Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 21, 2020

4,810 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $110.50/cwt -2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $514/hd at 465 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $99.51/cwt -17.04 vs last sale · ≈ $518/hd at 521 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $139.23/cwt -0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 466 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,810	6,242	2,540
Feeder cattle	454	925	58
Slaughter cattle	2,154	3,311	1,151

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1220	1213	3	80.00–93.00	$86.34	$1,047	—
1355	1355	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,057	-18.79
1175–1590	1377	6	90.00–99.00	$95.77	$1,319	-8.72
1130–1740	1388	13	104.00–109.00	$106.24	$1,475	+1.75
1070–1655	1408	5	99.00–102.00	$100.84	$1,420	—
1125–1806	1415	3	90.00–105.00	$100.60	$1,423	+1.43
1410–1555	1483	2	113.00–115.00	$113.95	$1,690	+3.31
1360–1830	1500	14	112.00–119.00	$115.84	$1,738	-2.75
1260–1775	1504	9	103.00–107.00	$105.34	$1,584	-13.25
1300–1780	1507	42	115.00–121.00	$118.60	$1,787	+0.01
1310–1735	1525	15	108.00–113.00	$110.98	$1,692	-0.63
1378–1755	1544	27	121.00–124.00	$122.10	$1,885	+21.31
1400–1745	1582	3	81.00–87.00	$83.11	$1,315	-24.81
1354–1688	1592	6	108.00–114.50	$111.22	$1,771	+3.30
1330–1745	1596	5	110.00–114.50	$111.96	$1,787	+4.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	132.00–145.00	$138.65	$455	-22.35
375	375	1	135.00	$135.00	$506	-18.87
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	-36.10
430–446 fancy	437	13	150.00–162.00	$157.14	$687	—
450–460 fancy	458	6	150.00–155.00	$154.18	$706	—
450–490	470	10	125.00–132.00	$130.26	$612	-9.29
500 fancy	500	4	155.00	$155.00	$775	—
515–547	532	6	110.00–125.00	$120.87	$643	-17.75
562–595	574	11	104.00–135.00	$122.23	$702	-21.91
610	610	1	127.00	$127.00	$775	-5.44
685	685	1	102.00	$102.00	$699	-35.01
745	745	1	90.00	$90.00	$670	-40.42
750–780	770	3	97.00–98.00	$97.32	$749	-36.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	110.00	$110.00	$341	-22.00
425–430	428	3	105.00	$105.00	$449	-27.84
490	490	1	102.50	$102.50	$502	-9.19
600–625	621	6	95.00–100.00	$95.81	$595	-22.59
703	703	3	105.00	$105.00	$738	-2.00
987	987	2	70.00	$70.00	$691	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	63	4	5.00	$5.00	$3	-3.29
62–68	65	2	10.00	$10.00	$6	-25.00
65	65	1	10.00	$10.00	$6	-25.00
70–76	73	2	5.00–10.00	$7.60	$6	-56.78
70–75	73	2	20.00–30.00	$25.17	$18	-39.21
70–75	74	4	5.00–10.00	$8.05	$6	-56.33
72–75	74	10	10.00	$10.00	$7	-54.38
75	75	2	20.00–30.00	$25.00	$19	+15.00
78	78	1	25.00	$25.00	$20	+15.00
80	80	1	50.00	$50.00	$40	+40.62
80–85	82	9	60.00–160.00	$101.28	$83	+85.65
80–85	83	2	10.00–12.00	$11.03	$9	-4.60
80–85	83	2	20.00	$20.00	$17	+4.37
80–86	83	2	10.00–20.00	$15.18	$13	-0.45
80–88	83	34	10.00–17.00	$12.28	$10	-3.35
80–86	84	12	75.00–240.00	$174.78	$147	+21.60
