Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2021-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on 10/8/2021 & 10/22/2021 @ 6:00pm

Due to severe weather conditions earlier in the week, todays sale supply was limited. Overall, buyer attendance was moderate with moderate demand on a light supply of cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.38/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$130.38

117 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$13.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.11

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	790	134.77	1,065	13thin
Medium and Large 1	647	131.43	850	88
Medium and Large 2	495	121.07	599	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $466 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 sale117 hd

130.38

—

PA average8 barns · 353 hd

117.27

+13.11

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

83 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	578	168.36/cwt	165.00–170.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	143.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,094	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	149.07/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,216	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	729	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	154.22/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,112	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	149.72/cwt	142.00–157.00	690	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	117.50/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,093	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	711	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Fleshy	—	1,125	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.87/cwt	150.00–160.00	896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,331	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	670	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,152	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,000	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	840	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	320	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	310	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	895	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	743	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	345	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	311	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	365	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	245	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	545	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	501	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	549	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	700	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	330	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,455	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,149	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	859	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	240	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	144.60/cwt	142.00–150.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	133.11/cwt	130.00–140.00	687	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	368	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,170	104.69/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	970	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	935	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	895	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	127.75/cwt	120.00–140.00	858	7
Bulls	Large 3	—	285	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	131.00/cwt	129.00–137.00	994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	138.72/cwt	135.00–140.00	529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,185	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	867	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,162	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	136.11/cwt	135.00–137.00	574	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	790	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,082	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	135.55/cwt	132.00–137.00	995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	133.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	123.52/cwt	122.00–125.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	143.04/cwt	137.00–149.00	905	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	702	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	659	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	147.98/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	621	168.20/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	334	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.

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Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Fri Sep 24, 2021

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

Receipts 275Last week 712Year ago 434

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on 10/8/2021 & 10/22/2021 @ 6:00pm

Due to severe weather conditions earlier in the week, todays sale supply was limited. Overall, buyer attendance was moderate with moderate demand on a light supply of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	156.00	156.00
1	—	515	170.00	170.00
13	—	765	140.00–148.00	143.04
23	—	816	140.00–154.00	149.07
2	—	440	152.00	152.00
10	—	721	150.00–160.00	154.22
10	—	461	142.00–157.00	149.72
2	—	930	110.00–125.00	117.50
6	—	575	150.00–160.00	155.87
2	—	622	157.00	157.00
2	—	1,138	117.00	117.00
6	—	861	146.00–150.00	147.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	137.00	137.00
1	—	885	132.00	132.00
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	635	127.00	127.00
2	—	658	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	165.00–170.00	168.36
5	—	729	165.00	165.00
1	—	520	178.00	178.00
2	—	418	170.00	170.00
1	—	670	172.00	172.00
5	—	621	165.00–169.00	168.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	116.00	116.00
16	—	516	130.00–140.00	133.11
7	—	672	120.00–140.00	127.75
4	—	759	129.00–137.00	131.00
4	—	381	135.00–140.00	138.72
4	—	840	122.00–125.00	123.50
7	—	933	127.00	127.00
11	—	422	135.00–137.00	136.11
7	—	734	132.00–137.00	135.55
6	—	582	130.00–135.00	133.39
5	—	633	137.00–149.00	143.04
4	—	488	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,060	114.00	114.00
1	—	855	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
1	—	230	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,170	102.00–106.00	104.69
1	—	970	112.00	112.00
1	—	935	113.00	113.00
1	—	895	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	117.00–120.00	118.50
3	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	810	116.00	116.00
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
4	—	609	120.00	120.00
1	—	240	115.00	115.00
2	—	330	122.00–125.00	123.52
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	867	134.00	134.00
3	—	790	137.00	137.00
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
2	—	702	136.00	136.00
1	—	635	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
1	—	895	83.00	83.00
1	—	345	90.00	90.00
1	—	365	67.00	67.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,000	84.00	84.00
1	—	320	97.00	97.00
1	—	545	92.00	92.00
1	—	610	90.00	90.00
2	—	760	112.00	112.00
1	—	700	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	157.00	157.00
1	—	305	147.00	147.00
1	—	650	135.00	135.00
4	—	390	155.00	155.00
1	—	835	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,455	79.00	79.00
4	—	636	135.00	135.00
1	—	240	152.00	152.00
5	—	528	142.00–150.00	144.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
1	—	285	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	137.00	137.00

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