Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2021-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder sale will be held on Friday, March 12, 2020

Compared to last month, feeder steers 300 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; feeder steers 600 to 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; feeder steers 800 to 1000 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold strong. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Buyer attendance was moderate to heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.34/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$129.34

202 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$41.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.28

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	132.97	920	163
Medium and Large 2	739	118.11	873	25
Large 1	1,097	113.40	1,244	10thin
Large 2	1,055	91.27	963	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.70/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale202 hd

129.34

—

PA average7 barns · 477 hd

121.06

+8.28

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

98 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	113.14/cwt	105.00–117.00	655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	125.62/cwt	117.00–130.00	962	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	121.82/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,124	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	127.19/cwt	126.00–133.00	846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	100.67/cwt	100.00–102.00	986	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	143.02/cwt	135.00–147.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	134.00/cwt	132.00–135.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	106.62/cwt	105.00–110.00	454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	105.87/cwt	102.00–107.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	978	94.52/cwt	92.00–97.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	818	97.76/cwt	95.00–102.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	905	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	105.99/cwt	97.00–112.00	758	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	143.06/cwt	142.00–147.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	127.46/cwt	120.00–135.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	995	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	125.04/cwt	120.00–130.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	99.01/cwt	95.00–100.00	476	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	133.16/cwt	125.00–139.00	835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	125.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	902	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	141.35/cwt	140.00–152.00	753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	135.62/cwt	135.00–140.00	833	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	135.93/cwt	132.00–139.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	120.68/cwt	115.00–127.00	761	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	111.34/cwt	105.00–115.00	428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	129.19/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,129	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	132.99/cwt	132.00–135.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	111.01/cwt	109.00–118.00	947	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	105.32/cwt	102.00–112.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	117.75/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,123	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	133.93/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,104	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	108.42/cwt	105.00–115.00	502	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	111.60/cwt	110.00–112.00	897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	133.51/cwt	130.00–137.00	920	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	143.01/cwt	137.00–157.00	666	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,095	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	986	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,105	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,035	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,004	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,135	110.33/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,252	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,023	120.68/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,235	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,095	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,205	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	415	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	270	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,050	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	630	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	815	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	693	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	519	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	445	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	387	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	740	80.37/cwt	77.00–82.00	595	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	263	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	289	3
Steers	Large 2	—	1,145	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	973	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,290	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,097	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	672	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	504	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	945	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	756	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,045	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	732	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	540	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	800	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	710	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	462	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	261	76.11/cwt	72.00–77.00	199	6
Steers	Large 2	—	1,050	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	945	1
Steers	Large 2	—	1,013	95.04/cwt	90.00–100.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	918	64.99/cwt	60.00–70.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,080	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,102	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	589	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	91.50/cwt	80.00–102.00	529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	98.64/cwt	97.00–102.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	840	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	922	107.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	95.34/cwt	92.00–102.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	93.16/cwt	85.00–97.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	108.71/cwt	105.00–110.00	732	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	103.49/cwt	100.00–107.00	821	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 →

Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Fri Feb 12, 2021

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

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The next feeder sale will be held on Friday, March 12, 2020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	145.00	145.00
3	—	367	135.00–147.00	143.02
3	—	573	132.00–135.00	134.00
2	—	978	92.00–97.00	94.52
4	—	818	95.00–102.00	97.76
1	—	905	85.00	85.00
4	—	445	142.00	142.00
5	—	512	142.00–147.00	143.06
2	—	660	120.00–130.00	125.04
6	—	627	125.00–139.00	133.16
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	117.00	117.00
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	117.00	117.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	840	85.00	85.00
4	—	673	105.00–110.00	108.71
2	—	578	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,102	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	579	105.00–117.00	113.14
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
3	—	979	100.00–102.00	100.67
6	—	426	105.00–110.00	106.62
6	—	681	102.00–107.00	105.87
6	—	715	97.00–112.00	105.99
16	—	631	115.00–127.00	120.68
4	—	384	105.00–115.00	111.34
9	—	853	109.00–118.00	111.01
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
3	—	778	102.00–112.00	105.32
6	—	463	105.00–115.00	108.42
5	—	804	110.00–112.00	111.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	665	126.00–133.00	127.19
7	—	589	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	95.00–100.00	99.01
2	—	918	60.00–70.00	64.99
6	—	578	80.00–102.00	91.50
3	—	882	97.00–102.00	98.64
3	—	390	85.00	85.00
1	—	310	90.00	90.00
3	—	679	92.00–102.00	95.34
3	—	521	85.00–97.00	93.16
1	—	410	87.00	87.00
1	—	615	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,105	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,035	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	766	117.00–130.00	125.62
15	—	923	117.00–124.00	121.82
15	—	718	120.00–130.00	125.65
9	—	533	140.00–152.00	141.35
8	—	614	135.00–140.00	135.62
6	—	568	132.00–139.00	135.93
2	—	415	135.00–140.00	137.41
9	—	874	120.00–135.00	129.19
3	—	368	132.00–135.00	132.99
4	—	954	112.00–122.00	117.75
19	—	824	127.00–136.00	133.93
25	—	689	130.00–137.00	133.51
22	—	466	137.00–157.00	143.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	120.00–135.00	127.46
1	—	995	102.00	102.00
3	—	922	105.00–110.00	107.32
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
2	—	445	127.00	127.00
6	—	800	122.00	122.00
3	—	880	110.00–112.00	111.34
2	—	793	100.00–107.00	103.49
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,135	110.00–112.00	110.33
3	—	1,023	117.00–125.00	120.68
1	—	1,095	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,013	90.00–100.00	95.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	152.00	152.00
1	—	485	165.00	165.00
2	—	430	150.00	150.00
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
2	—	735	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,050	60.00	60.00
1	—	710	65.00	65.00
6	—	261	72.00–77.00	76.11
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	85.00	85.00
1	—	780	90.00	90.00
1	—	610	85.00	85.00
2	—	445	87.00	87.00
3	—	740	77.00–82.00	80.37
3	—	263	110.00	110.00
2	—	672	75.00	75.00
1	—	945	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,045	70.00	70.00
1	—	540	92.00	92.00

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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