Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

4,736 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $110.42/cwt -4.86 vs last sale · ≈ $522/hd at 473 lb · 34 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $86.55/cwt -5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $495/hd at 572 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $131.05/cwt -8.01 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 517 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,736	6,739	6,118
Feeder cattle	816	1,359	901
Slaughter cattle	2,054	2,751	3,293
Replacement cattle	12	—	0

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1610	1324	26	84.00–111.00	$95.73	$1,267	—
1020–1570	1347	15	95.00–99.00	$97.85	$1,318	—
1165–1612	1420	39	95.00–113.00	$105.23	$1,494	-5.59
1205–1795	1443	8	90.00–100.00	$94.59	$1,365	-16.23
1458–1505	1467	5	104.00	$104.00	$1,526	-16.05
1205–1730	1490	79	101.00–115.00	$107.46	$1,601	+7.05
1340–1735	1502	13	109.50–118.00	$112.78	$1,694	-18.13
1460–1570	1515	2	115.00–117.00	$116.04	$1,758	-14.87
1415–1800	1523	12	96.00–102.00	$99.65	$1,518	-31.26
1340–1740	1564	38	106.00–120.00	$113.21	$1,771	-2.77
1314–1726	1611	9	109.00–116.00	$111.09	$1,790	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	133.00	$133.00	$422	+1.56
350–392	371	4	133.00–149.00	$140.55	$521	+3.83
400–430	412	9	129.00–145.00	$137.34	$566	-2.39
480–495	489	4	124.00–137.00	$130.27	$637	-17.55
510 thin fleshed	510	1	155.00	$155.00	$790	—
500–545	517	21	119.00–140.00	$129.91	$672	-9.15
555–565	560	2	137.00–140.00	$138.51	$776	+2.90
620 thin fleshed	620	5	152.00	$152.00	$942	—
600–635	626	9	110.00–140.00	$135.85	$850	+5.39
652 thin fleshed	652	2	152.00	$152.00	$991	—
650–660	656	5	100.00–139.00	$115.46	$757	-13.41
725–740	733	9	130.00–146.00	$138.63	$1,016	+8.25
755 thin fleshed	755	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,185	—
750–795	774	8	117.00–132.00	$127.13	$984	+11.13
812	812	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,177	+23.92
867	867	2	115.00	$115.00	$997	—
900–918	912	3	130.00–132.00	$130.66	$1,192	—
960–982	975	3	112.00–122.00	$118.72	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	65.00–105.00	$83.77	$272	-36.23
350–392	381	5	55.00–120.00	$106.43	$405	-20.37
410–440	423	5	42.00–117.00	$91.98	$389	-9.32
480	480	2	55.00–102.00	$78.50	$377	-38.99
510–545	529	4	57.00–122.00	$96.12	$508	-20.62
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	-13.69
680	680	4	95.00–120.00	$101.25	$688	—
735–745	740	2	65.00–115.00	$90.17	$667	-21.08
755–795	775	3	67.00–82.00	$72.90	$565	-37.06
815–845	835	4	90.00–127.00	$111.68	$933	+2.46
855	855	1	112.00	$112.00	$958	+5.39
930	930	1	97.00	$97.00	$902	—
970	970	1	92.00	$92.00	$892	±0.00
1038	1038	3	80.00	$80.00	$830	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1040	1030	2	110.00–116.00	$113.03	$1,164	—
1052	1052	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,178	—
1100	1100	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,276	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1060	1058	2	85.00–87.00	$86.00	$910	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
65	65	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-2.50
70–75	71	4	5.00–7.00	$5.49	$4	-3.02
70–75	73	11	5.00–15.00	$11.45	$8	+1.01
70–75	73	6	10.00–20.00	$13.69	$10	+3.25
