Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 19, 2022

5,233 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.24/cwt -8.95 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 470 lb · 62 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.24/cwt -15.92 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 425 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $157.54/cwt -18.23 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 528 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,233	5,860	5,573
Feeder cattle	1,110	921	519
Slaughter cattle	2,395	2,740	2,593
Replacement cattle	6	18	0

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1255	1218	3	130.00–141.00	$136.72	$1,665	+11.97
995–1660	1308	37	118.00–145.00	$137.40	$1,797	—
1105–1460	1317	16	124.00–149.00	$144.42	$1,902	—
1335	1335	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,535	—
1225–1560	1387	3	140.00–149.00	$144.63	$2,006	+1.56
1210–1625	1418	2	118.00–120.00	$118.85	$1,685	—
1095–1710	1425	87	135.00–157.00	$147.27	$2,099	—
1295–1670	1486	18	149.00–163.00	$156.45	$2,325	+9.93
1485–1490	1488	2	136.00–146.00	$140.99	$2,098	-5.53
1345–1790	1545	90	150.00–158.50	$152.85	$2,362	-2.88
1350–1740	1566	88	154.00–162.00	$157.76	$2,471	-6.86
1505–1795	1608	10	152.50–160.00	$156.29	$2,513	-0.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	170.00	$170.00	$391	-10.00
310–343	330	10	150.00–200.00	$178.55	$589	—
363–395	368	15	180.00–210.00	$200.06	$736	+13.69
410–445	430	7	165.00–211.00	$187.19	$805	-20.29
462–498	487	26	167.00–194.00	$179.25	$873	-7.11
512 value added	512	4	192.00	$192.00	$983	—
503–537	524	22	165.00–190.00	$180.48	$946	+5.64
550–595	561	20	161.00–180.00	$171.88	$964	+21.90
605–645	623	6	152.00–177.00	$162.60	$1,013	-1.66
655–699	689	8	135.00–177.00	$162.74	$1,121	+9.74
700–740	706	7	152.00–162.00	$160.50	$1,133	+10.50
718 value added	718	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,450	—
750–762	757	4	155.00–175.00	$169.30	$1,282	—
830	830	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,328	+20.00
875	875	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,470	—
900–943	936	6	125.00–157.00	$148.85	$1,393	—
955	955	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,299	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–328	322	5	175.00–187.50	$185.17	$596	+19.32
370	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
405–420	415	3	157.00–170.00	$161.23	$669	+14.71
500–505	503	2	125.00–165.00	$144.90	$729	-20.41
575–580	578	3	112.00–147.00	$135.40	$783	-15.12
625	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	-7.76
670	670	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,072	+30.00
764–785	775	2	115.00–132.50	$123.63	$958	—
815	815	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,076	—
860–888	881	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,207	—
957	957	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,340	—
1000	1000	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,100	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1032	1030	4	120.00–135.00	$131.27	$1,352	—
1070	1070	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,466	—
1100–1115	1105	7	110.00–127.00	$116.74	$1,290	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	2	155.00	$155.00	$634	—
1023	1023	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,422	—
1055–1095	1075	2	140.00–150.00	$145.09	$1,560	—
