Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. No market test available for feeder dairy calves. 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	1,464	64.13	939	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,421	59.07	839	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,199	42.08	505	29
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,447	108.18	1,565	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	106.94	1,464	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	100.00	1,115	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,550	117.98	1,829	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	115.68	1,714	34
Steers	Select	Average	1,439	109.88	1,582	25

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
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,483	110.42/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,638	15
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,447	108.18/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,565	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	59.07/cwt	53.50–63.00	839	15
Heifers	Select	—	1,115	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,115	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	64.13/cwt	59.00–66.50	939	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,409	116.41/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,640	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	19.62/cwt	15.00–24.00	211	4
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,494	115.55/cwt	114.00–117.50	1,726	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	32.99/cwt	22.00–40.00	363	8
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,550	117.98/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,829	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,276	51.65/cwt	47.50–56.50	659	17
Steers	Select	—	1,374	109.07/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,499	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,369	106.94/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,464	4

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 19, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,483	108.00–112.50	110.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,409	116.00–117.00	116.41
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,494	114.00–117.50	115.55
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,550	117.00–120.00	117.98
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,374	106.00–111.00	109.07
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,447	107.00–110.00	108.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	106.00–108.00	106.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,421	53.50–63.00	59.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	59.00–66.50	64.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,073	15.00–24.00	19.62
8	—	1,099	22.00–40.00	32.99
17	—	1,276	47.50–56.50	51.65

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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