Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady with a light run. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	1,590	48.80	776	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,412	44.80	633	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,371	35.64	489	21
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,295	105.39	1,365	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	102.95	1,345	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,220	94.50	1,153	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,566	114.46	1,792	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	110.87	1,705	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,422	105.07	1,494	49

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	101	195.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 1	105	77.23/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	99	46.89/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	97	31.27/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	86	13.25/cwt	7
Heifers	Replacements	90	170.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	93	107.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	100	25.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	92	20.67/cwt	3

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
Bulls	Utility	—	83	9.85/cwt	5.00–15.00	8	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	172.50/cwt	115.00–230.00	173	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	32.45/cwt	20.00–45.00	30	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	130	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	50.00/cwt	45.00–55.00	51	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	36	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	153	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,295	105.39/cwt	105.00–105.50	1,365	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	21	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,220	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,153	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	102.95/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,345	6
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,442	106.19/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,531	22
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,465	113.76/cwt	113.00–114.50	1,667	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	88	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	78.43/cwt	75.00–85.00	88	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	43	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	30.10/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	3
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	231	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	16.03/cwt	15.00–17.00	12	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	80.67/cwt	70.00–87.00	81	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	46	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	27.68/cwt	20.00–35.00	29	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	214	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	15	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	12	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	71	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	48.80/cwt	47.00–51.50	776	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,356	38.83/cwt	36.00–43.50	527	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	44.80/cwt	40.00–49.50	633	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,393	34.26/cwt	30.00–36.00	477	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,377	27.15/cwt	26.00–29.00	374	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	110.50/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,648	5
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,584	114.59/cwt	113.00–115.50	1,815	11
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,551	110.97/cwt	108.50–113.00	1,721	18
Steers	Select	—	1,406	104.16/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,464	27

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 28, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 168Last week 204Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 70Last week 101Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady with a light run. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	5.00–15.00	9.85
2	—	73	15.00–17.00	16.03
1	—	90	17.00	17.00
2	—	100	12.00	12.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	115.00–230.00	172.50
1	—	110	210.00	210.00
1	—	95	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	92	20.00–45.00	32.45
1	—	130	25.00	25.00
1	—	125	35.00	35.00
3	—	82	25.00–35.00	30.10
1	—	115	35.00	35.00
2	—	103	20.00–35.00	27.68
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	101	45.00–55.00	50.00
1	—	85	42.00	42.00
2	—	95	45.00	45.00
1	—	115	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	70.00	70.00
3	—	112	75.00–85.00	78.43
3	—	100	70.00–87.00	80.67
3	—	95	70.00–80.00	75.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	95	22.00	22.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	105.00–105.50	105.39
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	94.50	94.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	100.00–104.50	102.95
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,442	103.00–109.50	106.19
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	113.00–114.50	113.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,491	108.00–113.00	110.50
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,584	113.00–115.50	114.59
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,551	108.50–113.00	110.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,406	101.00–107.50	104.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,590	47.00–51.50	48.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,356	36.00–43.50	38.83
7	—	1,393	30.00–36.00	34.26
3	—	1,377	26.00–29.00	27.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,412	40.00–49.50	44.80

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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