Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

5,282 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.05/cwt +1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 521 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.61/cwt +1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 582 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.74/cwt +9.52 vs last sale · ≈ $527/hd at 429 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,282	5,399	3,321
Feeder cattle	449	642	147
Slaughter cattle	2,772	2,810	1,515

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1190	1162	3	110.00–113.00	$111.64	$1,297	+4.71
1185–1310	1248	2	110.00–128.00	$119.45	$1,491	—
1240–1300	1270	2	143.00–151.00	$147.09	$1,868	—
1112–1810	1371	12	124.00–141.00	$135.57	$1,859	-11.43
1250–1475	1372	3	110.00–122.00	$117.23	$1,608	-29.77
1230–1555	1437	9	116.00–147.00	$133.00	$1,911	—
1290–1730	1448	41	138.00–159.00	$149.54	$2,165	—
1460	1460	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,219	+3.69
1375–1790	1520	15	137.00–152.00	$148.76	$2,261	+1.45
1235–1690	1532	33	144.00–162.00	$156.88	$2,403	+9.57
1445–1710	1573	9	161.00–166.00	$163.34	$2,569	+7.64
1435–1806	1612	20	154.00–167.00	$159.10	$2,565	-10.30
1555–1800	1668	14	169.00–176.00	$172.01	$2,869	+9.25
1670	1670	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,655	-3.76
1535–1885	1698	37	156.00–171.00	$166.59	$2,829	—
1803–1860	1818	4	156.00–160.00	$157.77	$2,868	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–386	385	4	135.00–145.00	$137.47	$529	+37.47
445	445	1	142.00	$142.00	$632	+10.49
455–465	460	2	80.00–145.00	$112.15	$516	—
510–535	527	3	110.00–130.00	$123.54	$651	-1.46
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	—
605–625	615	3	100.00–112.00	$107.32	$660	-42.68
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	-4.88
705–735	715	8	70.00–130.00	$107.81	$771	-17.19
753–795	770	10	80.00–130.00	$120.06	$924	+0.06
800–810	804	4	120.00–140.00	$132.47	$1,065	+27.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	3	145.00	$145.00	$603	-12.98
475	475	1	147.00	$147.00	$698	-1.10
500–520	507	3	130.00–149.00	$142.50	$722	-11.06
560–575	570	3	135.00–150.00	$139.91	$797	-6.38
611–625	615	5	125.00–165.00	$153.94	$947	+0.68
670–680	675	3	132.00–140.00	$137.35	$927	-14.57
755–780	765	6	118.00–155.00	$143.88	$1,101	-4.91
845	845	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,200	+10.75
860–876	870	5	122.50–130.00	$127.03	$1,105	-29.97
925	925	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,221	+8.27

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	87.00	$87.00	$483	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
60–65	62	3	5.00–10.00	$6.62	$4	+1.62
65	65	1	150.00	$150.00	$98	+145.00
70	70	2	5.00–10.00	$7.50	$5	-0.94
70	70	1	25.00	$25.00	$18	+16.56
70–75	71	4	20.00–75.00	$51.93	$37	+43.49
75	75	5	50.00–230.00	$129.00	$97	-1.00
75	75	4	10.00	$10.00	$8	-120.00
75	75	2	260.00	$260.00	$195	+130.00
80–85	81	11	10.00–15.00	$12.29	$10	-237.71
80–86	82	5	15.00–25.00	$19.10	$16	-238.86
80–85	83	4	130.00–175.00	$144.02	$120	-163.33
80–85	84	5	155.00–350.00	$253.09	$213	+235.68
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	$102	+102.59
85	85	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-7.41