80–86	85	8	10.00–25.00	$15.37	$13	-137.81
90	90	2	12.00–20.00	$16.00	$14	+6.00
90–95	91	10	20.00–130.00	$84.59	$77	+58.92
90–95	92	6	5.00–12.00	$9.51	$9	-16.16
90–98	92	25	10.00–22.00	$15.54	$14	-10.13
90–95	93	12	110.00–225.00	$174.35	$162	+149.38
90–98	94	13	10.00–27.00	$20.05	$19	-160.50
100	100	3	30.00–100.00	$71.67	$72	-23.82
100	100	1	15.00	$15.00	$15	-80.49
100–106	102	9	17.50–35.00	$24.55	$25	-70.94
100–108	104	16	75.00–235.00	$152.46	$159	+56.97
100–105	104	13	12.00–17.00	$15.07	$16	-80.42
110	110	1	50.00	$50.00	$55	-91.25
110	110	2	130.00–220.00	$175.00	$192	+33.75
110–115	113	3	25.00–30.00	$28.38	$32	+2.54
130	130	1	35.00	$35.00	$46	-2.00
1125–1140	1130	3	92.00–94.50	$93.66	$1,058	—
1090–1240	1175	6	95.00–99.00	$96.88	$1,138	+9.29
1080–1325	1203	2	96.00–98.00	$97.10	$1,168	—
1095–1550	1282	5	102.00–108.00	$105.13	$1,348	-15.40
1180–1325	1288	5	113.00–115.00	$113.37	$1,460	-7.16
1122–1616	1308	10	99.00–106.00	$102.47	$1,340	-4.28
1180–1465	1323	2	109.00–111.00	$109.89	$1,454	+3.14
1255–1430	1330	3	110.00–112.00	$111.04	$1,477	+12.53
1315–1435	1375	2	87.00–89.00	$88.04	$1,211	-18.00
1510	1510	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,623	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	92.00	$92.00	$244	—
332	332	2	110.00	$110.00	$365	-20.67
350 fancy	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	—
350–368	362	8	95.00–105.00	$103.17	$373	-23.38
405–447	421	11	90.00–102.00	$97.89	$412	-26.44
455 fancy	455	5	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
450–490	470	11	102.50–112.00	$106.18	$499	-6.45
500–548	521	16	80.00–105.00	$99.51	$518	-11.38
560–590	571	4	100.00–112.00	$106.76	$610	-4.02
610–626	619	9	100.00–110.00	$107.81	$667	-3.80
670–675	672	3	80.00–84.00	$82.66	$555	-20.69
700	700	1	90.00	$90.00	$630	—
800	800	3	80.00–84.00	$81.33	$651	—
990 fancy	990	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	96.00	$96.00	$269	-10.17
315–341	336	5	75.00–80.00	$79.06	$266	-25.94
414–440	426	15	70.00–90.00	$80.36	$342	-19.64
460–496	486	12	85.00–95.00	$90.63	$440	-14.36
540–545	543	3	75.00–82.00	$78.99	$429	-21.01
550–555	554	4	72.00–90.00	$85.53	$474	-24.47
600–640	613	8	72.00–92.00	$82.74	$507	-11.08
762–785	770	3	60.00–75.00	$69.90	$538	-25.10
810	810	1	57.00	$57.00	$462	—
880	880	2	64.00	$64.00	$563	-11.00
905–940	923	2	64.00–70.00	$67.06	$619	—
995	995	1	77.00	$77.00	$766	-11.27

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-0.65
60	60	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
60–65	64	8	5.00	$5.00	$3	-15.00
70–75	73	2	40.00–55.00	$47.24	$34	+12.44
70–76	74	48	5.00–12.50	$9.78	$7	-0.93
74	74	1	170.00	$170.00	$126	+159.29
75	75	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-154.32
75	75	1	60.00	$60.00	$45	-104.32
76	76	1	40.00	$40.00	$30	-124.32
76–78	77	3	15.00–30.00	$21.59	$17	-28.41
80–85	81	4	15.00–50.00	$41.38	$34	+29.54
80–85	81	11	70.00–180.00	$110.84	$90	+99.00
80–85	82	91	5.00–20.00	$10.87	$9	-22.81
