Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 8, 2023

4,176 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $180.38/cwt +8.50 vs last sale · ≈ $967/hd at 536 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $182.52/cwt +2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $865/hd at 474 lb · 19 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.31/cwt +4.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,003/hd at 582 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,176	5,759	5,277
Feeder cattle	553	1,498	807
Slaughter cattle	2,246	2,800	2,720

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1765	1382	5	137.00–156.00	$149.27	$2,063	-4.02
1283–1665	1442	4	156.00–158.00	$157.11	$2,266	+4.19
1328–1643	1514	11	169.00–171.00	$169.83	$2,571	+5.57
1280–1780	1556	87	156.00–172.00	$165.97	$2,582	-1.79
1315–1738	1569	66	162.00–170.00	$167.75	$2,632	-0.01
1510–1710	1574	7	158.00–161.00	$159.17	$2,505	-8.59
1505–1675	1590	2	170.00–171.00	$170.53	$2,711	+0.08
1425–1810	1611	47	167.00–172.50	$170.21	$2,742	-1.00
1595–1655	1624	10	174.50–177.00	$175.80	$2,855	+4.59
1405–1845	1625	2	144.00–152.00	$147.46	$2,396	-23.75
1466–1824	1661	9	171.00–182.00	$177.09	$2,941	—
1565–1730	1663	9	174.00–177.00	$175.63	$2,921	—
1380–2065	1694	81	163.50–174.50	$169.58	$2,873	—
1565–1865	1705	4	159.00–161.00	$160.27	$2,733	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	2	180.00–200.00	$190.07	$699	-20.53
405–447	430	5	220.00–222.00	$221.25	$951	+5.47
455–465	460	4	222.00–225.00	$223.48	$1,028	-2.24
505–514	513	7	212.00–215.00	$212.42	$1,090	+3.79
561	561	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,245	+17.03
622–640	630	6	195.00–212.00	$202.79	$1,278	+13.70
670–686	682	6	167.00–180.00	$170.78	$1,165	-15.67
718–730	721	14	195.00–202.00	$199.57	$1,439	+15.59
728 value added	728	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,580	—
761–795	773	17	187.00–205.00	$197.73	$1,528	+21.01
825–849	841	12	182.00–195.00	$186.93	$1,572	+13.20
930	930	2	177.00–180.00	$178.50	$1,660	+3.34
965	965	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,612	+19.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–254	253	3	137.50–150.00	$141.62	$358	-23.38
313	313	2	140.00	$140.00	$438	-45.00
420–445	437	3	175.00	$175.00	$765	+7.13
498	498	2	192.00	$192.00	$956	—
510–540	528	4	172.00–190.00	$182.45	$963	+20.63
570	570	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,112	+79.89
609–625	612	8	169.00–175.00	$171.75	$1,051	—
718–732	725	4	172.00–190.00	$180.91	$1,312	+32.94
765–785	775	2	160.00–175.00	$167.40	$1,297	+12.07
805	805	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,328	—
895	895	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,477	—
915	915	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,345	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
212	212	1	125.00	$125.00	$265	—
286	286	1	152.50	$152.50	$436	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–288	282	2	155.00–180.00	$167.21	$472	-8.92