70–75	73	3	7.00–10.00	$9.05	$7	-1.39
70–75	73	3	75.00–150.00	$102.27	$75	+91.83
75	75	5	40.00–150.00	$99.00	$74	+44.00
80–85	81	5	50.00–150.00	$99.69	$81	-34.52
80–88	83	5	80.00–200.00	$163.58	$136	+152.46
80–85	83	2	12.00–17.00	$14.58	$12	+3.46
80–85	83	18	5.00–20.00	$16.27	$14	+5.15
80–88	84	11	10.00–25.00	$13.25	$11	-182.62
85	85	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-10.78
90–96	92	9	75.00–225.00	$152.43	$140	+129.51
90–95	93	19	10.00–37.50	$21.66	$20	+11.66
90–98	94	21	10.00–40.00	$21.21	$20	-6.47
95	95	2	30.00–75.00	$52.50	$50	+24.82
100	100	2	70.00–150.00	$110.00	$110	+100.00
100	100	1	75.00	$75.00	$75	+65.00
100–105	102	21	10.00–35.00	$20.83	$21	-9.14
103–105	103	7	5.00–25.00	$22.10	$23	-7.87
110	110	2	10.00–30.00	$20.00	$22	-12.58
120	120	1	145.00	$145.00	$174	+125.00
120	120	2	20.00–57.50	$38.75	$46	+18.75
130	130	1	95.00	$95.00	$124	-62.45
155	155	1	110.00	$110.00	$170	—
1035–1465	1216	10	87.00–98.00	$92.37	$1,123	—
1010–1450	1231	37	95.00–110.00	$99.60	$1,226	—
1020–1400	1244	4	84.00–95.00	$89.15	$1,109	—
1205–1350	1281	4	94.00–105.50	$102.15	$1,309	+13.55
1255–1375	1312	5	100.00–110.00	$104.31	$1,369	+0.33
1185–1565	1353	7	100.00–114.00	$107.07	$1,449	-1.19
1388–1426	1407	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,548	+12.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	110.00–125.00	$117.78	$312	+1.48
315–345	323	8	97.00–125.00	$112.86	$365	-2.39
350–390	374	18	72.00–120.00	$106.31	$398	-5.64
400–445	427	17	70.00–122.00	$105.06	$449	-12.40
430 thin fleshed	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	—
460 thin fleshed	460	2	92.00–100.00	$96.00	$442	—
450–490	474	32	75.00–125.00	$111.32	$528	-3.96
512 thin fleshed	512	2	100.00	$100.00	$512	—
500–537	522	12	79.00–121.00	$100.77	$526	-10.86
551–585	564	13	87.00–108.00	$102.01	$575	-9.27
615–640	629	8	82.00–125.00	$104.27	$656	-2.09
650–665	658	2	98.00–127.00	$112.67	$741	+10.58
700–720	710	2	85.00–100.00	$92.61	$658	-5.43
755	755	3	95.00–120.00	$111.67	$843	+4.67
810–848	829	5	81.00–100.00	$88.10	$730	-9.40
853–880	860	4	72.00–77.00	$73.28	$630	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	95.00	$95.00	$228	-16.48
268–285	274	3	100.00–102.00	$100.69	$276	-11.98
300–345	322	12	60.00–110.00	$96.43	$311	+1.81
385–397	389	13	62.00–115.00	$100.01	$389	-7.46
410–440	429	17	55.00–110.00	$91.02	$390	-0.26
450–497	483	10	92.00–105.00	$100.52	$486	-2.39
508–525	513	13	50.00–100.00	$81.19	$417	-11.62
550–595	572	22	67.00–102.00	$86.55	$495	-5.51
605–645	614	6	92.00–102.00	$94.41	$580	+2.08
650–698	683	14	50.00–90.00	$73.70	$503	-14.31
700–725	715	6	40.00–98.00	$78.53	$561	-25.37
755–790	773	2	50.00–75.00	$62.22	$481	-37.20
800	800	2	102.00	$102.00	$816	+10.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540	1540	1	50.00	$50.00	$770	—
1690	1690	1	45.00	$45.00	$760	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	63	4	7.00–60.00	$21.80	$14	+16.80
60–68	64	17	5.00–20.00	$6.28	$4	-68.72
70	70	2	40.00–170.00	$105.00	$74	+50.76
70–75	73	37	5.00–35.00	$9.95	$7	-44.29
70–78	73	20	10.00–75.00	$25.98	$19	-28.26
70–75	73	3	75.00–155.00	$126.14	$92	+71.90
70–75	74	4	60.00–117.00	$97.68	$72	-117.40
74–78	75	12	40.00–100.00	$58.28	$44	-46.72
75	75	1	175.00	$175.00	$131	+70.00
75	75	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-95.00
