Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 13, 2023

5,066 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.39/cwt -14.89 vs last sale · ≈ $899/hd at 571 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $155.66/cwt -9.68 vs last sale · ≈ $658/hd at 423 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.42/cwt -14.33 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 461 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,066	5,451	4,825
Feeder cattle	652	824	649
Slaughter cattle	2,681	2,796	2,578

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1195	1150	5	111.00–129.00	$118.36	$1,361	-23.58
1175–1330	1253	2	131.00–140.00	$135.22	$1,694	—
1080–1500	1326	14	140.00–155.00	$149.99	$1,989	+5.85
960–1745	1371	13	131.00–155.00	$148.05	$2,030	-3.69
1140–1700	1456	59	150.00–171.00	$161.60	$2,353	+11.09
1500	1500	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,490	—
1210–1800	1537	65	152.00–168.00	$162.62	$2,499	—
1410–1735	1565	29	164.00–172.00	$169.59	$2,654	+5.30
1395–1875	1595	4	150.00–156.00	$152.80	$2,437	-12.59
1405–1818	1605	21	164.00–175.00	$168.90	$2,711	+8.89
1405–1875	1640	25	173.00–180.00	$176.13	$2,889	+0.36
1655–1685	1670	2	164.00–165.00	$164.50	$2,747	-4.36
1505–1895	1682	106	164.00–176.00	$171.60	$2,886	+2.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	2	240.00–295.00	$265.00	$583	—
275	275	1	230.00	$230.00	$632	—
370	370	1	190.00	$190.00	$703	-14.64
420	420	1	183.00	$183.00	$769	-11.58
450–480	466	7	170.00–195.00	$183.74	$856	-1.26
510–520	517	3	180.00–200.00	$186.58	$965	+3.00
552–580	561	3	180.00–207.00	$197.70	$1,109	-2.62
620–640	627	3	165.00–175.00	$171.60	$1,076	-28.18
680	680	3	135.00	$135.00	$918	-63.12
700–720	710	2	147.00–165.00	$156.13	$1,109	-21.96
968	968	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,404	-21.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
154	154	1	140.00	$140.00	$216	—
320	320	2	160.00–200.00	$180.00	$576	—
380	380	1	155.00	$155.00	$589	-1.30
420	420	4	130.00–135.00	$133.75	$562	-81.25
470–480	473	3	182.00–185.00	$183.99	$870	+4.25
530	530	1	105.00	$105.00	$556	-58.33
605–610	607	5	105.00–127.50	$114.04	$692	-10.96
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	-12.19

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	1	2.25	$2.25	$7	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	1	130.00	$130.00	$894	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,280	—

