Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2019-07-29

Vintage

Slaughter Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, Jul 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916
Receipts
116 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 159▲ 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

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%Average1,59466.321,0576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33164.498599thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,33756.457559thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36586.001,1741thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,32872.989693thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,337113.541,5183thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,500119.991,80027
SteersChoiceAverage1,442116.201,67641
SteersSelectAverage1,335109.891,46718

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,335109.89/cwt103.00–113.001,46718
Steers—Choice1,442116.20/cwt113.00–118.001,67641
Steers—Choice and Prime1,500119.99/cwt118.00–124.001,80027
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,337113.54/cwt111.50–114.501,5183
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22466.68/cwt66.00–67.008163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28657.28/cwt56.00–58.007374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32561.76/cwt61.50–62.008182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38563.39/cwt62.00–65.008786
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,41351.79/cwt50.00–53.007323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52965.08/cwt63.00–66.509955
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,92072.50/cwt72.50–72.501,3921
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,32872.98/cwt70.00–76.509693
Dairy Steers—Choice1,36586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1741

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.