Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 21, 2023

5,191 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $214.87/cwt -7.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,461/hd at 680 lb · 36 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $215.21/cwt -5.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,653/hd at 768 lb · 34 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.00/cwt +17.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,737/hd at 804 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,191	4,776	5,075
Feeder cattle	504	569	408
Slaughter cattle	2,543	2,518	2,659

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1365	1152	3	140.00–144.00	$142.42	$1,641	—
1230	1230	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,488	—
1145–1518	1339	4	161.00–167.00	$164.62	$2,204	+9.92
1340	1340	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,157	+6.30
1035–1818	1362	18	120.00–188.00	$152.40	$2,076	-29.95
1275–1670	1440	34	148.00–185.00	$177.28	$2,553	-0.59
1140–1802	1450	35	160.00–187.00	$174.78	$2,534	—
1305–1800	1550	115	171.00–192.50	$185.89	$2,881	—
1165–1790	1557	26	183.00–197.00	$188.98	$2,942	-4.08
1480–1645	1567	19	180.50–189.00	$185.79	$2,911	-7.27
1420–1940	1619	125	180.00–199.00	$190.30	$3,081	—
1650	1650	3	192.00	$192.00	$3,168	—
1620–1700	1654	7	191.00–195.00	$192.78	$3,189	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,009	+37.55
509	509	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,298	+50.00
580	580	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,131	-0.09
600–620	618	13	210.00–251.00	$247.94	$1,532	—
705–724	719	16	217.50–242.50	$238.49	$1,715	-9.18
755	755	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,835	-5.86
811–847	825	6	220.00–237.00	$228.31	$1,884	+40.81
855–890	882	15	158.00–235.50	$229.01	$2,020	+8.01
990	990	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,544	-33.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	—
350–385	368	2	150.00–155.00	$152.38	$561	—
405	405	1	180.00	$180.00	$729	—
460–492	474	4	140.00–160.00	$152.31	$722	-55.24
524–532	528	4	160.00–194.00	$182.09	$961	-22.77
555	555	3	174.00	$174.00	$966	-39.35
689	689	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,137	-14.99
703–745	727	11	167.50–212.00	$191.47	$1,392	+21.47
855	855	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,676	—
1050	1050	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,496	—
1205	1205	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,566	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	165.00	$165.00	$512	-50.30
396	396	7	222.50	$222.50	$881	+24.05
415	415	2	195.00	$195.00	$809	-1.93
505–538	522	15	170.00–230.00	$207.15	$1,081	+28.57
554–596	562	8	165.00–225.00	$214.17	$1,204	-35.83
658–691	680	36	195.00–245.00	$214.87	$1,461	-7.83
719	719	13	220.00	$220.00	$1,582	-21.00
767–768	768	34	205.00–219.00	$215.21	$1,653	-5.44
804	804	20	216.00	$216.00	$1,737	+17.30

