Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2024-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held September 13th @6PM

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.26/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$259.26

20 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$25.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs PA average

−15.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	265.68	1,472	15thin
Medium and Large 2	530	240.00	1,272	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale20 hd

259.26

—

PA average2 barns · 21 hd

260.01

−0.75

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−15.82

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

45 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	500–550	512	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	332.57/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,094	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	245.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	261.09/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	238.49/cwt	235.00–242.00	2,259	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	270.98/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	818	194.98/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	262.95/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,875	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	278.90/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,696	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	266.45/cwt	265.00–270.00	815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	250.82/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,199	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	216.81/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	255.08/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	243.02/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	242.12/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	242.16/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,274	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	231.46/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,301	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	2,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	231.28/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	239.42/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	227.53/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	241.64/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	249.16/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	253.36/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	255.88/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	265.16/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,092	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	221.27/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	219.89/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	208.34/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	222.02/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,468	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	307.54/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	237.42/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	203.34/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,612	3

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 Aug 9, 2024

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

Receipts 386Last week 369Year ago 413

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held September 13th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	330.00–335.00	332.57
4	350–400	399	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	468	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	512	260.00	260.00
6	600–650	608	250.00–260.00	255.88
3	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
3	850–900	885	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	305.00–310.00	307.54
3	400–450	412	260.00–275.00	265.16
2	450–500	452	260.00	260.00
4	600–650	611	215.00–230.00	221.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	275.00	275.00
5	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
5	600–650	608	250.00–267.00	261.09
3	700–750	713	240.00–250.00	245.09
2	750–800	760	242.00	242.00
2	800–850	818	190.00–200.00	194.98
2	900–950	920	220.00–225.00	222.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	250.00–260.00	253.36
5	450–500	485	290.00	290.00
5	500–550	528	250.00–270.00	255.08
10	550–600	567	265.00–280.00	270.98
19	600–650	608	270.00–285.00	278.90
3	650–700	658	260.00	260.00
17	700–750	713	255.00–270.00	262.95
5	750–800	769	225.00–265.00	243.02
6	850–900	854	240.00–255.00	249.16
8	900–950	947	235.00–242.00	238.49
3	950–1000	963	235.00–245.00	241.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	265.00–270.00	266.45
5	400–450	416	240.00–245.00	242.12
14	450–500	478	225.00–260.00	250.82
11	500–550	526	230.00–249.00	242.16
11	550–600	562	220.00–237.00	231.46
6	600–650	609	220.00–235.00	227.53
4	650–700	671	235.00–240.00	237.42
9	700–750	712	235.00–245.00	239.42
4	750–800	760	230.00–235.00	231.28
2	800–850	822	235.00	235.00
2	850–900	870	215.00–225.00	219.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	200.00	200.00
3	500–550	528	210.00–220.00	216.81
5	650–700	661	220.00–225.00	222.02
3	750–800	793	200.00–210.00	203.34
3	800–850	813	205.00–215.00	208.34

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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