Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2024-06-14

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Jun 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
369 head
▼ 230 vs last sale 599▲ 369 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 July 12th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.28/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$255.28
16 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,403
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.04
vs PA average
−10.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540262.261,41713thin
Medium and Large 2590225.001,3283thin
One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $90 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 sale16 hd
255.28
—
PA average2 barns · 20 hd
238.24
+17.04
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−10.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517262.09/cwt260.00–270.001,3555
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626263.80/cwt250.00–270.001,6518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675251.79/cwt247.00–255.001,70010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718242.91/cwt242.00–247.001,7449
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9755
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875208.99/cwt205.00–215.001,8295
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925213.33/cwt200.00–220.001,9733
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366273.62/cwt260.00–280.001,0017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416271.56/cwt260.00–285.001,1307
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470252.75/cwt245.00–265.001,1886
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477223.36/cwt220.00–225.001,0653
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528268.32/cwt260.00–270.001,4179
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568248.63/cwt240.00–265.001,4124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3283
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631225.03/cwt220.00–240.001,4204
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5264
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6803
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2711225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6003
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7573
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810208.26/cwt200.00–215.001,6873
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1934210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410220.00/cwt220.00–220.009024
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414254.28/cwt250.00–260.001,0537
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517282.25/cwt275.00–287.001,4593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518237.54/cwt230.00–245.001,23010
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1661220.65/cwt220.00–225.001,4588
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1721215.55/cwt210.00–230.001,5548
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1827186.53/cwt180.00–200.001,5433
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 2-3525247.49/cwt240.00–260.001,2994
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Large 2-3568177.51/cwt175.00–180.001,0082
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5255
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3508318.97/cwt315.00–335.001,6205
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Large 2-3564323.74/cwt320.00–325.001,8264
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3637244.94/cwt240.00–260.001,5605

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.