Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 2, 2023

5,604 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $161.26/cwt ≈ $1,058/hd at 656 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.20/cwt ≈ $869/hd at 620 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.64/cwt +7.14 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 517 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,604	3,605	5,754
Feeder cattle	678	115	559
Slaughter cattle	2,766	1,699	2,778

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1460	1260	2	102.00–104.00	$103.16	$1,300	—
1015–1810	1335	17	110.00–146.00	$132.86	$1,774	-6.69
1420–1485	1448	5	145.00–148.00	$146.59	$2,123	-7.27
1120–1725	1455	42	139.00–158.00	$148.50	$2,161	—
1345–1665	1483	4	130.00–139.00	$136.03	$2,017	-15.30
1325–1780	1540	37	149.50–161.00	$154.63	$2,381	—
1425–1725	1550	28	160.00–166.00	$163.17	$2,529	+1.80
1364–1774	1563	30	152.00–169.00	$159.86	$2,499	-1.51
1350–1735	1568	4	145.00–147.00	$146.23	$2,293	-15.14
1585	1585	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,584	+5.91
1465–1750	1608	2	147.00–149.00	$147.91	$2,378	+15.91
1430–1870	1649	17	165.50–173.00	$169.31	$2,792	+37.31
1515–1995	1699	28	158.00–167.00	$163.05	$2,770	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	157.50	$157.50	$614	—
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	+48.00
485–495	491	5	160.00–162.50	$161.51	$793	+21.51
500–542	529	12	150.00–175.00	$162.14	$858	—
555–573	566	9	162.50–170.00	$165.30	$936	+37.80
624	624	11	162.50	$162.50	$1,014	—
650–670	656	26	135.00–170.00	$161.26	$1,058	—
716–738	727	6	150.00–152.50	$151.23	$1,099	—
923–930	926	5	136.00–137.00	$136.60	$1,265	—
966	966	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,352	—
1105	1105	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	95.00	$95.00	$228	—
280	280	2	142.50	$142.50	$399	—
346	346	2	145.00	$145.00	$502	+27.50
392	392	1	135.00	$135.00	$529	—
420–437	431	3	112.00–122.50	$119.09	$513	—
455	455	1	100.00	$100.00	$455	—
510–530	516	5	107.00–135.00	$120.51	$622	-1.99
555–560	558	2	100.00	$100.00	$558	—
615	615	5	97.00–140.00	$131.40	$808	+31.40
745	745	1	122.50	$122.50	$913	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–478	474	4	135.00–140.00	$138.79	$658	—
562	562	2	157.50	$157.50	$885	—
1136	1136	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,392	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
652	652	2	140.00	$140.00	$913	—
910	910	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,206	—
970	970	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,310	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	90.00	$90.00	$756	—

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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	±0.00
68	68	1	170.00	$170.00	$116	+160.00
70	70	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$74	+95.00
70	70	1	20.00	$20.00	$14	+10.00
70	70	1	20.00	$20.00	$14	+10.00
70–75	73	3	10.00	$10.00	$7	±0.00
80–81	81	6	12.00–25.00	$15.47	$13	+5.47
80–86	82	9	10.00–20.00	$12.26	$10	+2.26
80–85	83	3	130.00–140.00	$133.20	$111	-144.13
80–86	83	5	285.00–350.00	$303.63	$252	+26.30
90–95	92	20	250.00–330.00	$274.94	$253	+259.94
90–95	92	5	10.00–15.00	$12.93	$12	-2.07
90–93	92	4	15.00	$15.00	$14	±0.00
90–95	93	2	80.00	$80.00	$74	-179.91
90–95	93	3	200.00–210.00	$203.39	$189	-56.52
95	95	2	55.00–60.00	$57.50	$55	-202.41
100–105	102	5	20.00–30.00	$25.05	$26	-244.27
100–105	103	15	230.00–320.00	$268.60	$277	+235.10
105	105	1	60.00	$60.00	$63	+36.79
105	105	1	10.00	$10.00	$10	-13.21
110	110	1	105.00	$105.00	$116	-165.00
1005	1005	1	91.00	$91.00	$915	—
1090	1090	2	96.00	$96.00	$1,046	—
1015–1414	1164	9	98.00–128.00	$115.55	$1,345	+20.46
1240	1240	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,009	—
1260–1290	1275	2	102.00–104.00	$102.99	$1,313	—
1135–1725	1333	22	132.00–156.00	$143.87	$1,918	+4.17
1315–1510	1421	8	142.00–152.00	$147.42	$2,095	-0.58
1390–1453	1432	3	162.00–162.50	$162.16	$2,322	+14.16
1300–1590	1443	11	148.00–162.00	$154.65	$2,232	+6.65
1320–1655	1454	11	153.50–166.00	$158.96	$2,311	—
1485–1505	1495	2	142.00–152.00	$147.03	$2,198	—
1720	1720	1	118.00	$118.00	$2,030	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	132.00	$132.00	$370	-18.00
347	347	2	135.00	$135.00	$468	—
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	-16.49
420–447	436	9	107.00–140.00	$131.55	$574	—
470–490	487	6	132.50–137.50	$133.30	$649	—
500–532	517	18	112.50–137.50	$129.64	$670	+7.14
550–595	582	10	95.00–140.00	$127.17	$740	+9.67
604–640	620	19	122.50–145.00	$140.20	$869	—
660–690	668	6	112.00–145.00	$137.72	$920	—
723–748	732	6	107.00–145.00	$128.59	$941	+16.09
781	781	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,015	—
870	870	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	117.00	$117.00	$292	—
365	365	1	120.00	$120.00	$438	+7.50
450–495	471	5	82.00–112.50	$97.39	$459	—
600–632	616	4	127.50–132.50	$129.94	$800	—
665–695	680	3	70.00–117.50	$87.88	$598	—
840	840	2	90.00	$90.00	$756	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–415	410	6	115.00–120.00	$118.31	$485	—
545	545	4	130.00	$130.00	$708	—
686	686	1	133.00	$133.00	$912	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
692	692	1	85.00	$85.00	$588	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	88.00	$88.00	$744	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	112.50	$112.50	$478	—

