Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Monday, December 16, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 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	1,629	54.46	887	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,507	50.54	762	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,341	40.92	549	35
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	114.75	1,664	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,665	110.00	1,832	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,155	107.00	1,236	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	123.04	1,893	33
Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	117.70	1,780	50
Steers	Select	Average	1,555	111.92	1,740	20

Feeder Dairy Calves

9 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Replacements	110	147.50/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 1	107	74.42/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	100	57.33/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 3	97	37.57/cwt	34
Bulls	Utility	85	14.12/cwt	25
Heifers	Replacements	103	165.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	88	25.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	105	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	79	7.71/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	82	19.29/cwt	5.00–25.00	16	5
Bulls	Utility	—	92	15.15/cwt	5.00–22.00	14	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	71.69/cwt	65.00–80.00	88	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	75.44/cwt	65.00–82.00	78	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	76.80/cwt	55.00–87.00	84	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,620	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,993	1
Steers	Select	—	1,470	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	6.00/cwt	5.00–7.00	5	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	114.75/cwt	114.00–115.50	1,664	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,155	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,236	1
Steers	Select	—	1,509	111.76/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,686	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,522	123.70/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,883	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,494	117.49/cwt	114.50–122.50	1,755	21
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	105	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	95	13.50/cwt	12.00–15.00	13	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	54.46/cwt	50.00–59.00	887	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	25.78/cwt	25.50–26.00	283	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	34.25/cwt	30.00–36.00	440	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,365	42.89/cwt	36.00–48.00	585	29
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	26	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	58.30/cwt	50.00–65.00	65	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	59.95/cwt	50.00–70.00	62	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	130	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	52	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	50.54/cwt	48.00–53.50	762	27
Bulls	Utility	—	102	16.31/cwt	15.00–17.00	17	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	37.50/cwt	35.00–40.00	43	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	90	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	54	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	101	37.93/cwt	22.00–50.00	38	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	38.08/cwt	25.00–55.00	35	21
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	53.73/cwt	50.00–55.00	45	4
Bulls	Utility	—	71	9.84/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	42.50/cwt	40.00–45.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	54.51/cwt	50.00–65.00	51	11
Bulls	Utility	—	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	120	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,700	112.17/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,907	5
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,526	117.85/cwt	115.50–121.00	1,798	29
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,543	122.70/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,893	21
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	95	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	154	2
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	162	1
Bulls	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	169	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	189	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	120	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	156	1
Heifers	ReplacementsBeef Cross	—	85	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	157	1

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 Dec 30, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 311Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 163Last week 521Year ago 0

Compared to Monday, December 16, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 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
5	—	82	5.00–25.00	19.29
9	—	92	5.00–22.00	15.15
3	—	102	15.00–17.00	16.31
4	—	71	5.00–15.00	9.84
1	—	55	5.00	5.00
1	—	120	17.00	17.00
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	80.00	80.00
3	—	123	65.00–80.00	71.69
5	—	103	65.00–82.00	75.44
5	—	110	55.00–87.00	76.80
1	—	90	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	111	50.00–65.00	58.30
14	—	103	50.00–70.00	59.95
4	—	84	50.00–55.00	53.73
11	—	94	50.00–65.00	54.51
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	25.00	25.00
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
1	—	130	40.00	40.00
2	—	115	35.00–40.00	37.50
6	—	101	22.00–50.00	37.93
21	—	92	25.00–55.00	38.08
2	—	120	40.00–45.00	42.50
Bulls — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	160.00–165.00	162.50
1	—	120	135.00	135.00
1	—	130	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	5.00–7.00	6.00
2	—	95	12.00–15.00	13.50
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	75	35.00	35.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Replacements · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	180.00	180.00
1	—	120	130.00	130.00
1	—	85	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	123.00	123.00
11	—	1,522	122.00–126.00	123.70
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	113.00	113.00
14	—	1,509	108.00–115.00	111.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,494	114.50–122.50	117.49
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,700	107.00–114.50	112.17
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,526	115.50–121.00	117.85
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,543	118.00–126.00	122.70
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	114.00–115.50	114.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,629	50.00–59.00	54.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	25.50–26.00	25.78
4	—	1,285	30.00–36.00	34.25
29	—	1,365	36.00–48.00	42.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,507	48.00–53.50	50.54

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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