1105	1105	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,713	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,200	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	140.00–145.00	$142.33	$320	-32.67
250–298	267	4	130.00–148.00	$137.88	$368	-13.45
305–348	340	28	130.00–162.50	$153.48	$522	-2.76
350–390	373	12	127.00–157.50	$149.80	$559	-18.18
400–449	425	58	112.00–161.00	$147.24	$626	-15.92
450–497	470	62	127.00–159.00	$148.24	$697	-8.95
505–512 value added	511	6	160.00	$160.00	$818	—
500–545	518	29	134.00–154.00	$147.90	$766	-10.76
555–599	586	16	137.00–153.00	$144.06	$844	-9.43
600–630	615	12	135.00–144.00	$140.26	$863	+0.17
670–680	675	7	131.00–142.00	$137.42	$928	-1.25
780	780	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,178	+20.00
825 value added	825	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,279	—
850–855	852	3	110.00–134.00	$125.97	$1,073	—
930–944	940	9	112.00–125.00	$118.90	$1,118	—
970	970	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,164	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
62	62	1	115.00	$115.00	$71	+106.50
65	65	1	85.00	$85.00	$55	+76.50
70	70	1	70.00	$70.00	$49	-15.00
70–76	73	6	10.00–50.00	$18.54	$14	+7.07
75	75	2	50.00–90.00	$70.00	$52	-150.00
80–85	82	5	180.00–285.00	$253.43	$208	+238.35
80–88	84	10	10.00–20.00	$15.03	$13	-3.82
85	85	1	260.00	$260.00	$221	+170.00
85–88	86	6	15.00–50.00	$30.03	$26	-59.97
86	86	1	75.00	$75.00	$64	-15.00
90–95	92	8	20.00–75.00	$38.81	$36	-10.85
90–95	92	3	30.00–50.00	$41.73	$38	-7.93
90–98	92	5	180.00–270.00	$230.33	$212	+180.67
95	95	1	100.00	$100.00	$95	-251.00
100	100	1	240.00	$240.00	$240	+110.00
100–106	104	3	45.00–75.00	$65.35	$68	-5.31
100–108	105	4	250.00–300.00	$287.08	$301	+216.42
105	105	1	105.00	$105.00	$110	+34.34
110	110	3	190.00–275.00	$238.33	$262	-36.67
110	110	1	95.00	$95.00	$104	-180.00
120	120	1	240.00	$240.00	$288	+150.00
135	135	1	125.00	$125.00	$169	-35.00
1020	1020	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,316	—
1075–1275	1143	3	122.00–123.00	$122.37	$1,399	—
1110–1634	1322	20	123.00–149.00	$138.58	$1,832	-11.75
1205–1510	1323	11	145.00–159.00	$151.23	$2,001	+0.90
1365	1365	1	149.00	$149.00	$2,034	-0.71
1265–1455	1372	3	145.00–148.00	$146.40	$2,009	-3.31
1400	1400	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,016	-3.57
1400–1490	1457	3	150.00–155.50	$151.86	$2,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–237	227	4	125.00–160.00	$145.93	$331	+15.67
255–280	268	3	115.00–130.00	$124.18	$333	+2.69
300–315	302	7	139.00–140.00	$139.15	$420	-1.63
353–385	368	7	127.00–150.00	$136.90	$504	+13.57
415 thin fleshed	415	4	151.00	$151.00	$627	—
400–445	437	13	115.00–146.00	$132.16	$578	+12.36
453–495	474	11	115.00–135.00	$125.93	$597	-13.91
505–540	528	9	110.00–130.00	$124.31	$656	-8.81
565	565	1	138.00	$138.00	$780	+7.33
598 thin fleshed	598	3	158.00	$158.00	$945	—
603–640	620	9	120.00–129.00	$124.63	$773	-8.85
650–672	662	8	90.00–122.00	$111.61	$739	+0.55
650–699 thin fleshed	679	5	150.00–155.00	$151.91	$1,031	—
740	740	1	82.00	$82.00	$607	-51.39
762–772	768	5	115.00–120.00	$116.98	$898	+1.61
942	942	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,036	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	1	110.00	$110.00	$499	—
1015	1015	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,116	—
1060	1060	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,219	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	90.00	$90.00	$981	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	1	120.00	$120.00	$437	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	1	5.00	$5.00	$2	-2.00