80–85	82	5	15.00–95.00	$45.24	$37	+11.56
80–88	84	35	12.50–65.00	$40.82	$34	-19.52
80–88	84	13	140.00–245.00	$203.06	$171	+142.72
80–88	85	21	40.00–90.00	$62.74	$53	-153.49
80–88	85	20	80.00–105.00	$92.67	$79	-123.56
90–95	93	52	5.00–30.00	$18.02	$17	-134.97
90–95	93	12	70.00–210.00	$156.58	$146	+3.59
90–98	93	76	40.00–95.00	$74.26	$69	-78.73
90–98	93	49	70.00–112.50	$94.16	$88	-58.83
90–95	94	4	20.00–130.00	$75.73	$71	-30.96
90–98	94	123	15.00–85.00	$62.54	$59	-44.15
90–98	94	19	125.00–260.00	$196.58	$185	+89.89
95	95	1	12.00	$12.00	$11	-94.69
100	100	1	12.00	$12.00	$12	-73.81
100–105	101	6	20.00–120.00	$54.21	$55	-31.60
100–108	102	66	40.00–115.00	$80.70	$82	-5.11
100–105	102	10	75.00–170.00	$126.20	$129	+40.39
100–108	103	61	75.00–125.00	$96.65	$100	-115.88
100–105	103	50	5.00–35.00	$18.88	$19	-193.65
100–108	104	33	110.00–265.00	$185.18	$193	-27.35
100–109	105	54	30.00–75.00	$63.65	$67	+12.95
110	110	1	130.00	$130.00	$143	+111.67
110–115	110	36	20.00–75.00	$65.86	$72	+47.53
110–118	111	9	140.00–205.00	$171.63	$191	+119.92
110–115	111	6	10.00–30.00	$17.77	$20	-33.94
110–116	112	39	70.00–125.00	$97.39	$109	-58.23
110–115	112	71	65.00–95.00	$86.85	$97	-68.77
110–115	113	2	130.00	$130.00	$147	+45.59
115	115	1	50.00	$50.00	$58	-34.41
120	120	1	10.00	$10.00	$12	-190.00
120	120	1	75.00	$75.00	$90	-125.00
120	120	3	35.00–50.00	$43.33	$52	-156.67
120	120	1	80.00	$80.00	$96	-120.00
120	120	7	60.00–80.00	$72.86	$87	-127.14
120–125	121	4	120.00–165.00	$143.71	$174	+55.00
120–124	123	7	80.00–120.00	$90.00	$111	-61.01
120–125	123	2	100.00–130.00	$114.69	$141	-36.32
130–135	131	4	65.00–85.00	$72.43	$95	+22.43
135	135	1	135.00	$135.00	$182	+70.00
140	140	1	110.00	$110.00	$154	+55.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	+24.45
355–382	369	4	160.00	$160.00	$590	+32.28
405–445	431	7	155.00–160.00	$158.01	$681	+24.62
452	452	2	165.00	$165.00	$746	+50.67
502–530	518	6	117.50–137.00	$131.70	$682	+13.72
550–567	560	4	110.00–150.00	$124.04	$695	-2.71
605–635	624	8	102.00–115.00	$108.91	$680	-6.95
653–685	666	5	82.00–102.50	$90.44	$602	-9.85
715	715	1	84.00	$84.00	$601	-5.57
787	787	2	82.00	$82.00	$645	—
833–840	835	4	82.00–95.00	$91.73	$766	-20.61
865–885	875	2	74.00–82.00	$78.05	$683	-16.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	85.00	$85.00	$306	-14.90
387 fancy	387	2	125.00	$125.00	$484	—
425	425	1	105.00	$105.00	$446	-5.00
495	495	1	135.00	$135.00	$668	—
513	513	3	105.00	$105.00	$539	+22.50
560	560	1	77.00	$77.00	$431	-23.00
635–640	638	2	72.00–90.00	$80.96	$517	-10.68
705	705	1	70.00	$70.00	$494	—
855	855	1	70.00	$70.00	$598	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	92.50	$92.50	$278	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
838–1495	1266	85-90%	75	13.00–44.00	$39.19	$496	-0.03
790–1790	1273	85-90%	36	30.00–41.00	$36.59	$466	-7.97
1010–1600	1278	85-90%	15	46.50–52.00	$48.24	$617	+3.68
