Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

3,857 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $123.24/cwt +16.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,135/hd at 921 lb · 49 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $132.28/cwt -10.27 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 669 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.92/cwt +17.41 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 622 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,857	5,546	4,204
Feeder cattle	82	494	205
Slaughter cattle	2,053	3,050	2,313

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1450	1195	5	104.00–109.00	$106.27	$1,270	—
1255	1255	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,255	-6.50
1340	1340	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,166	—
1135–1705	1360	9	102.00–110.00	$105.29	$1,432	—
1075–1580	1363	14	95.00–108.00	$100.70	$1,373	—
1340–1530	1411	4	120.00–123.00	$122.25	$1,725	+21.44
1170–1770	1426	67	105.00–115.50	$109.89	$1,567	+9.08
1305–1570	1438	2	85.00–90.00	$87.27	$1,255	-13.54
1423–1490	1453	4	112.00–113.00	$112.26	$1,631	-0.66
1105–1740	1465	51	107.00–116.00	$111.53	$1,634	-1.39
1305–1650	1470	19	110.00–118.50	$113.49	$1,668	+13.90
1335–1690	1499	22	114.00–118.00	$115.90	$1,737	+4.38
1345–1655	1512	17	114.00–118.50	$116.61	$1,763	—
1365–1670	1518	2	95.00–101.00	$97.70	$1,483	-23.93
1240–1850	1550	53	113.50–119.00	$116.54	$1,806	+3.38
1325–1764	1557	22	112.00–120.50	$115.88	$1,804	+1.30
1395–1835	1584	24	119.00–125.00	$122.14	$1,935	+7.70
1500–1800	1634	10	111.00–115.50	$112.74	$1,842	+4.75
1440–1820	1643	5	103.00–106.00	$104.16	$1,711	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	173.00	$173.00	$467	—
300–325	314	4	166.00–175.00	$169.83	$533	—
355–391	383	12	150.00–170.00	$166.56	$638	+1.56
400–445	434	10	143.00–172.50	$157.92	$685	-5.25
450–480	453	9	145.00–159.00	$155.15	$703	-13.42
453	453	5	129.00	$129.00	$584	-39.57
501–547	525	35	126.00–153.00	$150.66	$791	-3.56
557	557	13	150.50	$150.50	$838	-3.41
560–590	572	10	133.00–137.00	$135.39	$774	-18.52
624	624	8	124.00	$124.00	$774	-24.99
659–699	669	46	125.00–137.00	$132.28	$885	-9.35
707	707	20	131.00	$131.00	$926	-6.23
708–735	710	14	120.00–130.00	$129.26	$918	-7.97
753–796	774	21	116.00–121.00	$118.89	$920	-17.18
800	800	8	118.00	$118.00	$944	-12.55
805	805	24	124.00	$124.00	$998	-6.55
865–883	879	10	115.00–117.50	$117.01	$1,029	-6.61
903–915	908	5	110.00	$110.00	$999	+3.59
920–924	922	44	123.00–126.50	$124.75	$1,150	+18.34
950–980	960	3	101.00–111.00	$107.60	$1,033	-8.40

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	160.00	$160.00	$480	—
405	405	1	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
470	470	2	167.50	$167.50	$787	—
542	542	4	141.00	$141.00	$764	—
615–630	624	5	110.00–125.00	$119.09	$743	—
657	657	2	129.00	$129.00	$848	—
831	831	3	116.00	$116.00	$964	—
858–885	865	4	104.00–116.00	$112.93	$977	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	5	140.00	$140.00	$291	—
330	330	2	155.00	$155.00	$512	±0.00
407–445	420	3	135.00–136.00	$135.35	$568	-16.65
507	507	2	122.50	$122.50	$621	-4.90

