Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-10.00 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	1,568	55.24	866	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,431	50.35	721	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,254	40.99	514	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	103.70	1,312	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,325	95.00	1,259	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,560	115.09	1,795	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,508	110.18	1,661	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,467	105.17	1,543	33

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	108	135.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Number 1	107	64.44/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	103	54.50/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	89	25.54/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	89	13.04/cwt	15
Heifers	Replacements	88	118.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	108	27.40/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	69	6.25/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

42 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	Select	—	1,325	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,259	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,431	50.35/cwt	45.00–53.00	721	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	109.11/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,580	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	55.24/cwt	54.00–57.00	866	2
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,545	110.85/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,713	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	23.76/cwt	20.00–26.50	320	3
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,560	115.09/cwt	113.00–116.50	1,795	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	31.73/cwt	30.00–34.00	343	6
Steers	Select	—	1,448	104.82/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,518	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	44.69/cwt	38.00–50.00	572	29
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,526	106.27/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	103.70/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	55.00/cwt	45.00–60.00	52	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	61.67/cwt	60.00–65.00	59	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Bulls	Utility	—	125	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	32.50/cwt	30.00–35.00	33	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	60.00/cwt	55.00–65.00	62	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	140	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	38	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	30.00/cwt	25.00–35.00	29	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.67/cwt	5.00–15.00	8	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	20.39/cwt	20.00–22.00	17	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	68.60/cwt	65.00–75.00	78	6
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	135	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	88	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	53.33/cwt	50.00–55.00	59	3
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	165	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	80	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	84	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	66	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	105	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	126	1
Bulls	Utility	—	92	12.93/cwt	5.00–20.00	12	5
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	75	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	80	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	27.91/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	5
Bulls	Utility	—	84	13.79/cwt	10.00–17.00	12	5

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 Oct 7, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 204Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 86Last week 105Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-10.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	102.00–105.00	103.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,431	45.00–53.00	50.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	54.00–57.00	55.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,348	20.00–26.50	23.76
6	—	1,082	30.00–34.00	31.73
29	—	1,280	38.00–50.00	44.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,448	107.00–111.00	109.11
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,545	108.00–113.00	110.85
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,560	113.00–116.50	115.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,448	103.00–109.00	104.82
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,526	103.00–109.00	106.27

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
1	—	110	25.00	25.00
1	—	140	27.00	27.00
2	—	95	25.00–35.00	30.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	85	5.00	5.00
2	—	60	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	125.00	125.00
1	—	80	105.00	105.00
1	—	75	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	15.00	15.00
1	—	125	15.00	15.00
3	—	75	5.00–15.00	10.67
5	—	92	5.00–20.00	12.93
5	—	84	10.00–17.00	13.79
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	95	45.00–60.00	55.00
3	—	110	50.00–55.00	53.33
1	—	120	55.00	55.00
1	—	105	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	60.00–65.00	61.67
3	—	103	55.00–65.00	60.00
6	—	113	65.00–75.00	68.60
1	—	135	65.00	65.00
1	—	120	65.00	65.00
1	—	80	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	30.00–35.00	32.50
5	—	82	20.00–22.00	20.39
5	—	91	20.00–35.00	27.91
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	150.00	150.00
1	—	105	120.00	120.00

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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