Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,579	54.20	856	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	50.45	684	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,359	42.71	580	21
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,350	116.00	1,566	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,563	124.65	1,948	33
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	118.59	1,766	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,461	114.34	1,670	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	107	151.93/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 1	109	76.86/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	96	60.32/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	98	38.36/cwt	18
Bulls	Utility	87	15.39/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	100	45.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	10.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	75	19.50/cwt	17.00–22.00	15	2
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	93	143.24/cwt	115.00–170.00	133	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	38.00/cwt	30.00–45.00	38	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	57.50/cwt	50.00–65.00	49	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	75.00/cwt	65.00–85.00	83	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	135	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	95	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	105	190.00/cwt	185.00–195.00	200	2
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,564	124.60/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,949	29
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	77.55/cwt	75.00–80.00	95	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	61.25/cwt	50.00–75.00	57	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	35.15/cwt	25.00–40.00	30	4
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	120	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	132	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	113	146.32/cwt	100.00–170.00	165	3
Bulls	Utility	—	120	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	16.63/cwt	15.00–20.00	14	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	105	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	74	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	82.50/cwt	70.00–95.00	78	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	76.79/cwt	75.00–80.00	79	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	61.40/cwt	55.00–65.00	63	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	130	40.00/cwt	35.00–45.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	40.81/cwt	35.00–45.00	38	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	281	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,350	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,566	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,555	125.02/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,944	4
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,458	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,669	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	54.20/cwt	52.00–59.00	856	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,421	45.01/cwt	42.00–50.00	640	15
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,534	118.58/cwt	116.00–121.50	1,819	16
Steers	Select	—	1,468	113.88/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,672	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	50.45/cwt	45.00–53.50	684	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	39.76/cwt	38.00–42.00	477	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	118.61/cwt	117.00–121.50	1,626	6

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 18, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 134Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 88Last week 127Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	75	17.00–22.00	19.50
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
3	—	82	15.00–20.00	16.63
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	115.00–170.00	143.24
2	—	105	185.00–195.00	190.00
1	—	120	110.00	110.00
3	—	113	100.00–170.00	146.32
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	100	30.00–45.00	38.00
1	—	110	35.00	35.00
4	—	84	25.00–40.00	35.15
2	—	130	35.00–45.00	40.00
6	—	93	35.00–45.00	40.81
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	50.00–65.00	57.50
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
9	—	93	50.00–75.00	61.25
7	—	102	55.00–65.00	61.40
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	110	65.00–85.00	75.00
1	—	135	70.00	70.00
2	—	123	75.00–80.00	77.55
2	—	95	70.00–95.00	82.50
4	—	103	75.00–80.00	76.79
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	20.00	20.00
1	—	105	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,564	122.00–128.00	124.60
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	124.00–126.00	125.02
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	113.00–116.00	114.49
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,534	116.00–121.50	118.58
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	112.00–116.00	113.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,371	117.00–121.50	118.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	23.00	23.00
15	—	1,421	42.00–50.00	45.01
5	—	1,200	38.00–42.00	39.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,579	52.00–59.00	54.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,356	45.00–53.50	50.45
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	116.00	116.00

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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