Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2024-05-10

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, May 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
599 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 549▲ 599 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Vintage feeder sale will be held on June 14th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $266.63/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$266.63
15 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.17
vs PA average
−43.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545272.041,48310thin
Medium and Large 2551255.811,4095thin
One grade step is worth $16.23/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd
266.63
—
PA average4 barns · 50 hd
260.46
+6.17
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
−43.08
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0322
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2342345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1802
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432251.68/cwt245.00–255.001,0873
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440322.41/cwt315.00–330.001,4192
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528273.45/cwt265.00–280.001,4446
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570256.35/cwt255.00–257.001,4613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571269.92/cwt265.00–275.001,5414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680257.43/cwt245.00–265.001,7518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730255.94/cwt245.00–260.001,86810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761253.26/cwt250.00–260.001,92711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777238.79/cwt235.00–250.001,8554
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822251.28/cwt250.00–260.002,0668
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2862219.95/cwt210.00–225.001,8963
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881228.81/cwt222.50–235.002,0164
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914227.97/cwt220.00–239.002,0849
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967225.05/cwt220.00–230.002,1766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313210.24/cwt200.00–220.006582
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383204.84/cwt200.00–210.007852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0764
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419228.33/cwt220.00–230.009576
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1442
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532198.29/cwt195.00–200.001,0553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632235.50/cwt230.00–240.001,48813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635216.67/cwt210.00–220.001,3763
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667216.75/cwt210.00–220.001,4469
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705220.83/cwt215.00–230.001,5576
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2756196.69/cwt195.00–200.001,4873
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757225.73/cwt222.00–227.001,7098
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7585
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2448140.00/cwt140.00–140.006273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5173
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608140.00/cwt140.00–140.008512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628209.72/cwt200.00–220.001,3172
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3430273.21/cwt260.00–277.501,17512
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2-3460265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2192
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 2-3516250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2909
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Large 2-3559237.38/cwt225.00–240.001,3276
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3611240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4667
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Large 2-3662235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5562
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Large 2-3719216.23/cwt215.00–220.001,5554
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Large 2-3871197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7165
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers12 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 2-3335298.00/cwt290.00–300.009985
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Large 2-3393295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1593
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Large 2-3490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3485
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5815
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Large 2-3583270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5744
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3631260.50/cwt250.00–265.001,64417
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Large 2-3667250.05/cwt240.00–255.001,6689
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2-3732239.95/cwt235.00–250.001,75610
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 2-3770240.09/cwt230.00–245.001,84915
Beef/Dairy Steers800–850Large 2-3847212.72/cwt210.00–225.001,80211
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Large 2-3855220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8812
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Large 2-3915219.49/cwt215.00–220.002,00810
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1658
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3459160.00/cwt160.00–160.007344
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3533160.00/cwt160.00–160.008533

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.