Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, fat steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Fat heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder calves 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	60.84	943	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,420	55.26	785	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,183	41.25	488	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,210	98.55	1,192	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,234	97.78	1,207	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	110.86	1,686	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,398	105.44	1,474	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,350	99.61	1,344	19

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	98	181.08/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 1	102	62.63/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	94	46.12/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	88	31.79/cwt	32
Bulls	Utility	87	9.50/cwt	12
Heifers	Replacements	89	173.20/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	90	30.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	95	21.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	9.38/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Number 1	—	85	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	62.19/cwt	60.00–70.00	58	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	45.94/cwt	40.00–55.00	46	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	31.67/cwt	20.00–40.00	32	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	35.13/cwt	25.00–40.00	32	14
Bulls	Utility	—	75	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	67.58/cwt	55.00–75.00	75	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	47.59/cwt	40.00–55.00	44	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	30.03/cwt	20.00–40.00	25	11
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	103	177.44/cwt	175.00–180.00	183	2
Bulls	Utility	—	115	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	6	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	9.93/cwt	5.00–15.00	9	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	62.45/cwt	60.00–65.00	77	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	61.11/cwt	55.00–70.00	62	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,234	97.78/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,207	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	21.00/cwt	20.00–22.00	20	2
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	93	177.30/cwt	170.00–185.00	165	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,210	98.55/cwt	97.50–100.00	1,192	3
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	80	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	132	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	10.64/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	3
Heifers	Number 3	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	34.41/cwt	30.00–40.00	396	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	60.84/cwt	57.00–66.00	943	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	55.26/cwt	50.00–58.50	785	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	47.11/cwt	42.00–52.00	570	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	105.49/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,468	13
Steers	Select	—	1,332	99.58/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,326	16
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,404	105.39/cwt	103.50–108.00	1,480	15
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,443	99.74/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,439	3
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,521	110.86/cwt	108.50–113.50	1,686	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	45.00/cwt	40.00–50.00	38	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	4
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	93	184.73/cwt	175.00–195.00	172	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	13	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	12.43/cwt	10.00–17.00	10	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA

Mon Sep 16, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 209Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 121Last week 80Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, fat steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Fat heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder calves sold steady. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	60.00	60.00
7	—	93	60.00–70.00	62.19
4	—	111	55.00–75.00	67.58
2	—	123	60.00–65.00	62.45
9	—	102	55.00–70.00	61.11
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	101	40.00–55.00	45.94
1	—	110	45.00	45.00
6	—	93	40.00–55.00	47.59
6	—	85	40.00–50.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	100	20.00–40.00	31.67
14	—	92	25.00–40.00	35.13
11	—	83	20.00–40.00	30.03
4	—	75	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	5.00	5.00
2	—	65	5.00–10.00	7.50
1	—	115	5.00	5.00
4	—	93	5.00–15.00	9.93
1	—	105	12.00	12.00
3	—	82	10.00–17.00	12.43
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	175.00–180.00	177.44
2	—	93	175.00–195.00	184.73
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	20.00–22.00	21.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	170.00–185.00	177.30
1	—	80	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	10.00–12.00	10.64
2	—	75	5.00–10.00	7.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	30.00	30.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	95.00–99.50	97.78
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	97.50–100.00	98.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	30.00–40.00	34.41
7	—	1,209	42.00–52.00	47.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,550	57.00–66.00	60.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,420	50.00–58.50	55.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,392	103.00–108.00	105.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,332	95.00–102.50	99.58
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,404	103.50–108.00	105.39
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	98.00–101.00	99.74
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,521	108.50–113.50	110.86

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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