Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2024-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Vintage feeder sale will be held July 12th @6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.28/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$255.28

16 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$37.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.04

vs PA average

−10.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	262.26	1,417	13thin
Medium and Large 2	590	225.00	1,328	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $90 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 sale16 hd

255.28

—

PA average2 barns · 20 hd

238.24

+17.04

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−10.09

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

35 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	508	318.97/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,620	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	568	177.51/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,008	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	525	247.49/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,299	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	637	244.94/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,560	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	564	323.74/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	271.56/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	268.32/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,417	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	208.26/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	213.33/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	248.63/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	263.80/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,651	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	252.75/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,188	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	262.09/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,355	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	237.54/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,230	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	242.91/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	225.03/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	223.36/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,065	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	208.99/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	273.62/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,001	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	282.25/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	186.53/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	254.28/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,053	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	220.65/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,458	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	215.55/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	251.79/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,700	10

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	240.00–260.00	247.49
2	550–600	568	175.00–180.00	177.51
5	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	508	315.00–335.00	318.97
4	550–600	564	320.00–325.00	323.74
5	600–650	637	240.00–260.00	244.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	260.00–280.00	273.62
7	400–450	416	260.00–285.00	271.56
6	450–500	470	245.00–265.00	252.75
9	500–550	528	260.00–270.00	268.32
4	550–600	568	240.00–265.00	248.63
4	650–700	678	225.00	225.00
3	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	781	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	810	200.00–215.00	208.26
4	900–950	934	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	220.00–225.00	223.36
3	550–600	590	225.00	225.00
4	600–650	631	220.00–240.00	225.03
3	700–750	711	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	517	260.00–270.00	262.09
8	600–650	626	250.00–270.00	263.80
10	650–700	675	247.00–255.00	251.79
9	700–750	718	242.00–247.00	242.91
5	800–850	823	240.00	240.00
5	850–900	875	205.00–215.00	208.99
3	900–950	925	200.00–220.00	213.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	220.00	220.00
10	500–550	518	230.00–245.00	237.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	414	250.00–260.00	254.28
3	500–550	517	275.00–287.00	282.25
8	650–700	661	220.00–225.00	220.65
8	700–750	721	210.00–230.00	215.55
3	800–850	827	180.00–200.00	186.53

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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