Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

5,094 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.32/cwt -5.68 vs last sale · ≈ $814/hd at 683 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.30/cwt +7.78 vs last sale · ≈ $895/hd at 569 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.16/cwt -20.18 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 478 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,094	5,497	2,986
Feeder cattle	695	590	308
Slaughter cattle	2,728	3,179	1,806
Replacement cattle	5	—	0

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	140.00	$140.00	$371	-15.93
315–345	329	5	142.00–162.00	$157.38	$518	-6.38
360 thin fleshed	360	1	180.00	$180.00	$648	—
360–395	375	19	150.00–160.00	$155.48	$583	-19.16
420–448	437	5	155.00–162.00	$158.39	$692	-9.06
450–487	470	18	139.00–165.00	$155.36	$730	-6.27
497 value added	497	3	170.00	$170.00	$845	—
525 thin fleshed	525	3	180.00	$180.00	$945	—
500–548	526	19	129.00–165.00	$145.77	$767	-10.16
558–585 thin fleshed	567	9	174.00–180.00	$176.06	$998	—
550–592	570	19	140.00–152.00	$148.42	$846	-1.10
625–648	634	10	142.00–156.00	$150.81	$956	+5.10
651–675	654	8	130.00–146.00	$143.94	$941	+14.13
665 thin fleshed	665	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	—
710–748	726	9	118.00–150.00	$135.19	$981	-6.91
750–792	769	13	116.00–137.00	$132.92	$1,022	+1.73
775	775	2	115.00	$115.00	$891	-16.19
862–870	865	3	116.00–122.00	$119.99	$1,038	+9.99
860–895	878	10	120.00–145.00	$131.91	$1,158	+21.91
905–920	915	3	89.00–135.00	$119.83	$1,096	—
968–978	975	8	112.00–128.00	$123.28	$1,202	+33.28
1015–1035	1026	11	112.00–122.00	$118.09	$1,212	+8.09
1102	1102	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,311	—
1165	1165	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,328	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1575	1281	9	103.00–117.00	$107.78	$1,381	—
1180–1832	1410	46	115.00–125.00	$119.62	$1,687	—
1215–1740	1435	3	107.00–112.00	$109.67	$1,574	+4.85
1375–1540	1462	10	119.00–123.50	$121.57	$1,777	+6.66
1472	1472	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,928	+12.58
1270–1676	1536	22	122.00–129.00	$125.25	$1,924	+19.05
1430–1615	1537	14	123.50–128.00	$125.29	$1,926	+19.09
1538	1538	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,815	+11.80
1430–1630	1545	6	119.00–123.00	$121.17	$1,872	+14.97
1430–1710	1550	9	121.00–124.00	$122.22	$1,894	+1.49
1400–1617	1557	10	115.00–120.50	$118.83	$1,850	-1.90
1450–1785	1560	13	122.50–126.00	$123.63	$1,929	+2.90
1620–1640	1631	5	118.00–121.50	$120.50	$1,965	+2.36
1810	1810	1	118.50	$118.50	$2,145	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	279	4	132.00–137.00	$135.68	$379	—
310–330	320	2	120.00–127.00	$123.61	$396	-13.87
379	379	4	107.00	$107.00	$406	-29.33
440	440	1	112.00	$112.00	$493	-53.41
455–485	467	5	117.00–135.00	$124.90	$583	-18.62
510–545	524	4	110.00–132.00	$123.31	$646	-8.99
554–570	557	10	112.00–134.00	$130.83	$729	+16.66
608–635	615	11	100.00–120.00	$113.60	$699	-31.40
665–680	671	7	112.00–125.00	$117.88	$791	—
720–735	725	3	112.00–115.00	$113.01	$819	—
760–795	778	5	100.00–115.00	$109.34	$851	-5.66
815–831	827	9	110.00–122.00	$119.34	$987	—
855–885	868	3	100.00–105.00	$102.31	$888	—
905–945	920	4	92.00–100.00	$98.03	$902	—
960	960	1	97.00	$97.00	$931	—
1005	1005	1	92.00	$92.00	$925	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	142.00	$142.00	$674	—
535 thin fleshed	535	2	170.00	$170.00	$910	—
630	630	2	142.00–145.00	$143.50	$904	—
