Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 3, 2022

5,754 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.63/cwt ≈ $820/hd at 628 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.52/cwt ≈ $923/hd at 575 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $146.38/cwt ≈ $704/hd at 481 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,754	5,222	5,679
Feeder cattle	559	—	327
Slaughter cattle	2,778	2,875	2,879

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1320	1242	3	124.00–126.00	$124.98	$1,552	—
1184–1490	1328	16	102.00–128.50	$116.40	$1,546	+28.72
1200–1555	1342	3	88.00–95.00	$91.75	$1,231	+4.07
1165–1530	1348	2	122.00–129.00	$125.97	$1,698	+38.29
1305–1385	1348	3	122.00–126.00	$124.15	$1,674	+36.47
1440	1440	1	138.50	$138.50	$1,994	-3.50
1375–1565	1453	3	118.00–120.00	$118.65	$1,724	-13.12
1330–1615	1474	24	139.00–145.00	$141.02	$2,079	+9.25
1215–1760	1492	41	126.00–138.00	$133.81	$1,996	-8.36
1395–1665	1503	28	124.00–136.00	$130.75	$1,965	-6.01
1325–1760	1548	22	135.00–144.00	$138.77	$2,148	-3.30
1380–1735	1594	24	145.50–155.00	$150.61	$2,401	-0.03
1640	1640	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,755	—
1450–1890	1677	41	137.00–149.00	$143.26	$2,402	+6.30
1690	1690	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,096	-12.96
1535–1925	1730	11	131.00–141.00	$135.75	$2,348	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–448	437	9	157.50–177.50	$167.18	$731	—
475–485	481	18	159.00–165.00	$162.36	$781	—
515–530	523	19	145.00–167.00	$161.19	$843	—
558–585	575	29	155.00–167.00	$160.52	$923	—
612–645	622	13	150.00–157.50	$155.91	$970	—
720–725	721	8	138.00–145.00	$143.24	$1,033	—
771–796	788	12	141.00–142.50	$141.49	$1,115	—
806	806	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,120	—
915–945	930	2	131.00–135.00	$132.97	$1,237	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	3	87.50	$87.50	$298	—
662	662	2	125.00	$125.00	$828	—
785	785	4	105.00	$105.00	$824	—
880	880	1	95.00	$95.00	$836	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	156.00	$156.00	$569	—
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	—
500	500	1	147.50	$147.50	$738	—
900	900	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	80.00–140.00	$110.24	$351	—
390	390	1	142.50	$142.50	$556	—
500	500	2	115.00	$115.00	$575	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–470	467	3	130.00–150.00	$136.71	$638	—
645	645	1	137.50	$137.50	$887	—

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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	15.00	$15.00	$10	+10.00
70–75	72	3	10.00–12.00	$10.65	$8	-168.03
70–75	73	7	10.00–25.00	$15.68	$11	-163.00
74–76	75	2	160.00–260.00	$210.67	$158	+185.67
75–76	75	5	120.00–165.00	$138.98	$104	+113.98
75	75	1	30.00	$30.00	$22	+5.00
76	76	1	90.00	$90.00	$68	+65.00
80	80	1	110.00	$110.00	$88	+96.20
80–85	83	9	10.00–20.00	$14.11	$12	+0.31
80–85	83	5	10.00–20.00	$13.98	$12	+0.18
80–88	84	12	110.00–395.00	$235.99	$198	+225.41
80–88	84	5	15.00–40.00	$24.98	$21	+14.40
85	85	1	90.00	$90.00	$76	-45.00
88	88	1	85.00	$85.00	$75	-50.00
90	90	3	100.00–120.00	$110.00	$99	+84.28
90	90	1	15.00	$15.00	$14	-10.72
90–92	92	12	10.00–25.00	$23.77	$22	-173.46
90–95	92	19	15.00–45.00	$30.97	$28	-166.26
92	92	1	260.00	$260.00	$239	+62.77
90–98	93	24	145.00–375.00	$255.10	$237	+242.53
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	$120	+107.50
100–103	101	7	30.00–45.00	$37.17	$38	+24.67
100–108	102	21	85.00–375.00	$230.68	$235	+30.68
100–105	104	4	15.00–40.00	$32.47	$34	-27.53
100–108	104	2	100.00–235.00	$170.10	$177	+110.10
110	110	1	40.00	$40.00	$44	-170.00
110	110	1	25.00	$25.00	$28	-185.00
110–118	114	6	230.00–265.00	$244.89	$279	+207.98
120–122	121	2	35.00–135.00	$84.59	$102	+51.17
125	125	1	185.00	$185.00	$231	+151.58
125	125	1	10.00	$10.00	$12	-23.42
1000–1245	1123	2	100.00–108.00	$104.44	$1,173	—
1228–1285	1247	3	92.00–115.00	$99.90	$1,246	—
1150–1490	1273	3	106.00–120.00	$115.48	$1,470	-24.52
1220–1393	1301	20	130.00–140.00	$134.02	$1,744	+5.56
1186–1530	1305	23	122.00–133.50	$127.53	$1,664	-0.93
1325	1325	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,789	+23.41
1390	1390	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,140	-52.80
1405	1405	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,855	-8.20
1205–1545	1424	13	128.50–142.00	$133.20	$1,897	-5.44
1353–1660	1426	11	127.00–143.00	$137.30	$1,958	-1.34
1405–1595	1491	5	133.50–134.00	$133.61	$1,992	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	241	8	120.00–125.00	$123.09	$297	—
321–335	324	5	130.00–140.00	$137.93	$447	—
355	355	2	135.00	$135.00	$479	—
410–447	437	8	110.00–135.00	$131.63	$575	—
450–484	480	17	132.50–138.00	$137.04	$658	—
508–535	528	19	120.00–139.00	$133.64	$706	—
550–595	571	12	127.00–129.00	$128.24	$732	—
600–642	628	37	115.00–135.00	$130.63	$820	—
660–691	679	5	127.00–128.00	$127.61	$866	—
700–742	720	12	124.00–137.00	$130.13	$937	—
807–845	833	8	117.50–129.00	$127.58	$1,063	—
1075	1075	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,209	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–342	341	3	100.00–105.00	$103.34	$352	—
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	—
462–467	465	4	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$500	—
558	558	3	115.00	$115.00	$642	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	77.50	$77.50	$257	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	123.00	$123.00	$587	—