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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	±0.00
65	65	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	-1.98
65	65	1	80.00	$80.00	$52	+73.02
70	70	1	10.00	$10.00	$7	±0.00
72	72	1	10.00	$10.00	$7	-102.93
70–75	73	18	5.00–35.00	$16.70	$12	-96.23
70–76	74	11	25.00–112.00	$61.50	$46	-31.66
75–76	75	5	175.00–180.00	$176.99	$133	-13.01
75–76	75	7	70.00–155.00	$102.79	$77	-87.21
75–78	77	2	165.00–395.00	$277.75	$214	+169.63
80	80	1	15.00	$15.00	$12	-265.00
80	80	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-270.00
80–85	83	24	5.00–150.00	$92.77	$77	-29.31
80–88	83	22	15.00–185.00	$134.68	$112	+12.60
80–88	84	37	150.00–235.00	$189.08	$159	-141.57
80–88	85	22	135.00–182.00	$159.63	$136	+0.44
82–88	85	10	230.00–370.00	$329.28	$280	+170.09
85	85	1	50.00	$50.00	$42	-109.19
90	90	1	12.00	$12.00	$11	-213.00
90	90	1	170.00	$170.00	$153	-55.00
90	90	2	70.00–240.00	$155.00	$140	-70.00
90–95	92	22	30.00–160.00	$117.60	$108	+23.61
90–95	92	5	210.00–260.00	$235.76	$217	+141.77
90–95	92	17	270.00–360.00	$323.54	$298	+229.55
90–96	93	39	130.00–185.00	$164.71	$153	+15.16
90–98	94	61	155.00–230.00	$193.80	$182	+49.24
90–97	95	49	50.00–160.00	$153.73	$146	+3.89
100–108	102	53	100.00–180.00	$149.73	$153	+8.46
100–105	103	5	80.00–300.00	$199.32	$205	+40.44
100–108	103	74	170.00–230.00	$193.88	$200	+35.00
100–108	103	21	270.00–360.00	$318.97	$329	+160.09
100–105	104	4	45.00–60.00	$53.80	$56	-105.08
105	105	2	210.00–235.00	$222.50	$234	+63.62
106	106	9	157.00	$157.00	$166	-1.88
110	110	2	235.00–250.00	$242.50	$267	+197.50
110–111	111	29	100.00–160.00	$154.36	$171	+19.09
110–115	111	12	250.00–320.00	$281.65	$313	+146.38
110–115	113	5	10.00–15.00	$11.95	$14	-137.33
110–115	113	15	110.00–170.00	$158.05	$179	+8.77
110–115	113	35	145.00–225.00	$182.38	$206	+33.10
115	115	1	85.00	$85.00	$98	-64.28
120	120	4	120.00–140.00	$130.00	$156	+80.00
120	120	1	230.00	$230.00	$276	+180.00
120	120	1	10.00	$10.00	$12	-40.00
120–125	121	17	150.00–230.00	$167.97	$203	+26.89
120–125	123	2	260.00	$260.00	$320	+118.92
125	125	2	55.00	$55.00	$69	-86.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
173–175	174	4	125.00–140.00	$136.22	$237	—
295	295	1	147.50	$147.50	$435	—
330	330	1	145.00	$145.00	$478	-22.50
388	388	3	170.00	$170.00	$660	+31.38
415–448	440	8	145.00–162.50	$158.95	$699	—
455–490	463	13	135.00–167.50	$157.01	$727	+39.51
510–538	522	13	137.50–157.50	$147.50	$770	—
550–585	562	15	112.00–152.50	$138.46	$778	—
600–645	617	14	115.00–150.00	$139.24	$859	+34.24
667–686	680	6	155.00–160.00	$156.64	$1,065	+34.08
732	732	1	125.00	$125.00	$915	—
872	872	2	104.00	$104.00	$907	—
1025	1025	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	135.00	$135.00	$317	—
336	336	3	105.00	$105.00	$353	—
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	—
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	—
450–493	480	8	90.00–145.00	$121.76	$584	—
630	630	1	85.00	$85.00	$536	—
685–695	690	2	70.00–92.00	$81.08	$559	—
1165	1165	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,282	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	2	150.00	$150.00	$866	—
620	620	1	140.00	$140.00	$868	—
657	657	2	132.50	$132.50	$871	—
