Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

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. Feeder dairy 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	1,614	53.92	870	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	49.31	703	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,282	38.57	494	29
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,274	106.17	1,353	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,318	102.68	1,353	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,192	99.06	1,181	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	114.08	1,755	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	111.29	1,666	33
Steers	Select	Average	1,497	107.24	1,605	51

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	97	145.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 1	106	57.50/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 2	98	47.78/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	89	31.31/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	85	13.04/cwt	16
Heifers	Replacements	82	101.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	100	25.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	90	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	7.83/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 1	—	105	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	57	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	38	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	47.08/cwt	40.00–55.00	44	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	29.88/cwt	25.00–35.00	31	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	182	1
Bulls	Utility	—	91	12.99/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	2
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	80	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	60	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	135	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	74	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	56.67/cwt	55.00–60.00	54	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	46.65/cwt	40.00–50.00	47	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	26.84/cwt	23.00–30.00	316	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,318	102.68/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,353	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	111.11/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,537	8
Steers	Select	—	1,463	106.67/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,561	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	53.92/cwt	50.00–58.00	870	10
Bulls	Utility	—	74	9.32/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	5
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	122	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	33.32/cwt	25.00–40.00	31	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	36	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	53.33/cwt	50.00–55.00	59	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	62.50/cwt	55.00–70.00	69	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	75	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	60	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	16.19/cwt	15.00–17.00	14	5
Bulls	Utility	—	103	14.56/cwt	12.00–17.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	31.89/cwt	22.00–40.00	26	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	2
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,571	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,704	16
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,533	111.35/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,707	25
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,274	106.17/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,353	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	35.26/cwt	30.00–39.00	432	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	49.31/cwt	45.00–55.00	703	23
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,538	114.08/cwt	113.00–114.50	1,755	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,192	99.06/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,181	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,353	45.02/cwt	42.00–49.00	609	15

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 21, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 154Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 101Last week 101Year ago 0

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

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	25.00	25.00
2	—	93	25.00	25.00
1	—	110	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
1	—	80	75.00	75.00
1	—	75	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	85	12.00	12.00
2	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	55.00	55.00
1	—	135	55.00	55.00
3	—	95	55.00–60.00	56.67
2	—	110	55.00–70.00	62.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	45.00	45.00
10	—	93	40.00–55.00	47.08
6	—	101	40.00–50.00	46.65
3	—	110	50.00–55.00	53.33
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	25.00–35.00	29.88
6	—	92	25.00–40.00	33.32
1	—	120	30.00	30.00
8	—	83	22.00–40.00	31.89
2	—	75	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	165.00	165.00
2	—	90	130.00–140.00	135.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	91	10.00–15.00	12.99
5	—	74	5.00–15.00	9.32
5	—	84	15.00–17.00	16.19
2	—	103	12.00–17.00	14.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,179	23.00–30.00	26.84
8	—	1,225	30.00–39.00	35.26
15	—	1,353	42.00–49.00	45.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,614	50.00–58.00	53.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,425	45.00–55.00	49.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	101.00–104.00	102.68
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,274	104.00–108.00	106.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,192	95.00–102.00	99.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,383	109.00–113.00	111.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,463	103.00–109.50	106.67
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,571	107.00–110.00	108.48
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,533	109.00–113.00	111.35
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,538	113.00–114.50	114.08

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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