Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 28, 2020

3,816 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $131.40/cwt +29.40 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 667 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.57/cwt +19.34 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 579 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $94.81/cwt -13.00 vs last sale · ≈ $585/hd at 617 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,816	4,810	2,540
Feeder cattle	38	454	58
Slaughter cattle	2,010	2,154	1,151
Replacement cattle	7	—	0

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1430	1298	6	94.00–99.00	$96.53	$1,253	—
1200–1485	1370	3	90.00–103.00	$98.12	$1,344	+2.35
1205–1675	1433	33	105.00–110.00	$107.81	$1,545	+7.21
1320–1740	1471	10	100.00–104.00	$102.38	$1,506	-11.57
1270–1745	1489	42	105.00–110.50	$107.86	$1,606	-6.09
1435–1555	1500	6	122.00–129.00	$125.18	$1,878	+9.34
1280–1605	1518	16	115.00–120.00	$116.42	$1,767	+5.44
1255–1587	1520	21	111.00–116.00	$112.51	$1,710	+1.53
1300–1794	1562	19	107.00–114.50	$110.06	$1,719	+26.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	135.00	$135.00	$392	—
357	357	2	130.00	$130.00	$464	-5.00
447	447	2	125.00	$125.00	$559	—
452–470	463	7	135.00–157.50	$142.72	$661	+12.46
521–540	529	12	125.00–140.00	$138.23	$731	+17.36
555–598	578	22	115.00–147.00	$139.31	$805	+17.08
582 fancy	582	4	154.00	$154.00	$896	—
602–647	624	21	130.00–145.00	$137.67	$859	+10.67
650–695	667	36	121.00–136.00	$131.40	$876	+29.40
732	732	2	115.00	$115.00	$842	+25.00
790	790	3	113.00	$113.00	$893	+15.68
805–836	815	12	113.00–119.00	$116.95	$953	—
850–875	863	3	106.00–114.00	$108.67	$938	—
915	915	1	106.00	$106.00	$970	—
980	980	1	88.00	$88.00	$862	—
1095	1095	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	+10.00
455	455	2	102.50	$102.50	$466	±0.00
565	565	1	97.50	$97.50	$551	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	130.00	$130.00	$650	—