325–328	327	4	190.00	$190.00	$621	+32.46
352–398	372	9	135.00–182.00	$165.08	$614	-12.20
372–375 value added	374	4	185.00–197.00	$190.98	$714	—
420–440	432	10	185.00–200.00	$193.55	$836	+17.26
450–482	472	15	170.00–185.00	$177.32	$837	-2.99
482 value added	482	4	202.00	$202.00	$974	—
505–546	532	15	137.50–180.00	$171.60	$913	+31.60
543 value added	543	9	195.00	$195.00	$1,059	—
574–597	582	19	167.00–180.00	$172.31	$1,003	+4.19
636–640	637	7	160.00–175.00	$170.70	$1,087	+3.16
656–680	670	4	140.00–177.00	$164.40	$1,101	+1.07
700–710	708	6	167.00–180.00	$173.15	$1,226	+9.69
765–774	768	3	150.00–170.00	$159.96	$1,228	+39.96
805–844	831	3	149.00–170.00	$155.78	$1,295	+35.78
856–882	868	11	149.00–152.00	$150.98	$1,311	+28.98
892 value added	892	2	197.00	$197.00	$1,757	—
915–945	923	4	122.00–147.00	$140.60	$1,298	+8.77
958	958	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,198	+10.12
1086	1086	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,325	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	2	5.00–10.00	$7.50	$4	-52.50
60–65	62	3	5.00–30.00	$14.68	$9	+9.68
65	65	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
68	68	1	30.00	$30.00	$20	-25.00
70–75	71	8	5.00–50.00	$19.76	$14	+9.64
70–75	73	2	560.00–590.00	$575.52	$420	+533.47
72–76	74	2	50.00–70.00	$59.73	$44	+17.68
80	80	1	10.00	$10.00	$8	-114.49
80–82	81	2	100.00	$100.00	$81	-24.49
80–88	83	7	445.00–575.00	$490.05	$407	+326.63
83–86	85	8	120.00–455.00	$186.25	$158	-143.75
90–96	93	13	130.00–190.00	$162.23	$151	-305.66
90–98	94	6	405.00–620.00	$467.94	$440	+242.94
95	95	1	490.00	$490.00	$466	+265.00
100	100	3	100.00–162.00	$141.33	$141	-303.67
100	100	6	135.00–210.00	$164.17	$164	-280.83
100–105	101	6	445.00–585.00	$539.26	$545	+424.11
104	104	1	90.00	$90.00	$94	+70.00
105	105	2	230.00–425.00	$327.50	$344	+307.50
115	115	1	160.00	$160.00	$184	-190.00
120	120	2	160.00	$160.00	$192	-110.00
130	130	1	310.00	$310.00	$403	+10.00
1188	1188	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,782	—
1065–1395	1230	2	104.00–118.00	$111.94	$1,377	-9.82
1124–1574	1337	8	140.00–163.00	$149.22	$1,995	—
1205–1445	1393	6	160.00–171.00	$167.68	$2,336	+14.44
1372–1526	1454	5	165.00–173.00	$168.29	$2,447	+25.94
1400–1538	1469	2	160.00–169.50	$164.53	$2,417	+4.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	1	127.50	$127.50	$275	—
275–284	281	3	125.00–130.00	$126.63	$356	-38.24
312	312	2	150.00	$150.00	$468	+8.92
360–394	377	2	105.00–155.00	$128.87	$486	-24.75
440–449	447	6	155.00–167.00	$164.70	$736	+12.70
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	-7.82
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	+8.77
555	555	1	160.00	$160.00	$888	+6.65
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	-23.14
675	675	1	125.00	$125.00	$844	-5.00
708	708	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,062	+10.00
776–780	777	6	140.00–145.00	$140.84	$1,094	—
836–845	841	2	118.00–145.00	$131.57	$1,107	+11.57

