Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2020-10-23

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Oct 23
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 532▼ 152 vs year ago 513 · −29.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction released to reflect correct next sale date. 90lb feeder calf deleted.

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady on a light comparison. No comparison on dairy feeder steers or heifers. Buyer attendance and demand was moderate on a light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $86.17/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$86.17
27 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$467
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs PA average
−38.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515109.855663thin
Medium and Large 254683.2245424
One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $112 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 sale27 hd
86.17
—
PA average1 barns · 27 hd
86.17
+0.00
National average193 barns · 23,179 hd
124.92
−38.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

89 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305105.00/cwt105.00–105.003201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350149.00/cwt149.00–149.005222
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417140.51/cwt137.00–145.005865
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428113.40/cwt110.00–117.004852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480102.00/cwt102.00–102.004901
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488132.37/cwt130.00–137.006463
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528118.38/cwt115.00–122.006252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533136.73/cwt132.00–140.007297
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560138.51/cwt137.00–140.007762
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620152.00/cwt152.00–152.009425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627139.02/cwt135.00–140.008728
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652152.00/cwt152.00–152.009912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733138.63/cwt130.00–146.001,0169
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745115.00/cwt115.00–115.008571
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed755157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1851
Steers750–800Medium and Large 277575.85/cwt70.00–82.005882
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777130.46/cwt127.00–132.001,0146
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1772
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835118.90/cwt115.00–127.009933
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855112.00/cwt112.00–112.009581
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1912130.66/cwt130.00–132.001,1923
Steers900–950Medium and Large 293097.00/cwt97.00–97.009021
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 297092.00/cwt92.00–92.008921
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975118.72/cwt112.00–122.001,1583
Steers1000–1050Large 11,030113.03/cwt110.00–116.001,1642
Steers1050–1100Large 11,052112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1782
Steers1050–1100Large 21,05886.00/cwt85.00–87.009102
Steers1100–1150Large 11,100116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 224095.00/cwt95.00–95.002281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268100.00/cwt100.00–100.002682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275125.00/cwt125.00–125.003441
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330104.93/cwt92.00–110.003465
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333122.41/cwt120.00–125.004082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365110.22/cwt110.00–112.004029
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 239785.02/cwt70.00–90.003384
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405116.07/cwt110.00–122.004702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 242897.07/cwt90.00–102.004155
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484100.58/cwt92.00–105.004879
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485121.60/cwt119.00–125.005907
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 251382.37/cwt70.00–90.0042311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515109.85/cwt100.00–115.005663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 257383.93/cwt70.00–97.0048113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 261594.10/cwt92.00–102.005795
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622125.00/cwt125.00–125.007782
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 268475.49/cwt70.00–90.0051613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 270368.49/cwt65.00–72.004812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009062
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 275575.00/cwt75.00–75.005661
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 184882.00/cwt82.00–82.006952
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 185372.00/cwt72.00–72.006143
Heifers1500–1550Large 21,54050.00/cwt50.00–50.007701
Heifers1650–1700Large 21,69045.00/cwt45.00–45.007611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2220155.00/cwt155.00–155.003411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-240570.00/cwt70.00–70.002841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-247088.54/cwt85.00–92.004162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed482112.00/cwt112.00–112.005403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed513126.49/cwt120.00–130.006493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535110.78/cwt105.00–117.005936
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580117.94/cwt115.00–120.006845
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-261580.00/cwt80.00–80.004921
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-267297.00/cwt97.00–97.006522
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-273687.96/cwt85.00–91.006478
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-275092.00/cwt92.00–92.006901
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-280087.00/cwt87.00–87.006961
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-289086.00/cwt86.00–86.007651
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 334532.00/cwt32.00–32.001101
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 351545.00/cwt45.00–45.002321
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 375235.00/cwt35.00–35.002633
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 31,12530.00/cwt30.00–30.003381
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers12 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3Thin Fleshed25682.00/cwt82.00–82.0021011
Dairy Steers250–300Large 328053.16/cwt50.00–62.001494
Dairy Steers300–350Large 330976.14/cwt70.00–81.002359
Dairy Steers400–450Large 343643.19/cwt42.00–47.001884
Dairy Steers450–500Large 349158.85/cwt52.00–61.002894
Dairy Steers500–550Large 352049.68/cwt42.00–57.002584
Dairy Steers600–650Large 361250.00/cwt50.00–50.003062
Dairy Steers700–750Large 374550.00/cwt50.00–50.003731
Dairy Steers750–800Large 375167.00/cwt67.00–67.005037
Dairy Steers800–850Large 384047.00/cwt47.00–47.003951
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 398564.00/cwt64.00–64.006303
Dairy Steers1200–1250Large 31,22562.00/cwt62.00–62.007601
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-291040.29/cwt35.00–45.003673
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,32453.26/cwt47.00–58.007058

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.