Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	56.96	779	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	56.73	887	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,212	42.63	517	27
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,313	111.22	1,460	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,275	106.84	1,362	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,197	104.03	1,245	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,525	115.48	1,761	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	112.47	1,650	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,436	107.48	1,543	42

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	90	230.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Number 1	101	68.09/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	97	47.29/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	85	30.96/cwt	22
Bulls	Utility	82	9.53/cwt	18
Heifers	Replacements	80	85.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	103	15.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	90	12.37/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	93	13.46/cwt	12.00–15.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	28.00/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	101	13.53/cwt	10.00–17.00	14	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	32.23/cwt	22.00–40.00	27	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	47.50/cwt	40.00–55.00	50	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	7.76/cwt	5.00–17.00	6	10
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	207	1
Steers	Select	—	1,412	107.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,515	28
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	106.84/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,362	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	56.96/cwt	52.00–63.00	779	28
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,483	107.87/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,600	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,313	111.22/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,460	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,035	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,197	104.03/cwt	101.50–105.50	1,245	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	56.07/cwt	52.00–62.00	853	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,608	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	20.99/cwt	20.00–22.00	173	2
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,500	112.61/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,689	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	32.99/cwt	30.00–41.00	376	8
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,525	115.48/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,761	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,292	49.72/cwt	45.00–55.00	642	17
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	48.12/cwt	40.00–60.00	45	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	68.43/cwt	60.00–75.00	77	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	65	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	62	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	14.83/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	115	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	69.68/cwt	60.00–85.00	71	13
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	113	13.47/cwt	12.00–15.00	15	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	80	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	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 26, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 181Last week 145Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 0Year ago 0

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

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	12.00–15.00	13.46
2	—	101	10.00–17.00	13.53
10	—	74	5.00–17.00	7.76
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	115	15.00	15.00
2	—	83	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	90	20.00–35.00	28.00
14	—	84	22.00–40.00	32.23
1	—	65	30.00	30.00
1	—	70	30.00	30.00
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
2	—	105	40.00–55.00	47.50
5	—	93	40.00–60.00	48.12
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	60.00–75.00	68.43
7	—	95	60.00–70.00	65.00
13	—	102	60.00–85.00	69.68
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
2	—	73	10.00–20.00	14.83
2	—	113	12.00–15.00	13.47
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	110	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,412	105.00–110.00	107.29
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,483	105.00–109.50	107.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,432	110.00–115.00	112.32
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,500	110.00–115.00	112.61
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,525	114.00–119.00	115.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	106.50–107.00	106.84
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	110.00–112.50	111.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,197	101.50–105.50	104.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,367	52.00–63.00	56.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	64.00	64.00
11	—	1,521	52.00–62.00	56.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	20.00–22.00	20.99
8	—	1,139	30.00–41.00	32.99
17	—	1,292	45.00–55.00	49.72

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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