Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2025-06-13

Vintage

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Jun 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924
Receipts
470 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 464▲ 101 vs year ago 369 · +27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held July 11th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.97/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$387.97
27 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs PA average
+6.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537409.342,19915thin
Medium and Large 2559361.262,01912thin
One grade step is worth $48.09/cwt here — about $179 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 sale27 hd
387.97
—
PA average1 barns · 27 hd
387.97
+0.00
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+6.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5537
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368408.37/cwt405.00–410.001,5033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8239
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0527
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463419.11/cwt415.00–425.001,94011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519408.59/cwt400.00–415.002,1217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531387.55/cwt380.00–390.002,0584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2678
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573348.11/cwt340.00–355.001,9958
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616356.74/cwt350.00–360.002,1986
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618285.01/cwt270.00–295.001,7613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671367.50/cwt360.00–370.002,4668
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6868
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2768340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840307.67/cwt305.00–310.002,58413
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963254.99/cwt250.00–260.002,4562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed373406.13/cwt400.00–410.001,5158
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373351.72/cwt345.00–360.001,3123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412408.01/cwt400.00–410.001,6815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,02910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480347.91/cwt340.00–360.001,6707
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487394.29/cwt390.00–400.001,9207
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1707
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537383.92/cwt370.00–395.002,0629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541345.99/cwt345.00–350.001,8725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577346.00/cwt335.00–350.001,99611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578288.52/cwt280.00–295.001,6683
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1399
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640320.00/cwt310.00–330.002,0482
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705343.85/cwt335.00–350.002,4249
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331433.87/cwt400.00–450.001,4366
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470299.89/cwt290.00–310.001,4092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532311.71/cwt305.00–325.001,6583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573286.60/cwt280.00–295.001,6423
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0463
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685292.45/cwt285.00–300.002,0032
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765264.93/cwt260.00–270.002,0272
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4762
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3547360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9693
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3632345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1802
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1502
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3742295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1892
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625300.20/cwt290.00–305.001,8763
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3652340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2172
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755275.03/cwt270.00–280.002,0762
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3920262.45/cwt260.00–265.002,4152
Beef/Dairy Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3965270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6062

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.