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	132.50	$132.50	$590	—
467	467	8	122.50	$122.50	$572	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	147.50	$147.50	$509	—
390–392	391	4	152.50–162.50	$157.49	$616	—
590	590	2	118.00	$118.00	$696	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–298	282	6	110.00–129.00	$122.56	$346	-25.20
307	307	2	140.00	$140.00	$430	+1.82
375–392	389	5	120.00–129.00	$124.60	$485	—
400–430	417	27	120.00–133.00	$130.60	$545	-28.10
475–495	487	27	124.00–138.00	$129.96	$633	-15.04
501–512	505	7	120.00–130.00	$123.47	$624	—
581–595	589	28	121.00–125.00	$124.03	$731	+2.66
600–647	622	25	107.50–121.00	$116.42	$724	+11.91
623	623	17	130.00	$130.00	$810	+25.49
651–680	668	12	109.00–115.00	$113.66	$759	+13.02
706–732	723	9	94.00–118.00	$112.61	$814	-6.01
743	743	24	119.00	$119.00	$884	+0.38
751–795	769	15	107.00–120.00	$116.72	$898	-2.44
826–840	833	6	114.00–119.00	$116.48	$970	+4.48
1025–1034	1032	16	101.00–114.00	$112.01	$1,156	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-55.00
60	60	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-55.00
65	65	1	145.00	$145.00	$94	+104.19
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	$84	+10.00
70–75	72	7	10.00–20.00	$14.31	$10	+1.70
70–76	74	14	10.00–50.00	$18.25	$14	-147.31
72–76	74	5	130.00–205.00	$173.94	$129	+8.38
80	80	1	30.00	$30.00	$24	+14.68
80–85	81	4	45.00–95.00	$62.46	$51	+47.14
80–85	82	9	5.00–30.00	$21.62	$18	+6.30
80–85	83	4	150.00–165.00	$153.86	$128	+122.53
80–86	84	16	15.00–90.00	$26.50	$22	-22.96
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	$102	+71.78
80–88	86	12	140.00–295.00	$235.76	$203	+187.54
90	90	1	150.00	$150.00	$135	+20.27
90–98	92	15	190.00–300.00	$252.18	$232	+226.44
90–98	93	23	15.00–90.00	$35.33	$33	+9.59
90–96	93	5	10.00–35.00	$21.11	$20	-4.63
90–95	94	12	40.00–95.00	$56.42	$53	+30.68
100	100	1	10.00	$10.00	$10	-41.88
100	100	2	135.00–145.00	$140.00	$140	+88.12
100–106	103	9	185.00–295.00	$218.25	$225	+0.96
100–105	103	8	55.00–90.00	$71.34	$73	-145.95
100–108	106	8	40.00–80.00	$51.73	$55	-165.56
110	110	1	285.00	$285.00	$314	+250.00
110–115	112	3	60.00–80.00	$69.85	$78	+34.85
110–117	114	5	40.00–85.00	$54.45	$62	-55.55
125	125	1	55.00	$55.00	$69	-15.00
1200–1204	1202	2	91.00–101.00	$95.99	$1,154	+0.11
1230–1250	1240	2	96.00–98.00	$97.01	$1,203	+1.13
1245	1245	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,096	-7.88
1110–1380	1248	4	97.00–100.00	$99.00	$1,236	+3.12
1130–1450	1288	3	106.00–109.00	$107.71	$1,387	—
1035–1510	1309	20	101.00–115.00	$107.18	$1,403	+6.20
1345–1355	1348	3	110.00–117.00	$114.66	$1,546	+2.13
1332–1495	1378	4	111.00–116.00	$112.70	$1,553	+5.65
1505–1535	1520	2	95.00–101.00	$97.97	$1,489	-11.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	112.50	$112.50	$439	—
510–545	517	12	100.00–128.00	$122.36	$633	—
560–592	581	3	95.00–96.00	$95.68	$556	—
622	622	2	119.00	$119.00	$740	+24.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	124.00	$124.00	$614	—
625	625	2	113.00	$113.00	$706	—
695	695	4	106.00	$106.00	$737	—
705	705	3	102.00	$102.00	$719	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	2	111.00	$111.00	$596	—
713	713	4	116.00	$116.00	$827	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	90.00	$90.00	$405	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	7	5.00–40.00	$15.00	$10	-120.00
65	65	1	75.00	$75.00	$49	-60.00
65	65	1	175.00	$175.00	$114	+40.00
65	65	1	140.00	$140.00	$91	+5.00
70–75	73	7	10.00–100.00	$60.25	$44	-89.75
70–76	73	17	30.00–150.00	$55.55	$41	-94.45
72–75	74	2	160.00–255.00	$208.47	$154	+164.19
70–78	75	8	85.00–150.00	$129.61	$97	+18.39
78	78	2	90.00–115.00	$102.50	$80	-95.29
80–85	83	9	135.00–220.00	$178.59	$148	+163.59
80–88	83	28	5.00–122.00	$67.27	$56	+52.27
80–88	84	34	15.00–165.00	$120.64	$101	+26.90
80–88	84	35	55.00–160.00	$126.76	$106	+33.02
80–88	84	20	135.00–335.00	$253.33	$213	+159.59
80–88	84	45	85.00–170.00	$144.09	$121	+50.35
85	85	1	25.00	$25.00	$21	-68.74
90–96	93	10	140.00–250.00	$196.88	$183	+58.37
90–95	93	33	5.00–145.00	$104.84	$98	-33.67
90–98	93	70	65.00–182.00	$134.22	$125	-4.29
90–98	93	26	195.00–315.00	$272.91	$254	+134.40
90–97	94	80	20.00–160.00	$123.90	$116	-14.61
90–98	94	84	100.00–180.00	$144.39	$136	+5.88
95	95	1	20.00	$20.00	$19	-117.25
95	95	1	160.00	$160.00	$152	+22.75
100	100	3	130.00–175.00	$145.00	$145	-87.64
100–105	101	8	10.00–50.00	$33.33	$34	-199.31
100–105	101	7	125.00–245.00	$168.73	$170	-63.91
100–105	102	16	35.00–125.00	$63.68	$65	-73.16
100–106	102	16	210.00–310.00	$265.36	$271	+128.52
100–108	103	72	100.00–205.00	$153.39	$158	+16.55
100–108	103	70	65.00–175.00	$143.12	$147	+6.28
110–115	110	41	30.00–152.00	$138.13	$152	+121.13
110	110	1	160.00	$160.00	$176	+143.00
110–115	110	11	30.00–120.00	$103.33	$114	+86.33
110–115	112	6	140.00–250.00	$179.70	$201	+36.42
110–116	113	40	75.00–160.00	$143.29	$162	+0.48
110–118	113	15	180.00–295.00	$243.24	$275	+100.43
110–118	113	40	105.00–200.00	$153.45	$173	+10.64
120–122	121	2	80.00–105.00	$92.60	$112	-113.43
120–125	122	7	75.00–147.00	$123.08	$150	+1.22
120–125	123	4	165.00–285.00	$225.41	$277	+115.61
120–125	123	13	105.00–162.00	$136.36	$168	+26.56
130	130	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$169	-42.50
135	135	1	150.00	$150.00	$202	-22.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	159.00	$159.00	$437	—
385	385	1	161.00	$161.00	$620	+1.00
400–415	411	4	140.00–150.00	$147.57	$607	+4.29
465–480	476	5	139.00–142.50	$139.88	$666	+8.21
503–542	515	21	115.00–145.00	$136.97	$705	+2.06
566	566	3	122.00	$122.00	$691	—
675–696	692	5	111.00–120.00	$118.24	$818	-6.72
708–725	713	8	111.00–121.00	$114.63	$817	+20.67
1065	1065	1	92.00	$92.00	$980	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
616	616	6	107.50	$107.50	$662	—
725	725	3	107.00	$107.00	$776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	4	160.00	$160.00	$483	—
446	446	3	143.00	$143.00	$638	+13.00
775	775	1	90.00	$90.00	$698	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	435	2	121.00–122.50	$121.74	$530	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–2325	1572	75-80%	55	45.50–62.00	$58.54	$920	—
1090–2234	1607	75-80%	167	54.00–79.00	$64.66	$1,039	+6.19
1035–2125	1694	75-80%	56	60.00–74.00	$68.98	$1,169	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1830	1404	80-85%	155	51.00–78.00	$60.87	$855	—
1080–1745	1405	80-85%	48	57.50–69.00	$63.56	$893	—
1145–1855	1417	80-85%	51	48.00–57.00	$52.45	$743	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1580	1251	85-90%	20	34.00–41.00	$38.66	$484	-11.40
875–1630	1252	85-90%	96	22.00–48.50	$42.97	$538	-7.09
900–1895	1252	85-90%	87	42.00–64.00	$50.88	$637	+0.82
930–1655	1283	85-90%	34	51.50–66.50	$56.52	$725	-0.37

