Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2019-08-05

Vintage

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, Aug 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
134 vs last sale 116 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
103 head
103 vs last sale 0 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. All prices CWT.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43460.4186619
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34453.1371415
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12836.5341215
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,309112.481,4724thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309109.761,4377thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,095103.001,1281thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,528119.151,82025
SteersChoiceAverage1,441115.031,65781
SteersSelectAverage1,436110.021,58039

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19973.01/cwt16
BullsNumber 29249.14/cwt8
BullsNumber 38527.57/cwt3
BullsUtility8212.50/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 29351.72/cwt37.50–77.50485
BullsNumber 19368.85/cwt57.50–80.00648
SteersSelectNon-Traditional1,469109.98/cwt107.00–112.001,6167
SteersChoice and Prime1,521119.26/cwt117.00–121.501,81411
SteersChoice and PrimeNon-Traditional1,533119.07/cwt116.50–121.501,82514
SteersChoice1,419114.69/cwt112.00–118.001,62754
SteersSelect1,429110.03/cwt107.00–113.501,57232
SteersChoiceNon-Traditional1,484115.72/cwt112.00–118.501,71727
CowsLean 85-90%1,13725.92/cwt17.00–31.002955
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43460.41/cwt54.50–65.5086619
CowsLean 85-90%1,12441.84/cwt40.00–44.5047010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34453.13/cwt48.00–56.0071415
BullsNumber 110376.24/cwt72.50–82.50796
BullsNumber 28537.25/cwt36.00–38.50322
BullsNumber 38328.86/cwt25.00–32.50242
BullsNumber 111080.00/cwt72.50–87.50882
BullsNumber 210060.00/cwt60.00–60.00601
BullsNumber 39025.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
BullsUtility8513.75/cwt12.50–15.00122
HeifersChoice1,309109.76/cwt107.00–110.501,4377
HeifersSelect1,095103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1281
HeifersChoice and Prime1,309112.48/cwt112.00–114.001,4724

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.