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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	17.50	$17.50	$10	+12.50
60–68	64	7	5.00–10.00	$6.45	$4	+0.63
65	65	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-0.82
68	68	1	6.00	$6.00	$4	+0.18
70–75	73	4	155.00–160.00	$157.41	$115	+144.70
70–78	74	15	5.00–30.00	$13.35	$10	-22.63
70–78	74	20	12.50–50.00	$32.27	$24	-3.71
72–76	74	3	115.00–300.00	$189.15	$140	+153.17
75	75	2	10.00	$10.00	$8	±0.00
75	75	1	210.00	$210.00	$158	+200.00
76–78	77	2	40.00	$40.00	$31	-10.81
80–85	81	4	140.00–260.00	$210.00	$170	-111.93
80–85	83	2	12.00–20.00	$16.12	$13	-305.81
80–85	83	32	5.00–70.00	$45.78	$38	-276.15
80–88	83	41	15.00–90.00	$54.70	$45	-267.23
80–85	83	6	100.00–175.00	$137.25	$114	-184.68
80–88	84	17	145.00–400.00	$295.55	$248	+218.40
80–88	84	28	30.00–110.00	$76.68	$64	-0.47
84	84	1	15.00	$15.00	$13	-62.15
80–88	85	23	65.00–130.00	$110.06	$94	+32.91
85–88	87	2	210.00–295.00	$253.24	$220	+103.24
90	90	2	70.00–140.00	$105.00	$94	-0.45
90	90	1	15.00	$15.00	$14	-90.45
90–96	92	29	10.00–90.00	$71.93	$66	-33.52
90–98	93	34	210.00–430.00	$321.05	$299	+199.34
90–98	93	60	50.00–155.00	$119.67	$111	-2.04
90–95	93	16	130.00–285.00	$220.41	$205	+98.70
90–98	94	44	50.00–135.00	$94.81	$89	-8.43
90–98	94	78	10.00–110.00	$77.75	$73	-25.49
95	95	3	125.00–200.00	$165.00	$157	+61.76
100	100	1	175.00	$175.00	$175	+66.96
100–105	102	7	160.00–275.00	$225.73	$230	+117.69
100–108	102	76	100.00–155.00	$131.21	$134	+23.17
100–106	102	4	135.00–290.00	$201.50	$206	+93.46
100–108	103	52	85.00–135.00	$118.46	$122	-174.64
100–108	103	30	190.00–400.00	$281.96	$290	-11.14
100–106	105	31	10.00–95.00	$74.08	$78	-18.22
100–109	107	45	15.00–110.00	$86.89	$93	+7.73
110	110	4	22.00–25.00	$24.25	$27	-272.00
110–115	112	3	30.00–75.00	$46.42	$52	-84.30
110–116	113	24	200.00–360.00	$260.64	$295	-13.22
110–115	113	25	70.00–130.00	$116.46	$132	-157.40
110–116	113	2	170.00–240.00	$205.93	$233	-67.93
110–118	113	42	100.00–150.00	$127.90	$145	-145.96
115	115	2	225.00	$225.00	$259	+109.69
120	120	1	105.00	$105.00	$126	+80.00
120	120	1	200.00	$200.00	$240	+175.00
120	120	1	40.00	$40.00	$48	+15.00
120–125	121	4	105.00–150.00	$122.92	$149	-1.31
120–126	122	4	195.00–295.00	$256.86	$313	+154.24
122	122	1	130.00	$130.00	$159	+27.38
125	125	1	30.00	$30.00	$38	-217.35
130–135	131	5	105.00–122.00	$113.41	$149	-21.59
145	145	1	120.00	$120.00	$174	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	162.50	$162.50	$414	—
327	327	2	157.50	$157.50	$515	—
382	382	2	157.50	$157.50	$602	—
407–425	416	4	150.00	$150.00	$624	—
460–497	481	21	135.00–157.50	$146.38	$704	—
535	535	4	164.00	$164.00	$877	—
550	550	3	150.00	$150.00	$825	—
602–625	614	4	135.00–142.50	$138.68	$851	—
680	680	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,003	—
713–745	721	4	135.00–141.00	$139.45	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
249	249	7	82.50	$82.50	$205	—
865	865	1	90.00	$90.00	$778	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	3	162.50	$162.50	$910	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	110.00	$110.00	$209	—
345	345	1	117.50	$117.50	$405	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2315	1603	75-80%	39	53.00–69.50	$62.18	$997	—
1105–2334	1623	75-80%	106	56.00–75.50	$65.97	$1,071	—
1312–2050	1668	75-80%	64	63.00–78.50	$71.16	$1,187	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
962–1796	1335	80-85%	21	43.50–60.00	$51.99	$694	—
925–1745	1369	80-85%	65	59.50–78.00	$66.08	$905	+2.05
1025–1850	1406	80-85%	113	52.00–68.50	$59.96	$843	-0.18

