Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2025-03-14

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Mar 14
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
503 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 422▲ 503 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale is March 28th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.57/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$256.57
34 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,381
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.90
vs PA average
−58.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545260.531,42125
Medium and Large 2518245.551,2729thin
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $149 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 sale34 hd
256.57
—
PA average2 barns · 83 hd
270.46
−13.90
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−58.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479290.01/cwt285.00–295.001,3894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,73510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557281.34/cwt277.00–290.001,56711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560254.91/cwt245.00–260.001,4273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608250.07/cwt240.00–255.001,5203
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622223.40/cwt220.00–230.001,3903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed643300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9297
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665248.98/cwt240.00–260.001,6565
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677267.10/cwt265.00–280.001,8087
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711272.33/cwt265.00–285.001,93611
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843233.15/cwt220.00–235.001,9658
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2893201.66/cwt200.00–205.001,8013
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905231.63/cwt225.00–235.002,0963
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973228.88/cwt220.00–237.002,2279
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2986203.32/cwt200.00–205.002,0053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313269.79/cwt265.00–280.008443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369307.59/cwt300.00–310.001,1354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1477
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435243.78/cwt240.00–250.001,0604
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476241.91/cwt240.00–250.001,1515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518245.55/cwt235.00–250.001,2729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527264.95/cwt255.00–270.001,39615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573253.91/cwt245.00–260.001,45510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633240.61/cwt235.00–245.001,52316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641214.29/cwt210.00–225.001,3748
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678225.10/cwt220.00–235.001,5266
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4843
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717192.22/cwt190.00–200.001,3789
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725232.72/cwt225.00–240.001,6879
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776221.90/cwt210.00–225.001,7228
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780202.55/cwt200.00–205.001,5804
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876201.62/cwt195.00–205.001,7666
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370310.21/cwt300.00–315.001,1483
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1595
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535223.21/cwt215.00–230.001,1943
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562191.69/cwt190.00–195.001,0773
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635245.08/cwt240.00–255.001,5563
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683201.61/cwt190.00–210.001,3773
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685225.00/cwt220.00–230.001,5412
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735223.86/cwt220.00–240.001,6455
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1761170.05/cwt160.00–180.001,2944
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825187.50/cwt185.00–190.001,5472

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.