Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-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	1,574	55.72	877	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,455	50.37	733	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,187	33.29	395	25
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,318	111.65	1,472	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	107.23	1,507	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,571	119.78	1,882	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	115.16	1,728	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,435	109.38	1,569	51

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	98	163.75/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 1	101	78.70/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	87	47.86/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	84	28.13/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	86	12.32/cwt	9
Heifers	Replacements	89	139.08/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	98	23.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	83	11.09/cwt	8

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	50.37/cwt	44.50–53.50	733	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	19.96/cwt	14.00–30.00	211	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,318	111.65/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,472	19
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,903	1
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,525	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,693	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	105	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	93	187.70/cwt	180.00–195.00	175	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	76.78/cwt	65.00–85.00	78	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	31.63/cwt	30.00–35.00	26	3
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	100	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	128	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	11.33/cwt	10.00–12.00	10	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	20	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	80	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	112	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	95	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	78.75/cwt	60.00–90.00	75	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	46.01/cwt	45.00–50.00	39	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	23.50/cwt	22.00–25.00	18	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	162	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	ReplacementsCrossbred	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	12.75/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	86.69/cwt	80.00–95.00	98	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	52.50/cwt	45.00–60.00	50	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	187	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	175.00/cwt	135.00–195.00	166	4
Bulls	Utility	—	81	12.37/cwt	5.00–20.00	10	5
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,572	119.68/cwt	117.50–123.00	1,881	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	114.42/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,626	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	42.21/cwt	34.00–48.50	539	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	55.72/cwt	51.50–62.00	877	25
Steers	Select	—	1,433	109.35/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,567	50
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,569	115.80/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,817	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	107.23/cwt	107.00–107.50	1,507	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	30.93/cwt	30.00–32.00	357	4

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 Dec 2, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 122Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 139Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-10.00 higher. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,455	44.50–53.50	50.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	14.00–30.00	19.96
13	—	1,278	34.00–48.50	42.21
4	—	1,154	30.00–32.00	30.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,574	51.50–62.00	55.72
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,318	108.00–114.50	111.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	107.00–107.50	107.23
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	122.00	122.00
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	111.00	111.00
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,572	117.50–123.00	119.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,421	112.00–118.00	114.42
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,433	103.00–115.00	109.35
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,569	114.00–119.00	115.80

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
1	—	90	22.00	22.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	180.00–195.00	187.70
2	—	80	135.00–145.00	140.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
1	—	95	5.00	5.00
1	—	55	5.00	5.00
5	—	83	10.00–20.00	12.75
Heifers — Replacements · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	75.00	75.00
14	—	101	65.00–85.00	76.78
1	—	85	85.00	85.00
8	—	95	60.00–90.00	78.75
3	—	113	80.00–95.00	86.69
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
3	—	82	30.00–35.00	31.63
2	—	75	22.00–25.00	23.50
1	—	100	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	125.00–130.00	127.50
1	—	120	135.00	135.00
1	—	85	220.00	220.00
4	—	95	135.00–195.00	175.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	10.00–12.00	11.33
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
5	—	81	5.00–20.00	12.37
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	84	45.00–50.00	46.01
2	—	95	45.00–60.00	52.50

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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