Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 20, 2023

5,146 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,146	5,066	5,101
Feeder cattle	309	652	448
Slaughter cattle	3,014	2,681	2,803

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1330	1318	2	151.00–154.00	$152.51	$2,010	+2.52
1135–1638	1389	17	126.00–154.00	$144.03	$2,001	-4.02
1275–1550	1448	11	140.00–153.00	$145.33	$2,104	—
1145–1860	1450	56	150.00–166.00	$156.91	$2,275	-4.69
1350–1806	1559	21	162.00–177.00	$167.72	$2,615	-1.87
1365–1825	1576	51	153.00–166.00	$160.50	$2,529	-9.09
1455–1730	1608	15	169.00–176.00	$172.85	$2,779	+3.95
1495–1930	1647	118	161.00–172.00	$167.42	$2,757	-8.71
1675–1775	1725	2	159.00–161.00	$160.03	$2,761	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	205.00	$205.00	$605	-25.00
350–391	371	6	195.00–207.50	$203.38	$755	+13.38
438	438	1	200.00	$200.00	$876	+17.00
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	-47.70
745	745	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,527	+48.87
1042	1042	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,511	—
1098	1098	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,735	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	145.00	$145.00	$319	—
439	439	3	142.50	$142.50	$626	+8.75
605	605	1	125.00	$125.00	$756	+10.96
710	710	1	122.00	$122.00	$866	-28.00
757	757	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,079	—
855	855	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,171	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	1	135.00	$135.00	$389	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–68	64	2	5.00–25.00	$14.38	$9	-3.02
70–75	72	3	40.00–60.00	$50.23	$36	+36.04
73	73	3	10.00	$10.00	$7	-52.76
75	75	1	80.00	$80.00	$60	-355.00
80–85	82	9	40.00–77.00	$64.03	$53	+48.93
80–85	82	3	15.00–25.00	$18.47	$15	+3.37
80–85	83	4	90.00–150.00	$114.70	$95	+10.70
85–88	86	5	265.00–490.00	$425.87	$366	+321.87
90	90	1	70.00	$70.00	$63	+50.00
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	$270	+280.00
90–96	93	10	400.00–485.00	$436.41	$406	+1.59
90–98	93	8	90.00–140.00	$114.60	$107	-320.22
95	95	1	300.00	$300.00	$285	-75.00
100–105	101	6	95.00–145.00	$111.49	$113	-5.26
100–106	103	8	350.00–485.00	$429.63	$443	+45.04
105	105	1	350.00	$350.00	$368	+12.50
110	110	2	400.00–410.00	$405.00	$446	+278.00
110–115	112	3	100.00–150.00	$118.72	$133	-264.47
115	115	1	25.00	$25.00	$29	-235.00
124	124	1	110.00	$110.00	$136	-175.00
960–1645	1196	12	104.00–140.00	$123.02	$1,471	-9.12
1005–1600	1303	2	97.00–110.00	$102.02	$1,329	—
1150–1710	1323	35	143.00–161.00	$154.40	$2,043	+9.75
1150–1445	1330	3	136.00–149.00	$143.01	$1,902	-1.64
1015–1650	1333	2	95.00–116.00	$103.00	$1,373	-41.65
1210–1465	1349	5	148.00–160.00	$155.38	$2,096	+10.73
1135–1780	1395	6	112.00–130.00	$122.70	$1,712	+2.70
1215–1705	1476	14	158.00–174.00	$164.38	$2,426	-3.02
1490	1490	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,848	-43.40
1595	1595	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,313	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	150.00	$150.00	$338	—
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	-19.59
400–415	408	3	125.00–140.00	$130.99	$534	-24.67
470–495	484	4	100.00–135.00	$124.84	$604	-30.64
507–525	513	5	90.00–120.00	$109.05	$559	-34.81
555	555	1	137.00	$137.00	$760	-17.34
685	685	2	110.00	$110.00	$754	-14.91
700–725	713	3	110.00–115.00	$112.35	$801	-19.26
828	828	3	110.00	$110.00	$911	-30.00
855–890	875	3	110.00–135.00	$125.85	$1,101	+17.27

