Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

6,357 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $137.61/cwt -5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 513 lb · 47 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $140.56/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 733 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.91/cwt -1.17 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 516 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,357	7,000	7,987
Feeder cattle	1,665	1,751	2,386
Slaughter cattle	2,639	2,752	3,111
Replacement cattle	—	35	—

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1235	1140	3	82.00–89.00	$84.53	$964	—
1215–1490	1307	7	115.00–122.00	$118.76	$1,552	+3.17
1120–1656	1369	38	115.00–134.00	$123.22	$1,687	-13.37
1230–1605	1391	10	101.00–115.00	$107.75	$1,499	-28.84
1075–1720	1396	9	117.00–123.00	$119.79	$1,672	-16.80
1175–1640	1427	52	120.00–129.00	$124.73	$1,780	+23.36
1235–1625	1445	17	130.00–132.00	$130.46	$1,885	+9.19
1335–1710	1488	37	128.00–144.00	$135.21	$2,012	+11.21
1140–1775	1494	38	130.00–136.00	$133.04	$1,988	+9.04
1245–1723	1542	69	136.00–145.00	$140.83	$2,172	+0.38
1465–1735	1583	20	147.00–155.00	$148.94	$2,358	+11.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–337	334	4	135.00–145.00	$142.57	$476	-27.75
350–381	373	9	135.00–164.00	$156.32	$583	-2.83
422–432 thin fleshed	429	6	160.00–187.00	$168.86	$724	—
410–448	439	5	135.00–167.50	$149.67	$657	-10.33
450–482	467	14	130.00–151.00	$141.28	$660	-10.83
482 thin fleshed	482	3	165.00	$165.00	$795	+1.18
500–530	516	19	125.00–160.00	$145.21	$749	-8.54
510–546 thin fleshed	540	6	160.00–166.00	$165.06	$891	-14.94
550–595	575	29	120.00–152.00	$138.09	$794	-20.04
600–645	613	35	127.00–153.00	$135.43	$830	-10.91
650–695	672	25	120.00–150.00	$132.61	$891	-11.60
728 thin fleshed	728	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,179	—
705–749	733	39	136.00–145.00	$139.46	$1,022	+5.85
750–795	763	30	113.00–140.00	$135.16	$1,031	+1.09
770 thin fleshed	770	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,247	—
835–845	836	7	125.00–134.00	$132.70	$1,109	-2.90
855–892	865	16	125.00–137.00	$129.21	$1,118	-0.53
902	902	8	121.00	$121.00	$1,091	+1.00
1005–1015	1009	8	95.00–113.00	$106.21	$1,072	-5.79

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–448	439	7	163.00	$163.00	$716	—
475–497	491	17	142.00–155.00	$148.80	$731	—
523–548	533	18	127.50–139.00	$136.51	$728	-33.49
568–598	573	27	128.00–139.00	$136.39	$782	—
605–623	619	22	118.00–136.00	$132.00	$817	—
657–661	660	8	126.00	$126.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	337	3	117.00–130.00	$124.66	$420	—
351–390	358	6	117.00–120.00	$117.55	$421	-2.32
400–425	412	7	119.00–130.00	$122.89	$506	-25.67
470	470	1	112.00	$112.00	$526	-33.07
535–545	540	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$613	+4.02
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	-2.76
605–648	638	6	115.00–125.00	$119.95	$765	-14.64
664–665	665	10	124.00–130.00	$127.60	$849	+5.73
710–745	731	6	120.00–122.00	$121.66	$889	+4.99
760–792	781	3	110.00–125.00	$114.86	$897	-19.65
810–830	821	6	115.00–122.00	$118.15	$970	-16.95
855–893	882	6	115.00–120.00	$116.99	$1,032	+9.99
940	940	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,081	±0.00
955	955	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,108	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	160.00	$160.00	$624	—
440	440	2	162.50	$162.50	$715	—
558–595	586	13	126.00–136.00	$133.80	$784	+26.30
642	642	3	125.00	$125.00	$802	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559–585	568	6	122.50–131.00	$128.08	$727	-41.92
617	617	3	120.00	$120.00	$740	-18.00
873	873	3	107.00	$107.00	$934	-10.50
1005	1005	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,126	—
1050–1085	1059	5	110.00–115.00	$111.02	$1,176	-10.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	327	10	122.50–130.00	$125.03	$409	-8.15
350–385	367	15	120.00–135.00	$127.47	$468	-1.54
400–449	419	29	117.50–135.00	$125.43	$526	-9.21
450–490	463	35	117.50–135.00	$126.60	$586	-7.62
500–545	516	37	115.00–138.00	$125.91	$650	-1.17
555–593	576	9	116.00–122.00	$119.75	$690	-4.46
605–625	614	8	111.00–122.00	$117.91	$724	+4.97
650–695	658	22	107.50–133.00	$126.88	$835	+17.21
725–744	739	7	117.00–125.00	$118.12	$873	+5.24
773–781	777	17	122.00	$122.00	$948	+16.72
810	810	6	126.00	$126.00	$1,021	+21.20
860–890	884	7	110.00–117.50	$116.09	$1,026	-5.91
902	902	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,128	+8.72

