Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2019-11-25

Vintage

Slaughter Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, Nov 25
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916
Receipts
122 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 122▲ 122 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 steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. No market test for 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%Average1,49555.1182425
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45750.8074013
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28037.5048022
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,363114.521,5612thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,165102.001,1882thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,600124.771,99611
SteersChoiceAverage1,565118.201,85010
SteersSelectAverage1,407109.491,54114

Every lot

12 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,306109.02/cwt106.00–113.001,42410
Steers—Choice1,448118.04/cwt117.00–119.001,7092
Steers—ChoiceNon-Traditional1,594118.24/cwt115.00–121.001,8858
Steers—Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional1,600124.77/cwt122.00–126.501,99611
Steers—SelectNon-Traditional1,660110.65/cwt108.00–113.001,8374
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,165102.00/cwt101.00–103.001,1882
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,363114.52/cwt114.00–115.001,5612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01023.16/cwt20.00–26.002342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30531.32/cwt30.00–35.004097
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30843.04/cwt36.00–46.0056313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45750.80/cwt46.00–56.5074013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49555.11/cwt52.00–58.0082425

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.