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
712–1515	1189	85-90%	44	10.00–52.00	$43.41	$516	—
850–1705	1258	85-90%	79	42.00–59.00	$52.81	$664	+8.76
1080–1600	1339	85-90%	12	40.00–46.00	$42.99	$576	-19.20
894–1675	1341	85-90%	34	55.00–69.00	$61.03	$818	-1.16

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1596	1596	65-75%	1	68.50	$68.50	$1,093	—
1165–2036	1715	65-75%	19	60.00–73.00	$67.29	$1,154	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1025	889	6	69.00–84.00	$73.34	$652	—
930	930	1	101.00	$101.00	$939	+11.50
960–1595	1329	7	84.00–94.00	$91.30	$1,213	—
1090–2245	1652	27	92.00–110.00	$99.53	$1,644	—
2190–2465	2313	4	84.00–100.00	$91.21	$2,110	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
914	914	1	69.00	$69.00	$631	—
1270–1535	1403	2	94.00–96.00	$94.91	$1,332	—
1090–1770	1421	5	102.00–108.00	$104.02	$1,478	—
1120–2065	1597	10	106.00–120.00	$113.03	$1,805	—
1116–2558	1692	15	72.00–98.50	$85.52	$1,447	—
2198	2198	1	104.50	$104.50	$2,297	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	70.00	$70.00	$910	—
1385–1438	1412	2	94.00–94.50	$94.25	$1,331	—
1170–2090	1740	12	74.00–90.00	$82.09	$1,428	+27.56

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1285	1097	10	60.00–81.00	$75.97	$833	+6.36
947–1345	1101	49	79.00–93.00	$86.75	$955	—
860–1305	1146	16	88.00–101.00	$96.46	$1,105	+11.02
980–1680	1238	6	68.00–95.00	$83.26	$1,031	+8.26
1355	1355	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,585	—
1205–1665	1396	8	97.00–108.00	$103.57	$1,446	—
1113–1735	1402	31	86.00–110.00	$99.03	$1,388	-5.33
1340–1480	1407	5	94.00–99.00	$98.04	$1,379	-6.32
1340–1560	1432	3	125.00–134.50	$128.94	$1,846	+24.58
1340–1735	1499	4	95.00–97.00	$96.05	$1,440	—
1555	1555	2	139.00	$139.00	$2,161	—
1600	1600	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,856	—
1745	1745	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,396	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–982	943	4	100.00–101.00	$100.78	$950	—
960–1255	1139	6	77.00–84.00	$81.87	$932	+6.64
1160	1160	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,230	+16.78
1100–1365	1225	7	81.00–99.00	$88.63	$1,086	—
1235–1530	1439	7	83.00–104.00	$93.74	$1,349	-12.65
1420–1520	1466	4	95.00–110.50	$101.25	$1,484	-10.95
1385–1685	1527	3	95.00–101.00	$97.92	$1,495	-1.80
1230–1750	1530	16	105.00–121.00	$112.56	$1,722	+12.84
1345–1674	1530	13	102.00–116.00	$109.79	$1,680	+10.07
1185–1800	1549	27	90.00–114.00	$107.89	$1,671	+8.17
1490–1780	1626	6	126.00–137.00	$129.99	$2,114	-3.52
1710–1720	1715	2	132.00–133.00	$132.50	$2,272	+1.04

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–382	375	3	77.50–105.00	$96.19	$361	—
481	481	4	82.50	$82.50	$397	—
536	536	3	95.00	$95.00	$509	—
555–590	573	2	95.00–97.50	$96.21	$551	—
830	830	1	72.50	$72.50	$602	—
937	937	5	87.50	$87.50	$820	—
968	968	3	82.00	$82.00	$794	—
1050	1050	2	87.00	$87.00	$914	—

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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.