Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held Sept. 26th @6PM

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.01/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$412.01

37 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$58.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−1.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	430.99	2,362	25
Medium and Large 2	524	372.46	1,952	12thin

One grade step is worth $58.53/cwt here — about $410 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale37 hd

412.01

—

PA average1 barns · 37 hd

412.01

+0.00

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−1.51

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

41 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	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	465.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	323.33/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	559	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	352.60/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,336	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	320.97/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,301	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	403.46/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	311.28/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	533	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,276	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	331.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,217	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	263.34/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	456.68/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	360.81/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	305.01/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,870	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	408.55/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,804	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	387.05/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	363.08/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	339.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,315	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	421.64/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	357.34/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	289.87/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,412	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	285.05/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	289.95/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	353.19/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,345	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	297.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	371.52/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,635	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	393.28/cwt	260.00–410.00	2,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	914	283.94/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	308.36/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,211	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	295.02/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,564	6

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 will be held Sept. 26th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	426	460.00–470.00	465.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	370.00–395.00	387.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	365.00	365.00
18	350–400	379	340.00–355.00	352.60
7	400–450	415	400.00–405.00	403.46
7	450–500	477	400.00–410.00	408.55
3	500–550	530	320.00–330.00	323.33
4	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	636	330.00–340.00	331.91
6	650–700	652	340.00	340.00
6	750–800	779	260.00–265.00	263.34
4	850–900	866	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	370.00–385.00	371.52
4	450–500	460	350.00–360.00	357.34
6	500–550	530	290.00–300.00	295.02
6	550–600	572	295.00–300.00	297.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	559	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	600	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	388	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	407	450.00–460.00	456.68
9	450–500	461	410.00–425.00	421.64
6	500–550	528	430.00	430.00
6	550–600	570	355.00–370.00	360.81
8	600–650	613	355.00–365.00	363.08
13	650–700	664	345.00–360.00	353.19
16	700–750	717	320.00–335.00	320.97
8	750–800	770	310.00–320.00	311.28
5	800–850	823	300.00	300.00
5	850–900	863	280.00–295.00	285.05
9	900–950	941	300.00–310.00	305.01
6	950–1000	978	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	420.00	420.00
9	500–550	513	260.00–410.00	393.28
3	550–600	557	310.00	310.00
10	650–700	683	330.00–340.00	339.01
3	700–750	717	305.00–310.00	308.36
3	750–800	787	280.00–295.00	289.95
6	800–850	832	280.00–310.00	289.87
5	900–950	914	275.00–290.00	283.94

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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