Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

5,716 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $162.69/cwt -2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $850/hd at 522 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.83/cwt +14.33 vs last sale · ≈ $658/hd at 481 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $166.66/cwt +7.66 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 478 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,716	5,351	5,512
Feeder cattle	978	445	289
Slaughter cattle	2,516	2,665	2,727

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1245	1185	3	103.00–120.00	$113.97	$1,351	—
1175–1340	1261	5	125.00–128.00	$126.99	$1,601	+4.76
1190–1315	1268	4	122.00–136.00	$128.95	$1,635	+6.72
1140–1625	1278	17	102.50–130.00	$122.15	$1,561	-0.08
1310–1450	1380	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,753	-11.41
1190–1756	1412	56	124.50–140.00	$132.32	$1,868	-2.66
1135–1665	1414	70	126.00–140.00	$133.45	$1,887	-1.53
1175–1740	1432	5	120.00–123.00	$121.14	$1,735	-13.84
1285–1625	1440	22	135.00–145.00	$140.88	$2,029	+5.90
1145–1680	1446	7	124.00–127.00	$125.50	$1,815	-11.71
1385–1615	1487	28	139.50–153.50	$144.19	$2,144	+7.35
1420–1790	1556	18	125.00–137.00	$133.25	$2,073	+2.50
1408–1810	1567	35	146.00–155.00	$151.43	$2,373	+20.68
1430–1740	1567	54	137.50–148.00	$143.86	$2,254	+13.11
1600–1615	1608	2	122.00–125.00	$123.51	$1,986	-23.15
1580–1720	1630	3	128.00–140.00	$132.20	$2,155	-14.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	195.00	$195.00	$429	—
255	255	1	175.00	$175.00	$446	—
302–342	321	6	157.00–170.00	$162.15	$521	+0.15
365–396	388	7	155.00–163.00	$158.99	$617	-8.19
405 thin fleshed	405	1	187.00	$187.00	$757	—
404–445	418	12	150.00–165.00	$157.31	$658	-2.69
451–490	469	10	155.00–167.50	$162.85	$764	+3.85
474–491 fancy	483	18	167.50–170.00	$168.77	$815	—
500–543	514	14	135.00–162.50	$155.96	$802	-9.04
507–544 fancy	527	26	165.00–167.50	$166.31	$876	—
561–595	572	18	142.50–156.00	$152.13	$870	+17.51
596 thin fleshed	596	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,073	—
606–640	618	19	135.00–150.00	$145.99	$902	+14.99
650–680	665	17	130.00–150.00	$144.74	$963	+5.76
725	725	3	137.00	$137.00	$993	+1.00
762–788	775	20	139.00–144.00	$141.46	$1,096	—
805–838	824	9	137.00–148.00	$139.52	$1,150	-0.14
870–885	872	7	135.00–138.50	$137.99	$1,203	+5.35
900	900	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,206	—
1038	1038	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,349	—
1205	1205	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	2	135.00	$135.00	$320	—
380	380	1	152.50	$152.50	$580	—
433–440	437	2	144.00–150.00	$147.02	$642	+7.02
460–495	472	3	120.00–125.00	$123.25	$582	—
574	574	6	102.00	$102.00	$585	—
655–675	670	4	105.00–130.00	$117.41	$787	-12.59
705–748	727	4	105.00–122.00	$113.25	$823	—
777	777	6	118.00	$118.00	$917	—
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—
885	885	1	90.00	$90.00	$796	—
924–940	927	5	112.00–117.00	$115.99	$1,075	—
1013	1013	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,165	—
1050	1050	1	90.00	$90.00	$945	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-55.00
65	65	1	10.00	$10.00	$6	-50.00
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	$70	+90.00
70–75	71	8	10.00	$10.00	$7	±0.00
72	72	1	200.00	$200.00	$144	+190.00
73	73	10	10.00	$10.00	$7	-0.86
75	75	3	50.00–125.00	$83.33	$62	-16.67
80–85	82	5	10.00	$10.00	$8	-148.05
80–88	83	7	15.00–50.00	$24.55	$20	-133.50
80–85	83	2	100.00–175.00	$138.64	$115	-19.41
80–85	83	14	10.00–17.00	$15.52	$13	-142.53
80–88	83	12	130.00–225.00	$179.27	$149	+21.22
85	85	1	160.00	$160.00	$136	-41.40
90	90	1	10.00	$10.00	$9	-13.70
90–95	91	7	15.00–60.00	$31.56	$29	+7.86
90–95	92	3	70.00–175.00	$114.45	$105	-50.10
92–95	92	8	20.00–22.00	$20.26	$19	-144.29
90–98	93	16	145.00–250.00	$178.02	$166	+155.25
95	95	1	65.00	$65.00	$62	+42.23
100	100	1	10.00	$10.00	$10	-12.50
100–104	101	5	25.00–50.00	$38.02	$38	+15.52
100–105	102	13	130.00–265.00	$191.42	$195	-32.43
103	103	3	25.00	$25.00	$26	-123.74
110	110	4	160.00–190.00	$181.25	$199	+1.25
110–115	113	2	15.00–60.00	$37.00	$42	-143.00
120–122	121	2	170.00–205.00	$187.64	$227	+7.64
140	140	1	152.50	$152.50	$214	-27.50
1030–1430	1228	33	119.00–137.00	$126.30	$1,551	-1.04
980–1605	1232	8	97.00–120.00	$110.01	$1,355	-17.33
1150–1430	1287	11	126.00–129.50	$127.37	$1,639	+1.76
1283–1490	1324	5	140.00–142.00	$141.55	$1,874	+8.87
1300–1395	1343	3	100.00–110.00	$105.65	$1,419	-27.03
1215–1565	1382	9	129.00–139.00	$131.92	$1,823	-10.54
1185–1530	1384	8	130.00–140.00	$135.04	$1,869	-7.42