880	880	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,056	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–180	173	2	85.00–90.00	$87.61	$152	—
350	350	2	112.00	$112.00	$392	—
700	700	1	55.00	$55.00	$385	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	130.00	$130.00	$533	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	122.50	$122.50	$894	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2040	1601	75-80%	28	60.00–80.00	$72.33	$1,158	—
1310–2095	1621	75-80%	150	68.00–86.50	$77.85	$1,262	+2.43
1310–2185	1715	75-80%	86	77.00–95.00	$82.91	$1,422	+1.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
729–1495	1099	85-90%	37	34.00–59.00	$48.52	$533	+4.63
800–1560	1125	85-90%	79	21.00–66.00	$55.12	$620	—
855–1650	1252	85-90%	102	44.00–73.00	$63.74	$798	—
1100–1735	1385	85-90%	40	69.00–80.00	$74.50	$1,032	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1575	1272	80-85%	28	51.00–72.00	$63.16	$803	—
910–1890	1390	80-85%	155	64.00–80.00	$71.53	$994	-6.57
1150–1900	1421	80-85%	62	73.00–85.00	$78.77	$1,119	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1884	1584	65-75%	9	86.00–97.00	$93.15	$1,475	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1755	1509	5	70.00–86.00	$81.35	$1,228	—
1170–1945	1597	5	88.00–98.00	$93.94	$1,500	—
1295–1850	1655	4	104.00–118.00	$110.32	$1,826	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1435	1070	3	82.00–86.00	$84.72	$907	—
990–1450	1256	7	86.00–106.00	$93.61	$1,176	—
1530–1950	1798	3	108.00–120.00	$112.11	$2,016	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1386–2124	1784	9	63.00–98.00	$85.89	$1,532	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1300	1116	8	94.00–106.00	$98.37	$1,098	+10.66
900–1365	1119	7	80.00–94.00	$86.34	$966	-1.37
1245–1405	1312	6	107.00–117.00	$113.59	$1,490	—
1335	1335	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,629	—
1224–1615	1378	7	92.00–109.00	$101.97	$1,405	—
1380	1380	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,573	—
1290–1760	1469	15	109.00–123.00	$115.86	$1,702	+0.97
1560	1560	1	129.00	$129.00	$2,012	—
1615–1670	1643	2	107.00–113.00	$110.05	$1,808	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	110.00	$110.00	$198	—
670	670	1	77.00	$77.00	$516	—
725	725	1	95.00	$95.00	$689	—
875	875	1	85.00	$85.00	$744	—
910	910	1	85.00	$85.00	$774	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201–248	215	7	125.00–145.00	$133.56	$287	+1.06
276–280	277	3	135.00–147.50	$139.21	$386	—
301–325	308	8	117.50–147.50	$134.08	$413	+4.20
382	382	4	125.00	$125.00	$478	-7.50
451	451	3	112.50	$112.50	$507	—
522	522	1	100.00	$100.00	$522	—
582	582	1	70.00	$70.00	$407	-20.00
620–630	625	6	62.00–108.00	$97.30	$608	—
655–680	665	3	97.00–102.50	$98.98	$658	—
700–725	706	4	90.00–103.00	$99.66	$704	—
777	777	3	108.00	$108.00	$839	—
850–896	876	8	105.00–112.50	$109.75	$961	—
905–909	907	5	101.00–108.00	$103.81	$942	—
1040	1040	1	64.00	$64.00	$666	—
1061–1065	1063	5	100.00–103.00	$101.80	$1,082	-2.21

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,262	—
1085–1510	1321	12	86.00–118.00	$109.68	$1,449	—
1380–1716	1536	13	123.00–136.00	$129.77	$1,993	+11.57
1320–1990	1587	25	114.00–130.00	$121.12	$1,922	—

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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.