Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.20/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$336.20

8 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,831

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.19

vs PA average

−42.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	336.20	1,831	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

336.20

—

PA average2 barns · 34 hd

360.38

−24.19

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−42.60

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

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	258.22/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,104	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	357	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,017	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	438	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,226	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	334.93/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	278.56/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	372.19/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,444	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	278.79/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,759	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	292.46/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,145	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	265.26/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,342	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	384.44/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	286.23/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,344	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	329.74/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,992	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,007	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	286.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,635	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	249.96/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	263.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,032	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	273.78/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	316.66/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,443	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	297.17/cwt	295.00–299.00	2,309	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,271	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	306.23/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	311.37/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	337.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,204	11

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

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	459	310.00–320.00	316.66
4	600–650	642	300.00–310.00	306.23
4	700–750	727	270.00–275.00	273.78
7	750–800	771	260.00–265.00	263.57
3	800–850	815	250.00–265.00	258.22
2	850–900	862	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
9	400–450	437	375.00–390.00	384.44
7	450–500	481	345.00	345.00
4	500–550	516	330.00–340.00	337.46
4	550–600	573	330.00–340.00	334.93
20	600–650	604	325.00–330.00	329.74
11	650–700	668	330.00	330.00
18	700–750	721	290.00–295.00	292.46
13	750–800	777	295.00–299.00	297.17
9	800–850	819	280.00–287.00	286.23
12	850–900	883	262.00–270.00	265.26
6	900–950	900	260.00	260.00
5	950–1000	979	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	425.00	425.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	438	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	330.00–345.00	334.93
7	500–550	533	310.00–320.00	311.37
3	550–600	567	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	643	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	728	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	345.00	345.00
12	350–400	388	360.00–375.00	372.19
11	450–500	487	310.00	310.00
21	550–600	571	280.00–290.00	286.34
13	600–650	631	270.00–282.00	278.79
7	650–700	659	270.00–280.00	278.56
4	700–750	710	240.00–255.00	249.96
12	750–800	795	250.00–255.00	252.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	481	300.00	300.00

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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