Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

5,775 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $113.18/cwt ≈ $584/hd at 516 lb · 73 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $141.93/cwt +14.43 vs last sale · ≈ $602/hd at 424 lb · 52 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $140.77/cwt +16.84 vs last sale · ≈ $798/hd at 567 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,775	5,669	6,542
Feeder cattle	1,931	105	1,382
Slaughter cattle	2,068	2,895	3,200

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	4	120.00	$120.00	$300	—
328 fancy	328	6	179.00	$179.00	$587	—
330	330	2	134.00–162.50	$148.25	$489	—
350–395	373	15	120.00–142.00	$128.90	$481	—
405–446	423	41	115.00–163.00	$138.42	$586	+10.92
428 fancy	428	11	155.00	$155.00	$663	—
450–495	471	37	120.00–148.00	$139.73	$658	—
500–548	518	43	105.00–150.00	$132.28	$685	-2.72
536 fancy	536	5	145.00	$145.00	$777	—
550–572	558	26	110.00–147.00	$135.00	$753	+11.07
550–598 fancy	577	24	144.00–150.00	$147.02	$848	—
608–615 fancy	612	13	146.00	$146.00	$894	—
615–645	624	23	115.00–145.00	$131.72	$822	—
655–681	671	15	107.00–135.00	$124.94	$838	—
710–735	728	16	112.00–123.00	$118.94	$866	—
750–780	770	4	97.00–137.00	$114.31	$880	—
830–845	834	4	111.00–115.00	$112.01	$934	—
857–893	881	8	72.00–115.00	$102.21	$900	—
945	945	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,077	—
955	955	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,070	—
1003–1046	1029	5	91.00–101.00	$94.90	$977	—
1125	1125	11	104.00	$104.00	$1,170	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1156–1732	1355	14	85.00–101.00	$95.68	$1,296	-0.35
1155–1610	1422	20	98.50–108.00	$103.97	$1,478	-8.03
1260–1776	1552	19	106.00–112.50	$109.62	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–298	292	5	125.00–135.00	$131.13	$383	—
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	—
365–380	375	3	75.00–115.00	$98.24	$368	—
401–445	418	7	110.00–137.00	$121.93	$510	+6.93
450–487	468	9	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$480	—
525–540	533	2	115.00–137.00	$125.85	$671	—
610–635	632	8	100.00–112.00	$110.55	$699	—
650–681	677	8	97.00–112.00	$110.20	$746	—
719–745	723	6	107.00–110.00	$109.49	$792	—
802	802	2	97.00	$97.00	$778	—
1210	1210	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,210	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	5	62.00–75.00	$64.60	$342	—
790	790	3	47.00	$47.00	$371	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	105.00	$105.00	$229	—
255–288	276	9	112.00–132.00	$120.03	$331	—
305–340	325	11	107.50–120.00	$114.05	$371	-15.95
350–398	385	33	90.00–135.00	$115.77	$446	+5.77
400 fancy	400	8	137.50	$137.50	$550	—
400–446	428	40	95.00–125.00	$112.25	$480	+0.63
450–499	477	49	95.00–125.00	$112.07	$535	—
502 fancy	502	10	124.00	$124.00	$622	—
500–545	518	63	90.00–121.00	$111.46	$577	—
550–595	573	33	92.00–120.00	$107.42	$616	—
605–630	619	24	100.00–110.00	$103.81	$643	+12.81
668	668	4	105.00	$105.00	$701	—
763–778	774	11	109.00–110.00	$109.27	$846	—
828–838	833	6	97.00–110.00	$103.54	$862	—
872	872	2	106.00	$106.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	205	9	85.00–132.00	$109.00	$223	—
267–285	270	8	97.00–110.00	$100.01	$270	—
300–345	315	25	92.50–135.00	$110.53	$348	—
360–395	375	12	82.00–120.00	$102.79	$385	—
400–446	414	22	90.00–122.00	$107.67	$446	—
465–495	477	6	72.00–100.00	$87.75	$419	-2.25
500–525	515	17	85.00–117.00	$93.05	$479	—
560–583	574	11	57.00–107.00	$88.49	$508	-1.51
605–610	608	2	87.00–95.00	$90.98	$553	—
660–695	684	9	70.00–97.00	$88.66	$606	—
700–720	708	3	87.50–105.00	$94.15	$667	+3.15
780	780	1	85.00	$85.00	$663	—
870	870	1	87.00	$87.00	$757	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
72	72	1	10.00	$10.00	$7	+3.67
74	74	1	12.50	$12.50	$9	+2.50
75	75	1	50.00	$50.00	$38	-27.50
76	76	1	110.00	$110.00	$84	+32.50
80–82	81	2	12.50–25.00	$18.67	$15	+9.28
80–86	84	8	125.00–195.00	$164.72	$138	+148.34
85–86	86	2	10.00–15.00	$12.51	$11	-145.37
90	90	3	15.00–25.00	$18.33	$16	-10.01
90–98	95	6	145.00–170.00	$160.93	$153	+27.20
90–98	95	3	10.00–20.00	$15.00	$14	-118.73
96	96	1	10.00	$10.00	$10	-123.73
100	100	1	50.00	$50.00	$50	-40.00
100–102	101	3	105.00–140.00	$128.26	$130	+38.26
108	108	1	17.50	$17.50	$19	-47.50
114	114	1	15.00	$15.00	$17	-5.00
1120–1430	1286	5	81.00–99.50	$93.46	$1,202	—
1214–1390	1288	7	96.00–103.00	$100.38	$1,293	—
1295–1608	1409	11	104.50–110.50	$107.22	$1,511	+2.42