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286–292	289	2	180.00–200.00	$189.90	$549	-57.10
345	345	2	170.00	$170.00	$586	-28.41
410–422	416	2	142.50–145.00	$143.77	$598	-16.25
480	480	1	142.00	$142.00	$682	-17.42
534	534	1	150.00	$150.00	$801	-15.00
646	646	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,050	—
670	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	-7.25
700–734	711	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,138	+13.08
842	842	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,179	+8.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	1	167.50	$167.50	$496	-32.50
542	542	1	130.00	$130.00	$705	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
10	10	1	100.00	$100.00	$10	—
45	45	3	460.00	$460.00	$207	—
50	50	1	125.00	$125.00	$62	+105.00
55	55	1	35.00	$35.00	$19	+15.00
55	55	1	35.00	$35.00	$19	+15.00
65	65	1	40.00	$40.00	$26	-21.32
66	66	1	60.00	$60.00	$40	-1.32
66–68	67	2	180.00–200.00	$189.85	$127	+128.53
70–75	72	3	20.00–90.00	$60.70	$44	+45.07
70–75	72	16	20.00–175.00	$103.86	$75	+88.23
72	72	1	10.00	$10.00	$7	-5.63
70–75	73	7	100.00–250.00	$213.23	$156	+131.36
70–75	73	2	60.00–70.00	$65.17	$48	-16.70
70–78	75	6	245.00–330.00	$297.37	$223	+137.37
75–76	76	2	480.00–500.00	$489.93	$372	+293.71
80	80	1	15.00	$15.00	$12	-185.00
80	80	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-190.00
80–85	83	24	80.00–235.00	$193.30	$160	+0.40
80–85	83	9	400.00–500.00	$463.15	$384	+270.25
80–84	83	9	5.00–140.00	$115.94	$96	-76.96
80–85	83	2	150.00–210.00	$179.09	$149	-13.81
80–86	84	18	185.00–250.00	$220.13	$185	+67.53
80–88	84	33	230.00–350.00	$275.80	$232	+123.20
90	90	1	200.00	$200.00	$180	+65.00
90–95	92	12	85.00–155.00	$133.59	$123	+13.47
90–95	92	16	365.00–495.00	$450.01	$414	+329.89
90–95	92	3	250.00–400.00	$319.82	$294	+199.70
90–98	93	60	180.00–280.00	$240.17	$223	-180.61
90–98	93	81	235.00–330.00	$286.08	$266	-134.70
90–98	95	63	85.00–260.00	$209.45	$199	+44.84
100–108	102	105	245.00–340.00	$280.80	$286	+174.86
100–105	103	2	140.00–150.00	$144.88	$149	+27.04
100–106	103	17	45.00–240.00	$182.87	$188	+65.03
100–105	103	4	300.00–430.00	$372.68	$384	+254.84
100–106	103	66	190.00–300.00	$242.84	$250	+125.00
100–105	103	2	240.00–410.00	$322.93	$333	+205.09
100–108	103	29	395.00–485.00	$449.71	$463	+331.87
105	105	1	245.00	$245.00	$257	+55.00
110	110	1	390.00	$390.00	$429	+330.00
110–111	111	35	125.00–240.00	$227.94	$253	+167.94
110–116	112	55	245.00–340.00	$276.77	$310	+87.93
110–115	113	39	190.00–285.00	$244.15	$276	+2.35
110–115	113	2	360.00–375.00	$367.67	$415	+125.87
110–115	114	13	375.00–435.00	$412.43	$470	+170.63
115	115	1	20.00	$20.00	$23	-45.00
120–125	121	24	230.00–320.00	$259.17	$314	+214.28
120–125	121	7	210.00–240.00	$228.62	$277	+183.73
120–125	123	2	280.00–310.00	$294.69	$362	-56.16
122–125	124	3	330.00–410.00	$383.76	$476	+32.91
125–126	126	2	125.00–150.00	$137.55	$173	-213.30
130	130	1	400.00	$400.00	$520	+330.00
130–135	132	5	245.00–270.00	$257.12	$339	+28.04
145	145	1	335.00	$335.00	$486	+35.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
158–195	177	2	175.00–185.00	$180.52	$320	—
212–218	215	2	200.00–205.00	$202.47	$435	-63.20
270	270	1	215.00	$215.00	$580	-15.00
340	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	—
424	424	3	185.00–202.50	$196.67	$834	+5.41
520	520	1	142.00	$142.00	$738	-40.25
604–628	620	6	130.00–190.00	$171.96	$1,066	+0.33
658	658	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,349	+70.00
895	895	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,146	—
1148	1148	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,435	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	225.00	$225.00	$428	—
275	275	1	185.00	$185.00	$509	—
425	425	1	135.00	$135.00	$574	-17.32
450–465	458	2	140.00–150.00	$144.92	$664	-30.21
522–525	524	6	132.00–150.00	$144.02	$755	+4.18
835	835	1	108.00	$108.00	$902	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	1	155.00	$155.00	$462	—
564	564	1	155.00	$155.00	$874	—
616–638	631	3	130.00–185.00	$167.09	$1,054	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	147.00	$147.00	$382	—
515	515	1	142.00	$142.00	$731	+35.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1825	1639	75-80%	10	50.00–83.00	$75.91	$1,244	-14.71
1265–2165	1641	75-80%	132	83.00–98.00	$89.06	$1,461	-1.56
1415–2085	1711	75-80%	116	92.00–105.00	$97.43	$1,667	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1780	1361	80-85%	68	85.00–97.00	$89.35	$1,216	-3.41
1008–2170	1382	80-85%	134	72.00–92.00	$81.31	$1,124	-3.07
1285–1575	1390	80-85%	8	65.00–74.00	$70.50	$980	-13.88