950–1710	1310	85-90%	86	36.00–51.00	$44.04	$577	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1695	1528	75-80%	8	41.00–44.00	$42.63	$651	—
1360–1955	1596	75-80%	60	45.00–52.50	$47.61	$760	+3.92
1096–2234	1637	75-80%	120	45.00–57.50	$51.73	$847	—
1398–1920	1698	75-80%	21	50.00–58.00	$55.40	$941	-1.04

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1565	1307	80-85%	25	53.00–60.00	$55.72	$728	—
1135–1495	1307	80-85%	12	40.00–44.50	$42.13	$551	—
790–1836	1353	80-85%	76	43.00–56.00	$49.39	$668	+4.24
1025–1550	1357	80-85%	52	39.00–49.50	$46.07	$625	+0.92

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1472–2100	1791	65-75%	8	49.50–57.00	$51.98	$931	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	1	32.00	$32.00	$318	—
865–2140	1289	28	66.00–76.00	$71.59	$923	—
970–1820	1304	11	90.00–97.00	$92.85	$1,211	—
1090–2155	1427	10	74.00–83.00	$78.95	$1,127	-10.20
1490–1980	1655	3	62.00–68.00	$64.70	$1,071	—
1735	1735	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,405	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1200	1145	2	74.00–82.00	$77.81	$891	—
755–1580	1157	10	85.00–91.00	$87.24	$1,009	—
1116–1712	1402	6	69.00–82.00	$77.49	$1,086	—
1280–2140	1508	20	97.00–110.00	$103.70	$1,564	—
1938–2050	1993	3	87.00–94.50	$89.57	$1,785	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1218–1550	1384	2	62.00–81.00	$70.36	$974	—
1512	1512	1	53.50	$53.50	$809	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	1	74.00	$74.00	$803	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1100	949	5	69.00–72.00	$70.29	$667	—
835–1475	1156	33	69.00–75.50	$73.90	$854	—
1175–1410	1293	2	84.00–88.50	$86.45	$1,118	+24.35
1225–1445	1343	6	73.00–82.50	$76.53	$1,028	—
1355	1355	1	69.00	$69.00	$935	-12.55
1445	1445	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,127	+2.62
1460–1635	1511	5	79.00–85.00	$81.97	$1,239	—
1645	1645	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,234	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	50.00	$50.00	$222	—
520	520	1	60.00	$60.00	$312	—
630	630	1	62.00	$62.00	$391	+22.00
660	660	1	64.00	$64.00	$422	+34.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1285	1063	5	67.00–72.50	$69.52	$739	—
879–1833	1238	10	76.00–82.00	$77.65	$961	—
1190–1625	1480	6	85.00–92.00	$86.65	$1,282	-0.35
1276–1750	1512	14	76.00–92.50	$83.78	$1,267	+0.78
1308–1665	1552	6	64.00–82.00	$75.80	$1,176	—
1444–1680	1562	2	86.00–87.00	$86.46	$1,351	—
1525–1655	1590	2	95.00–101.00	$97.88	$1,556	—
1585–1745	1665	2	88.00–90.00	$88.95	$1,481	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–470	465	2	70.00–80.00	$75.05	$349	+28.05
554	554	5	80.00	$80.00	$443	+23.00
613–646	628	11	64.00–69.00	$65.67	$412	—
675	675	2	70.00	$70.00	$472	+3.00
730–745	738	2	67.00–70.00	$68.48	$505	+27.48
780	780	4	68.00	$68.00	$530	+11.47
800	800	3	68.00	$68.00	$544	+12.07
990	990	1	67.00	$67.00	$663	+13.00
1030	1030	1	67.00	$67.00	$690	-8.00

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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.