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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	10.00	$10.00	$6	+2.50
60	60	2	15.00–45.00	$30.00	$18	+22.50
60–65	63	2	15.00–20.00	$17.40	$11	+9.90
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	$98	+128.66
70–75	72	7	10.00–25.00	$14.19	$10	+2.85
70–75	73	2	55.00–70.00	$62.76	$46	+51.42
70–75	74	5	10.00–60.00	$26.55	$20	-228.79
75	75	2	410.00–460.00	$435.00	$326	+335.00
80–85	81	7	25.00–70.00	$40.69	$33	-89.31
80–82	81	2	50.00–380.00	$217.04	$176	+87.04
80–85	82	3	10.00–20.00	$15.10	$12	-7.82
80–88	83	6	250.00–435.00	$354.10	$294	+331.18
80–85	83	3	70.00–130.00	$104.00	$86	+81.08
90	90	1	20.00	$20.00	$18	-115.00
90	90	1	30.00	$30.00	$27	-105.00
90–95	93	6	380.00–450.00	$434.82	$404	+426.53
90–95	93	6	110.00–180.00	$126.01	$117	+117.72
95	95	2	375.00	$375.00	$356	+345.75
100	100	2	80.00	$80.00	$80	+75.00
100	100	1	360.00	$360.00	$360	+355.00
100–105	102	13	65.00–160.00	$116.75	$119	-214.76
100–105	103	6	270.00–430.00	$384.59	$396	+53.08
105	105	2	325.00–350.00	$337.50	$354	+5.99
110	110	1	80.00	$80.00	$88	-5.00
110	110	5	35.00–160.00	$127.00	$140	+42.00
110–112	111	3	360.00–410.00	$383.19	$425	+298.19
115	115	1	260.00	$260.00	$299	-76.87
122	122	1	285.00	$285.00	$348	+245.00
1105–1375	1184	4	112.00–146.00	$132.14	$1,565	-10.30
1135–1585	1343	3	140.00–151.00	$144.65	$1,943	—
1160–1625	1360	21	141.00–167.00	$155.92	$2,121	-2.24
1370	1370	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,644	-38.16
1175–1635	1440	16	160.00–171.00	$164.66	$2,371	+2.90
1463	1463	2	160.00	$160.00	$2,341	-4.92
1415–1580	1474	20	160.00–170.50	$167.40	$2,467	+2.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
176	176	1	200.00	$200.00	$352	—
260	260	1	247.00	$247.00	$642	—
320–345	335	3	140.00–265.00	$198.41	$665	+19.17
350–375	363	2	155.00–165.00	$160.17	$581	-16.52
400–440	426	10	145.00–190.00	$160.02	$682	+7.52
460–470	461	15	157.00–175.00	$159.42	$735	-14.33
500	500	2	165.00	$165.00	$825	—
550–590	571	18	145.00–165.00	$157.39	$899	-14.89
650–690	672	15	140.00–165.00	$157.25	$1,057	-15.49
720–742	728	5	117.00–160.00	$146.92	$1,070	-19.46
750–760	755	2	140.00–166.00	$153.09	$1,156	-22.43
835	835	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,102	-33.83
860	860	3	157.00	$157.00	$1,350	-10.00
905–914	907	5	104.00–170.00	$150.78	$1,368	+28.28
1038	1038	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	3	152.00	$152.00	$454	—
320–340	327	3	120.00–145.00	$136.33	$446	-26.50
350–380	365	2	150.00–170.00	$159.59	$583	+3.62
405–435	423	16	140.00–175.00	$155.66	$658	-9.68
450–490	471	8	145.00–160.00	$155.48	$732	+5.88
505–545	534	9	125.00–165.00	$143.86	$768	-12.30
555–570	563	7	135.00–162.00	$154.34	$869	-10.66
605–640	624	4	105.00–140.00	$129.16	$806	-5.68
655–670	665	4	85.00–155.00	$124.91	$831	-31.71
700–740	720	5	105.00–147.00	$131.61	$948	—
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	-20.00
820	820	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,148	+2.75
865–885	870	4	80.00–120.00	$108.58	$945	-38.45