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1688	1561	65-75%	6	71.50–76.00	$74.14	$1,157	—
1426–1965	1726	65-75%	14	60.00–75.00	$68.91	$1,189	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1825	1312	5	84.00–88.00	$86.91	$1,140	—
1290–1825	1581	11	104.50–115.00	$110.89	$1,753	—
1035–2015	1612	15	92.00–103.50	$97.28	$1,568	—
995–2422	1721	23	67.00–106.00	$88.03	$1,515	—
1325–2566	1902	5	62.00–85.50	$71.40	$1,358	—
2026–2118	2072	2	89.00–94.00	$91.56	$1,897	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1705	1097	24	64.00–79.00	$71.53	$785	—
770–1835	1394	10	89.00–98.00	$92.83	$1,294	—
810–2230	1436	15	80.00–89.00	$84.50	$1,213	—
1235–1720	1459	4	83.00–87.00	$85.34	$1,245	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1034–1462	1247	3	63.00–83.00	$71.37	$890	—
1205–2682	1613	15	70.00–89.00	$81.21	$1,310	—
1655–1950	1803	2	90.00–101.00	$95.95	$1,730	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–2050	1493	3	78.00–87.00	$80.68	$1,205	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1520	1072	11	70.00–77.00	$72.92	$782	+6.92
1040–1445	1202	15	64.00–84.50	$75.26	$905	—
1080–1535	1329	15	75.00–87.00	$83.49	$1,110	—
1240–1440	1340	2	93.00–95.00	$93.93	$1,259	—
1205–1450	1368	3	88.00–92.00	$89.88	$1,230	+3.61
1165–2005	1494	4	73.00–79.00	$76.30	$1,140	+3.33

