Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

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	1,594	66.32	1,057	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,331	64.49	859	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,337	56.45	755	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,365	86.00	1,174	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,328	72.98	969	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	113.54	1,518	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,500	119.99	1,800	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	116.20	1,676	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,335	109.89	1,467	18

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	63.39/cwt	62.00–65.00	878	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	65.08/cwt	63.00–66.50	995	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,286	57.28/cwt	56.00–58.00	737	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	113.54/cwt	111.50–114.50	1,518	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,442	116.20/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,676	41
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,500	119.99/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,800	27
Steers	Select	—	1,335	109.89/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,467	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,365	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,174	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,328	72.98/cwt	70.00–76.50	969	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	61.76/cwt	61.50–62.00	818	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,920	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	66.68/cwt	66.00–67.00	816	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,413	51.79/cwt	50.00–53.00	732	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 Jul 29, 2019

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

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Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,385	62.00–65.00	63.39
3	—	1,224	66.00–67.00	66.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,529	63.00–66.50	65.08
1	—	1,920	72.50	72.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	56.00–58.00	57.28
2	—	1,325	61.50–62.00	61.76
3	—	1,413	50.00–53.00	51.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	111.50–114.50	113.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,442	113.00–118.00	116.20
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,500	118.00–124.00	119.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,335	103.00–113.00	109.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	70.00–76.50	72.98

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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