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	200.00	$200.00	$580	—
405	405	3	145.00	$145.00	$587	—
632	632	1	135.00	$135.00	$853	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	1	122.00	$122.00	$673	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	2	10.00–30.00	$20.00	$11	+15.00
60–68	63	5	5.00–35.00	$17.10	$11	+4.29
60–69	67	7	50.00–100.00	$61.32	$41	+51.32
68	68	1	100.00	$100.00	$68	+90.00
70–75	72	8	5.00–30.00	$15.63	$11	-57.60
70–75	73	13	50.00–100.00	$81.87	$60	-45.37
70–76	74	10	70.00–215.00	$146.78	$109	+19.54
72–75	74	2	165.00–310.00	$238.98	$177	+111.74
75	75	3	20.00–55.00	$33.33	$25	-196.67
75	75	2	100.00–220.00	$160.00	$120	-70.00
75	75	2	225.00–380.00	$302.50	$227	+72.50
75–78	76	4	190.00–200.00	$196.22	$149	+21.02
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	$112	+101.74
80	80	1	200.00	$200.00	$160	+161.74
80–86	83	14	320.00–490.00	$437.27	$363	+347.72
80–85	83	23	160.00–215.00	$192.90	$160	+103.35
80–85	83	14	5.00–120.00	$61.63	$51	-27.92
80–88	84	48	175.00–290.00	$229.63	$193	-162.84
80–85	84	24	50.00–190.00	$152.60	$128	-239.87
80–88	85	4	15.00–30.00	$23.99	$20	-368.48
90	90	1	135.00	$135.00	$122	+15.00
90–95	91	4	200.00–350.00	$284.79	$259	+209.11
90–91	91	7	75.00–135.00	$120.12	$109	+44.44
90–98	93	23	300.00–480.00	$420.78	$391	+253.10
90–98	93	92	125.00–300.00	$239.10	$222	+71.42
90–98	93	77	140.00–230.00	$195.85	$182	+28.17
90–95	94	40	90.00–177.00	$164.61	$155	-95.28
100–105	102	13	5.00–135.00	$105.94	$108	-83.33
100–106	102	45	125.00–240.00	$195.43	$199	+6.16
100–105	103	4	215.00–370.00	$319.21	$329	+102.14
100–105	103	9	50.00–190.00	$117.84	$121	-99.23
100–108	103	122	195.00–300.00	$243.17	$250	+26.10
100–108	104	34	305.00–450.00	$413.77	$430	+196.70
105	105	1	190.00	$190.00	$200	-27.07
110	110	1	60.00	$60.00	$66	-73.86
110	110	2	290.00–300.00	$295.00	$324	+161.14
110	110	19	135.00–165.00	$163.42	$180	+29.56
110	110	2	90.00–215.00	$152.50	$168	+18.64
110–118	112	26	150.00–210.00	$188.84	$212	+54.98
110–115	112	18	360.00–440.00	$396.81	$444	+262.95
110–115	113	84	190.00–285.00	$241.80	$273	+51.42
115	115	1	65.00	$65.00	$75	+40.00
120	120	1	340.00	$340.00	$408	+241.67
120–125	121	11	140.00–200.00	$168.19	$204	-14.09
120–124	121	3	35.00–50.00	$44.89	$54	-137.39
120–125	122	31	175.00–255.00	$217.74	$266	+35.46
120–125	123	6	325.00–370.00	$350.85	$432	+184.63
130	130	1	70.00	$70.00	$91	-80.00
130	130	1	340.00	$340.00	$442	+190.00
130	130	1	350.00	$350.00	$455	+200.00
130–135	132	6	210.00–250.00	$229.08	$302	-29.70
130–135	132	3	180.00–205.00	$193.35	$255	-65.43
140	140	2	300.00	$300.00	$420	+140.00
140	140	1	195.00	$195.00	$273	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	240.00–295.00	$265.67	$598	—
255	255	1	230.00	$230.00	$586	+27.39
400–424	412	2	182.00–200.00	$191.26	$788	-8.74
450–480	462	6	175.00–195.00	$186.66	$862	+14.55
510–542	531	4	175.00–200.00	$182.25	$968	+14.34
555–570	563	2	145.00–180.00	$162.27	$914	-3.57
610–620	613	3	165.00–175.00	$171.63	$1,052	+11.63
650	650	4	135.00	$135.00	$878	-39.91
710	710	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,172	—
945	945	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,087	—
960	960	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,190	—
1030	1030	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,215	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	160.00–200.00	$179.68	$566	-25.34
350	350	1	155.00	$155.00	$542	—
404–446	434	7	135.00–190.00	$152.32	$661	-3.48
460–475	468	6	162.00–185.00	$175.13	$820	—
505–540	531	4	132.00–165.00	$139.84	$743	-22.22
560–590	571	3	115.00–155.00	$136.30	$778	-26.26
605	605	3	125.00	$125.00	$756	+5.00
710	710	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,065	-15.00
930	930	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,079	-16.49

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	127.00	$127.00	$451	-28.00
410	410	1	107.00	$107.00	$439	-12.74
510	510	1	107.00	$107.00	$546	—
810–820	815	2	112.00–125.00	$118.54	$966	+18.54