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	8	5.00–10.00	$7.13	$5	+1.25
70	70	1	110.00	$110.00	$77	+100.12
70–75	72	5	5.00–10.00	$8.96	$6	-0.92
70–76	73	2	30.00–100.00	$63.56	$46	+53.68
74	74	1	190.00	$190.00	$141	+179.75
74	74	4	10.00	$10.00	$7	-0.25
78	78	1	20.00	$20.00	$16	+7.50
80	80	1	120.00	$120.00	$96	+5.00
80–84	82	3	15.00–30.00	$20.00	$16	+10.78
82	82	13	12.00	$12.00	$10	+2.78
80–85	83	8	10.00–15.00	$12.14	$10	-7.80
80–88	84	13	155.00–255.00	$212.43	$178	+9.57
85	85	2	20.00–25.00	$22.50	$19	-2.50
85	85	3	135.00–150.00	$141.67	$120	+116.67
90	90	2	30.00–35.00	$32.50	$29	-124.05
90–95	91	4	100.00–145.00	$125.89	$115	-30.66
90–92	92	7	15.00	$15.00	$14	-141.55
90–95	92	3	15.00–25.00	$21.73	$20	-134.82
90–95	92	3	15.00–100.00	$44.98	$41	-111.57
90–98	93	15	160.00–275.00	$201.05	$187	+8.69
100	100	1	220.00	$220.00	$220	+40.00
100	100	2	17.50–95.00	$56.25	$56	-123.75
100–105	102	10	155.00–275.00	$219.68	$224	+23.99
105	105	2	30.00	$30.00	$32	-165.69
105	105	1	25.00	$25.00	$26	-170.69
110–118	113	4	165.00–205.00	$186.39	$211	+7.46
110–115	113	2	80.00–130.00	$105.56	$119	-73.37
115	115	1	40.00	$40.00	$46	+13.18
120	120	1	210.00	$210.00	$252	+190.00
900–1170	1058	3	74.00–80.00	$77.26	$817	—
1120–1275	1187	5	75.00–114.00	$104.04	$1,235	—
1095–1395	1221	22	111.00–121.50	$118.73	$1,450	+4.67
1125–1385	1258	5	113.00–125.00	$120.33	$1,514	-1.32
1338–1550	1390	10	123.00–130.00	$126.13	$1,753	—
1384–1430	1405	5	126.00–132.00	$129.41	$1,818	-1.14
1340–1645	1493	2	130.50–131.00	$130.78	$1,953	-1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	6	108.00–117.00	$111.21	$370	-5.58
350–395	385	8	105.00–117.50	$107.72	$415	-27.28
405–445	433	18	92.00–115.00	$100.92	$437	-26.71
450–490	465	13	105.00–115.00	$112.05	$521	+4.04
520–542	539	15	97.50–115.00	$110.98	$598	-15.30
550–575	560	8	97.00–115.00	$104.84	$587	-13.22
620–635	624	5	90.00–110.00	$103.35	$645	+11.24
650–685	669	7	90.00–115.00	$105.26	$704	+15.49
710–732	726	10	95.00–115.00	$101.90	$740	+0.09
772–795	780	3	107.00–112.00	$110.30	$860	+24.89
825–835	830	2	105.00–110.00	$107.52	$892	—
998	998	3	90.00	$90.00	$898	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	132.00	$132.00	$488	+7.00
405–445	434	8	126.00–138.00	$132.01	$573	—
482–490	483	17	122.00–128.00	$126.93	$613	—
514–546	524	27	119.00–127.00	$125.80	$659	—
571	571	12	127.00	$127.00	$725	+11.00
615	615	10	124.00	$124.00	$763	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	1	125.00	$125.00	$416	—
381	381	4	136.00	$136.00	$518	—
413–428	416	11	100.00–132.00	$126.01	$524	—
478–490	481	9	116.00–131.00	$127.60	$614	—
510–545	535	25	116.00–132.00	$130.24	$697	—
566–587	575	7	123.00–126.00	$124.31	$715	—
605–614	613	6	100.00–126.00	$121.72	$746	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	2	95.00	$95.00	$551	—
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	—
1063	1063	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,063	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	111.00	$111.00	$647	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
56	56	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-2.50
60–66	64	10	5.00–10.00	$5.51	$4	-1.39
65	65	3	5.00	$5.00	$3	-1.90
70	70	2	220.00–255.00	$237.50	$166	+62.50
70	70	2	10.00	$10.00	$7	-165.00
70–76	73	3	30.00–65.00	$41.14	$30	-127.83
70–78	73	22	5.00–20.00	$12.94	$9	-156.03
70–75	74	7	125.00–175.00	$154.52	$114	+115.69