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–232	225	4	125.00–152.50	$143.87	$324	+6.78
250–260	255	2	122.50–140.00	$131.42	$335	-9.58
320–340	329	7	132.50–142.00	$138.49	$456	-1.55
362–395	374	13	136.00–137.00	$136.16	$509	-2.30
410–440	427	14	130.00–145.00	$132.79	$567	+4.21
450–493	481	28	105.00–150.00	$136.83	$658	+14.33
504–545	513	9	117.50–145.00	$134.12	$688	-1.32
553–596	574	14	112.50–142.00	$132.31	$759	+5.02
605–645	617	17	120.00–136.00	$132.61	$818	-6.17
657–697	679	8	125.00–133.00	$129.32	$878	-5.17
715–718	717	6	129.00	$129.00	$925	-7.36
766	766	3	132.50	$132.50	$1,015	-3.43
806–815	808	11	109.00–130.00	$117.84	$952	-17.73
910	910	3	110.00–127.50	$119.17	$1,084	—
1017	1017	4	110.00	$110.00	$1,119	±0.00
1050	1050	1	87.00	$87.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	130.00	$130.00	$266	—
355	355	2	127.00	$127.00	$451	+29.50
410–439	428	8	128.00–134.00	$130.15	$557	—
478	478	2	130.00	$130.00	$621	+14.00
620–635	628	2	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$738	+8.87
780	780	1	105.00	$105.00	$819	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	65.00	$65.00	$136	—
810	810	1	65.00	$65.00	$526	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54–55	55	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	-1.02
64–65	65	4	5.00	$5.00	$3	-2.50
64–68	66	2	10.00–20.00	$15.15	$10	+7.65
70–75	73	7	10.00–20.00	$12.21	$9	+0.32
70–75	73	13	20.00–62.00	$38.81	$28	+26.92
70–78	74	2	10.00	$10.00	$7	-28.47
72–75	74	3	40.00–60.00	$50.14	$37	+11.67
75	75	2	210.00–220.00	$215.00	$161	+176.53
75	75	1	220.00	$220.00	$165	+181.53
74–78	76	4	50.00–60.00	$56.25	$43	+17.78
80–85	82	15	5.00–25.00	$13.43	$11	-198.75
80–85	83	18	30.00–105.00	$74.51	$62	-190.74
80–85	83	5	120.00–230.00	$194.28	$161	-70.97
80–86	83	13	130.00–290.00	$217.68	$181	-47.57
80–88	83	56	15.00–105.00	$76.62	$64	-188.63
80–85	83	3	75.00–100.00	$86.90	$72	-178.35
80–89	84	25	60.00–110.00	$98.10	$82	-167.15
90–95	92	3	10.00	$10.00	$9	-15.50
90–95	92	6	145.00–240.00	$203.14	$187	+177.64
90–98	93	47	35.00–130.00	$93.39	$87	+4.45
90–98	93	54	50.00–135.00	$107.32	$100	+18.38
90–95	93	25	140.00–260.00	$211.00	$196	+122.06
90–98	94	103	15.00–110.00	$87.73	$82	-16.66
100–105	101	4	10.00–35.00	$16.17	$16	-13.76
100–105	102	62	40.00–130.00	$105.51	$108	+54.09
100–108	102	73	90.00–145.00	$119.07	$121	+67.65
100–105	103	9	120.00–250.00	$196.05	$202	-62.29
100–108	103	22	155.00–280.00	$219.05	$226	-39.29
100–106	105	17	40.00–90.00	$76.89	$81	-181.45
110	110	1	85.00	$85.00	$94	-176.82
110–115	111	4	40.00–80.00	$54.94	$61	-206.88
110–115	113	4	120.00–245.00	$206.94	$234	+145.83
110–115	113	12	150.00–235.00	$203.47	$230	+142.36
110–116	113	33	90.00–142.00	$118.15	$134	+57.04
110–116	113	30	70.00–122.00	$108.76	$123	+47.65
120	120	1	50.00	$50.00	$60	-185.00
120	120	1	20.00	$20.00	$24	-215.00
120–121	121	8	110.00–120.00	$117.14	$142	+20.54
120–125	121	8	120.00–235.00	$190.05	$230	+93.45
120–125	122	3	75.00–105.00	$89.38	$109	-4.45
130–135	133	3	60.00–85.00	$71.69	$95	-15.95
130–135	133	2	162.50–185.00	$173.54	$231	+85.90
140	140	1	132.50	$132.50	$186	+44.86
145	145	1	80.00	$80.00	$116	-7.64

