Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2024-11-08

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Nov 8
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
567 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 767▲ 567 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held on Dec. 19th @ 6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $195.29/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$195.29
34 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.94
vs PA average
−63.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525208.411,09320
Medium and Large 2550176.5597014thin
One grade step is worth $31.86/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale34 hd
195.29
—
PA average3 barns · 99 hd
205.23
−9.94
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−63.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367243.92/cwt235.00–245.008959
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427215.00/cwt210.00–220.009186
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429239.43/cwt230.00–242.001,02710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481198.28/cwt185.00–202.009545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483233.49/cwt222.00–240.001,1288
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523206.09/cwt195.00–210.001,0785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531230.06/cwt215.00–235.001,2224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2874
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4365
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619249.02/cwt247.00–250.001,5419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2669182.64/cwt170.00–190.001,2224
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719219.34/cwt185.00–255.001,5774
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765173.32/cwt170.00–180.001,3269
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8673
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0027
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835188.11/cwt185.00–190.001,5718
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875189.89/cwt185.00–195.001,6622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878177.56/cwt170.00–185.001,5592
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990206.03/cwt200.00–212.002,0402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323193.05/cwt185.00–200.006247
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367180.00/cwt180.00–180.006616
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377197.42/cwt185.00–202.0074413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428213.51/cwt205.00–215.0091413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443193.14/cwt180.00–195.008568
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475174.39/cwt165.00–180.008289
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477206.59/cwt205.00–207.009855
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509204.93/cwt199.00–210.001,04314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529164.99/cwt160.00–175.008736
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561216.54/cwt210.00–220.001,2156
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565185.22/cwt170.00–195.001,0468
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621182.19/cwt170.00–187.001,1318
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2662166.98/cwt165.00–175.001,1055
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4802
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780163.70/cwt160.00–175.001,2774
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815180.85/cwt180.00–185.001,4746
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2883154.34/cwt150.00–160.001,3635
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315235.00/cwt235.00–235.007402
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2393196.14/cwt185.00–205.007714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009403
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445213.35/cwt210.00–215.009493
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470208.32/cwt200.00–215.009793
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472172.52/cwt165.00–180.008146
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675177.52/cwt175.00–180.001,1982
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715191.94/cwt185.00–195.001,3726
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738167.49/cwt165.00–170.001,2362
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4773

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.