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	1	145.00	$145.00	$429	—
381	381	3	135.00	$135.00	$514	-30.00
554–576	558	5	112.50–122.50	$120.44	$672	-44.56

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	1	95.00	$95.00	$279	—
362	362	1	140.00	$140.00	$507	+25.00
448	448	1	120.00	$120.00	$538	—
556	556	4	105.00–130.00	$117.50	$653	+5.00
686	686	1	90.00	$90.00	$617	-15.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714	714	1	122.00	$122.00	$871	—

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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	15.00	$15.00	$8	-105.00
55–56	56	2	5.00–10.00	$7.48	$4	-112.52
64–68	65	7	15.00–110.00	$79.59	$52	-40.41
70–75	73	6	100.00–150.00	$114.94	$84	-22.52
70–78	74	9	290.00–400.00	$359.33	$266	+221.87
72–78	75	2	130.00–150.00	$140.40	$105	+2.94
74–75	75	4	200.00–340.00	$281.52	$211	+144.06
75	75	1	410.00	$410.00	$308	+272.54
75–78	76	3	400.00–535.00	$488.82	$372	+229.25
80–85	83	11	15.00–100.00	$58.24	$48	-224.42
80–88	83	10	450.00–620.00	$519.66	$431	+237.00
80–88	83	13	250.00–340.00	$303.68	$252	+21.02
80–88	84	29	1.00–400.00	$342.86	$288	+91.68
80–88	85	15	115.00–350.00	$246.63	$210	-81.41
85	85	1	470.00	$470.00	$400	+141.96
90	90	1	240.00	$240.00	$216	+160.68
90–96	93	5	5.00–30.00	$19.06	$18	-290.78
90–98	93	83	310.00–430.00	$362.57	$337	+52.73
90–95	93	3	300.00–350.00	$325.45	$303	+15.61
90–98	94	39	100.00–385.00	$303.19	$285	-177.23
90–98	94	52	200.00–440.00	$321.97	$303	-158.45
90–98	94	22	350.00–600.00	$524.32	$493	+43.90
100–106	102	96	325.00–400.00	$367.67	$375	+56.71
100–108	103	39	240.00–370.00	$329.08	$339	-168.24
100–105	103	3	400.00–425.00	$408.06	$420	-89.26
100–108	103	19	420.00–600.00	$520.42	$536	+23.10
100–108	104	15	65.00–340.00	$277.68	$289	-219.64
105–106	106	2	15.00–160.00	$87.16	$92	-172.65
110–115	111	22	415.00–580.00	$511.94	$568	+120.13
110–116	112	5	150.00–280.00	$193.69	$217	-198.12
110–116	113	17	220.00–365.00	$320.08	$362	+14.96
110–116	113	50	325.00–420.00	$354.97	$401	+49.85
115	115	1	200.00	$200.00	$230	+97.43
120	120	2	405.00–410.00	$407.50	$489	+267.50
120–122	121	3	300.00–350.00	$325.14	$393	+185.14
120–125	121	13	300.00–375.00	$334.56	$405	+194.56
120–124	121	3	350.00–460.00	$422.53	$511	+282.53
130–135	133	2	285.00–320.00	$302.17	$402	+2.17
130–135	133	2	360.00–370.00	$364.91	$485	+64.91
130–135	133	2	345.00–400.00	$373.02	$496	+73.02
135	135	2	240.00–250.00	$245.00	$331	-55.00
135	135	1	110.00	$110.00	$148	-190.00
140	140	1	300.00	$300.00	$420	+195.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	205.00	$205.00	$554	-28.75
300–340	327	3	195.00–200.00	$196.53	$643	+5.82
363–386	368	5	200.00–207.00	$205.53	$756	-15.88
405–438	419	3	185.00–195.00	$191.78	$804	-29.32
422 value added	422	10	217.00	$217.00	$916	—
480	480	2	185.00	$185.00	$888	-55.14
485 value added	485	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,004	—
512–534	523	2	167.50–170.00	$168.72	$882	-24.93
589	589	2	145.00	$145.00	$854	-33.92
622–640	629	3	152.50–177.00	$166.55	$1,048	+5.94
910	910	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,065	-28.00
1096	1096	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,326	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	150.00	$150.00	$390	—
313–340	321	6	125.00–177.00	$158.97	$510	-10.15
380–395	388	2	135.00–140.00	$137.45	$533	-37.74
440	440	1	165.00	$165.00	$726	+17.05
505–528	515	5	132.50–165.00	$143.49	$739	-0.01
550–592	568	3	105.00–155.00	$127.73	$726	-17.27
606	606	1	152.50	$152.50	$924	+12.50
704	704	1	122.50	$122.50	$862	—
760	760	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	$1,102	+5.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	1	185.00	$185.00	$540	—
348	348	1	155.00	$155.00	$539	—
416	416	1	180.00	$180.00	$749	—
466–498	482	2	125.00–130.00	$127.42	$614	-42.58