80–85	82	5	15.00–140.00	$62.38	$51	-16.10
80–85	82	60	10.00–40.00	$19.27	$16	-59.21
80–85	83	54	10.00–80.00	$54.89	$46	-23.59
80–88	84	29	55.00–115.00	$98.74	$83	-114.50
80–88	84	23	20.00–100.00	$79.04	$66	-134.20
80–85	84	8	100.00–240.00	$168.69	$142	-44.55
80–85	84	9	35.00–210.00	$148.84	$125	-64.40
85	85	2	10.00	$10.00	$8	-203.24
90–98	92	66	5.00–55.00	$22.39	$21	-151.62
90–98	93	88	45.00–110.00	$82.89	$77	-39.14
90–96	93	21	100.00–230.00	$163.90	$152	+41.87
90–95	94	9	75.00–200.00	$132.94	$125	-66.64
90–95	94	4	50.00–140.00	$92.07	$87	-107.51
90–98	94	63	60.00–140.00	$108.54	$102	-91.04
90–98	94	115	10.00–85.00	$54.86	$52	-144.72
100–106	102	20	80.00–210.00	$150.02	$153	+39.75
100–108	102	76	55.00–120.00	$101.15	$103	-9.12
100–105	102	28	5.00–49.00	$29.59	$30	-80.68
100–108	103	95	75.00–145.00	$115.26	$119	-17.80
100–105	104	10	75.00–200.00	$140.85	$146	+7.79
100–108	105	56	25.00–80.00	$57.95	$61	-75.11
105	105	2	90.00–140.00	$115.00	$121	-18.06
110	110	2	15.00–85.00	$50.00	$55	-77.50
110–115	111	7	60.00–180.00	$138.97	$154	+31.02
110–115	111	9	5.00–30.00	$15.17	$17	-92.78
110–115	111	19	30.00–75.00	$41.56	$46	-66.39
110–118	112	41	80.00–132.00	$104.94	$118	-3.01
110–118	113	8	100.00–180.00	$139.78	$158	+31.83
110–115	114	53	55.00–120.00	$95.27	$109	+4.61
120	120	2	125.00–175.00	$150.00	$180	-35.00
120	120	4	30.00–115.00	$68.75	$82	-116.25
120	120	2	15.00	$15.00	$18	-170.00
120–125	121	4	15.00–60.00	$36.49	$44	-148.51
120–125	123	9	65.00–115.00	$91.40	$112	-12.79
130	130	1	65.00	$65.00	$84	-10.00
130	130	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	$107	+7.50
135	135	1	140.00	$140.00	$189	+65.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	3	117.00–122.00	$118.55	$338	—
300–340	320	2	117.00–127.00	$121.69	$389	-23.73
360–380	369	4	110.00–117.00	$114.44	$422	-18.21
415–445	426	7	95.00–120.00	$110.03	$469	-16.64
474–497	482	9	105.00–137.00	$125.43	$605	-2.57
510–545	533	16	97.00–125.00	$116.04	$618	-9.13
572–575	573	3	97.00	$97.00	$556	-22.23
605	605	2	100.00	$100.00	$605	-18.74
667–686	678	5	92.50–107.00	$101.30	$687	-17.83
702–745	714	7	96.00–110.00	$99.26	$709	-14.01
815	815	1	101.00	$101.00	$823	+14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	155.00	$155.00	$341	—
295	295	2	105.00	$105.00	$310	—
315	315	1	65.00	$65.00	$205	—
370	370	1	60.00	$60.00	$222	—
400–415	407	3	70.00–87.00	$75.78	$308	—
465–475	470	2	85.00–92.00	$88.54	$416	—
482 thin fleshed	482	3	112.00	$112.00	$540	—
500–540 thin fleshed	513	3	120.00–130.00	$126.49	$649	—
515–548	532	7	68.00–117.00	$104.87	$558	—
568–598	579	6	80.00–120.00	$111.66	$647	—
615	615	2	80.00–81.00	$80.50	$495	—
672–695	680	3	72.00–97.00	$88.48	$602	—
720–746	733	10	77.00–91.00	$85.80	$629	—
750	750	1	92.00	$92.00	$690	—
800–805	803	2	65.00–87.00	$75.97	$610	—
890	890	1	86.00	$86.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	83.00–117.50	$100.25	$326	-0.70
350–397	379	8	102.50–117.50	$110.78	$420	-17.11
420	420	2	110.00	$110.00	$462	+5.96
488	488	4	90.00	$90.00	$439	-16.40
645	645	1	80.00	$80.00	$516	-37.30
735–740	738	2	90.00	$90.00	$664	+21.00
825	825	3	86.00	$86.00	$710	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	69.00	$69.00	$238	—
485	485	2	52.00	$52.00	$252	—
560	560	1	57.00	$57.00	$319	—
625	625	1	65.00	$65.00	$406	-17.50

