Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held January 10th @6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $180.01/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$180.01

32 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.47

vs PA average

−100.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	199.04	1,172	5thin
Medium and Large 2	559	176.48	987	27

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale32 hd

180.01

—

PA average3 barns · 80 hd

215.48

−35.47

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−100.29

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

33 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	350–400	372	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	232.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,011	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	195.49/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,234	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	157.57/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	122.08/cwt	112.00–127.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	216.92/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,803	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	199.04/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	167.55/cwt	160.00–175.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	196.58/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	176.74/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,025	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	926	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,157	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	154.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	960	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	181.75/cwt	175.00–185.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	236.67/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	175.96/cwt	170.00–180.00	948	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	147.90/cwt	145.00–160.00	864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	135.06/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	242.16/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,603	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	217.60/cwt	215.00–220.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	175.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	910	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	184.44/cwt	177.00–192.00	885	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	210.10/cwt	205.00–215.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	202.58/cwt	200.00–205.00	837	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 Dec 13, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	435	230.00–235.00	232.48
9	600–650	631	190.00–200.00	195.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	170.00–180.00	175.96
5	550–600	584	145.00–160.00	147.90
3	600–650	620	185.00	185.00
4	650–700	685	160.00	160.00
3	700–750	712	112.00–127.00	122.08
2	750–800	768	150.00–165.00	157.57
3	850–900	860	130.00–145.00	135.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	295.00	295.00
9	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
9	600–650	622	282.00	282.00
7	650–700	662	235.00–245.00	242.16
12	800–850	831	210.00–225.00	216.92
2	850–900	890	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	175.00	175.00
3	450–500	457	185.00	185.00
3	500–550	513	175.00–185.00	181.75
3	600–650	600	235.00–240.00	236.67
3	650–700	673	190.00–200.00	196.58
2	700–750	738	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	215.00–220.00	217.60
2	350–400	373	205.00–215.00	210.10
2	400–450	413	200.00–205.00	202.58
4	450–500	465	220.00	220.00
5	550–600	589	195.00–200.00	199.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	160.00–175.00	167.55
19	450–500	480	177.00–192.00	184.44
9	500–550	517	170.00–180.00	175.97
18	550–600	580	165.00–185.00	176.74
7	600–650	623	150.00–160.00	154.13
4	900–950	926	120.00–130.00	124.98

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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