Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale is April 25th @6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.12/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$273.12

24 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.30

vs PA average

−43.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	280.02	1,595	14thin
Medium and Large 2	575	263.45	1,515	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $80 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 sale24 hd

273.12

—

PA average4 barns · 136 hd

274.41

−1.30

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−43.43

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	359.70/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,370	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	303.90/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,437	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,942	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	306.24/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	233.05/cwt	225.00–235.00	2,268	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,887	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	400–450	422	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	865	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	625	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	278.36/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,096	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	281.10/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,479	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,631	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	306	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	285.98/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,368	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	212.00/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	276.54/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	248.82/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	307.97/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	338.63/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	286.70/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	243.35/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	335.84/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,002	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	258.87/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,636	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	274.62/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,261	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	263.45/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	313.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	277.51/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	281.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	241.26/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	213.33/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	254.57/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,739	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	299.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	412	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,360	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	892	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

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The next Vintage feeder sale is April 25th @6PM

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	373	355.00–365.00	359.70
9	400–450	403	340.00	340.00
9	450–500	473	300.00–305.00	303.90
2	650–700	658	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	835	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	310.00–320.00	313.22
3	350–400	380	270.00–280.00	276.54
10	400–450	432	295.00–310.00	299.32
14	450–500	459	270.00–275.00	274.62
4	500–550	523	270.00–280.00	277.51
10	550–600	588	275.00–285.00	281.03
18	600–650	632	250.00–265.00	258.87
13	650–700	683	250.00–265.00	254.57
3	750–800	783	260.00	260.00
5	800–850	829	205.00–220.00	212.00
5	850–900	872	205.00	205.00
7	900–950	938	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	412	285.00–290.00	286.70
10	550–600	575	260.00–265.00	263.45
4	600–650	620	240.00–245.00	241.26
7	650–700	684	217.00	217.00
6	750–800	764	210.00–215.00	213.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	487	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	512	370.00	370.00
10	550–600	596	325.00–337.00	335.84
7	600–650	637	330.00–340.00	338.63
4	650–700	690	305.00–310.00	306.24
5	700–750	717	305.00–310.00	307.97
5	750–800	778	305.00	305.00
10	800–850	828	285.00–295.00	285.98
9	850–900	882	280.00–290.00	281.10
4	950–1000	973	240.00–255.00	248.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	629	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	712	240.00–245.00	243.35
6	750–800	753	275.00–285.00	278.36
5	950–1000	973	225.00–235.00	233.05
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	190.00	190.00
8	400–450	422	205.00	205.00
3	600–650	625	195.00	195.00
2	750–800	775	170.00	170.00

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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