Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. 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	1,548	51.92	804	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,406	49.93	702	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,256	39.40	495	40
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,415	111.00	1,571	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,290	107.50	1,387	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,549	117.70	1,823	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	112.97	1,700	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,501	107.77	1,618	16

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	97	145.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 1	101	59.91/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 2	98	48.06/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	88	29.74/cwt	26
Bulls	Utility	88	10.81/cwt	13
Heifers	Replacements	90	143.20/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	95	25.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	96	20.31/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	84	8.13/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Number 2	—	85	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	123	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	10.97/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	74	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	48.36/cwt	45.00–55.00	45	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	32.54/cwt	30.00–40.00	30	10
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	152	2
Bulls	Utility	—	103	11.15/cwt	5.00–17.00	11	2
Bulls	Utility	—	93	14.07/cwt	10.00–17.00	13	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	103	22.29/cwt	20.00–25.00	23	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	6.00/cwt	5.00–7.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	80	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	59.04/cwt	55.00–65.00	61	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	48.92/cwt	40.00–55.00	50	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	33.36/cwt	30.00–35.00	34	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	19.80/cwt	10.00–25.00	216	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,387	1
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,548	113.16/cwt	109.00–115.50	1,752	15
Steers	Select	—	1,426	107.36/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,531	7
Bulls	Utility	—	113	16.89/cwt	12.00–22.00	19	2
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	26.90/cwt	20.00–35.00	22	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	63.50/cwt	62.00–65.00	60	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	93	7.43/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	2
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	93	142.30/cwt	135.00–150.00	132	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	80	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	9.09/cwt	5.00–12.00	7	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	115	1
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,560	108.09/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,686	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,452	117.85/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,415	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,571	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	33.50/cwt	28.00–38.00	379	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	49.93/cwt	47.00–52.00	702	17
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,581	117.65/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,860	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	112.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,509	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	46.76/cwt	41.50–52.00	630	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	51.92/cwt	49.00–56.50	804	14

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 14, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 186Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 101Last week 86Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. 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 — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	20.00	20.00
3	—	103	20.00–25.00	22.29
2	—	90	15.00–20.00	17.50
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	145.00	145.00
2	—	93	135.00–150.00	142.30
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00–12.00	10.97
2	—	75	5.00–7.00	6.00
2	—	93	5.00–10.00	7.43
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	25.00	25.00
1	—	80	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	62.00	62.00
1	—	80	55.00	55.00
5	—	104	55.00–65.00	59.04
2	—	95	62.00–65.00	63.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
6	—	94	45.00–55.00	48.36
5	—	102	40.00–55.00	48.92
1	—	115	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	93	30.00–40.00	32.54
3	—	102	30.00–35.00	33.36
12	—	82	20.00–35.00	26.90
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	160.00	160.00
1	—	100	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	5.00–17.00	11.15
3	—	93	10.00–17.00	14.07
2	—	113	12.00–22.00	16.89
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
3	—	73	5.00–12.00	9.09
2	—	80	5.00	5.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,093	10.00–25.00	19.80
10	—	1,131	28.00–38.00	33.50
24	—	1,348	41.50–52.00	46.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,406	47.00–52.00	49.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,548	49.00–56.50	51.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	111.00	111.00
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,548	109.00–115.50	113.16
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,426	104.00–109.00	107.36
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,560	105.00–109.00	108.09
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	117.00–119.00	117.85
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,581	116.00–121.00	117.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,344	110.00–115.00	112.28

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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