Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold for 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady on breakers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower on boner and leans. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower. 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%	High	1,580	62.60	989	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	53.37	725	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,238	33.78	418	27
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,408	109.22	1,538	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	106.75	1,359	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,208	103.47	1,250	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,490	116.35	1,734	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	112.62	1,626	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,421	108.97	1,548	27

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	74.18/cwt	13
Bulls	Replacements	97	65.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 2	97	48.82/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	90	35.02/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	90	10.35/cwt	14
Heifers	Replacements	90	150.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	95	65.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	160	37.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	6.67/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1	—	123	72.55/cwt	70.00–75.00	89	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	48.50/cwt	40.00–60.00	45	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	35	1
Bulls	Replacements	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	71	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	71.54/cwt	60.00–90.00	74	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	48.80/cwt	45.00–55.00	51	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	7
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	158	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,208	103.47/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	70	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	53	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,408	109.22/cwt	108.50–110.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	160	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	59	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	106.75/cwt	105.50–107.50	1,359	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	66	1
Steers	Select	—	1,400	108.58/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,520	23
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,655	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,994	1
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,519	116.69/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,773	12
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,516	113.05/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,714	8
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,539	111.21/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,712	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,434	115.43/cwt	113.00–118.50	1,655	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	112.46/cwt	111.00–114.50	1,595	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	220	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	53.37/cwt	52.00–55.00	725	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,309	42.70/cwt	39.00–46.00	559	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	70.76/cwt	67.00–72.50	1,130	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	31.16/cwt	25.00–35.00	382	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	59.54/cwt	57.00–64.00	937	8
Bulls	Utility	—	102	13.36/cwt	5.00–20.00	14	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Replacements	—	115	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	38.81/cwt	35.00–50.00	33	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	80.00/cwt	65.00–90.00	88	3
Bulls	Utility	—	93	10.81/cwt	5.00–15.00	10	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	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 22, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 196Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 80Last week 84Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	70.00–75.00	72.55
2	—	95	70.00–80.00	75.00
6	—	103	60.00–90.00	71.54
3	—	110	65.00–90.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	50.00	50.00
7	—	93	40.00–60.00	48.50
4	—	104	45.00–55.00	48.80
1	—	115	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	30.00	30.00
1	—	100	35.00	35.00
7	—	91	35.00	35.00
4	—	84	35.00–50.00	38.81
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Replacements$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
1	—	115	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
2	—	73	5.00	5.00
1	—	110	10.00	10.00
3	—	102	5.00–20.00	13.36
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
6	—	93	5.00–15.00	10.81
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	75.00	75.00
1	—	120	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	37.00	37.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
1	—	75	5.00	5.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	103.00–104.00	103.47
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	108.50–110.00	109.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	105.50–107.50	106.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,400	106.00–111.50	108.58
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	120.50	120.50
9	—	1,434	113.00–118.50	115.43
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,519	114.00–119.00	116.69
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,516	111.00–114.00	113.05
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,539	110.00–114.00	111.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,418	111.00–114.50	112.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,101	20.00	20.00
10	—	1,309	39.00–46.00	42.70
13	—	1,226	25.00–35.00	31.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	52.00–55.00	53.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,597	67.00–72.50	70.76
8	—	1,574	57.00–64.00	59.54

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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