64–65	65	2	30.00–50.00	$40.08	$26	+33.51
64–65	65	7	5.00–200.00	$34.35	$22	+27.78
65	65	1	50.00	$50.00	$32	+43.43
68	68	1	50.00	$50.00	$34	+43.49
70	70	1	50.00	$50.00	$35	+40.00
70–73	71	14	5.00–75.00	$29.84	$21	-5.95
70–75	73	19	40.00–135.00	$79.98	$58	+60.86
70–78	75	11	55.00–165.00	$96.62	$72	+46.62
75	75	2	130.00–200.00	$165.00	$124	+115.00
75–76	75	3	115.00–320.00	$236.13	$177	+186.13
75–76	76	2	80.00–155.00	$117.25	$89	+67.25
76	76	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-40.00
80	80	2	85.00–190.00	$137.50	$110	+42.50
80–88	83	39	30.00–195.00	$156.27	$130	+35.51
80–88	84	20	85.00–187.00	$145.27	$122	+24.51
80–85	84	14	5.00–172.00	$58.20	$49	-62.56
80–88	84	33	65.00–195.00	$152.80	$128	+32.04
84–88	86	7	285.00–340.00	$304.24	$262	+183.48
86	86	1	10.00	$10.00	$9	-110.76
90–95	91	4	155.00–280.00	$215.41	$196	-35.80
90–95	92	13	10.00–155.00	$73.73	$68	+39.73
90–95	93	12	245.00–370.00	$289.05	$269	+149.67
90–98	93	49	115.00–175.00	$152.95	$142	+13.57
90–98	93	33	80.00–187.00	$141.48	$132	+2.10
90–98	95	44	40.00–172.00	$139.43	$132	+50.07
100–105	101	5	15.00–55.00	$36.19	$37	-287.26
100–108	102	13	220.00–320.00	$278.00	$284	+140.30
100–108	102	31	110.00–160.00	$148.35	$151	+10.65
100–106	102	43	130.00–280.00	$160.05	$163	+22.35
100–105	103	4	50.00–125.00	$100.30	$103	-60.43
100–108	106	19	35.00–150.00	$131.97	$140	+33.17
110	110	1	240.00	$240.00	$264	+10.00
110–116	112	14	55.00–155.00	$138.38	$155	-109.75
110–116	112	22	120.00–175.00	$151.41	$170	-96.72
110–116	114	5	180.00–300.00	$245.77	$280	+197.46
120	120	1	130.00	$130.00	$156	+20.00
120–125	121	5	190.00–295.00	$237.93	$288	-33.62
120–125	122	11	140.00–170.00	$147.38	$180	-113.78
125	125	1	15.00	$15.00	$19	-5.00
135	135	1	100.00	$100.00	$135	-25.00
140	140	1	200.00	$200.00	$280	+75.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	241	5	150.00–205.00	$166.93	$402	-34.16
250–255	253	2	145.00–155.00	$150.05	$380	-54.69
312–345	318	17	172.50–192.50	$187.43	$596	+4.18
355–399	382	10	162.50–192.50	$182.17	$696	-7.59
410–448	434	18	150.00–187.50	$170.81	$741	-7.96
450–495	470	23	160.00–189.00	$179.27	$843	+20.68
505–545	528	42	149.00–166.00	$157.54	$832	-18.23
550–592	561	31	149.00–163.00	$156.39	$877	+15.03
606–618	612	13	135.00–154.00	$144.57	$885	+5.38
670–692	683	5	120.00–140.00	$129.96	$888	—
700–745	723	2	122.50–127.00	$124.82	$902	-2.14
805–825	815	2	110.00–116.00	$113.04	$921	—
850	850	1	113.00	$113.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	130.00	$130.00	$208	-37.66
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	+40.00
322	322	1	100.00	$100.00	$322	-39.89
353–395	362	6	120.00–180.00	$162.37	$588	+43.87
400–435	415	6	85.00–167.50	$123.39	$512	-37.75
463–480	468	5	117.00–142.50	$132.76	$621	-17.24
508	508	3	66.00	$66.00	$335	-90.21
562–575	566	3	95.00–134.00	$108.20	$612	-43.10
696	696	3	104.00	$104.00	$724	—
781	781	3	125.00	$125.00	$976	+7.05
885	885	1	100.00	$100.00	$885	-5.63
1015	1015	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,157	—
1130	1130	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,379	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	162.50	$162.50	$455	—
324	324	1	142.50	$142.50	$462	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	115.00	$115.00	$316	—
860	860	1	110.00	$110.00	$946	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	52.00	$52.00	$143	—
