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Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Apr 11

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924

← Mar 14Apr 11May 9 →

Receipts

478 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 503▲ 478 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale is April 25th @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 $273.12/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$273.12

24 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.30

vs PA average

−43.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	280.02	1,595	14thin
Medium and Large 2	575	263.45	1,515	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $80 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 sale24 hd

273.12

—

PA average4 barns · 136 hd

274.41

−1.30

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−43.43

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,631	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,894	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	335.84/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,002	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,887	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	338.63/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,157	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	306.24/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,113	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	243.35/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,733	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	307.97/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,208	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	278.36/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,096	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,373	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	285.98/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,368	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	281.10/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,479	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	248.82/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,421	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	973	233.05/cwt	225.00–235.00	2,268	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	313.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,021	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	276.54/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,051	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	892	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	412	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,360	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	286.70/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,181	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	299.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,293	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	274.62/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,261	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	277.51/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,451	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	263.45/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,515	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	281.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,652	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	241.26/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,496	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	258.87/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,636	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	254.57/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,739	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,484	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	764	213.33/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,630	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,036	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	212.00/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,757	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,788	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,942	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	359.70/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,342	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,370	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	303.90/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,437	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,678	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 3	306	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	581	7
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 3	422	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	865	8
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 3	625	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,219	3
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	2

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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 478Last week 503Year ago 0

The next Vintage feeder sale is April 25th @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	373	355.00–365.00	359.70
9	400–450	403	340.00	340.00
9	450–500	473	300.00–305.00	303.90
2	650–700	658	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	835	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	310.00–320.00	313.22
3	350–400	380	270.00–280.00	276.54
10	400–450	432	295.00–310.00	299.32
14	450–500	459	270.00–275.00	274.62
4	500–550	523	270.00–280.00	277.51
10	550–600	588	275.00–285.00	281.03
18	600–650	632	250.00–265.00	258.87
13	650–700	683	250.00–265.00	254.57
3	750–800	783	260.00	260.00
5	800–850	829	205.00–220.00	212.00
5	850–900	872	205.00	205.00
7	900–950	938	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	412	285.00–290.00	286.70
10	550–600	575	260.00–265.00	263.45
4	600–650	620	240.00–245.00	241.26
7	650–700	684	217.00	217.00
6	750–800	764	210.00–215.00	213.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	487	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	512	370.00	370.00
10	550–600	596	325.00–337.00	335.84
7	600–650	637	330.00–340.00	338.63
4	650–700	690	305.00–310.00	306.24
5	700–750	717	305.00–310.00	307.97
5	750–800	778	305.00	305.00
10	800–850	828	285.00–295.00	285.98
9	850–900	882	280.00–290.00	281.10
4	950–1000	973	240.00–255.00	248.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	629	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	690	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	712	240.00–245.00	243.35
6	750–800	753	275.00–285.00	278.36
5	950–1000	973	225.00–235.00	233.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	190.00	190.00
8	400–450	422	205.00	205.00
3	600–650	625	195.00	195.00
2	750–800	775	170.00	170.00

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.