Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2021-01-08

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Jan 8
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Feeder Cattle receipts
327 head
▼ 375 vs last sale 702▼ 82 vs year ago 409 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder cattle sale will be held on 2/12/2021 at 6:00pm

Compared to last month, Feeder Steers below 600lbs sold weak, with steers 600lbs and above selling steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder Bulls sold weak on a light test. No comparison available for Dairy Steers or Dairy Heifers. Buyer attendance for todays sale was moderate to heavy, with good demand overall on a moderate supply of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.99/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$107.99
116 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$25.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.88
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574115.7766450
Medium and Large 2537103.7455758
Medium 1-255390.224998thin
One grade step is worth $25.55/cwt here — about $165 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 sale116 hd
107.99
—
PA average6 barns · 283 hd
85.11
+22.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1235175.00/cwt175.00–175.004114
Steers—Medium and Large 2335127.00/cwt127.00–127.004252
Steers—Medium and Large 1485137.47/cwt135.00–140.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1532133.37/cwt125.00–145.0071014
Steers—Medium and Large 2532117.00/cwt117.00–117.006222
Steers—Medium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Steers—Medium and Large 1586134.55/cwt134.00–137.007887
Steers—Medium and Large 2613104.96/cwt95.00–115.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1623136.86/cwt125.00–150.0085314
Steers—Medium and Large 1668138.01/cwt132.00–142.0092210
Steers—Medium and Large 2730119.00/cwt117.00–120.008693
Steers—Medium and Large 1735146.55/cwt137.00–150.001,07711
Steers—Medium and Large 1771133.95/cwt125.00–140.001,0335
Steers—Medium and Large 1828130.81/cwt122.00–135.001,0833
Steers—Medium and Large 1865119.83/cwt113.00–135.001,0375
Steers—Medium and Large 1932113.29/cwt110.00–120.001,0563
Steers—Medium and Large 11,095105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 11,120102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270110.89/cwt105.00–117.002992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377110.64/cwt110.00–112.004176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388135.00/cwt135.00–135.005242
Heifers—Medium 1-239890.00/cwt90.00–90.003582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433100.03/cwt95.00–105.004332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460103.52/cwt100.00–107.0047611
Heifers—Medium 1-2470105.00/cwt105.00–105.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485120.69/cwt115.00–125.005857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy49092.00/cwt92.00–92.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy500105.00/cwt105.00–105.005252
Heifers—Medium 1-251575.88/cwt70.00–82.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528104.41/cwt100.00–107.005517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535122.00/cwt122.00–122.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564102.89/cwt102.00–105.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573116.18/cwt115.00–117.0066614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624103.31/cwt95.00–110.0064517
Heifers—Medium and Large 266994.97/cwt90.00–100.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674112.66/cwt110.00–117.007599
Heifers—Medium and Large 2733102.54/cwt100.00–105.007522
Heifers—Medium 1-283090.00/cwt90.00–90.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873109.00/cwt107.00–110.009523
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 333594.04/cwt92.00–95.003153
Bulls—Large 335857.00/cwt57.00–57.002042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378131.00/cwt122.00–142.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463129.29/cwt120.00–145.005998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533125.13/cwt115.00–130.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569127.44/cwt117.00–130.007257
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730125.76/cwt123.00–130.009184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1797106.66/cwt105.00–110.008503
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 311782.00/cwt82.00–82.00965
Dairy Steers—Small 313040.00/cwt40.00–40.00521
Dairy Steers—Small 318567.00/cwt67.00–67.001244
Dairy Steers—Large 322388.38/cwt87.00–90.001972
Dairy Steers—Large 367550.00/cwt50.00–50.003382
Dairy Steers—Large 377864.90/cwt55.00–75.005052
Dairy Steers—Large 387047.00/cwt47.00–47.004091
Dairy Steers—Large 398560.00/cwt60.00–60.005911
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,81583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5061
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10367.19/cwt50.50–75.0074120
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13853.32/cwt44.00–69.006076
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,12868.62/cwt62.00–71.007743

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.