708	708	3	100.00	$100.00	$708	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–680	678	3	125.00–127.00	$125.66	$852	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–345	325	5	127.00–135.00	$132.34	$430	—
320–346 thin fleshed	339	7	135.00–140.00	$136.35	$462	—
350–395	375	8	117.00–135.00	$125.47	$471	-7.86
408–448	429	10	120.00–125.00	$123.12	$528	-15.42
455–495	478	24	118.00–135.00	$127.16	$608	-20.18
505–545	524	23	113.00–135.00	$126.23	$661	-0.66
555–567	560	18	122.00–140.00	$126.07	$706	-2.37
590–595	593	2	110.00	$110.00	$652	-18.44
600–648	624	8	115.00–137.00	$130.17	$812	+7.41
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	-25.00
650–693	683	27	105.00–127.00	$120.04	$820	-4.96
705–720	713	2	117.00–118.00	$117.51	$838	-6.56
713	713	3	87.00	$87.00	$620	-37.07
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	-12.43
815–820	819	4	102.00–122.00	$106.98	$876	-15.02
827	827	3	97.00	$97.00	$802	-25.00
850	850	2	105.00	$105.00	$892	—
955–960	958	2	100.00–105.00	$102.49	$982	—
1100	1100	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,210	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	30.00	$30.00	$20	-70.00
68	68	1	15.00	$15.00	$10	-2.50
70–76	73	2	195.00–240.00	$216.58	$158	+206.58
75	75	1	25.00	$25.00	$19	-261.75
75	75	1	170.00	$170.00	$128	-116.75
76	76	1	15.00	$15.00	$11	-271.75
80	80	2	20.00	$20.00	$16	-195.00
80	80	1	225.00	$225.00	$180	+10.00
80–85	83	2	15.00–55.00	$34.39	$29	+22.66
82–86	84	5	50.00–95.00	$66.05	$55	+39.09
82–88	85	6	180.00–320.00	$256.86	$218	-43.45
85	85	1	25.00	$25.00	$21	-275.31
90	90	1	265.00	$265.00	$238	+60.33
90–95	92	4	20.00–75.00	$50.18	$46	+20.18
90–98	93	12	180.00–340.00	$281.18	$261	+25.33
90–98	94	9	40.00–115.00	$73.23	$69	-89.94
100	100	2	90.00–105.00	$97.50	$98	-92.50
100–106	102	4	250.00–335.00	$293.16	$299	+243.40
104	104	2	285.00–295.00	$290.00	$302	+240.24
110	110	1	285.00	$285.00	$314	+230.00
135	135	1	170.00	$170.00	$230	+105.00
820–1480	1158	7	90.00–112.00	$102.39	$1,186	—
1215	1215	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,385	+13.85
1030–1576	1247	16	103.00–120.50	$114.85	$1,432	+14.70
1340	1340	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,501	-1.66
1360	1360	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,666	—
1285–1430	1361	6	114.00–119.00	$116.15	$1,581	—
1240–1564	1415	16	119.00–125.50	$121.63	$1,721	+0.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	92.00	$92.00	$258	-48.06
382	382	6	100.00	$100.00	$382	-19.08
432	432	2	117.00	$117.00	$505	+10.54
492	492	2	115.00	$115.00	$566	-8.51
500–535	518	2	112.00–115.00	$113.55	$588	+12.46
553	553	3	82.00	$82.00	$453	-20.86
565	565	1	117.00	$117.00	$661	+14.14
635	635	1	112.00	$112.00	$711	-3.00
675	675	1	102.00	$102.00	$688	-18.71
895	895	1	110.00	$110.00	$984	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	150.00	$150.00	$712	—
615	615	1	152.00	$152.00	$935	—
735	735	2	130.00	$130.00	$956	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	95.00	$95.00	$356	—
705	705	1	112.00	$112.00	$790	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	25.00	$25.00	$15	-27.50
60–62	61	2	6.00–10.00	$7.97	$5	-44.53
65	65	2	45.00–80.00	$62.50	$41	+55.29
65	65	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-2.21
66	66	1	15.00	$15.00	$10	-35.00
72	72	1	125.00	$125.00	$90	+62.82
70–75	73	2	5.00–20.00	$12.24	$9	-49.94
70–78	73	12	30.00–115.00	$78.30	$57	+16.12
74–75	75	5	85.00–175.00	$147.16	$110	+35.44
75	75	1	235.00	$235.00	$176	+123.28
