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Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, May 20

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

136 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 187▲ 136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

60 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 64▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady.

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	1,515	61.86	937	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	57.23	757	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	35.94	403	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,335	114.72	1,532	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,580	109.88	1,736	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,542	119.01	1,835	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	115.32	1,669	39
Steers	Select	Low	1,375	110.30	1,516	24

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	121.80/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	94	85.52/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	86	51.75/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	83	13.17/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	93	50.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	12.50/cwt	4

Every lot

31 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,346	111.30/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,498	17
Steers	—	SelectNon-Traditional	1,405	112.81/cwt	110.00–114.50	1,585	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,422	114.79/cwt	113.00–117.50	1,632	25
Steers	—	Select	1,473	104.19/cwt	102.50–105.00	1,535	4
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,479	118.23/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,749	7
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,492	116.26/cwt	114.00–118.50	1,735	14
Steers	—	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	1,605	119.78/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,922	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,335	114.72/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,532	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,580	109.88/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,736	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	28.63/cwt	20.00–32.00	309	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	41.79/cwt	40.00–48.00	482	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	57.23/cwt	54.00–60.00	757	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	61.86/cwt	58.50–64.00	937	12
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	85	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	51	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Utility	75	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	13	2
Bulls	—	Utility	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	83	49.22/cwt	40.00–65.00	41	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	84.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	71	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	92	55.82/cwt	45.00–65.00	51	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	85.51/cwt	75.00–90.00	80	9
Bulls	—	Utility	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	117	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	119.15/cwt	110.00–125.00	123	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	87.04/cwt	75.00–95.00	90	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	144	2

This sale against other markets

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 May 20, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 187Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 60Last week 64Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	125.00–130.00	127.44
6	—	103	110.00–125.00	119.15
3	—	95	120.00–125.00	123.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
2	—	75	17.00	17.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	83	40.00–65.00	49.22
6	—	92	45.00–65.00	55.82
1	—	75	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	75.00–90.00	85.51
5	—	103	75.00–95.00	87.04
5	—	85	80.00–90.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	55	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
1	—	85	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	20.00–32.00	28.63
5	—	1,154	40.00–48.00	41.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,515	58.50–64.00	61.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,323	54.00–60.00	57.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	102.50–105.00	104.19
17	—	1,346	109.00–113.00	111.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	110.00–114.50	112.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,605	119.00–121.00	119.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,479	117.00–119.00	118.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,492	114.00–118.50	116.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,422	113.00–117.50	114.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	113.00–116.00	114.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	109.00–111.00	109.88

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.