Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2019-05-27

Vintage

Slaughter Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, May 27
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916
Receipts
269 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 136▲ 269 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. There is no market report on dairy calves. All prices cwt.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70762.561,0689thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53355.8285614
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,31342.5555919
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,286111.911,4395thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,286109.381,4074thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,380105.001,4491thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,526116.811,78222
SteersChoiceAverage1,487113.851,69376
SteersSelectAverage1,426110.741,57981

Every lot

13 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,420110.69/cwt106.00–114.001,57278
Steers—Choice1,477113.89/cwt112.00–116.501,68268
Steers—Choice and Prime1,498116.30/cwt115.00–118.501,74212
Steers—Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional1,559117.42/cwt115.00–118.501,83110
Steers—ChoiceNon-Traditional1,569113.51/cwt112.00–115.501,7818
Steers—SelectNon-Traditional1,570112.17/cwt111.50–113.001,7613
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,286111.91/cwt111.50–112.501,4395
Heifers—Choice1,286109.38/cwt108.50–110.001,4074
Heifers—Select1,380105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16233.11/cwt20.00–40.003857
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40148.06/cwt40.00–53.0067312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53355.82/cwt50.00–60.0085614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70762.56/cwt58.00–67.001,0689

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.