Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Dairy feeder calves sold 5.00-15.00 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	1,650	50.19	828	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,433	45.35	650	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,300	38.11	495	34
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,294	109.68	1,419	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	106.12	1,452	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,337	101.88	1,362	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,548	114.69	1,775	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	111.50	1,659	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,438	106.18	1,527	19

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	105	160.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 1	104	89.87/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	57.43/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	96	38.04/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	86	16.64/cwt	18
Heifers	Replacements	99	133.12/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	100	25.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	95	22.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	11.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Number 1	—	112	90.40/cwt	75.00–95.00	101	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	61.30/cwt	50.00–70.00	62	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	30.00/cwt	25.00–35.00	26	4
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	12.33/cwt	5.00–17.00	12	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	91.25/cwt	80.00–100.00	87	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	52.50/cwt	40.00–65.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	41.80/cwt	35.00–55.00	39	9
Bulls	Utility	—	65	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	13	1
Bulls	Utility	—	120	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	6	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	19.78/cwt	12.00–25.00	16	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	89.24/cwt	75.00–100.00	92	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	56.80/cwt	45.00–65.00	53	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	106.12/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,452	7
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	105	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,337	101.88/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Replacements	—	145	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	51	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	82	156.84/cwt	145.00–165.00	129	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,294	109.68/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	21	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	103	158.17/cwt	130.00–185.00	163	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	14	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	23.86/cwt	20.00–26.00	256	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	50.19/cwt	47.00–54.00	828	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,317	43.51/cwt	38.00–48.00	573	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	45.35/cwt	40.00–48.00	650	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,328	33.13/cwt	30.00–36.00	440	12
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,493	111.64/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,667	18
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,493	107.92/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,611	11
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,548	114.69/cwt	113.50–116.50	1,775	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,526	1
Steers	Select	—	1,363	103.79/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,415	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	38.28/cwt	30.00–45.00	39	6
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	113	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	186	2
Bulls	Utility	—	110	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	18.78/cwt	15.00–25.00	14	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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 168Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 114Last week 70Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Dairy feeder calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	112	75.00–95.00	90.40
4	—	95	80.00–100.00	91.25
14	—	103	75.00–100.00	89.24
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	101	50.00–70.00	61.30
2	—	110	40.00–65.00	52.50
9	—	93	45.00–65.00	56.80
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	25.00–35.00	30.00
1	—	125	35.00	35.00
9	—	93	35.00–55.00	41.80
6	—	102	30.00–45.00	38.28
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
2	—	113	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	15.00	15.00
3	—	95	5.00–17.00	12.33
1	—	65	20.00	20.00
1	—	120	5.00	5.00
6	—	83	12.00–25.00	19.78
1	—	110	10.00	10.00
5	—	73	15.00–25.00	18.78
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	110.00	110.00
3	—	82	145.00–165.00	156.84
2	—	103	130.00–185.00	158.17
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
1	—	80	17.00	17.00
Heifers — Replacements$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	145	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	22.00	22.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,368	105.00–107.50	106.12
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,337	99.00–103.00	101.88
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,294	108.00–113.00	109.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,075	20.00–26.00	23.86
19	—	1,317	38.00–48.00	43.51
12	—	1,328	30.00–36.00	33.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,650	47.00–54.00	50.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,433	40.00–48.00	45.35
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,493	109.00–114.00	111.64
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,493	106.00–110.00	107.92
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	113.50–116.50	114.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	109.00	109.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,363	100.00–106.00	103.79

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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