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	1	165.00	$165.00	$977	+5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
164	164	1	260.00	$260.00	$426	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	195.00	$195.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1960	1363	80-85%	64	86.00–111.00	$92.76	$1,264	+4.30
1010–1720	1394	80-85%	118	75.00–98.00	$84.38	$1,176	-4.08
1145–2025	1494	80-85%	38	72.00–84.00	$79.19	$1,183	—
1165–1795	1523	80-85%	23	71.00–77.50	$74.21	$1,130	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1890	1605	75-80%	31	71.00–89.50	$83.67	$1,343	-5.13
1265–1980	1624	75-80%	100	82.00–102.00	$90.62	$1,472	+1.82
1285–2104	1693	75-80%	97	93.00–104.50	$98.40	$1,666	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1580	1189	85-90%	39	28.00–73.50	$64.22	$764	+15.15
745–1635	1202	85-90%	54	74.00–102.00	$82.87	$996	—
830–1765	1215	85-90%	20	29.00–66.50	$52.64	$640	—
826–1695	1242	85-90%	87	60.00–85.00	$73.07	$908	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1978	1778	65-75%	20	93.00–107.00	$99.96	$1,777	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1017	1017	2	80.00	$80.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1675	1388	5	120.00–134.00	$125.48	$1,742	—
936–2136	1569	10	75.00–129.00	$105.57	$1,656	—
1475–2200	1823	16	113.00–171.00	$136.88	$2,495	—
2104	2104	1	122.00	$122.00	$2,567	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–865	850	2	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$973	—
1020	1020	1	87.00	$87.00	$887	—
1130–1245	1183	3	108.00–113.00	$110.08	$1,302	+9.36
1080–1600	1375	4	114.00–129.00	$121.57	$1,672	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–2270	1786	7	70.00–119.00	$107.29	$1,916	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1135	1068	3	107.00–117.00	$113.73	$1,215	+10.38
910–1235	1095	6	94.00–105.00	$100.47	$1,100	-2.88
965–1435	1200	2	90.00–91.00	$90.60	$1,087	-22.84
1275–1365	1320	4	114.00–137.00	$125.35	$1,655	+14.94
1345–1560	1453	2	95.00–99.00	$96.85	$1,407	-33.75
1206–1750	1468	18	113.00–140.00	$128.82	$1,891	-1.78
1660	1660	2	128.00	$128.00	$2,125	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	152.00	$152.00	$395	—
360	360	1	117.00	$117.00	$421	+14.71
420	420	2	120.00	$120.00	$504	—
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	+55.00
510	510	2	100.00–130.00	$115.00	$586	+16.38
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	-7.00
820–830	822	5	82.00–130.00	$120.31	$989	—
920	920	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,058	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
176–198	187	2	130.00–145.00	$137.06	$256	+2.48
205–216	211	4	140.00–175.00	$157.96	$333	+31.23
262–264	262	6	170.00–177.50	$176.24	$462	+45.09
312–320	316	2	140.00–155.00	$147.59	$466	+22.59
370	370	2	127.00	$127.00	$470	+29.61
408–420	413	6	107.00–157.50	$140.47	$580	+18.47
460	460	1	150.00	$150.00	$690	+24.74
520	520	1	107.00	$107.00	$556	-2.82
675	675	1	97.00	$97.00	$655	-23.70
800–825	813	2	112.00–125.00	$118.60	$964	—
910	910	1	94.00	$94.00	$855	—
1085	1085	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,324	+28.07

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1140	1001	4	106.00–116.00	$112.87	$1,130	—
1035–1100	1068	2	119.00–126.00	$122.61	$1,309	—
1290	1290	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,535	—
1195–1435	1308	4	91.00–121.00	$112.00	$1,465	—
1375–1760	1533	8	135.00–148.00	$141.33	$2,167	+4.48
1335–1805	1555	8	125.00–132.00	$127.35	$1,980	—

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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.