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1635	1200	85-90%	76	56.00–78.00	$69.42	$833	-13.45
735–1785	1206	85-90%	41	10.00–65.00	$55.79	$673	-27.08
1130–1535	1269	85-90%	8	14.00–54.00	$40.03	$508	—
865–1930	1281	85-90%	56	75.00–98.00	$83.43	$1,069	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1845	1626	65-75%	6	98.00–107.00	$101.22	$1,646	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1890	1296	16	125.00–138.00	$132.05	$1,711	—
1110–1705	1343	4	119.00–126.00	$121.60	$1,633	—
1230–2095	1570	34	132.00–172.00	$148.17	$2,326	+42.60
1104–2268	1700	16	91.00–127.00	$112.36	$1,910	—
1930–2005	1968	2	128.00–131.00	$129.53	$2,549	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–988	908	9	114.00–126.00	$122.48	$1,112	—
870–1555	1180	14	112.00–130.00	$124.06	$1,464	+13.98
830–1885	1298	6	94.00–119.00	$105.34	$1,367	—
1130–1800	1306	5	125.00–135.00	$130.33	$1,702	—
1350–1705	1524	4	103.00–112.00	$107.34	$1,636	—
1705–2180	1947	3	131.00–134.00	$131.88	$2,568	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2075	1524	7	92.00–113.00	$105.14	$1,602	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2205	2205	1	132.00	$132.00	$2,911	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,260	+6.27
950–1350	1139	11	115.00–120.00	$118.25	$1,347	—
870–1490	1155	14	90.00–116.00	$108.59	$1,254	—
1075–1270	1173	2	135.00–139.00	$136.83	$1,605	—
1195–1260	1228	2	106.00–122.00	$114.21	$1,402	+23.61
1145–1405	1275	2	102.00–105.00	$103.65	$1,322	—
1155–1786	1395	9	118.00–137.00	$128.42	$1,791	—
1215–1760	1415	8	123.00–135.00	$126.37	$1,788	—
1518	1518	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,095	—
1650	1650	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,898	-13.00
1670–1970	1820	2	129.00–139.00	$133.59	$2,431	—
1840–1870	1855	2	95.00–97.00	$96.01	$1,781	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	145.00	$145.00	$218	—
555	555	1	95.00	$95.00	$527	—
650	650	1	85.00	$85.00	$552	—
790	790	1	105.00	$105.00	$830	—
865	865	1	105.00	$105.00	$908	—
1135	1135	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,339	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1495	1302	8	106.00–125.00	$117.79	$1,534	+5.79
1136–1680	1492	20	123.00–149.00	$134.77	$2,011	—
1245–2005	1551	7	108.00–128.00	$114.26	$1,772	-13.09
1365–1805	1570	7	135.00–153.00	$148.19	$2,327	+20.84
1280–1900	1633	4	128.00–140.00	$135.39	$2,211	—
1630–1705	1668	2	128.00–133.00	$130.56	$2,178	—
1690	1690	2	143.00	$143.00	$2,417	—
1705–1865	1785	2	126.00–130.00	$127.91	$2,283	—
1790	1790	1	155.50	$155.50	$2,783	—
1970–2160	2065	2	126.00–131.00	$128.38	$2,651	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
152–183	173	3	145.00–155.00	$147.93	$256	+10.87
202–218	209	8	175.00–177.50	$176.26	$368	+18.30
268	268	1	155.00	$155.00	$415	-21.24
446	446	2	137.50	$137.50	$613	-2.97
536–542	538	4	130.00–135.00	$132.51	$713	+25.51
643	643	3	135.00	$135.00	$868	—
745	745	1	102.00	$102.00	$760	—
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—
858–890	866	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,057	—
940	940	1	104.00	$104.00	$978	+10.00
957	957	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,053	—

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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.