Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale is March 28th @6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.57/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$256.57

34 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$14.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.90

vs PA average

−58.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	260.53	1,421	25
Medium and Large 2	518	245.55	1,272	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $149 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 sale34 hd

256.57

—

PA average2 barns · 83 hd

270.46

−13.90

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−58.39

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	201.62/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	225.10/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	986	203.32/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	228.88/cwt	220.00–237.00	2,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	254.91/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,427	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	245.55/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,272	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	214.29/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	272.33/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	223.40/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	248.98/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	231.63/cwt	225.00–235.00	2,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	233.15/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	250.07/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	281.34/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,567	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	170.05/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.08/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	310.21/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	187.50/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	267.10/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	290.01/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	307.59/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,135	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	269.79/cwt	265.00–280.00	844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	264.95/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,396	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	240.61/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,523	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	201.66/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	232.72/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	253.91/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,455	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	223.86/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	201.61/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	202.55/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	241.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	192.22/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,378	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,159	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	243.78/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	221.90/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,147	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	223.21/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	191.69/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,077	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 Mar 14, 2025

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The next Vintage feeder sale is March 28th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	265.00–280.00	269.79
4	350–400	369	300.00–310.00	307.59
7	400–450	417	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	480	285.00	285.00
15	500–550	527	255.00–270.00	264.95
10	550–600	573	245.00–260.00	253.91
16	600–650	633	235.00–245.00	240.61
6	650–700	678	220.00–235.00	225.10
9	700–750	725	225.00–240.00	232.72
8	750–800	776	210.00–225.00	221.90
6	850–900	876	195.00–205.00	201.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	240.00–250.00	243.78
5	450–500	476	240.00–250.00	241.91
9	500–550	518	235.00–250.00	245.55
8	600–650	641	210.00–225.00	214.29
3	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
9	700–750	717	190.00–200.00	192.22
4	750–800	780	200.00–205.00	202.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	245.00–260.00	254.91
3	600–650	622	220.00–230.00	223.40
5	650–700	665	240.00–260.00	248.98
3	850–900	893	200.00–205.00	201.66
3	950–1000	986	200.00–205.00	203.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	285.00–295.00	290.01
10	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
11	550–600	557	277.00–290.00	281.34
3	600–650	608	240.00–255.00	250.07
7	650–700	677	265.00–280.00	267.10
11	700–750	711	265.00–285.00	272.33
8	800–850	843	220.00–235.00	233.15
3	900–950	905	225.00–235.00	231.63
9	950–1000	973	220.00–237.00	228.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	300.00–315.00	310.21
2	400–450	438	315.00	315.00
5	450–500	473	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	635	240.00–255.00	245.08
2	650–700	685	220.00–230.00	225.00
5	700–750	735	220.00–240.00	223.86
4	750–800	761	160.00–180.00	170.05
2	800–850	825	185.00–190.00	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	215.00–230.00	223.21
3	550–600	562	190.00–195.00	191.69
3	650–700	683	190.00–210.00	201.61

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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