90	90	3	110.00–160.00	$135.00	$122	-35.00
90–96	91	15	250.00–380.00	$304.10	$277	+134.10
93–95	93	5	15.00–20.00	$16.02	$15	-265.27
90–95	94	7	15.00–50.00	$24.06	$23	-257.23
100	100	1	115.00	$115.00	$115	-188.80
100–105	102	12	245.00–340.00	$282.00	$288	-21.80
100–106	103	6	15.00–190.00	$56.56	$58	+41.56
105	105	3	110.00–210.00	$170.00	$178	+155.00
110	110	1	30.00	$30.00	$33	-258.91
110	110	1	80.00	$80.00	$88	-208.91
110–115	113	3	275.00–280.00	$278.31	$314	-10.60
120	120	1	100.00	$100.00	$120	±0.00
125	125	1	250.00	$250.00	$312	+20.00
155	155	1	150.00	$150.00	$232	—
1023–1425	1205	10	100.00–129.00	$113.03	$1,362	—
1095–1530	1289	26	125.00–151.00	$140.51	$1,811	—
1150–1400	1303	3	90.00–106.00	$98.08	$1,278	-54.92
1280–1385	1331	4	137.00–144.00	$141.50	$1,883	+1.28
1270–1420	1345	2	149.00–150.00	$149.53	$2,011	+45.91
1275–1590	1393	9	150.00–155.50	$152.40	$2,123	—
1490	1490	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,579	-46.59
1380–1705	1499	4	145.00–151.00	$147.76	$2,215	-4.83
1305–1635	1526	7	100.00–117.00	$104.20	$1,590	—
1400–1935	1668	2	120.00–138.00	$127.56	$2,128	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
212–246	229	2	140.00–145.00	$142.69	$327	—
276	276	1	145.00	$145.00	$400	+8.42
316–330	321	4	120.00–140.00	$133.83	$430	-10.53
375–385	380	4	115.00–150.00	$138.67	$527	+12.23
400–445	428	9	115.00–137.00	$132.85	$569	+15.76
460–490	475	8	105.00–145.00	$130.18	$618	-12.80
510–544	521	16	115.00–142.00	$135.05	$704	+1.04
575–596	582	16	125.00–140.00	$132.61	$772	+4.96
605–635	615	3	120.00–132.50	$128.20	$788	-7.85
655	655	1	147.00	$147.00	$963	+16.71
735	735	1	120.00	$120.00	$882	-1.68
877–885	880	4	115.00–127.00	$123.48	$1,087	—
1008–1025	1012	4	84.00–125.00	$114.62	$1,160	—
1075	1075	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	5	115.00–135.00	$125.66	$333	+15.99
305–337	326	3	135.00–137.00	$136.38	$445	+21.65
352–395	372	9	72.00–130.00	$89.85	$334	-18.61
400–448	429	11	92.00–132.00	$122.74	$527	+9.52
460	460	1	122.00	$122.00	$561	+9.53
510–525	521	4	75.00–128.00	$97.28	$507	-17.72
575–595	581	4	95.00–112.00	$104.69	$608	-13.81
605–640	633	5	80.00–92.00	$89.71	$568	-28.43
660	660	1	95.00	$95.00	$627	-2.00
707–740	717	5	85.00–130.00	$114.79	$823	+24.79
765–790	780	6	77.00–140.00	$104.50	$815	+4.50
810–840	831	4	77.00–110.00	$86.56	$719	-10.44
875	875	1	105.00	$105.00	$919	—
955	955	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,117	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–533	531	8	130.00–145.00	$139.36	$740	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-15.14
60–66	62	11	5.00–35.00	$10.37	$6	-9.77
66	66	1	20.00	$20.00	$13	+15.00
70–76	73	8	5.00–45.00	$19.85	$14	-33.44
70–75	73	6	110.00–160.00	$144.71	$106	+91.42
70–75	73	2	120.00–210.00	$163.45	$119	+110.16
74–78	75	6	30.00–115.00	$88.51	$66	-28.16
75	75	2	235.00–240.00	$237.50	$178	+120.83
75	75	1	360.00	$360.00	$270	+243.33
75–78	76	4	65.00–110.00	$95.05	$72	-21.62
80	80	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-160.00
80–85	83	18	10.00–120.00	$89.25	$74	-47.33
80–86	83	14	65.00–205.00	$134.02	$111	-2.56
80–86	84	7	325.00–440.00	$374.74	$315	+109.14
80–85	84	4	200.00–320.00	$255.67	$215	-9.93