390	390	1	57.00	$57.00	$222	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	92.50	$92.50	$490	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1780	1296	80-85%	28	67.00–88.00	$83.01	$1,076	—
915–1805	1326	80-85%	134	60.00–86.00	$76.84	$1,019	+8.39
1000–1660	1382	80-85%	39	64.00–76.00	$70.27	$971	-14.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1405	1181	85-90%	17	30.00–59.50	$49.87	$589	+6.02
726–1580	1197	85-90%	32	30.00–65.00	$52.98	$634	-10.62
844–1725	1213	85-90%	90	50.00–77.00	$64.95	$788	—
910–1675	1239	85-90%	24	67.00–79.00	$74.35	$921	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1805	1544	75-80%	28	70.00–82.00	$78.76	$1,216	—
1105–1995	1602	75-80%	100	72.00–93.00	$84.31	$1,351	+10.62
1335–2135	1707	75-80%	17	86.00–95.50	$90.34	$1,542	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1856	1613	65-75%	8	85.00–98.00	$90.49	$1,460	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1328–1974	1580	6	109.00–123.00	$115.18	$1,820	—
1118–2218	1583	23	75.00–118.00	$99.10	$1,569	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1715	1247	6	92.00–105.00	$99.03	$1,235	—
1505–1710	1626	4	110.00–119.00	$114.22	$1,857	-6.58
1375–1955	1767	11	118.00–132.00	$122.58	$2,166	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1755	1398	3	96.00–99.00	$97.37	$1,361	—
1655–1995	1845	4	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$2,232	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2170	1565	6	82.00–99.00	$91.49	$1,432	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350–1360	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,360.00–1,475.00	$1,417.29	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,248	—
1085–1110	1098	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$1,219	—
930–1415	1193	9	97.00–108.00	$101.59	$1,212	—
1065–1395	1195	4	93.00–96.00	$94.10	$1,124	—
1245	1245	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,307	—
1225–1770	1458	9	98.00–137.00	$113.48	$1,655	-12.52
1458–1595	1527	2	116.00–135.00	$125.07	$1,910	—
1565–1705	1635	2	114.00–118.00	$116.09	$1,898	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	85.00	$85.00	$280	-10.00
440	440	1	65.00	$65.00	$286	-47.00
455	455	1	65.00	$65.00	$296	-14.84
575	575	1	47.00	$47.00	$270	—
930	930	1	92.00	$92.00	$856	—
950	950	1	60.00	$60.00	$570	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
822–840	828	3	97.00–110.00	$105.60	$874	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,218	—
990–1240	1133	3	91.00–95.00	$93.25	$1,057	-2.28
1140–1320	1230	2	102.00–104.00	$103.07	$1,268	—
1154–1670	1350	9	94.00–109.00	$103.78	$1,401	—
1236–1855	1483	12	109.00–132.00	$115.38	$1,711	—
1510	1510	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,374	-29.10
1430–1694	1599	3	124.50–135.00	$130.81	$2,092	-12.19

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	87.00	$87.00	$257	—
302–338	311	4	141.00–144.00	$141.82	$441	+33.92
390	390	2	143.00	$143.00	$558	+49.13
516	516	1	77.50	$77.50	$400	-7.16
576–597	592	5	92.50–120.00	$111.62	$661	+25.62
626–641	634	4	105.00–115.00	$109.94	$697	+29.94
652	652	2	100.00	$100.00	$652	-15.00
722	722	1	100.00	$100.00	$722	-18.97
800–818	812	3	66.00–92.00	$83.46	$678	-32.52
954–960	956	3	90.00–115.00	$106.63	$1,019	+9.63
1025	1025	1	70.00	$70.00	$718	—
1070	1070	1	77.00	$77.00	$824	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	5	120.00	$120.00	$526	—
900	900	2	107.00	$107.00	$963	—
1085	1085	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,215	—

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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.