75–78	76	5	145.00–215.00	$169.62	$129	-17.88
80	80	1	160.00	$160.00	$128	+10.00
80–85	81	6	5.00–95.00	$34.69	$28	-268.96
80–88	84	25	150.00–215.00	$187.50	$158	+14.82
80–88	84	9	125.00–190.00	$163.52	$137	-9.16
80–88	84	8	270.00–400.00	$331.74	$279	+159.06
80–88	84	12	25.00–165.00	$105.85	$89	-66.83
85	85	1	320.00	$320.00	$272	+132.50
90–95	91	5	10.00–85.00	$35.55	$32	-168.16
90–98	92	12	240.00–405.00	$347.83	$320	+235.30
90–96	93	18	40.00–180.00	$139.52	$130	-86.13
90–98	93	33	140.00–230.00	$188.97	$176	-36.68
90–95	93	2	180.00–190.00	$184.86	$172	-40.79
90–98	94	33	165.00–265.00	$213.57	$201	+39.01
94	94	1	195.00	$195.00	$183	+20.44
92–98	95	5	265.00–295.00	$281.03	$267	+122.23
96	96	1	55.00	$55.00	$53	-210.00
100–106	102	7	320.00–400.00	$351.99	$359	+162.65
100–105	103	3	75.00–100.00	$83.06	$86	-43.60
100–108	103	52	125.00–280.00	$218.27	$225	+91.61
100–106	103	10	225.00–355.00	$316.02	$326	+189.36
100–106	103	12	50.00–175.00	$138.62	$143	+11.96
100–108	104	21	140.00–245.00	$185.27	$193	-104.15
110	110	1	270.00	$270.00	$297	-23.16
110–115	113	5	70.00–145.00	$120.62	$136	+83.89
110–116	113	20	125.00–230.00	$183.77	$208	+147.04
110–118	113	22	155.00–270.00	$216.26	$244	+179.53
110–115	113	5	185.00–375.00	$330.41	$373	+293.68
110–118	114	5	210.00–380.00	$295.26	$337	+67.15
120	120	1	15.00	$15.00	$18	-120.00
120	120	1	340.00	$340.00	$408	+205.00
120–125	121	11	170.00–250.00	$213.73	$259	+78.73
120–126	122	3	135.00–195.00	$158.11	$193	-9.75
130	130	1	200.00	$200.00	$260	+75.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–298	286	4	165.00–172.00	$166.53	$476	+26.53
304	304	4	172.50	$172.50	$524	+8.91
355–365	362	5	140.00–157.00	$143.38	$519	-27.42
450–495	480	5	132.00–151.00	$138.37	$664	-18.23
500–530	513	6	125.00–138.00	$130.59	$670	+0.17
590 value added	590	1	135.00	$135.00	$796	—
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	-20.40
600–630	616	5	120.00–134.00	$129.38	$797	+1.44
685	685	1	135.00	$135.00	$925	—
790	790	1	100.00	$100.00	$790	-13.75
825	825	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	—
908	908	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,017	—
1050	1050	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,060	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	229	4	95.00–160.00	$144.02	$330	+44.02
338	338	7	150.00	$150.00	$507	+13.33
360 thin fleshed	360	4	125.00	$125.00	$450	—
350–390	370	6	100.00–127.00	$115.47	$427	-34.19
425	425	2	110.00–125.00	$117.50	$499	+35.50
455–495	468	7	100.00–140.00	$123.54	$578	-23.89
518	518	2	107.00	$107.00	$554	-28.03
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	-12.00
685	685	1	102.00	$102.00	$699	-8.00
700–715	708	2	95.00–97.00	$95.99	$680	-4.93
795	795	1	92.00	$92.00	$731	-28.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	80.00	$80.00	$216	—
705	705	1	70.00	$70.00	$494	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1155	945	85-90%	6	32.00–41.00	$36.41	$344	—
744–1654	1111	85-90%	27	16.00–49.00	$36.93	$410	—
888–1795	1234	85-90%	72	48.00–67.00	$55.17	$681	+1.92
946–1755	1265	85-90%	33	59.00–71.00	$62.81	$795	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1615	1329	80-85%	15	55.00–65.00	$60.45	$803	+3.28
980–1776	1370	80-85%	78	57.00–76.00	$65.27	$894	+1.06
890–1666	1374	80-85%	33	66.00–81.00	$71.54	$983	+7.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1018–2384	1586	75-80%	43	59.00–83.00	$66.84	$1,060	+6.08
1560–1672	1625	75-80%	4	50.00–62.00	$56.55	$919	-10.99
1410–2260	1684	75-80%	38	67.00–79.50	$73.87	$1,244	+2.16