80–86	84	31	20.00–195.00	$143.17	$120	-122.43
80–88	85	22	130.00–175.00	$159.10	$135	-106.50
85	85	4	125.00–160.00	$138.75	$118	-126.85
90–95	91	4	200.00–370.00	$289.86	$264	+232.52
90–95	92	37	100.00–160.00	$142.97	$132	+85.63
90–95	92	24	10.00–152.00	$78.16	$72	+20.82
90–95	93	2	135.00–190.00	$163.24	$152	-20.00
90–98	93	38	130.00–200.00	$166.15	$155	-17.09
90–95	94	58	65.00–142.00	$133.39	$125	+6.43
90–96	94	18	245.00–410.00	$331.06	$311	+204.10
95	95	2	240.00–280.00	$260.00	$247	+37.50
100–108	102	31	105.00–180.00	$140.77	$144	-115.50
100–105	103	13	5.00–160.00	$83.81	$86	-30.68
100–105	103	11	320.00–395.00	$371.81	$383	+257.32
100–108	103	51	130.00–210.00	$167.64	$173	+53.15
100–105	103	2	100.00–145.00	$123.05	$127	+8.56
105	105	1	20.00	$20.00	$21	-210.00
105	105	2	285.00–330.00	$307.50	$323	+77.50
100–109	108	40	40.00–155.00	$129.82	$140	+99.82
110–115	111	8	295.00–385.00	$342.23	$380	+199.58
110–116	111	31	130.00–210.00	$158.74	$176	+16.09
110–115	113	16	115.00–160.00	$141.80	$160	-114.87
110–115	114	4	105.00–150.00	$115.88	$132	-140.79
115	115	1	210.00	$210.00	$242	-46.67
115	115	1	175.00	$175.00	$201	-81.67
115	115	3	20.00–50.00	$30.00	$34	-226.67
120–125	121	10	130.00–160.00	$142.03	$172	-107.97
120–125	123	2	20.00–40.00	$29.80	$37	-142.90
122–124	123	2	140.00–180.00	$159.84	$197	-12.86
130	130	1	285.00	$285.00	$370	+25.00
290	290	1	290.00	$290.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
355–392	382	4	142.50–170.00	$161.78	$618	-1.64
405–430	422	3	135.00–155.00	$141.80	$598	-21.62
450–480	456	10	145.00–152.00	$148.24	$676	-11.49
546	546	1	140.00	$140.00	$764	-13.02
558–560	559	5	140.00–145.00	$142.00	$794	-10.80
640	640	1	135.00	$135.00	$864	-15.57
709	709	2	130.00	$130.00	$922	+14.37
811	811	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,034	+2.50
900	900	1	109.00	$109.00	$981	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	152.00	$152.00	$403	+14.81
388–395	389	5	82.00–140.00	$93.77	$365	-38.68
415	415	1	95.00	$95.00	$394	-47.29
560	560	1	105.00	$105.00	$588	-18.67
615–620	618	2	87.00–137.00	$112.10	$693	-17.90
660–682	675	3	85.00–130.00	$99.67	$673	—
700–735	718	2	107.00–115.00	$110.90	$796	-0.29
830	830	1	87.00	$87.00	$722	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	92.00	$92.00	$543	—
610	610	1	80.00	$80.00	$488	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1505	1129	85-90%	31	30.00–52.00	$44.70	$505	—
662–1590	1190	85-90%	77	10.00–60.00	$53.41	$636	—
876–1645	1272	85-90%	86	52.00–69.00	$63.12	$803	—
1060–1665	1323	85-90%	17	67.00–79.00	$71.70	$949	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1835	1647	75-80%	29	60.00–70.00	$65.82	$1,084	-11.04
1300–2075	1664	75-80%	110	70.00–84.00	$76.25	$1,269	—
1355–2035	1714	75-80%	59	78.00–93.00	$82.71	$1,418	-0.19

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1600	1374	80-85%	21	57.00–65.00	$62.02	$852	—
998–1660	1377	80-85%	40	73.00–88.00	$78.18	$1,077	—
1025–1865	1390	80-85%	112	61.00–80.00	$69.31	$963	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2000	1707	65-75%	9	75.00–90.00	$80.44	$1,373	—
2020	2020	65-75%	1	99.00	$99.00	$2,000	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–995	973	2	105.00–112.00	$108.58	$1,056	—
1030–1710	1374	12	101.00–119.00	$111.23	$1,528	+3.35