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–255	254	6	157.00–187.50	$173.68	$441	+14.04
310–340	327	7	127.50–160.00	$151.40	$495	-13.60
365–395	370	19	4.00–170.00	$141.82	$525	-20.77
417–425	418	6	160.00–168.00	$166.65	$697	+16.52
465–488	481	9	152.50–164.00	$160.69	$773	+7.43
510–521	519	6	138.00–140.00	$138.33	$718	+8.12
550–580	562	7	119.00–151.00	$140.87	$792	+11.87
602–627	608	14	138.00–150.00	$143.68	$874	+22.30
691	691	4	129.00	$129.00	$891	+10.67
710	710	1	139.00	$139.00	$987	+17.00
785–790	788	2	114.00–121.00	$117.49	$926	—
840	840	1	116.00	$116.00	$974	+1.00
880	880	2	97.00–125.00	$111.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	105.00	$105.00	$449	—
468	468	2	120.00	$120.00	$562	—
1020	1020	1	90.00	$90.00	$918	—
1090	1090	1	85.00	$85.00	$926	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	65.00	$65.00	$143	—
275	275	1	55.00	$55.00	$151	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1520	1188	85-90%	81	33.00–52.50	$46.77	$556	+8.79
780–1610	1208	85-90%	39	16.00–46.00	$40.09	$484	-15.35
970–1570	1260	85-90%	25	57.00–73.50	$61.31	$773	+1.91
875–1900	1262	85-90%	124	48.00–63.00	$54.72	$691	-4.68

