Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady. 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	1,459	60.89	888	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	52.35	701	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,085	39.16	425	18
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,276	108.02	1,378	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,241	105.74	1,312	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,188	103.61	1,231	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	116.11	1,785	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	113.39	1,645	44
Steers	Select	Average	1,398	108.00	1,510	51

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	98	197.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Number 1	103	72.73/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	100	53.66/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	87	33.25/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	80	12.14/cwt	12
Heifers	Replacements	100	185.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	90	50.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	9.14/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

42 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 2	—	85	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	53.61/cwt	40.00–65.00	56	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	40.00/cwt	35.00–45.00	40	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	176	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	15.07/cwt	5.00–25.00	13	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	72.94/cwt	60.00–85.00	74	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	125	62.50/cwt	60.00–65.00	78	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	33.55/cwt	25.00–40.00	31	7
Bulls	Utility	—	45	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	2	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	7.59/cwt	5.00–15.00	6	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	74.73/cwt	65.00–85.00	69	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	61	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,241	105.74/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	10.67/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,188	103.61/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,231	3
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	185	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	8.50/cwt	7.00–10.00	6	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,276	108.02/cwt	106.50–109.50	1,378	7
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	45	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	26.70/cwt	26.00–27.00	276	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	60.89/cwt	58.00–66.00	888	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	43.60/cwt	40.00–48.00	502	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	52.35/cwt	48.00–58.00	701	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	35.91/cwt	30.00–40.50	356	6
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,496	114.71/cwt	113.00–116.50	1,716	14
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,521	116.18/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,767	8
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,775	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,997	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,526	115.71/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,766	6
Steers	Select	—	1,296	104.73/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,357	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	112.77/cwt	110.50–115.00	1,613	30
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,740	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	2,053	1
Steers	Select	—	1,427	109.14/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,557	36
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	51.14/cwt	40.00–65.00	48	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	32.21/cwt	20.00–40.00	26	7
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	210	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	1

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 Jul 15, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 250Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 84Last week 458Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	60.00	60.00
4	—	104	40.00–65.00	53.61
2	—	125	60.00–65.00	62.50
1	—	110	55.00	55.00
10	—	93	40.00–65.00	51.14
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	35.00–45.00	40.00
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
7	—	91	25.00–40.00	33.55
7	—	81	20.00–40.00	32.21
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	185.00	185.00
1	—	100	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	20.00	20.00
4	—	84	5.00–25.00	15.07
1	—	45	5.00	5.00
4	—	73	5.00–15.00	7.59
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
7	—	102	60.00–85.00	72.94
2	—	93	65.00–85.00	74.73
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
3	—	80	10.00–12.00	10.67
2	—	75	7.00–10.00	8.50
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,241	104.00–108.00	105.74
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	103.00–104.00	103.61
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	106.50–109.50	108.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	26.00–27.00	26.70
10	—	1,151	40.00–48.00	43.60
6	—	991	30.00–40.50	35.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,459	58.00–66.00	60.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,339	48.00–58.00	52.35
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,496	113.00–116.50	114.71
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,521	115.00–117.00	116.18
1	—	1,740	118.00	118.00
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	112.50	112.50
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,526	114.00–119.00	115.71
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,296	102.00–107.00	104.73
36	—	1,427	107.00–112.00	109.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,430	110.50–115.00	112.77

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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