Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2021-02-12

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Feb 12
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
447 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 327▼ 177 vs year ago 624 · −28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder sale will be held on Friday, March 12, 2020

Compared to last month, feeder steers 300 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; feeder steers 600 to 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower; feeder steers 800 to 1000 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold strong. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Buyer attendance was moderate to heavy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.34/cwt on 202 head.
Average price
$129.34
202 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$41.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.28
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692132.97920163
Medium and Large 2739118.1187325
Large 11,097113.401,24410thin
Large 21,05591.279634thin
One grade step is worth $41.70/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale202 hd
129.34
—
PA average7 barns · 477 hd
121.06
+8.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

98 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368132.99/cwt132.00–135.004893
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
Steers—Medium and Large 1415137.41/cwt135.00–140.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 2445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005652
Steers—Medium and Large 1466143.01/cwt137.00–157.0066622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy485165.00/cwt165.00–165.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 2495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 1533141.35/cwt140.00–152.007539
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1568135.93/cwt132.00–139.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570152.00/cwt152.00–152.008661
Steers—Medium and Large 2585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 1614135.62/cwt135.00–140.008338
Steers—Medium and Large 2629127.46/cwt120.00–135.008024
Steers—Medium and Large 2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1689133.51/cwt130.00–137.0092025
Steers—Medium and Large 1718125.65/cwt120.00–130.0090215
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy735140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0292
Steers—Medium and Large 1766125.62/cwt117.00–130.0096219
Steers—Medium and Large 2793103.49/cwt100.00–107.008212
Steers—Medium and Large 2800122.00/cwt122.00–122.009766
Steers—Medium and Large 1824133.93/cwt127.00–136.001,10419
Steers—Medium and Large 1874129.19/cwt120.00–135.001,1299
Steers—Medium and Large 2880111.34/cwt110.00–112.009803
Steers—Medium and Large 2922107.32/cwt105.00–110.009893
Steers—Medium and Large 1923121.82/cwt117.00–124.001,12415
Steers—Medium and Large 1954117.75/cwt112.00–122.001,1234
Steers—Medium and Large 2995102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0151
Steers—Large 21,01395.04/cwt90.00–100.009632
Steers—Large 11,023120.68/cwt117.00–125.001,2353
Steers—Large 21,05090.00/cwt90.00–90.009451
Steers—Large 11,095110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2051
Steers—Large 11,135110.33/cwt110.00–112.001,2526
Steers—Large 21,14585.00/cwt85.00–85.009731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 231090.00/cwt90.00–90.002791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384111.34/cwt105.00–115.004284
Heifers—Medium and Large 239085.00/cwt85.00–85.003323
Heifers—Medium and Large 241087.00/cwt87.00–87.003571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426106.62/cwt105.00–110.004546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463108.42/cwt105.00–115.005026
Heifers—Medium and Large 248199.01/cwt95.00–100.004765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 252193.16/cwt85.00–97.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 257891.50/cwt80.00–102.005296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579113.14/cwt105.00–117.0065515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy589131.00/cwt131.00–131.007727
Heifers—Medium and Large 261597.00/cwt97.00–97.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631120.68/cwt115.00–127.0076116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy665127.19/cwt126.00–133.008466
Heifers—Medium and Large 267995.34/cwt92.00–102.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681105.87/cwt102.00–107.007216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715105.99/cwt97.00–112.007586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778105.32/cwt102.00–112.008193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804111.60/cwt110.00–112.008975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853111.01/cwt109.00–118.009479
Heifers—Medium and Large 288298.64/cwt97.00–102.008703
Heifers—Medium and Large 291864.99/cwt60.00–70.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979100.67/cwt100.00–102.009863
Heifers—Large 11,03597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0041
Heifers—Large 11,09590.00/cwt90.00–90.009861
Heifers—Large 11,105100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367143.02/cwt135.00–147.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380117.00/cwt117.00–117.004451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445142.00/cwt142.00–142.006324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460117.00/cwt117.00–117.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512143.06/cwt142.00–147.007325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573134.00/cwt132.00–135.007683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578112.00/cwt112.00–112.006472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627133.16/cwt125.00–139.008356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660125.04/cwt120.00–130.008252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673108.71/cwt105.00–110.007324
Bulls—Medium and Large 181897.76/cwt95.00–102.008004
Bulls—Medium and Large 284085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008801
Bulls—Medium and Large 190585.00/cwt85.00–85.007691
Bulls—Medium and Large 197894.52/cwt92.00–97.009242
Bulls—Large 1-21,080110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1881
Bulls—Large 1-21,10282.00/cwt82.00–82.009042
Bulls—Large 1-21,29085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0971
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 326176.11/cwt72.00–77.001996
Dairy Heifers—Large 341565.00/cwt65.00–65.002705
Dairy Heifers—Large 371065.00/cwt65.00–65.004621
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,05060.00/cwt60.00–60.006301
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3263110.00/cwt110.00–110.002893
Dairy Steers—Large 344587.00/cwt87.00–87.003872
Dairy Steers—Large 354092.00/cwt92.00–92.004971
Dairy Steers—Large 361085.00/cwt85.00–85.005191
Dairy Steers—Large 367275.00/cwt75.00–75.005042
Dairy Steers—Large 374080.37/cwt77.00–82.005953
Dairy Steers—Large 378090.00/cwt90.00–90.007021
Dairy Steers—Large 381585.00/cwt85.00–85.006931
Dairy Steers—Large 394580.00/cwt80.00–80.007561
Dairy Steers—Large 31,04570.00/cwt70.00–70.007321

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.