Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2024-09-13

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Sep 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
767 head
▲ 381 vs last sale 386▲ 192 vs year ago 575 · +33.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The Next Vintage feeder sale will be held September 27th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $261.30/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$261.30
26 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.15
vs PA average
−6.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558272.571,52121
Medium and Large 2538214.001,1515thin
One grade step is worth $58.57/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale26 hd
261.30
—
PA average4 barns · 48 hd
244.15
+17.15
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−6.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511273.68/cwt260.00–280.001,3999
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1262
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1663
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593271.73/cwt245.00–285.001,61112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631204.60/cwt202.00–210.001,2916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2689211.24/cwt200.00–215.001,4554
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691278.17/cwt265.00–280.001,9228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708203.29/cwt200.00–205.001,4393
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735239.40/cwt225.00–245.001,76021
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2767217.95/cwt205.00–225.001,6725
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773249.21/cwt240.00–252.001,92622
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2812206.61/cwt195.00–210.001,6789
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816232.08/cwt220.00–235.001,89428
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2869198.13/cwt190.00–205.001,7227
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883222.62/cwt219.00–235.001,96624
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925215.03/cwt207.00–222.001,98915
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959199.13/cwt199.00–200.001,9108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323252.60/cwt250.00–255.008162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355215.00/cwt215.00–215.007632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433234.91/cwt230.00–250.001,0174
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467233.27/cwt230.00–235.001,0893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468197.54/cwt195.00–200.009242
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513253.07/cwt240.00–260.001,2985
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2063
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580211.80/cwt210.00–217.001,2284
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585228.59/cwt220.00–240.001,3378
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669229.73/cwt217.00–239.001,53734
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673216.27/cwt205.00–225.001,4559
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718225.93/cwt220.00–230.001,62215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727190.93/cwt185.00–200.001,3886
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766227.08/cwt220.00–232.001,73933
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6835
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2823181.98/cwt170.00–195.001,4988
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2868152.59/cwt152.00–155.001,3245
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2901189.67/cwt185.00–192.001,7093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374258.60/cwt245.00–270.009674
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426249.86/cwt240.00–260.001,0644
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469230.01/cwt225.00–240.001,0793
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482259.76/cwt250.00–270.001,2523
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536235.22/cwt220.00–245.001,2614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1598240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4352
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2611212.44/cwt212.00–215.001,2987
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665227.61/cwt220.00–235.001,5142
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773172.52/cwt170.00–175.001,3342
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2870160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3922
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3369170.00/cwt170.00–170.006278
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3433175.00/cwt175.00–175.007584
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3465172.00/cwt172.00–172.008004
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3618120.00/cwt120.00–120.007422
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3662182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2053
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3817176.70/cwt175.00–180.001,4443
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3538275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4802
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Large 2-3586236.89/cwt235.00–245.001,3885
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3631265.61/cwt265.00–267.001,67610
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2-3700190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3302
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 2-3770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4632
Beef/Dairy Steers800–850Large 2-3838180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5083
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Large 2-3852155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3212
Beef/Dairy Steers950–1000Large 2-3964185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7836
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 2-3540162.50/cwt160.00–165.008782
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Large 2-3588135.04/cwt125.00–145.007942
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3639145.98/cwt145.00–150.009335
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Large 2-3673172.55/cwt170.00–175.001,1612

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.