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1930	1327	80-85%	85	50.00–63.00	$56.52	$750	-1.47
1015–1925	1361	80-85%	134	57.00–74.00	$64.70	$881	-0.16
1088–1675	1367	80-85%	48	65.00–82.00	$71.39	$976	+6.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1885	1554	75-80%	54	56.00–73.50	$62.76	$975	+0.46
1050–2094	1647	75-80%	101	60.00–79.50	$70.12	$1,155	-3.75
1460–2095	1703	75-80%	49	68.50–85.00	$76.93	$1,310	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1810	1663	65-75%	7	71.00–79.50	$75.05	$1,248	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1625	1194	8	92.00–103.00	$96.18	$1,148	+22.88
1290–1710	1551	13	112.00–134.00	$121.61	$1,886	—
1262–2315	1766	17	89.00–115.00	$99.51	$1,757	—
1556–2294	1852	5	97.00–106.00	$101.71	$1,884	—
1312–2432	1882	3	55.00–76.00	$65.61	$1,235	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1240	1110	10	70.00–79.00	$75.46	$838	—
1125–1580	1288	12	81.00–92.00	$85.55	$1,102	—
1210–1620	1434	5	93.00–105.00	$97.33	$1,396	—
1985–2345	2167	6	76.00–99.00	$89.16	$1,932	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1826	1413	5	85.00–98.00	$92.20	$1,303	—
990–2000	1423	3	75.00–85.00	$79.40	$1,130	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–2610	1920	2	85.00–88.00	$85.96	$1,650	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1240	998	8	71.00–84.00	$77.26	$771	—
930–1340	1128	9	81.00–97.50	$87.35	$985	—
1135	1135	1	80.00	$80.00	$908	—
1240–1320	1280	2	92.00–95.00	$93.45	$1,196	—
1395	1395	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,507	+11.00
1258–1506	1408	6	86.00–108.00	$96.04	$1,352	-0.49
1420	1420	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,377	+0.47

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	85.00	$85.00	$348	—
600–615	608	2	60.00–66.00	$63.04	$383	—
790	790	1	75.00	$75.00	$592	—
870–880	875	2	85.00–86.00	$85.50	$748	—
925	925	1	82.00	$82.00	$758	—
970–998	987	7	85.00–89.00	$87.30	$862	—
1010–1035	1023	2	85.00–88.00	$86.52	$885	—
1081	1081	4	87.00	$87.00	$940	—
1125	1125	1	86.00	$86.00	$968	—
1160–1168	1166	4	90.00–92.00	$91.50	$1,067	—
1220–1235	1228	2	86.00–88.00	$86.99	$1,068	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	74.00	$74.00	$570	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1290	1164	5	84.00–94.00	$87.03	$1,013	+0.97
1218	1218	2	80.00	$80.00	$974	-0.44
1300	1300	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,443	—
1160–1510	1306	8	74.00–97.00	$84.15	$1,099	—
1280–1570	1378	3	96.00–101.00	$97.55	$1,344	-3.93
1380–1445	1413	2	104.00–108.00	$106.05	$1,498	-3.13
1235–1725	1425	22	94.00–111.50	$104.23	$1,485	-4.95
1335–1520	1428	2	73.00–80.00	$76.73	$1,096	-32.45
1325–1565	1445	2	80.00–90.00	$84.58	$1,222	-24.60
1376–1605	1504	6	106.00–115.00	$110.75	$1,666	+10.28
1400–1755	1572	13	107.00–115.50	$111.37	$1,751	—
1605–1720	1662	3	110.00–117.00	$113.63	$1,889	-3.37

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–295	279	4	75.00–100.00	$81.62	$228	-0.38
395	395	2	80.00	$80.00	$316	-10.09
435	435	1	75.00	$75.00	$326	-15.00
480	480	1	65.00	$65.00	$312	—
555–582	574	5	72.00–85.00	$81.65	$469	—
658–690	676	9	55.00–88.00	$76.52	$517	—
737–747	744	6	86.00–87.00	$86.33	$642	+11.33
750–751	751	4	80.00–82.00	$81.50	$612	—
830	830	1	80.00	$80.00	$664	—
852	852	2	73.00	$73.00	$622	—
928	928	8	89.00	$89.00	$826	—
955–960	958	2	88.00–90.00	$89.00	$853	—
1020	1020	1	90.00	$90.00	$918	—
1085	1085	1	91.00	$91.00	$987	—
1105	1105	1	87.00	$87.00	$961	—
1220	1220	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,098	—
1283	1283	5	89.50	$89.50	$1,148	—
1380	1380	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,228	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	50.00	$50.00	$305	—
745	745	1	74.00	$74.00	$551	—

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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.