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1076	1076	65-75%	1	81.00	$81.00	$872	—
1118–1898	1593	65-75%	18	67.00–76.00	$71.66	$1,142	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1205	1068	2	111.00–114.00	$112.31	$1,199	—
1070–1390	1230	2	92.00	$92.00	$1,132	+3.31
1175–2245	1654	4	99.50–106.00	$100.90	$1,669	-2.94
1270–2354	1691	15	78.00–110.00	$93.17	$1,576	-10.67
1422–2134	1819	5	96.00–99.00	$97.98	$1,782	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
904–1195	1112	6	61.00–72.00	$68.03	$756	—
1115–1725	1403	13	70.00–89.00	$83.85	$1,176	—
1462–2155	1830	8	88.00–113.00	$99.49	$1,821	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1320	1113	3	64.00–78.00	$70.13	$781	—
770–1595	1174	8	80.00–91.00	$86.95	$1,021	-5.36
910–2235	1458	9	95.00–110.00	$101.21	$1,476	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1067	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	60.00–63.00	$60.95	$636

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1052	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	65.00	$65.00	$684

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	63.00	$63.00	$586	—
840–1150	1014	6	72.00–76.00	$73.85	$749	—
805–1410	1101	8	73.00–78.00	$74.71	$823	-4.18
1340–1484	1412	2	93.00–95.00	$94.05	$1,328	—
1450	1450	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,320	+8.00
1260–1994	1490	15	79.00–94.00	$85.40	$1,272	-8.67

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	75.00	$75.00	$221	—
305	305	1	70.00	$70.00	$214	—
530–535	533	2	75.00–87.00	$81.03	$432	-18.97
578	578	2	85.00	$85.00	$491	—
619	619	4	75.00	$75.00	$464	—
800	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	+14.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	70.00	$70.00	$812	—
1070–1560	1308	5	76.00–80.00	$78.58	$1,028	-2.61
1388	1388	2	92.00	$92.00	$1,277	—
1295–1520	1408	2	81.00	$81.00	$1,140	-17.69
1475	1475	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,438	+7.02
1335–1606	1479	9	82.50–97.00	$89.69	$1,327	-0.79
1210–1785	1494	20	91.00–105.00	$98.22	$1,467	+7.74

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
178	178	2	50.00	$50.00	$89	—
280	280	1	70.00	$70.00	$196	-15.00
430	430	1	65.00	$65.00	$280	-20.61
450–465	458	2	70.00–72.00	$70.98	$325	-4.51
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	+7.05
642	642	2	75.00	$75.00	$482	-32.14
720	720	3	82.00	$82.00	$590	-1.87
780	780	3	67.00	$67.00	$523	-4.49
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784	+15.14
955	955	1	67.00	$67.00	$640	-0.96

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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.