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Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Slaughter Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 16

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1916

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Receipts

100 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 158▲ 100 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 lower. No market test for feeder 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	51.03	806	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,487	47.22	702	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,285	34.93	449	20
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,618	120.44	1,949	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	115.47	1,790	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,453	109.36	1,589	10

Every lot

11 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	116.96/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,612	2
Steers	—	Select	1,424	109.25/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,556	7
Steers	—	SelectNon-Traditional	1,520	109.63/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,666	3
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,565	115.34/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,805	23
Steers	—	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	1,613	120.44/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,943	14
Steers	—	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	1,695	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	2,042	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	18.60/cwt	14.00–23.00	225	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,240	31.66/cwt	30.00–33.00	393	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	41.47/cwt	36.00–46.00	549	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,487	47.22/cwt	45.50–49.50	702	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	51.03/cwt	48.00–54.00	806	4

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Livestock Auction (Monday) - Paradise, PA

Mon Dec 16, 2019

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

Receipts 100Last week 158Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. No market test for feeder dairy calves. All prices CWT.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,580	48.00–54.00	51.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,325	36.00–46.00	41.47
4	—	1,210	14.00–23.00	18.60
4	—	1,240	30.00–33.00	31.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,487	45.50–49.50	47.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	116.00–118.00	116.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,613	118.00–123.00	120.44
1	—	1,695	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,565	112.00–118.00	115.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,424	103.00–111.00	109.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	109.00–111.00	109.63

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.