Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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	1,535	53.37	819	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	49.19	671	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,196	33.72	403	39
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,452	115.57	1,678	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	110.86	1,476	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,553	121.58	1,888	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	114.50	1,672	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,484	108.94	1,617	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	135	73.57/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 1	108	61.83/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	101	49.05/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 3	94	32.23/cwt	18
Bulls	Utility	89	12.44/cwt	9
Heifers	Replacements	101	136.81/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	107	21.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	100	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	83	11.84/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

45 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 3	—	83	30.10/cwt	25.00–40.00	25	6
Bulls	Replacements	—	180	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	36	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	105	150.00/cwt	145.00–155.00	158	2
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	113	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	57.50/cwt	55.00–60.00	63	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	52.50/cwt	50.00–55.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	51.04/cwt	45.00–60.00	52	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	34.88/cwt	25.00–40.00	36	4
Bulls	Replacements	—	155	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	31	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	160	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	110.86/cwt	108.50–113.00	1,476	10
Heifers	Number 1	—	160	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	32	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	83	135.61/cwt	115.00–155.00	113	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	81	11.80/cwt	5.00–15.00	10	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	105	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	142	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	90	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	11	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,452	115.57/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,678	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	70	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	112	138.21/cwt	130.00–145.00	155	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	53.37/cwt	48.00–59.00	819	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	41.25/cwt	35.00–46.00	500	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	31.02/cwt	27.00–36.00	403	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	49.19/cwt	43.00–52.00	671	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	18.02/cwt	15.00–22.00	197	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,946	1
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,518	114.92/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,744	14
Steers	Select	—	1,484	108.94/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,617	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	114.16/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,613	17
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,549	121.54/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,883	12
Bulls	Utility	—	90	18.50/cwt	17.00–20.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	57	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	62.53/cwt	60.00–70.00	65	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	46.59/cwt	40.00–55.00	43	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	33.33/cwt	25.00–40.00	30	6
Bulls	Replacements	—	145	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	22	2
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	12.50/cwt	5.00–20.00	10	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	48.29/cwt	45.00–50.00	59	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	79	3

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 9, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 143Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 127Last week 139Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices CWT.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	83	25.00–40.00	30.10
4	—	103	25.00–40.00	34.88
1	—	125	35.00	35.00
6	—	90	25.00–40.00	33.33
1	—	110	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Replacements$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	20.00	20.00
1	—	155	20.00	20.00
2	—	145	10.00–20.00	15.00
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	145.00–155.00	150.00
1	—	110	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
2	—	113	15.00	15.00
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
2	—	90	17.00–20.00	18.50
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
2	—	80	5.00–20.00	12.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	55.00–60.00	57.50
2	—	95	60.00	60.00
4	—	104	60.00–70.00	62.53
3	—	122	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	50.00–55.00	52.50
10	—	101	45.00–60.00	51.04
10	—	93	40.00–55.00	46.59
3	—	122	45.00–50.00	48.29
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	25.00	25.00
1	—	70	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	115.00–155.00	135.61
1	—	105	135.00	135.00
3	—	112	130.00–145.00	138.21
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	81	5.00–15.00	11.80
1	—	90	12.00	12.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,331	108.50–113.00	110.86
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,452	113.00–118.00	115.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,535	48.00–59.00	53.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,213	35.00–46.00	41.25
6	—	1,300	27.00–36.00	31.02
10	—	1,093	15.00–22.00	18.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,365	43.00–52.00	49.19
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	122.00	122.00
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,518	112.00–118.00	114.92
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,484	102.00–112.00	108.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,413	112.00–118.00	114.16
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,549	119.00–124.50	121.54

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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