Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady with a light run. 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	1,432	63.01	902	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	58.95	814	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,256	43.71	549	13
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,316	110.49	1,454	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,186	108.12	1,282	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,535	117.84	1,809	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	113.88	1,647	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,426	110.09	1,570	23

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	102	181.28/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 1	105	69.17/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	104	57.11/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	84	31.55/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	84	16.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Replacements	100	155.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	83	20.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	88	13.00/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

39 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	Utility	—	110	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	19	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	153	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	57.44/cwt	55.00–60.00	65	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	68.39/cwt	65.00–75.00	70	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	209	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	58.04/cwt	55.00–60.00	59	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	71.25/cwt	65.00–75.00	68	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	105	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	103	182.56/cwt	180.00–185.00	188	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,397	113.80/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,590	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	58.95/cwt	54.00–64.50	814	20
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,471	113.92/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,676	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	63.01/cwt	57.50–68.00	902	25
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,535	117.84/cwt	117.00–118.50	1,809	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	35.49/cwt	26.00–40.00	434	5
Steers	Select	—	1,365	109.52/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,495	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	48.84/cwt	46.00–52.00	624	8
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,492	110.72/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,652	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,186	108.12/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,316	110.49/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,454	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	66.21/cwt	60.00–75.00	75	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	65.14/cwt	60.00–70.00	61	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	28.57/cwt	25.00–45.00	21	7
Bulls	Utility	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	42	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	29.25/cwt	20.00–40.00	24	6
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	115	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	161	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	145	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	155	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	35.11/cwt	25.00–45.00	32	5
Bulls	Utility	—	60	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	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 Aug 12, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 250Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 61Last week 103Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady with a light run. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	17.00	17.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
1	—	60	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	170.00	170.00
1	—	110	190.00	190.00
2	—	103	180.00–185.00	182.56
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	55.00–60.00	57.44
5	—	102	55.00–60.00	58.04
2	—	93	60.00–70.00	65.14
2	—	83	50.00	50.00
1	—	155	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	65.00–75.00	68.39
4	—	95	65.00–75.00	71.25
4	—	114	60.00–75.00	66.21
1	—	120	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	40.00	40.00
7	—	75	25.00–45.00	28.57
6	—	83	20.00–40.00	29.25
5	—	92	25.00–45.00	35.11
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	105	15.00	15.00
2	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	140.00	140.00
1	—	85	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,397	112.00–116.00	113.80
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,471	112.00–116.00	113.92
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,535	117.00–118.50	117.84
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,365	107.00–112.00	109.52
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,492	110.00–112.00	110.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,380	54.00–64.50	58.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,432	57.50–68.00	63.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,222	26.00–40.00	35.49
8	—	1,278	46.00–52.00	48.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,186	107.00–109.00	108.12
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	109.00–113.00	110.49

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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