70–78	74	22	12.50–50.00	$39.48	$29	+0.65
75	75	1	190.00	$190.00	$142	+151.17
75–76	75	4	50.00–160.00	$129.73	$97	+90.90
80	80	1	15.00	$15.00	$12	-175.00
80–85	83	20	15.00–32.00	$25.15	$21	+6.93
80–88	83	13	150.00–290.00	$235.56	$196	+217.34
80–86	83	60	12.50–60.00	$39.91	$33	+21.69
80–85	83	15	135.00–240.00	$187.47	$156	+169.25
80–88	84	38	25.00–85.00	$69.16	$58	-172.12
80–88	85	20	45.00–125.00	$83.94	$71	-157.34
85	85	1	150.00	$150.00	$128	-91.28
90–95	91	20	5.00–40.00	$31.99	$29	+17.90
90–98	92	57	55.00–132.00	$88.83	$82	+65.86
90–98	93	21	180.00–280.00	$247.30	$230	+8.91
90–95	93	2	75.00–115.00	$95.54	$89	-142.85
90–95	93	16	130.00–245.00	$184.65	$172	-53.74
90–95	94	87	30.00–100.00	$84.94	$80	-37.04
90–98	94	73	75.00–135.00	$107.41	$101	-14.57
98	98	1	10.00	$10.00	$10	-111.98
100	100	1	220.00	$220.00	$220	+155.00
100–105	101	14	130.00–240.00	$174.79	$177	+53.00
100–105	102	28	185.00–300.00	$251.41	$256	+129.62
100–103	102	8	15.00–80.00	$52.91	$54	-68.88
100–108	102	64	100.00–145.00	$115.02	$117	-6.77
100–108	103	66	70.00–138.00	$112.34	$116	-91.58
100–108	105	28	20.00–130.00	$88.81	$93	-4.18
105	105	1	45.00	$45.00	$47	-47.99
110–116	112	42	100.00–140.00	$113.98	$128	+90.07
110–116	112	6	30.00–97.50	$52.32	$59	+28.41
110–115	113	3	160.00–225.00	$197.94	$224	+77.07
110–118	114	38	70.00–122.00	$112.03	$128	-8.84
110–118	114	12	195.00–265.00	$234.49	$267	+113.62
115	115	1	180.00	$180.00	$207	+59.13
120–128	121	9	70.00–100.00	$82.80	$100	-30.45
120–125	121	5	170.00–235.00	$211.18	$256	+97.93
120–125	122	14	95.00–130.00	$115.15	$140	-13.68
130	130	1	100.00	$100.00	$130	-37.45
135	135	1	25.00	$25.00	$34	-35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	127.50	$127.50	$395	-32.65
350–370	363	4	130.00–132.50	$131.24	$476	-19.97
400–448	416	22	127.00–140.00	$133.61	$556	-10.26
450–490	467	31	125.00–150.00	$137.03	$640	-0.58
500–540	513	47	110.00–145.00	$137.61	$706	+10.08
550–595	564	21	122.50–160.00	$130.84	$738	-8.44
600–622	612	9	110.00–126.00	$119.01	$728	-20.31
650–670	659	14	110.00–120.00	$116.90	$770	—
705–745	722	3	110.00–150.00	$124.59	$900	+24.21
790 thin fleshed	790	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,359	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	327	3	115.00–122.00	$119.15	$390	—
350–385	359	4	112.50–117.00	$114.88	$412	-0.12
405–408	407	2	115.00–122.50	$118.74	$483	+14.57
465–480	475	5	110.00–119.00	$114.83	$545	+4.99
503	503	2	100.00	$100.00	$503	-15.27
550	550	2	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
605–640	623	2	100.00	$100.00	$623	-8.81
750	750	2	105.00	$105.00	$788	—
870	870	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,000	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	95.00	$95.00	$385	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752–1630	1196	85-90%	90	9.00–49.00	$40.35	$483	-3.68
774–1735	1294	85-90%	256	40.00–55.50	$49.62	$642	-3.39
890–1650	1335	85-90%	60	50.00–66.50	$53.46	$714	—
990–1630	1337	85-90%	19	35.00–42.00	$37.26	$498	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038–1725	1369	80-85%	44	42.00–58.50	$54.58	$747	-7.20
1000–1900	1435	80-85%	152	47.00–69.50	$59.09	$848	—
1260–1805	1524	80-85%	37	58.00–81.50	$65.09	$992	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1820	1632	75-80%	20	67.00–69.50	$68.15	$1,112	+1.63
960–2160	1701	75-80%	77	53.00–77.50	$69.20	$1,177	—
1556–1930	1772	75-80%	12	65.00–79.00	$75.60	$1,340	+0.61

