. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,458	107.00–112.50	110.05
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,500	111.00–116.50	114.08
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,555	115.50–119.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,471	111.00–116.50	113.86
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,587	109.00–113.00	111.79
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,472	116.00–118.00	117.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,501	53.00–59.00	55.82
4	—	1,125	40.00–45.00	43.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,426	54.00–60.50	57.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,754	60.00–65.00	62.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	103.00–107.00	105.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,244	107.00–110.00	108.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	111.00–114.00	112.45

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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