Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Paradise, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 14, 2021

902 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.15/cwt -5.31 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 571 lb · 30 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $111.33/cwt -18.84 vs last sale · ≈ $696/hd at 625 lb · 29 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.44/cwt -2.37 vs last sale · ≈ $925/hd at 623 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	902	642	0
Feeder cattle	902	637	0
Replacement cattle	—	5	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be held on June 11th, 2021 at 6:00 pm. Overall, buyer attendance was moderate. Buyer demand was good for steers and moderate to good for heifers and bulls on a heavy supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	140.00	$140.00	$420	-15.67
360	360	1	142.00	$142.00	$511	-13.48
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	-20.64
470–490	480	9	155.00–167.00	$161.72	$776	+4.29
520 thin fleshed	520	1	170.00	$170.00	$884	-10.00
508–542	529	21	140.00–155.00	$146.59	$775	-0.23
560–587 thin fleshed	574	7	157.00–167.00	$162.23	$931	-13.83
558–595	589	16	137.00–150.00	$142.64	$840	-6.26
612–630 thin fleshed	619	5	155.00–169.00	$160.70	$995	—
613–632	624	19	135.00–147.00	$145.21	$906	-5.60
664–698 thin fleshed	673	8	145.00–147.00	$145.52	$979	-24.48
662–695	677	16	127.00–140.00	$132.93	$900	-11.01
703–738	719	23	125.00–135.00	$128.54	$924	-11.49
755–780	763	3	120.00–122.00	$120.68	$921	-15.91
820–843	836	7	117.00–121.00	$119.88	$1,002	—
850–898	877	21	112.00–122.00	$117.36	$1,029	-14.55
900	900	1	93.00	$93.00	$837	-42.00
902–941	920	13	117.00–122.00	$118.37	$1,089	-16.63
958–995	970	17	106.00–118.00	$112.29	$1,089	-10.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	102.00	$102.00	$321	-21.61
380–385	383	2	122.00–125.00	$123.49	$473	+16.49
435–445	440	4	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$473	-4.53
450–495	462	7	112.00–135.00	$129.00	$596	+4.10
500–545	529	8	125.00–137.00	$131.81	$697	+3.99
558–580	565	3	125.00–130.00	$128.29	$725	-2.54
600–605	602	5	80.00–100.00	$89.99	$542	-23.61
609–645	627	16	110.00–125.00	$118.81	$745	+5.21
650–690	666	5	110.00–120.00	$114.46	$762	-3.42
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	+2.12
710–745	720	11	95.00–107.00	$102.77	$740	-10.24
715–725	720	3	80.00–92.00	$86.32	$622	-26.69
752–765	756	4	95.00	$95.00	$718	-14.34
815–840	828	4	100.00–105.00	$101.76	$843	-17.58
875–885	880	2	92.00	$92.00	$810	-10.31

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1013–1045	1029	10	113.00–116.00	$114.48	$1,178	—
1090	1090	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,199	—
1130	1130	1	87.00	$87.00	$983	—
1150–1195	1163	4	85.00–93.00	$89.47	$1,041	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	3	92.00	$92.00	$925	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–333 thin fleshed	332	10	110.00	$110.00	$365	-26.35
305–347	342	10	90.00–100.00	$93.67	$320	-34.87
375 thin fleshed	375	1	135.00	$135.00	$506	—
380	380	1	90.00	$90.00	$342	-35.47
365–398	384	6	102.00–115.00	$105.72	$406	-19.75
400–440	426	17	102.00–117.00	$106.19	$452	-17.08