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1984	1732	65-75%	14	60.00–79.50	$69.86	$1,210	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–2100	1238	34	80.00–94.00	$87.20	$1,080	—
995–1835	1449	11	117.00–134.00	$125.60	$1,820	—
1005–2090	1478	20	95.00–114.00	$101.92	$1,506	—
1185–1970	1578	2	71.00–74.00	$72.87	$1,150	—
1245–1890	1605	6	80.00–86.00	$82.70	$1,327	-13.42
1050–1895	1642	6	91.00–101.50	$96.10	$1,578	-0.02

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088–2418	1750	15	78.00–100.00	$87.36	$1,529	—
1398–2094	1807	9	96.00–106.00	$101.53	$1,835	-4.69

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,124	—
1054–1685	1299	6	62.50–69.00	$66.16	$859	—
1170–2020	1569	15	70.00–91.00	$76.92	$1,207	-24.35

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–2000	1738	2	81.00	$81.00	$1,408	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1410	1064	6	65.00–71.00	$69.23	$737	—
845–1515	1065	20	73.00–80.00	$76.24	$812	—
875–1660	1129	32	80.00–88.00	$82.96	$937	+2.66
1154	1154	1	84.00	$84.00	$969	—
990–1395	1161	5	86.00–96.00	$90.02	$1,045	—
1100–1350	1187	3	80.00	$80.00	$950	—
1055–1830	1355	14	71.00–97.00	$85.03	$1,152	—
1215–1665	1474	6	93.00–99.00	$95.52	$1,408	—
1385–1600	1493	2	109.50–113.00	$111.12	$1,659	—
1636–1710	1673	2	95.00–96.00	$95.49	$1,598	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	77.00	$77.00	$277	—
415–425	420	2	70.00–75.00	$72.53	$305	—
478	478	2	60.00	$60.00	$287	-40.00
505	505	1	82.00	$82.00	$414	—
705	705	1	70.00	$70.00	$494	—
760	760	1	77.00	$77.00	$585	—
820	820	3	72.00	$72.00	$590	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1210	1068	2	69.00–72.00	$70.70	$755	-25.84
1000–1475	1190	13	72.00–82.00	$78.17	$930	—
995–1390	1193	2	80.00–81.00	$80.58	$961	—
1030–1390	1257	10	82.00–88.00	$83.91	$1,055	—
1155–1805	1369	15	81.00–106.00	$90.64	$1,241	-18.32
1130–1822	1390	4	71.00–77.00	$73.47	$1,021	-35.49
1030–1625	1457	11	102.00–110.00	$105.60	$1,539	+13.49
1465–1650	1535	3	95.00–97.00	$96.01	$1,474	—
1365–1755	1569	26	94.00–113.50	$107.44	$1,686	+10.44

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	3	75.00–82.50	$79.18	$257	—
384–385	385	3	77.00–80.00	$79.00	$304	—
430–442	438	3	75.00–87.00	$83.07	$364	+4.07
495	495	1	77.50	$77.50	$384	—
575–595	588	3	75.00	$75.00	$441	-10.00
600	600	2	75.00–80.00	$77.50	$465	-11.30
650	650	1	62.50	$62.50	$406	-8.50
723–748	739	8	82.00–87.00	$85.16	$629	—
780	780	1	92.00	$92.00	$718	—
802	802	2	110.00	$110.00	$882	+21.00

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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.