Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2020-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on 1-8-2021, at 6:00pm

Due to lack of reporter availability, last months feeder sale was not covered, and no price trend will be available for this sale. Compared to two months ago, Feeder Steers and Heifers sold firm, with good demand for cattle under 600lbs. Dairy Steers and Dairy Heifers sold firm in a narrow comparison. Feeder Bulls sold steady to firm on light demand. Over all demand and buyer attendance for todays sale was moderate, with heavy receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.81/cwt on 265 head.

Average price

$132.81

265 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$53.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.83

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	140.33	886	184
Large 1	672	135.85	913	3thin
Medium and Large 2	573	118.21	677	70
Medium 1-2	806	86.50	697	8thin

One grade step is worth $53.83/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale265 hd

132.81

—

PA average8 barns · 777 hd

125.98

+6.83

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

110 lots · USDA AMS · Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, 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
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	600	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	240	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	628	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	314	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	480	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	560	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	600	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	612	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	372	56.81/cwt	50.00–70.00	211	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	800	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	496	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	822	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.40/cwt	112.00–125.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	922	108.88/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	119.75/cwt	117.00–120.00	339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	91.06/cwt	87.00–95.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	972	88.27/cwt	87.00–92.00	858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	133.37/cwt	125.00–135.00	327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	132.84/cwt	122.00–147.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	152.72/cwt	145.00–160.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	104.99/cwt	100.00–110.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	778	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	1,115	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	900	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	91.64/cwt	85.00–95.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	817	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	786	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	369	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	690	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	195	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	117	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,035	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	776	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	575	41.33/cwt	40.00–42.00	238	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	660	45.98/cwt	45.00–47.00	303	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	272	40.67/cwt	40.00–42.00	111	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	332	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	133	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	440	55.99/cwt	55.00–57.00	246	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	67.63/cwt	65.00–70.00	222	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	404	45.96/cwt	42.00–50.00	186	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	686	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,101	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,080	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,210	1
Steers	Large 1	—	468	147.78/cwt	140.00–155.00	692	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	485	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	228	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,140	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	673	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	271	69.97/cwt	67.00–75.00	190	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	220	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	601	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	863	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	552	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,169	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.82/cwt	125.00–140.00	816	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	150.28/cwt	147.00–152.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	159.74/cwt	142.00–162.00	688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	159.02/cwt	147.00–165.00	601	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	146.72/cwt	137.00–150.00	813	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	163.49/cwt	155.00–165.00	450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	142.09/cwt	141.00–145.00	740	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	133.47/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,041	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	116.49/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,034	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	129.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	484	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	115.64/cwt	110.00–122.00	598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	130.42/cwt	122.00–137.00	933	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	137.01/cwt	131.00–145.00	926	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	117.00/cwt	112.00–122.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	605	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	818	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	119.51/cwt	115.00–125.00	566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	762	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	692	78.47/cwt	72.00–85.00	543	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	125.33/cwt	115.00–135.00	546	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	139.09/cwt	132.00–142.00	449	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	395	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	855	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	118.10/cwt	117.00–120.00	918	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.08/cwt	120.00–137.00	765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	715	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	645	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	531	72.77/cwt	70.00–80.00	386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	119.71/cwt	117.00–125.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	332	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	592	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	128.53/cwt	122.00–135.00	627	2

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 →

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Receipts 702Last week 701Year ago 532

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on 1-8-2021, at 6:00pm

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	40.00	40.00
4	—	786	47.00	47.00
4	—	404	42.00–50.00	45.96
1	—	485	47.00	47.00
1	—	1,140	59.00	59.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	50.00	50.00
2	—	480	40.00	40.00
3	—	575	40.00–42.00	41.33
2	—	660	45.00–47.00	45.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
2	—	778	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
3	—	615	85.00–95.00	91.64
1	—	690	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,010	109.00	109.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	145.00–160.00	152.72
1	—	380	145.00	145.00
1	—	860	95.00	95.00
2	—	818	120.00–122.00	120.98
3	—	533	127.00	127.00
6	—	575	120.00–137.00	133.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	85.00	85.00
1	—	600	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
4	—	972	87.00–92.00	88.27
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
3	—	578	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	105.00	105.00
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
2	—	320	105.00	105.00
2	—	522	100.00	100.00
5	—	457	100.00–110.00	104.99
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
2	—	772	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	622	120.00–125.00	121.22
18	—	374	125.00–130.00	129.42
19	—	517	110.00–122.00	115.64
1	—	1,115	72.00	72.00
2	—	555	112.00–122.00	117.00
8	—	474	115.00–125.00	119.51
33	—	436	115.00–135.00	125.33
6	—	323	132.00–142.00	139.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	85.00	85.00
2	—	592	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	70.00	70.00
10	—	692	72.00–85.00	78.47
7	—	531	70.00–80.00	72.77
2	—	332	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	75.00	75.00
1	—	855	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	50.00–70.00	56.81
1	—	800	62.00	62.00
1	—	690	67.00	67.00
2	—	195	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,035	75.00	75.00
2	—	440	55.00–57.00	55.99
2	—	328	65.00–70.00	67.63
8	—	271	67.00–75.00	69.97
1	—	220	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	272	40.00–42.00	40.67
2	—	332	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,115	75.00	75.00
1	—	755	102.00	102.00
2	—	686	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	120.00–125.00	123.33
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
2	—	620	112.00–125.00	118.40
5	—	922	100.00–115.00	108.88
11	—	283	117.00–120.00	119.75
2	—	830	115.00–117.00	116.01
2	—	1,025	87.00–95.00	91.06
6	—	245	125.00–135.00	133.37
2	—	322	132.00	132.00
6	—	721	107.00	107.00
7	—	433	122.00–147.00	132.84
11	—	777	117.00–120.00	118.10
3	—	664	117.00–125.00	119.71
2	—	488	122.00–135.00	128.53
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	70.00	70.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	112.00	112.00
2	—	468	140.00–155.00	147.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	601	150.00	150.00
8	—	533	162.00	162.00
9	—	552	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	161.00	161.00
3	—	1,205	97.00	97.00
22	—	614	125.00–140.00	132.82
4	—	489	147.00–152.00	150.28
14	—	431	142.00–162.00	159.74
15	—	378	147.00–165.00	159.02
7	—	554	137.00–150.00	146.72
2	—	808	130.00	130.00
7	—	275	155.00–165.00	163.49
11	—	521	141.00–145.00	142.09
16	—	780	132.00–135.00	133.47
2	—	968	122.00	122.00
2	—	1,012	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,130	110.00	110.00
16	—	888	107.00–119.00	116.49
17	—	715	122.00–137.00	130.42
18	—	676	131.00–145.00	137.01
1	—	1,065	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,285	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	82.00	82.00
2	—	645	87.00	87.00

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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