Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher with low supply. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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	1,558	64.71	1,008	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,414	55.26	781	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,273	39.77	506	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,227	108.45	1,331	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,576	116.86	1,841	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	114.41	1,675	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,424	110.10	1,568	46

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	113	152.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Number 1	96	98.24/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 2	95	71.57/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	85	36.54/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	79	14.67/cwt	4
Heifers	Replacements	92	136.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	93	54.73/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	90	22.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	11.51/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

36 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 and Prime	—	1,515	116.17/cwt	115.50–117.00	1,760	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	64.71/cwt	59.00–67.50	1,008	10
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,621	117.37/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,903	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	26.59/cwt	22.00–32.00	289	3
Steers	Select	—	1,398	109.91/cwt	106.00–113.50	1,537	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,343	44.71/cwt	40.00–51.00	600	8
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,598	111.39/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,780	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,227	108.45/cwt	106.00–110.50	1,331	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	114.18/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,633	30
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	32.05/cwt	25.00–45.00	23	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	93.97/cwt	70.00–110.00	86	4
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	155	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	38.86/cwt	32.00–45.00	32	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	68	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	50	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	54.73/cwt	45.00–65.00	51	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	40.16/cwt	25.00–55.00	37	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	123	87.55/cwt	85.00–90.00	108	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	11.36/cwt	10.00–12.00	8	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	175	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	81	70.08/cwt	60.00–75.00	57	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	98	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	125	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	163	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	69.01/cwt	60.00–75.00	63	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	127	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	123	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	16.83/cwt	12.00–22.00	12	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	93	2
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	99	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	12.50/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,527	114.84/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,754	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	55.26/cwt	52.00–58.00	781	7

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 17, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 238Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 59Last week 345Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher with low supply. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	115.50–117.00	116.17
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,621	117.00–118.00	117.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,398	106.00–113.50	109.91
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,598	108.00–113.00	111.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,430	112.00–116.00	114.18
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,527	112.00–116.50	114.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,558	59.00–67.50	64.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	22.00–32.00	26.59
8	—	1,343	40.00–51.00	44.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,414	52.00–58.00	55.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	106.00–110.50	108.45

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	25.00–45.00	32.05
3	—	82	32.00–45.00	38.86
5	—	92	25.00–55.00	40.16
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	91	70.00–110.00	93.97
1	—	85	115.00	115.00
1	—	115	110.00	110.00
2	—	100	90.00–95.00	92.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	60.00–70.00	65.00
2	—	123	85.00–90.00	87.55
4	—	81	60.00–75.00	70.08
5	—	91	60.00–75.00	69.01
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	175.00	175.00
1	—	125	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	12.00–22.00	16.83
2	—	85	10.00–15.00	12.50
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	155.00	155.00
1	—	85	145.00	145.00
1	—	90	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	50	5.00	5.00
2	—	83	15.00	15.00
3	—	73	10.00–12.00	11.36
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	45.00–65.00	54.73
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	100	25.00	25.00

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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