430 thin fleshed	430	2	135.00	$135.00	$580	—
465–480	474	4	117.00–125.00	$120.20	$570	-7.50
505–535	517	15	107.00–125.00	$117.75	$609	-10.00
570 thin fleshed	570	2	130.00	$130.00	$741	—
555–592	571	28	105.00–122.00	$118.38	$676	-7.69
605–610 thin fleshed	606	7	120.00	$120.00	$727	—
610–648	631	22	102.00–115.00	$108.57	$685	-21.60
656–688	667	13	115.00–120.00	$117.20	$782	+17.20
670	670	2	95.00–112.00	$103.50	$693	+3.50
705–732	722	5	108.00–125.00	$117.52	$848	+0.01
762–771	767	8	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$905	+11.01
820–845	840	7	112.00–118.00	$116.45	$978	+19.45
925	925	1	100.00	$100.00	$925	—
965	965	1	71.00	$71.00	$685	-31.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	70.00–75.00	$72.50	$243	—
360	360	1	82.00	$82.00	$295	-18.00
405–435	416	14	82.00–90.00	$85.52	$356	-31.48
475–490 thin fleshed	483	4	95.00–107.00	$102.21	$494	—
480–494	489	9	80.00–90.00	$84.23	$412	-30.77
530	530	1	72.00	$72.00	$382	-43.00
527–545	535	7	82.00–95.00	$90.10	$482	-24.90
550–599	580	15	82.00–100.00	$91.40	$530	-25.60
601–628	615	15	82.00–95.00	$92.01	$566	-19.99
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	-12.00
700–705	703	3	90.00–97.00	$92.32	$649	—
770–795	783	2	72.00–82.00	$77.08	$604	—
828	828	3	100.00	$100.00	$828	—
870	870	1	72.00	$72.00	$626	-38.00
915	915	1	70.00	$70.00	$640	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1070	1067	3	82.00–90.00	$84.68	$904	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–325	307	5	110.00–120.00	$117.88	$362	—
365	365	1	122.00	$122.00	$445	-21.38
460–499	489	7	115.00–122.00	$119.58	$585	-15.87
510 thin fleshed	510	3	150.00	$150.00	$765	—
532	532	2	120.00	$120.00	$638	-9.05
575 thin fleshed	575	1	130.00	$130.00	$748	—
550–592	578	6	110.00–125.00	$116.19	$672	-3.81
606–645	626	10	110.00–120.00	$114.84	$719	-14.54
670–675	673	3	117.00–120.00	$118.00	$794	-17.00
665–695	680	2	82.00–100.00	$91.20	$620	-43.80
700	700	2	122.00	$122.00	$854	—
805–815	812	3	97.00–110.00	$105.70	$858	-19.30
855–890	873	2	105.00–112.00	$108.43	$947	—
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	-22.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	72.00	$72.00	$335	-39.62
600–605	603	2	65.00	$65.00	$392	-50.00
655–695	675	2	60.00–65.00	$62.43	$421	-39.57
745	745	1	82.00	$82.00	$611	—
765	765	1	60.00	$60.00	$459	-32.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	45.00	$45.00	$171	—
528	528	2	60.00	$60.00	$317	—
560	560	2	62.00–67.00	$64.50	$361	—
705	705	1	67.00	$67.00	$472	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	62.00	$62.00	$276	—
495	495	1	45.00	$45.00	$223	—
575	575	1	65.00	$65.00	$374	-20.00
630	630	1	67.00	$67.00	$422	-8.00
650–695	673	2	57.00–65.00	$60.87	$410	—
702	702	2	57.00	$57.00	$400	—
790	790	1	70.00	$70.00	$553	—
869	869	7	80.00	$80.00	$695	—
900–912	908	3	62.00–77.00	$72.04	$654	—
960	960	1	80.00	$80.00	$768	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	112.00	$112.00	$390	—
382	382	2	97.00	$97.00	$371	—
510–545	528	2	72.00–80.00	$76.13	$402	—
615–630	623	2	80.00–85.00	$82.53	$514	+7.53
655	655	1	70.00	$70.00	$458	—
700	700	2	62.00	$62.00	$434	-20.00
800–840	824	6	65.00–75.00	$70.27	$579	-24.73
970	970	1	57.00	$57.00	$553	-10.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.