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1775	1468	75-80%	57	41.00–55.50	$47.07	$691	—
990–2012	1593	75-80%	154	47.50–66.00	$53.65	$855	-1.92
1060–2055	1667	75-80%	97	55.00–68.00	$57.88	$965	-0.39

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1715	1298	80-85%	86	40.00–49.50	$45.23	$587	—
912–1635	1372	80-85%	50	51.50–63.00	$56.82	$780	+4.63
900–1800	1374	80-85%	158	39.00–58.00	$51.52	$708	-0.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–1630	1213	85-90%	60	21.00–44.50	$40.54	$492	+0.28
695–1658	1222	85-90%	80	20.00–48.50	$43.22	$528	+2.96
1090–1610	1352	85-90%	32	47.00–54.00	$49.73	$672	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1606–1998	1809	65-75%	4	56.00–61.50	$58.48	$1,058	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–1090 value added	896	25	118.00–133.00	$127.42	$1,142	—
780–1405	1052	17	63.00–69.00	$66.30	$697	—
1035–1490	1224	10	61.00–69.00	$64.96	$795	—
905–1935	1252	23	72.00–84.00	$78.07	$977	-2.44
780–2090	1441	25	92.00–110.00	$100.60	$1,450	—
1170–1985	1510	13	71.00–82.00	$77.38	$1,168	—
850–2150	1541	8	88.00–108.00	$94.26	$1,453	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1275	1070	4	70.00–72.00	$70.99	$760	—
885–2010	1379	7	80.00–86.00	$84.30	$1,162	—
1005–1805	1523	8	111.00–115.00	$112.72	$1,717	—
1138–2026	1629	10	54.00–112.00	$79.99	$1,303	—
1552–2160	1814	5	85.00–97.50	$89.53	$1,624	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1865	1603	3	70.00–81.00	$75.37	$1,208	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1115–1535	1324	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	47.00–58.00	$53.26	$705

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1085	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	35.00–45.00	$40.29	$367

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1230	1041	29	62.00–70.00	$65.80	$685	-7.93
1085–1190	1128	4	68.00–69.00	$68.76	$776	—
860–1720	1203	29	64.00–79.00	$71.08	$855	—
1258–1702	1420	15	62.00–81.00	$74.97	$1,065	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	32.00	$32.00	$110	-11.00
445	445	1	35.00	$35.00	$156	—
515	515	1	45.00	$45.00	$232	—
560	560	1	45.00	$45.00	$252	—
740	740	1	40.00	$40.00	$296	—
752	752	3	35.00	$35.00	$263	—
1125	1125	1	30.00	$30.00	$338	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1013–1393	1194	8	71.00–76.00	$73.75	$881	—
1225–1370	1292	5	66.00–71.00	$68.21	$881	—
865–1995	1434	15	64.00–73.00	$68.55	$983	-6.98
1240–1984	1487	24	69.00–89.50	$78.99	$1,175	—
1400–1710	1541	12	81.00–87.00	$81.98	$1,263	-4.34
1483–1725	1616	5	79.00–86.00	$81.88	$1,323	—
1520–1795	1658	2	78.00–81.00	$79.38	$1,316	+4.93

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	1	50.00	$50.00	$45	—
256 thin fleshed	256	11	82.00	$82.00	$210	—
265–295	280	4	50.00–62.00	$53.16	$149	—
305–345	313	10	70.00–81.00	$76.02	$238	+6.02
415–443	436	4	42.00–47.00	$43.19	$188	-42.81
470–498	491	4	52.00–61.00	$58.85	$289	-12.15
505–540	520	4	42.00–57.00	$49.68	$258	-15.37
612–645	623	3	40.00–50.00	$46.55	$290	-18.45
735–745	740	2	50.00–60.00	$54.97	$407	—
751	751	7	67.00	$67.00	$503	+13.00
810–840	825	2	47.00–67.00	$56.82	$469	—
985	985	3	64.00	$64.00	$630	—
1225	1225	1	62.00	$62.00	$760	—

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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.