Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. No market test for calves. 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	1,495	55.11	824	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,457	50.80	740	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	37.50	480	22
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,363	114.52	1,561	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,165	102.00	1,188	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,600	124.77	1,996	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,565	118.20	1,850	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,407	109.49	1,541	14

Every lot, as filed

12 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	Choice and Prime	—	1,363	114.52/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,561	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,165	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,188	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	55.11/cwt	52.00–58.00	824	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	43.04/cwt	36.00–46.00	563	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	23.16/cwt	20.00–26.00	234	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	50.80/cwt	46.00–56.50	740	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	31.32/cwt	30.00–35.00	409	7
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,600	124.77/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,996	11
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,594	118.24/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,885	8
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,660	110.65/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,837	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	118.04/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,709	2
Steers	Select	—	1,306	109.02/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,424	10

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.

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Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA

Mon Nov 25, 2019

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

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Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. No market test for calves. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	114.00–115.00	114.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	101.00–103.00	102.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,495	52.00–58.00	55.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,308	36.00–46.00	43.04
2	—	1,010	20.00–26.00	23.16
7	—	1,305	30.00–35.00	31.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,457	46.00–56.50	50.80
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,600	122.00–126.50	124.77
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,594	115.00–121.00	118.24
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	108.00–113.00	110.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	117.00–119.00	118.04
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,306	106.00–113.00	109.02

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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