Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on September 12th @6PM

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.37/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$365.37

36 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$42.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−24.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	381.82	2,098	22
Medium and Large 2	563	339.51	1,911	14thin

One grade step is worth $42.31/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale36 hd

365.37

—

PA average1 barns · 36 hd

365.37

+0.00

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−24.65

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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	419	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,131	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	506	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,214	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,593	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	313.31/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,093	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	411.20/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	313.71/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	298.80/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	332.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	379.10/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,726	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	295.02/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	383.26/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,008	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	386.57/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	307.54/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	366.07/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,683	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	350.86/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,231	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	302.42/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,168	20
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,386	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	352.30/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,047	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	626	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,391	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	380.83/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,159	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	332.46/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,085	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	357.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	343.72/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	308.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,917	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	277.66/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	371.27/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	281.63/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,867	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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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 on September 12th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	506	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	410	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	350.00–360.00	357.96
6	450–500	470	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	566	340.00–350.00	343.72
8	600–650	627	325.00–335.00	332.46
9	650–700	668	300.00–320.00	313.31
20	700–750	717	295.00–310.00	302.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	509	310.00–315.00	313.71
6	550–600	557	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	621	300.00–310.00	308.77
3	650–700	663	275.00–285.00	281.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	428	405.00–420.00	411.20
9	500–550	524	380.00–395.00	383.26
13	550–600	567	377.00–390.00	380.83
14	600–650	636	340.00–357.00	350.86
8	650–700	671	365.00–375.00	371.27
15	700–750	719	372.00–390.00	379.10
4	850–900	869	290.00–300.00	295.02
7	900–950	901	295.00	295.00
9	950–1000	965	277.00–280.00	277.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	385.00–390.00	386.57
4	450–500	468	330.00–340.00	332.46
4	500–550	518	300.00–310.00	307.54
10	550–600	581	345.00–360.00	352.30
4	650–700	678	295.00–300.00	298.80
22	700–750	733	355.00–370.00	366.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	382.00	382.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	290.00	290.00

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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