Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Vintage / 2025-09-12

Vintage

Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Paradise, Pennsylvania · Fri, Sep 12

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1924

← Aug 8Sep 12latest

Receipts

641 head

▲ 118 vs last sale 523▼ 126 vs year ago 767 · −16.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held Sept. 26th @6PM

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.01/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$412.01

37 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$58.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−1.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	430.99	2,362	25
Medium and Large 2	524	372.46	1,952	12thin

One grade step is worth $58.53/cwt here — about $410 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale37 hd

412.01

—

PA average1 barns · 37 hd

412.01

+0.00

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−1.51

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,804	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	456.68/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,859	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	421.64/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,944	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	393.28/cwt	260.00–410.00	2,018	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,270	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	533	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,558	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,727	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,516	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	360.81/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,057	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	363.08/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,226	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	353.19/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,345	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	339.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,315	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	320.97/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,301	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	308.36/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,211	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	311.28/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,397	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	787	289.95/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,282	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,469	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	832	289.87/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,412	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	285.05/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,460	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	914	283.94/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,595	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	305.01/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,870	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,276	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,183	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	352.60/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,336	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	403.46/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,674	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	371.52/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,635	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	357.34/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,644	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	408.55/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,949	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	323.33/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,714	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	295.02/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,564	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	297.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,702	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	331.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,111	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,217	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	263.34/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,051	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,208	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	387.05/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,463	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	465.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,985	5

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 Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 641Last week 523Year ago 767

The next Vintage feeder sale will be held Sept. 26th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	426	460.00–470.00	465.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	370.00–395.00	387.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	365.00	365.00
18	350–400	379	340.00–355.00	352.60
7	400–450	415	400.00–405.00	403.46
7	450–500	477	400.00–410.00	408.55
3	500–550	530	320.00–330.00	323.33
4	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	636	330.00–340.00	331.91
6	650–700	652	340.00	340.00
6	750–800	779	260.00–265.00	263.34
4	850–900	866	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	370.00–385.00	371.52
4	450–500	460	350.00–360.00	357.34
6	500–550	530	290.00–300.00	295.02
6	550–600	572	295.00–300.00	297.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	559	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	600	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	388	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	407	450.00–460.00	456.68
9	450–500	461	410.00–425.00	421.64
6	500–550	528	430.00	430.00
6	550–600	570	355.00–370.00	360.81
8	600–650	613	355.00–365.00	363.08
13	650–700	664	345.00–360.00	353.19
16	700–750	717	320.00–335.00	320.97
8	750–800	770	310.00–320.00	311.28
5	800–850	823	300.00	300.00
5	850–900	863	280.00–295.00	285.05
9	900–950	941	300.00–310.00	305.01
6	950–1000	978	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	420.00	420.00
9	500–550	513	260.00–410.00	393.28
3	550–600	557	310.00	310.00
10	650–700	683	330.00–340.00	339.01
3	700–750	717	305.00–310.00	308.36
3	750–800	787	280.00–295.00	289.95
6	800–850	832	280.00–310.00	289.87
5	900–950	914	275.00–290.00	283.94

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.