Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on Dec. 19th @ 6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $195.29/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$195.29

34 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$31.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.94

vs PA average

−63.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	208.41	1,093	20
Medium and Large 2	550	176.55	970	14thin

One grade step is worth $31.86/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale34 hd

195.29

—

PA average3 barns · 99 hd

205.23

−9.94

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−63.10

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

46 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	300–350	315	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	177.52/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	940	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	208.32/cwt	200.00–215.00	979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	191.94/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,372	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	172.52/cwt	165.00–180.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	188.11/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	173.32/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,326	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	177.56/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	206.09/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	215.00/cwt	210.00–220.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	249.02/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	239.43/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,027	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	182.64/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	189.89/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	198.28/cwt	185.00–202.00	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	174.39/cwt	165.00–180.00	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	193.14/cwt	180.00–195.00	856	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,002	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	233.49/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	243.92/cwt	235.00–245.00	895	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	216.54/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,215	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	180.85/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	230.06/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	206.03/cwt	200.00–212.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	197.42/cwt	185.00–202.00	744	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	213.51/cwt	205.00–215.00	914	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	166.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	154.34/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	185.22/cwt	170.00–195.00	1,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	219.34/cwt	185.00–255.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	204.93/cwt	199.00–210.00	1,043	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	206.59/cwt	205.00–207.00	985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	213.35/cwt	210.00–215.00	949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	164.99/cwt	160.00–175.00	873	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	196.14/cwt	185.00–205.00	771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	167.49/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	163.70/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	193.05/cwt	185.00–200.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	182.19/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,131	8

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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The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on Dec. 19th @ 6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	235.00	235.00
3	400–450	400	235.00	235.00
3	450–500	470	200.00–215.00	208.32
2	650–700	675	175.00–180.00	177.52
6	700–750	715	185.00–195.00	191.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	185.00–205.00	196.14
3	400–450	445	210.00–215.00	213.35
6	450–500	472	165.00–180.00	172.52
2	700–750	738	165.00–170.00	167.49
3	750–800	790	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	210.00–220.00	215.00
5	450–500	481	185.00–202.00	198.28
5	500–550	523	195.00–210.00	206.09
4	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
4	650–700	669	170.00–190.00	182.64
9	750–800	765	170.00–180.00	173.32
8	800–850	835	185.00–190.00	188.11
2	850–900	875	185.00–195.00	189.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	235.00–245.00	243.92
10	400–450	429	230.00–242.00	239.43
8	450–500	483	222.00–240.00	233.49
4	500–550	531	215.00–235.00	230.06
5	550–600	586	245.00	245.00
9	600–650	619	247.00–250.00	249.02
4	700–750	719	185.00–255.00	219.34
3	750–800	778	240.00	240.00
7	800–850	834	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	878	170.00–185.00	177.56
2	950–1000	990	200.00–212.00	206.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	185.00–200.00	193.05
6	350–400	367	180.00	180.00
8	400–450	443	180.00–195.00	193.14
9	450–500	475	165.00–180.00	174.39
6	500–550	529	160.00–175.00	164.99
8	550–600	565	170.00–195.00	185.22
8	600–650	621	170.00–187.00	182.19
5	650–700	662	165.00–175.00	166.98
4	750–800	780	160.00–175.00	163.70
5	850–900	883	150.00–160.00	154.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	377	185.00–202.00	197.42
13	400–450	428	205.00–215.00	213.51
5	450–500	477	205.00–207.00	206.59
14	500–550	509	199.00–210.00	204.93
6	550–600	561	210.00–220.00	216.54
2	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
6	800–850	815	180.00–185.00	180.85

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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