Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2021-09-24

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Sep 24
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
275 head
▼ 437 vs last sale 712▼ 159 vs year ago 434 · −36.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on 10/8/2021 & 10/22/2021 @ 6:00pm

Due to severe weather conditions earlier in the week, todays sale supply was limited. Overall, buyer attendance was moderate with moderate demand on a light 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 $130.38/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$130.38
117 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$466
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.11
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2790134.771,06513thin
Medium and Large 1647131.4385088
Medium and Large 2495121.0759916thin
One grade step is worth $13.70/cwt here — about $466 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 sale117 hd
130.38
—
PA average8 barns · 353 hd
117.27
+13.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

83 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418170.00/cwt170.00–170.007112
Steers—Medium and Large 1440152.00/cwt152.00–152.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1461149.72/cwt142.00–157.0069010
Steers—Medium and Large 1515170.00/cwt170.00–170.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed520178.00/cwt178.00–178.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 2570137.00/cwt137.00–137.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1575155.87/cwt150.00–160.008966
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed578168.36/cwt165.00–170.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed621168.20/cwt165.00–169.001,0455
Steers—Medium and Large 1622157.00/cwt157.00–157.009772
Steers—Medium and Large 2635127.00/cwt127.00–127.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed670172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1521
Steers—Medium and Large 1680156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0612
Steers—Medium and Large 1721154.22/cwt150.00–160.001,11210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed729165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2035
Steers—Medium and Large 1765143.04/cwt140.00–148.001,09413
Steers—Medium and Large 1816149.07/cwt140.00–154.001,21623
Steers—Medium and Large 1861147.98/cwt146.00–150.001,2746
Steers—Medium and Large 2885132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1681
Steers—Medium and Large 1930117.50/cwt110.00–125.001,0932
Steers—Medium and Large 11,138117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240115.00/cwt115.00–115.002761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330123.52/cwt122.00–125.004082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381138.72/cwt135.00–140.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422136.11/cwt135.00–137.0057411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487118.50/cwt117.00–120.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488135.00/cwt135.00–135.006594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516133.11/cwt130.00–140.0068716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582133.39/cwt130.00–135.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2609120.00/cwt120.00–120.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633143.04/cwt137.00–149.009055
Heifers—Large 1-2635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
Heifers—Large 1-2665135.00/cwt135.00–135.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672127.75/cwt120.00–140.008587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695130.00/cwt130.00–130.009041
Heifers—Large 1-2702136.00/cwt136.00–136.009552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734135.55/cwt132.00–137.009957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759131.00/cwt129.00–137.009944
Heifers—Large 1-2790137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2810116.00/cwt116.00–116.009401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840123.50/cwt122.00–125.001,0374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1291
Heifers—Large 1-2867134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy895112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy935113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy970112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1980116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1371
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,060114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,170104.69/cwt102.00–106.001,2253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1240152.00/cwt152.00–152.003651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260157.00/cwt157.00–157.004081
Bulls—Large 328575.00/cwt75.00–75.002141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305147.00/cwt147.00–147.004481
Bulls—Large 3330105.00/cwt105.00–105.003471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full368137.00/cwt137.00–137.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528144.60/cwt142.00–150.007635
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636135.00/cwt135.00–135.008594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835105.00/cwt105.00–105.008771
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,45579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1491
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 334590.00/cwt90.00–90.003111
Dairy Heifers—Large 336567.00/cwt67.00–67.002451
Dairy Heifers—Large 367090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Dairy Heifers—Large 389583.00/cwt83.00–83.007431
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Fleshy1,12583.00/cwt83.00–83.009341
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 332097.00/cwt97.00–97.003101
Dairy Steers—Large 354592.00/cwt92.00–92.005011
Dairy Steers—Large 361090.00/cwt90.00–90.005491
Dairy Steers—Large 3655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Dairy Steers—Large 3700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
Dairy Steers—Large 3760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008512
Dairy Steers—Large 31,00084.00/cwt84.00–84.008401

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.