1172–1606	1418	5	79.00–99.00	$88.17	$1,250	—
1030–1855	1434	10	91.00–104.00	$95.97	$1,376	—
1300–1750	1450	6	121.00–139.00	$128.35	$1,861	—
1476–1530	1503	2	108.00–138.00	$123.27	$1,853	—
2220	2220	1	104.00	$104.00	$2,309	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	1	88.00	$88.00	$788	—
895–1495	1218	13	85.00–98.00	$90.97	$1,108	—
1070–1535	1319	11	97.00–109.00	$102.27	$1,349	—
1120–1720	1368	3	95.00–109.00	$101.14	$1,384	+0.31
1320–1925	1661	4	107.00–116.00	$111.37	$1,850	—
2155	2155	1	96.00	$96.00	$2,069	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	1	70.00	$70.00	$875	—
1285–1985	1517	6	114.00–124.00	$118.58	$1,799	—
1010–2030	1767	8	88.00–101.00	$95.66	$1,690	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2060–2260	2160	2	90.00–109.00	$99.06	$2,140	—
2200	2200	1	112.00	$112.00	$2,464	—
2875	2875	1	73.00	$73.00	$2,099	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1480	1106	29	94.00–103.00	$98.00	$1,084	—
895–1370	1128	8	104.00–112.00	$107.54	$1,213	+7.57
755–1480	1152	12	90.00–95.00	$92.45	$1,065	+2.81
1060–1522	1293	9	91.00–105.00	$97.71	$1,263	-3.49
1320	1320	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,439	-2.01
1175–1535	1321	4	85.00–90.00	$87.58	$1,157	-23.43
1370	1370	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,466	—
1405–1635	1476	4	99.00–109.00	$105.50	$1,557	-16.42
1280–2030	1551	21	96.00–128.00	$117.00	$1,815	—
1225–1888	1565	9	114.00–126.00	$120.69	$1,889	-0.62
1438–1895	1590	3	92.00–108.00	$101.64	$1,616	-19.67

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–135	130	2	15.00–60.00	$36.63	$48	—
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	—
500	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	—
620	620	1	65.00	$65.00	$403	—
675	675	1	72.00	$72.00	$486	—
748	748	3	110.00	$110.00	$823	+33.00
750	750	1	107.00	$107.00	$802	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1170	1090	2	114.00–118.00	$115.85	$1,263	+31.85
1075–1300	1198	4	87.00–97.00	$93.01	$1,114	—
1090–1278	1203	6	92.00–114.00	$100.73	$1,212	—
1160–1630	1317	11	81.00–112.00	$100.07	$1,318	-12.82
1125–1740	1469	15	108.00–130.00	$121.12	$1,779	+1.62
1435–1650	1543	2	139.00–143.00	$141.14	$2,178	—
1608–1620	1612	3	132.00–137.00	$133.67	$2,155	+17.05
1468–1726	1614	8	127.00–137.00	$131.53	$2,123	+14.91
1455–1850	1653	2	91.00–117.00	$102.45	$1,693	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216–248	235	13	132.50–135.00	$134.82	$317	+64.82
270	270	1	140.00	$140.00	$378	+29.81
320	320	1	137.50	$137.50	$440	+33.27
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-7.50
415–435	422	3	80.00–125.00	$109.53	$462	+37.53
468–472	470	2	75.00–85.00	$80.02	$376	-6.12
524–535	531	3	80.00–95.00	$87.28	$463	-6.51
554–598	569	6	89.00–102.50	$95.75	$545	+11.11
655	655	1	95.00	$95.00	$622	+10.00
830	830	1	112.00	$112.00	$930	—
855	855	1	90.00	$90.00	$770	—
958–990	973	3	72.00–112.00	$95.42	$928	—
1068	1068	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,015	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	40.00	$40.00	$150	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	75.00	$75.00	$465	—

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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.