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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	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
65	65	1	10.00	$10.00	$6	±0.00
68	68	1	145.00	$145.00	$99	+135.00
68	68	1	120.00	$120.00	$82	+110.00
70	70	1	150.00	$150.00	$105	+142.40
72	72	1	180.00	$180.00	$130	+172.40
70–78	74	8	10.00–17.50	$11.55	$9	+3.50
80	80	1	5.00	$5.00	$4	-45.00
80–86	82	5	10.00–22.50	$15.54	$13	-85.74
80–88	85	4	100.00–180.00	$135.59	$115	+120.22
80–88	85	7	160.00–240.00	$189.43	$161	+174.06
85	85	1	15.00	$15.00	$13	-0.37
90–98	94	15	12.00–50.00	$31.80	$30	+11.75
90–98	94	13	137.50–215.00	$187.09	$176	+167.04
92–98	95	2	145.00–170.00	$157.11	$149	+137.06
100–102	100	5	17.00–50.00	$33.37	$33	+18.37
100–106	102	9	90.00–240.00	$169.27	$173	+144.72
100–108	105	3	75.00–150.00	$122.74	$129	-29.72
112	112	2	165.00–185.00	$175.00	$196	+146.62
118	118	1	22.50	$22.50	$27	-5.88
120	120	1	10.00	$10.00	$12	-18.38
880–1345	1146	5	89.00–94.00	$91.88	$1,053	-1.78
1185–1215	1194	4	78.00–98.00	$91.79	$1,096	-5.09
1070–1385	1225	7	102.00–108.00	$105.11	$1,288	+8.01
1125–1595	1321	9	105.00–111.00	$108.08	$1,428	-1.81
1305–1600	1418	7	106.00–112.00	$108.88	$1,544	—
1315–1815	1505	3	99.00–102.00	$100.97	$1,520	-6.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–345	335	4	120.00–127.50	$125.57	$421	+15.57
385–396	395	17	102.50–131.00	$126.20	$498	+23.03
408–445	432	11	92.50–121.00	$110.53	$477	+12.64
460–490	473	5	100.00–114.00	$105.85	$501	-0.33
528–549	536	17	95.00–112.00	$103.54	$555	+4.03
571–575	572	7	100.00–105.00	$103.00	$589	-3.76
601–632	617	21	89.00–102.00	$94.81	$585	-13.00
660	660	3	94.00	$94.00	$620	+11.34
737	737	2	101.00	$101.00	$744	—
916	916	5	93.00	$93.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	91.00–92.50	$91.71	$339	—
460	460	1	90.00	$90.00	$414	-0.63
635	635	1	83.00	$83.00	$527	+0.26
735	735	1	77.50	$77.50	$570	—
765	765	2	70.00–84.00	$77.00	$589	+7.10
835	835	1	77.50	$77.50	$647	+20.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	—
775	775	3	89.00	$89.00	$690	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
68	68	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
68	68	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
70	70	1	160.00	$160.00	$112	+112.76
70–76	72	17	5.00–20.00	$8.88	$6	-38.36
70–78	72	6	30.00–60.00	$43.23	$31	-4.01
70–78	74	7	10.00–30.00	$18.60	$14	+8.82
75–78	76	3	150.00–175.00	$161.79	$123	+121.79
82	82	1	180.00	$180.00	$148	+134.76
80–86	83	18	7.00–25.00	$11.75	$10	-29.07
80–88	83	28	10.00–47.50	$27.36	$23	-13.46
80–88	84	13	30.00–60.00	$45.80	$38	+4.98
80–88	85	11	50.00–85.00	$70.09	$60	-22.58
85–88	86	3	190.00–230.00	$206.56	$178	+113.89
90–95	93	10	5.00–20.00	$11.75	$11	-82.41
90–98	93	45	40.00–82.50	$64.72	$60	-29.44
90–98	93	18	10.00–50.00	$31.96	$30	-62.20
90–98	94	51	50.00–100.00	$79.53	$75	+3.80
90–98	94	14	130.00–235.00	$183.39	$172	+107.66
95–98	97	2	105.00–170.00	$138.01	$134	+126.01
100–102	100	8	30.00–45.00	$36.87	$37	+24.87
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	$100	+88.00
100–108	102	14	5.00–25.00	$13.13	$13	-113.07
100–108	102	29	30.00–90.00	$67.45	$69	-58.75
100–108	103	44	60.00–105.00	$88.14	$91	+69.26
100–108	104	19	120.00–230.00	$189.81	$197	+4.63
105	105	1	90.00	$90.00	$94	+26.35
110–118	112	9	50.00–87.50	$69.88	$78	-27.51
110–115	112	4	25.00–45.00	$33.80	$38	-63.59
110–118	112	41	70.00–105.00	$88.31	$99	-9.08
110–115	112	3	10.00–25.00	$15.81	$18	-81.58
110–116	113	5	150.00–210.00	$189.29	$214	+59.29
120	120	4	50.00–90.00	$71.25	$86	-3.75
120	120	1	150.00	$150.00	$180	+75.00
120	120	2	5.00–10.00	$7.50	$9	-67.50
120–125	122	3	160.00–180.00	$171.51	$209	+27.80
120–125	122	14	70.00–95.00	$78.46	$96	-65.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	2	155.00	$155.00	$406	—
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	-40.00
401–408	406	16	131.00–140.00	$137.22	$557	-20.79
500–507	506	9	103.00–133.00	$126.60	$641	-5.10
560–578	570	7	112.00–127.00	$124.47	$709	+0.43
635	635	1	103.00	$103.00	$654	-5.91
655–691	684	12	104.00–119.00	$114.22	$781	+23.78
778	778	3	109.00	$109.00	$848	+27.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	137.50	$137.50	$296	—
415	415	2	112.50	$112.50	$467	—
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	2	110.00	$110.00	$316	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1445	1212	85-90%	12	30.00–35.00	$32.47	$394	—
1010–1505	1248	85-90%	15	49.00–60.00	$54.90	$685	—
790–1786	1296	85-90%	94	25.00–53.00	$44.10	$572	-4.14
854–1700	1300	85-90%	65	14.00–41.50	$36.90	$480	-7.14

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1014–1654	1351	80-85%	22	52.00–63.50	$56.70	$766	+7.31
910–1740	1354	80-85%	81	45.00–59.00	$51.20	$693	+1.81
910–1575	1375	80-85%	54	42.00–47.50	$44.65	$614	-1.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1740	1371	75-80%	7	62.00–70.00	$65.38	$896	—
1080–1950	1560	75-80%	32	45.00–51.50	$47.98	$748	—
980–2190	1627	75-80%	118	47.00–68.00	$54.75	$891	+3.02

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1222–1934	1638	65-75%	10	56.00–64.00	$58.81	$963	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1176–1790	1484	7	68.00–88.50	$78.76	$1,169	—
1105–2255	1590	5	58.00–72.00	$67.20	$1,068	—
1575–1860	1700	6	83.00–107.00	$94.28	$1,603	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1276–2124	1679	15	67.00–83.00	$76.39	$1,283	—
1446–2196	1821	2	51.00–65.00	$56.56	$1,030	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100–1315	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	50.00–64.00	$56.05	$660

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1495	1248	4	73.00–80.00	$76.41	$954	—
1576	1576	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,434	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	77.50	$77.50	$260	—
485	485	1	72.50	$72.50	$352	-2.55
784	784	5	64.00	$64.00	$502	-4.00
861–895	878	6	74.00–77.00	$75.53	$663	—
911–940	930	9	74.00–78.00	$76.69	$713	—
951	951	5	77.00	$77.00	$732	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1295	1270	2	57.00–73.00	$65.16	$828	—
1300–1495	1364	4	79.00–83.00	$81.18	$1,107	—
1334–1892	1566	15	85.00–97.00	$92.33	$1,446	+5.87

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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.