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	137.50	$137.50	$595	—
486	486	1	110.00	$110.00	$535	—
704	704	1	120.00	$120.00	$845	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	160.00	$160.00	$669	+35.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1570	1189	85-90%	19	20.00–67.00	$41.36	$492	-9.68
940–1650	1232	85-90%	34	17.50–74.00	$61.88	$762	-8.29
732–1675	1258	85-90%	97	50.00–83.00	$72.66	$914	—
930–1590	1313	85-90%	33	77.50–94.00	$83.91	$1,102	+2.50

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1580	1362	80-85%	25	88.00–102.00	$94.14	$1,282	+12.54
865–1732	1384	80-85%	90	71.00–98.00	$84.73	$1,173	-8.68
1000–1705	1399	80-85%	27	73.00–88.00	$82.02	$1,147	-11.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1895	1604	75-80%	15	73.00–91.00	$85.44	$1,370	—
1385–2104	1656	75-80%	65	84.00–100.00	$93.05	$1,541	—
1305–2160	1751	75-80%	49	94.00–106.00	$99.21	$1,737	+2.97

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1702–1900	1801	65-75%	2	108.00–110.00	$108.95	$1,962	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–895	875	2	122.00–129.00	$125.42	$1,097	—
850–1670	1163	12	102.00–113.00	$107.36	$1,249	—
1010–1515	1303	13	112.00–129.00	$119.96	$1,563	—
994–2234	1592	16	80.00–119.00	$103.00	$1,640	—
1230–2020	1660	19	126.00–158.00	$142.37	$2,363	—
1968	1968	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,283	—
2030–2035	2033	2	118.00–125.00	$121.50	$2,470	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–860	843	3	111.00–126.00	$118.90	$1,002	—
815–1410	1036	8	92.00–105.00	$98.87	$1,024	—
900–1425	1182	20	105.00–118.00	$110.74	$1,309	—
1270–1790	1492	9	118.00–146.00	$126.89	$1,893	+14.61
2345	2345	1	104.00	$104.00	$2,439	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,161	—
915–1370	1099	15	90.00–118.00	$102.59	$1,127	—
905–1330	1121	8	90.00–97.00	$93.28	$1,046	—
1130–1235	1183	2	116.00–117.00	$116.48	$1,378	+19.34
1300–1634	1456	9	105.00–140.00	$129.59	$1,887	—
1475	1475	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,139	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	180.00	$180.00	$549	+25.00
370	370	1	165.00	$165.00	$610	—
580	580	1	167.00	$167.00	$969	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	1	130.00	$130.00	$296	+25.00
280	280	3	122.50	$122.50	$343	-2.50
324	324	1	137.50	$137.50	$446	-7.50
352–384	362	6	105.00–130.00	$121.71	$441	-13.70
530–542	539	4	95.00–130.00	$121.40	$654	-11.52
566	566	2	125.00	$125.00	$708	+2.49
648	648	1	107.50	$107.50	$697	-8.33

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,562	+11.46
1145–1695	1375	3	102.00–109.00	$106.65	$1,466	—
1470–1880	1644	4	133.00–137.00	$134.65	$2,214	+16.65
1552–1796	1649	4	136.00–142.00	$139.57	$2,302	+21.57
1580–1905	1743	2	153.00–159.00	$155.72	$2,714	—
1660–1822	1782	4	144.50–146.00	$144.85	$2,581	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
738	738	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,159	+30.99
865–872	870	3	145.00–155.00	$148.32	$1,290	—
1085	1085	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,248	—

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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.