Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2020-07-10

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Jul 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
360 head
▲ 360 vs last sale 0▼ 128 vs year ago 488 · −26.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last feeder sale was several months ago thus no trend can be established. Demand was mostly light to moderate for calves under 600 lbs and moderate to good for calves over 600 lbs. Market activity was mostly moderate to active with a large crowd on had actively bidding on offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.48/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$131.48
162 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.17
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745134.731,004117
Medium and Large 1-2687127.1687331
Large 1984114.871,1317thin
Medium and Large 2751112.868487thin
One grade step is worth $21.88/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale162 hd
131.48
—
PA average4 barns · 294 hd
121.31
+10.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 1418155.00/cwt155.00–155.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Steers—Medium and Large 1526159.52/cwt157.00–162.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625130.37/cwt127.00–137.008159
Steers—Medium and Large 1626143.79/cwt142.00–150.0090014
Steers—Medium and Large 1657143.84/cwt137.00–152.0094515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689128.74/cwt122.00–132.008879
Steers—Medium and Large 2695117.00/cwt117.00–117.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1727135.77/cwt131.00–139.0098710
Steers—Medium and Large 1772130.53/cwt125.00–135.001,00825
Steers—Medium and Large 2782112.00/cwt112.00–112.008764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793121.51/cwt120.00–123.009644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818118.48/cwt117.00–120.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1827127.57/cwt127.00–129.001,0557
Steers—Medium and Large 1873124.30/cwt122.00–127.001,08520
Steers—Medium and Large 2900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 1935118.73/cwt118.00–121.001,1104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2945115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0873
Steers—Large 1957119.33/cwt116.00–126.001,1423
Steers—Medium and Large 1981118.02/cwt114.00–121.001,1589
Steers—Large 11,005111.52/cwt110.00–116.001,1214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427130.00/cwt130.00–130.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450127.00/cwt127.00–127.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531123.36/cwt120.00–127.006557
Heifers—Medium 1-2540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563116.47/cwt115.00–122.006565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652140.00/cwt140.00–140.009133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy659120.00/cwt120.00–120.007914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692124.66/cwt122.00–127.008636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722124.26/cwt122.00–127.0089711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy726131.00/cwt131.00–131.009515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780118.51/cwt117.00–120.009242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1845115.00/cwt115.00–115.009721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy857105.00/cwt105.00–105.009007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1982110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305155.00/cwt155.00–155.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628115.00/cwt115.00–115.007223
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3350115.00/cwt115.00–115.004031
Dairy Steers—Large 3458105.00/cwt105.00–105.004812
Dairy Steers—Large 3508105.00/cwt105.00–105.005332
Dairy Steers—Large 379590.00/cwt90.00–90.007167
Dairy Steers—Large 389286.00/cwt86.00–86.007675
Dairy Steers—Large 31,04492.00/cwt92.00–92.009606
Dairy Steers—Large 31,09087.00/cwt87.00–87.009482

This sale against other markets

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.