Name: New Wilmington livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.55/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$241.55

50 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$48.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs PA average

−25.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	244.44	1,321	47
Medium and Large 2	515	196.34	1,011	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.10/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

241.55

—

PA average3 barns · 65 hd

229.17

+12.38

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−25.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · New Wilmington Livestock Auction Special Feeder Cattle Sale – New Wilmington, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	148.53/cwt	135.00–162.50	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	172.82/cwt	160.00–185.00	835	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,329	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	196.34/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,184	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	245.21/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,207	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	174.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	679	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	811	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	175.08/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	234.72/cwt	215.00–245.00	845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	144.96/cwt	135.00–155.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	259.70/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,615	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	249.38/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,584	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	232.49/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,474	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	233.68/cwt	220.00–270.00	1,587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	254.95/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,440	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	237.30/cwt	215.00–270.00	1,243	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	268.62/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,494	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	310.25/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,266	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	248.28/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,187	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	236.05/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	276.65/cwt	245.00–280.00	941	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	205.33/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	177.52/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	245.96/cwt	210.00–265.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	183.34/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,458	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	425	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	541	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	770	134.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,039	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	725	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,051	1

How this sale compares

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 →

New Wilmington Livestock Auction Special Feeder Cattle Sale – New Wilmington, PA

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Receipts 316Last week 510Year ago 510

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	230.00	230.00
3	500–550	542	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	560	185.00	185.00
2	600–650	633	135.00–155.00	144.96
2	650–700	658	180.00	180.00
2	750–800	768	135.00–162.50	148.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	405	205.00	205.00
3	450–500	478	245.00–250.00	248.28
3	550–600	573	210.00–265.00	245.96
15	600–650	635	245.00–262.50	249.38
1	650–700	685	190.00	190.00
3	700–750	725	170.00–180.00	175.08
2	800–850	803	170.00–185.00	177.52
1	900–950	925	160.00	160.00
3	950–1000	960	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	190.00	190.00
2	450–500	468	150.00	150.00
3	500–550	515	180.00–205.00	196.34
1	600–650	600	140.00	140.00
2	850–900	875	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	245.00–280.00	276.65
3	350–400	360	215.00–245.00	234.72
3	400–450	435	277.50	277.50
4	450–500	485	225.00–255.00	245.21
28	500–550	524	215.00–270.00	237.30
19	550–600	565	242.50–265.00	254.95
6	600–650	634	215.00–240.00	232.49
7	650–700	679	220.00–270.00	233.68
4	700–750	701	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	840	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	265.00	265.00
1	300–350	340	195.00	195.00
3	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	475	185.00	185.00
2	550–600	572	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	695	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	255.00	255.00
6	400–450	408	300.00–312.50	310.25
17	550–600	556	260.00–280.00	268.62
11	600–650	622	240.00–270.00	259.70
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00
9	750–800	758	225.00–245.00	236.05
8	800–850	830	180.00–210.00	205.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	795	180.00–185.00	183.34
3	850–900	895	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	160.00–185.00	172.82
2	600–650	630	160.00–170.00	164.92
4	800–850	811	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	170.00–180.00	174.90
2	400–450	400	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	585	150.00	150.00
3	600–650	633	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	125.00–130.00	127.41
1	550–600	550	125.00	125.00
1	700–750	725	145.00	145.00
2	750–800	770	130.00–140.00	134.94

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.

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