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	70.00	$70.00	$259	—
961	961	3	42.00	$42.00	$404	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
64	64	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-0.85
70–74	72	2	10.00	$10.00	$7	-60.00
70–78	75	4	5.00–10.00	$8.84	$7	-16.98
75	75	2	10.00–40.00	$25.00	$19	-0.82
75	75	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	$66	+61.68
76	76	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-15.82
80–82	81	2	10.00–15.00	$12.47	$10	+1.47
80–88	84	15	10.00–70.00	$32.39	$27	+17.63
82–88	85	7	35.00–85.00	$58.55	$50	-23.95
82–88	86	15	40.00–95.00	$79.35	$68	-6.19
86	86	1	175.00	$175.00	$150	+89.46
90–98	92	16	50.00–87.50	$70.73	$65	+51.80
90–95	92	6	25.00–65.00	$43.23	$40	+24.30
90–98	94	40	70.00–115.00	$92.29	$87	-4.52
90–98	94	15	80.00–190.00	$156.10	$147	+59.29
100	100	3	10.00–20.00	$15.00	$15	-120.67
100–108	103	9	140.00–190.00	$166.75	$172	+60.26
100–106	103	5	20.00–60.00	$42.28	$44	-64.21
100–108	103	33	75.00–115.00	$102.55	$106	-3.94
100–108	104	18	50.00–100.00	$78.91	$82	-26.09
110–112	110	5	50.00–100.00	$76.09	$84	-63.91
110–116	112	6	120.00–175.00	$146.49	$164	-8.28
110–118	113	16	85.00–115.00	$102.92	$116	+2.17
120	120	1	80.00	$80.00	$96	-85.00
122	122	1	150.00	$150.00	$183	+64.36
130	130	1	95.00	$95.00	$124	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–262	259	6	135.00–150.00	$144.94	$375	-17.56
340	340	2	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
360–395	381	8	110.00–150.00	$125.83	$479	+0.83
407–445	423	21	107.50–130.00	$120.66	$510	-11.85
452 fancy	452	17	133.00	$133.00	$601	—
460–492	480	16	110.00–142.00	$128.28	$616	+13.28
500–547	523	41	100.00–140.00	$119.70	$626	+6.82
550–595	577	31	100.00–135.00	$123.97	$715	+14.97
615–648	634	10	98.00–113.00	$107.29	$680	-0.21
658–688	666	17	96.00–117.00	$107.61	$717	+4.61
742	742	2	108.00	$108.00	$801	—
800	800	10	95.00	$95.00	$760	—
1042	1042	2	77.00	$77.00	$802	—
1055	1055	1	79.00	$79.00	$833	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
262–295	278	7	110.00–134.00	$118.20	$329	—
303–342	318	6	97.50–130.00	$115.05	$366	—
385	385	1	135.00	$135.00	$520	+28.00
402–435	417	14	102.50–130.00	$119.98	$500	—
450–480	466	8	87.00–112.00	$101.05	$471	—
500–540	524	4	82.00–115.00	$97.71	$512	+9.71
565–595	577	3	75.00–112.00	$95.68	$552	+1.68
600–635	618	2	96.00–112.00	$103.77	$641	—
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
728	728	4	83.00	$83.00	$604	—
890	890	1	52.00	$52.00	$463	—
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1046–1288	1167	85-90%	2	15.00–16.00	$15.55	$181	-15.38
775–1490	1192	85-90%	9	20.00–40.50	$36.03	$429	+5.10
866–1650	1201	85-90%	64	40.00–58.50	$48.00	$576	+9.23
1060–1805	1281	85-90%	17	49.00–63.00	$55.12	$706	+10.03

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1670	1323	80-85%	61	47.00–64.00	$55.58	$735	—
976–1644	1377	80-85%	25	52.50–69.00	$60.17	$829	+12.92
1390–1905	1627	80-85%	3	48.50–51.00	$49.90	$812	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2012	1555	75-80%	50	50.00–69.00	$58.84	$915	+8.57
1100–1830	1559	75-80%	12	54.00–66.00	$57.25	$893	+6.98
1336–1994	1645	75-80%	6	40.00–58.00	$46.77	$769	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1426–2020	1740	65-75%	20	55.00–71.00	$61.37	$1,068	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1164	1059	4	56.00–67.00	$61.94	$656	—
995–2020	1529	18	72.00–87.00	$80.02	$1,224	—
1800–2190	1951	5	87.00–103.00	$93.14	$1,817	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1428–1945	1679	8	80.00–98.00	$88.36	$1,484	-0.21
1495–2310	1894	11	89.00–107.00	$93.89	$1,778	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615–1790	1703	4	76.50–85.00	$82.74	$1,409	—
2175	2175	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,479	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398	1398	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,118	—
1368–1664	1458	4	68.00–78.00	$71.24	$1,039	—
1566	1566	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,394	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	75.00	$75.00	$298	—
420	420	4	83.00	$83.00	$349	—
810	810	8	85.00	$85.00	$688	—
870	870	1	65.00	$65.00	$566	—
933	933	3	79.00	$79.00	$737	—
951–977	965	10	56.00–79.00	$68.79	$664	—
1021	1021	5	73.00	$73.00	$745	—
1085	1085	1	76.00	$76.00	$825	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1194–1690	1385	6	58.00–77.00	$70.27	$973	-11.64
1322–1600	1445	7	76.00–85.50	$79.62	$1,151	—
1465–1760	1589	9	82.00–90.00	$86.70	$1,378	—

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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.