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Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Dec 13

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924

← Nov 8Dec 13Mar 14 →

Receipts

422 head

▼ 145 vs last sale 567▲ 422 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 January 10th @6PM

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $180.01/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$180.01

32 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.47

vs PA average

−100.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	199.04	1,172	5thin
Medium and Large 2	559	176.48	987	27

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale32 hd

180.01

—

PA average3 barns · 80 hd

215.48

−35.47

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−100.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	564	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	845	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,354	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	181.75/cwt	175.00–185.00	932	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	236.67/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,420	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,754	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	242.16/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,603	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	196.58/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,323	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,402	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	216.92/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,803	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,842	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	217.60/cwt	215.00–220.00	681	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	210.10/cwt	205.00–215.00	784	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	167.55/cwt	160.00–175.00	650	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	202.58/cwt	200.00–205.00	837	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	184.44/cwt	177.00–192.00	885	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	175.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	910	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	176.74/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,025	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	199.04/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,172	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	154.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	960	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	926	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,157	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	893	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	232.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,011	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	175.96/cwt	170.00–180.00	948	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	147.90/cwt	145.00–160.00	864	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	195.49/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,234	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	122.08/cwt	112.00–127.00	869	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	157.57/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,210	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	135.06/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,162	3

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Fri Dec 13, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 422Last week 567Year ago 0

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held January 10th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	435	230.00–235.00	232.48
9	600–650	631	190.00–200.00	195.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	170.00–180.00	175.96
5	550–600	584	145.00–160.00	147.90
3	600–650	620	185.00	185.00
4	650–700	685	160.00	160.00
3	700–750	712	112.00–127.00	122.08
2	750–800	768	150.00–165.00	157.57
3	850–900	860	130.00–145.00	135.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	295.00	295.00
9	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
9	600–650	622	282.00	282.00
7	650–700	662	235.00–245.00	242.16
12	800–850	831	210.00–225.00	216.92
2	850–900	890	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	175.00	175.00
3	450–500	457	185.00	185.00
3	500–550	513	175.00–185.00	181.75
3	600–650	600	235.00–240.00	236.67
3	650–700	673	190.00–200.00	196.58
2	700–750	738	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	215.00–220.00	217.60
2	350–400	373	205.00–215.00	210.10
2	400–450	413	200.00–205.00	202.58
4	450–500	465	220.00	220.00
5	550–600	589	195.00–200.00	199.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	160.00–175.00	167.55
19	450–500	480	177.00–192.00	184.44
9	500–550	517	170.00–180.00	175.97
18	550–600	580	165.00–185.00	176.74
7	600–650	623	150.00–160.00	154.13
4	900–950	926	120.00–130.00	124.98

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.