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–293	290	12	83.00–97.50	$84.06	$244	—
360–363	363	9	92.50–96.00	$95.61	$347	—
405–443	435	5	79.00–82.50	$79.65	$346	—
470	470	4	87.00	$87.00	$409	—
600–641	632	10	83.00–87.00	$84.57	$534	—
685	685	2	79.00	$79.00	$541	±0.00
760–780	774	10	81.00–82.00	$81.71	$632	+7.71
800	800	8	84.50	$84.50	$676	—
930–935	932	7	80.00	$80.00	$746	—
956	956	3	80.00	$80.00	$765	—
1087	1087	5	83.50	$83.50	$908	—
1115	1115	2	83.00	$83.00	$925	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1170	1122	3	70.00–72.00	$71.04	$797	—
1115–1565	1350	6	89.50–105.00	$93.02	$1,256	—
1165–1845	1453	11	67.00–79.00	$73.64	$1,070	-12.62
1210–1780	1463	21	85.00–96.00	$88.82	$1,299	+2.56
1365–1640	1503	2	88.00–89.50	$88.68	$1,333	—
1435–1656	1536	6	94.00–99.00	$95.77	$1,471	—
1370–1750	1585	4	81.50–89.00	$83.98	$1,331	-7.53
1568–1795	1630	4	84.00–90.00	$88.06	$1,435	—

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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.