Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Dairy 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	1,627	61.34	998	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	56.86	785	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,224	45.72	560	27
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,245	104.50	1,301	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,220	98.36	1,200	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,249	88.73	1,108	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,487	113.61	1,690	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	109.55	1,617	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,410	105.27	1,485	25

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	61.05/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 2	96	46.70/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	87	30.43/cwt	25
Bulls	Utility	80	11.04/cwt	12
Heifers	Replacements	88	165.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	110	7.48/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	86	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	60.00/cwt	55.00–70.00	66	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	31	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	13.82/cwt	5.00–20.00	11	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	110	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	6	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	60.00/cwt	55.00–65.00	57	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	45.03/cwt	40.00–50.00	42	8
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	149	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	59.85/cwt	55.00–65.00	50	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	50.70/cwt	45.00–55.00	52	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	31.51/cwt	20.00–40.00	26	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	43.81/cwt	40.00–50.00	37	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	28.98/cwt	20.00–35.00	27	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	98.36/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,200	3
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,490	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,698	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,314	50.16/cwt	48.00–53.00	659	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,480	112.69/cwt	111.00–114.50	1,668	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	45.10/cwt	43.00–47.00	537	8
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,511	110.05/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,663	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	34.30/cwt	30.00–40.00	352	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,381	108.17/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,494	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	61.34/cwt	57.00–65.50	998	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,249	88.73/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,108	4
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,453	106.71/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,550	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	56.86/cwt	54.00–61.00	785	17
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,245	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,301	1
Steers	Select	—	1,371	103.95/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,425	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	45.11/cwt	40.00–50.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	26.59/cwt	25.00–30.00	19	3
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.79/cwt	5.00–17.00	8	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	123	7.45/cwt	5.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	60.73/cwt	55.00–65.00	62	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	36	2
Bulls	Utility	—	93	10.68/cwt	10.00–12.00	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 23, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 132Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 94Last week 121Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Dairy feeder calves sold steady. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	165.00	165.00
1	—	90	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	5.00	5.00
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
2	—	123	5.00–10.00	7.45
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	72.00	72.00
3	—	110	55.00–70.00	60.00
3	—	95	55.00–65.00	60.00
2	—	83	55.00–65.00	59.85
7	—	102	55.00–65.00	60.73
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	25.00	25.00
14	—	83	20.00–40.00	31.51
5	—	93	20.00–35.00	28.98
3	—	73	25.00–30.00	26.59
2	—	103	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	82	5.00–20.00	13.82
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
5	—	73	5.00–17.00	10.79
3	—	93	10.00–12.00	10.68
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	93	40.00–50.00	45.03
7	—	102	45.00–55.00	50.70
4	—	84	40.00–50.00	43.81
2	—	113	40.00–50.00	45.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	96.00–100.00	98.36
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,249	85.00–91.00	88.73
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	104.50	104.50
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,490	113.00–115.00	113.98
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	111.00–114.50	112.69
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,511	108.00–112.50	110.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,381	105.50–111.00	108.17
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,453	104.00–109.00	106.71
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,371	101.00–106.00	103.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,314	48.00–53.00	50.16
8	—	1,191	43.00–47.00	45.10
5	—	1,026	30.00–40.00	34.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,627	57.00–65.50	61.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,381	54.00–61.00	56.86

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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