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70–74	72	2	300.00–520.00	$413.06	$297	-46.03
74–76	75	3	380.00–510.00	$462.80	$347	+366.74
80	80	2	240.00–250.00	$245.00	$196	+94.76
80	80	2	240.00–510.00	$375.00	$300	+224.76
80–88	83	5	60.00–135.00	$107.22	$89	-43.02
80–88	85	11	290.00–640.00	$549.16	$467	+18.72
84–88	87	7	120.00–200.00	$150.56	$131	+80.56
90	90	1	250.00	$250.00	$225	+74.94
90–92	91	2	70.00–130.00	$99.67	$91	-75.39
90–98	93	7	175.00–210.00	$192.00	$179	-352.92
90–98	94	8	500.00–600.00	$542.43	$510	-2.49
95	95	1	410.00	$410.00	$390	-134.92
100–102	101	6	140.00–200.00	$171.58	$173	-364.25
100–108	102	7	270.00–575.00	$486.52	$496	-49.31
104	104	1	110.00	$110.00	$114	-10.00
110	110	1	190.00	$190.00	$209	+70.00
114	114	1	470.00	$470.00	$536	+350.00
120	120	1	145.00	$145.00	$174	+15.00
125	125	1	560.00	$560.00	$700	+430.00
748–1504	1122	7	72.50–145.00	$126.99	$1,425	—
1180	1180	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,006	—
1155–1500	1294	12	176.00–182.00	$179.18	$2,319	—
1045–1635	1299	15	150.00–177.00	$169.81	$2,206	—
1355–1645	1477	3	165.00–174.00	$169.37	$2,502	-5.59
1285–1785	1512	7	171.00–185.00	$178.72	$2,702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–282	271	2	145.00–155.00	$149.80	$406	-39.34
330	330	1	130.00	$130.00	$429	-86.76
400–435	424	8	140.00–205.00	$173.15	$734	+13.01
460–466	462	3	140.00–155.00	$145.04	$670	+5.04
520–548	539	8	130.00–175.00	$158.79	$856	—
580	580	3	158.00	$158.00	$916	-23.10
620–637	631	3	140.00–172.50	$161.86	$1,021	+41.86
700	700	1	112.00	$112.00	$784	—
762–787	770	6	160.00–167.50	$164.95	$1,270	—
820	820	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,123	+2.00
955	955	1	104.00	$104.00	$993	—
1075	1075	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,247	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	4	225.00	$225.00	$994	—
785	785	15	201.00	$201.00	$1,578	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
184	184	1	200.00	$200.00	$368	—
522	522	1	135.00	$135.00	$705	—
886	886	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,373	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,688	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
62	62	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-240.00
60–65	63	2	12.50–20.00	$16.10	$10	-228.90
60–68	64	5	200.00–210.00	$201.88	$129	-43.12
66	66	1	450.00	$450.00	$297	+239.40
70	70	1	350.00	$350.00	$245	+145.37
70–78	73	7	295.00–325.00	$307.02	$224	+230.99
70–75	73	2	300.00–400.00	$348.28	$254	+272.25
70–78	73	4	90.00–270.00	$185.26	$135	+109.23
75	75	1	130.00	$130.00	$98	-158.14
75	75	1	20.00	$20.00	$15	-268.14
74–78	76	5	200.00–270.00	$226.96	$172	-61.18
80	80	1	250.00	$250.00	$200	-283.70
80–88	84	33	270.00–350.00	$300.79	$253	-8.85
80–88	84	11	100.00–295.00	$167.78	$141	-141.86
80–86	84	4	5.00–110.00	$31.28	$26	-278.36
80–88	85	7	600.00–675.00	$625.22	$531	+454.68
80–88	85	19	200.00–310.00	$249.28	$212	+78.74
90	90	1	310.00	$310.00	$279	+30.00
90	90	1	240.00	$240.00	$216	-40.00
90–96	92	18	400.00–700.00	$589.24	$542	+405.08
90–95	93	2	20.00–30.00	$25.14	$23	-159.02
90–98	93	63	260.00–360.00	$285.33	$265	+101.17
90–98	93	15	140.00–290.00	$204.54	$190	+20.38
90–98	94	32	187.00–305.00	$250.66	$236	+66.50
100	100	2	235.00–250.00	$242.50	$242	-14.72
100–106	102	25	200.00–300.00	$246.92	$252	-10.30
100–105	102	22	360.00–650.00	$566.30	$578	+309.08
100–108	103	67	220.00–325.00	$287.26	$296	-178.49
100–106	104	13	130.00–275.00	$183.60	$191	-282.15
105	105	1	525.00	$525.00	$551	+500.00
110–118	111	16	225.00–290.00	$245.91	$273	-352.37
110–118	112	30	250.00–315.00	$281.53	$315	+46.95
110–115	113	6	125.00–210.00	$153.35	$173	-81.23
110–118	113	10	510.00–675.00	$572.71	$647	+338.13
115	115	1	310.00	$310.00	$356	+75.42
115	115	1	90.00	$90.00	$104	-144.58
120	120	1	225.00	$225.00	$270	-42.50
120–125	121	4	525.00–600.00	$564.59	$683	+297.09
120–122	121	2	275.00–280.00	$277.48	$336	+9.98
120–125	123	3	200.00–260.00	$219.46	$270	-235.22
130	130	1	180.00	$180.00	$234	-274.68
130	130	1	360.00	$360.00	$468	-94.68
130	130	1	130.00	$130.00	$169	-324.68

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	2	255.00	$255.00	$694	±0.00
303–345	323	5	245.00–257.50	$249.55	$806	—
390–395	393	2	240.00–255.00	$247.45	$972	+10.12
405–410	408	2	180.00–260.00	$220.25	$899	-5.25
495	495	1	185.00	$185.00	$916	-36.12
525–540	533	2	187.50–190.00	$188.73	$1,006	-34.37
580	580	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,305	+19.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	157.00	$157.00	$463	—
300–315	308	2	140.00–152.00	$145.85	$449	-9.15
362–385	372	4	130.00–235.00	$160.85	$598	-44.15
890	890	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,290	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	2	255.00	$255.00	$627	—
472–474	473	2	155.00–175.00	$165.02	$781	—
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
812	812	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,015	—
932	932	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,095	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	60.00	$60.00	$72	-15.00
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,069	-32.52

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	157.00	$157.00	$440	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1475	1161	85-90%	7	62.00–76.00	$70.61	$820	—
694–1645	1225	85-90%	40	44.00–83.00	$75.32	$923	—
686–1710	1247	85-90%	109	62.00–90.00	$81.12	$1,012	—
1035–1520	1318	85-90%	20	91.00–97.00	$94.21	$1,242	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
998–1905	1409	80-85%	120	74.00–116.00	$94.03	$1,325	-7.16
1075–1660	1416	80-85%	22	84.00–92.00	$89.54	$1,268	-11.65
1140–1690	1420	80-85%	23	98.00–117.00	$105.06	$1,492	+3.87
1365–1485	1438	80-85%	6	80.00–86.00	$83.66	$1,203	-17.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1635	1492	75-80%	5	91.00–95.00	$93.65	$1,397	—
1180–2105	1612	75-80%	75	92.00–118.00	$105.34	$1,698	-3.72
1340–1915	1623	75-80%	6	93.00–102.00	$98.33	$1,596	-10.73
1325–2040	1655	75-80%	24	109.00–120.00	$113.02	$1,870	+7.17

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1920	1674	65-75%	21	107.00–121.00	$112.36	$1,881	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–2280	1587	26	97.00–139.00	$120.38	$1,910	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1915	1696	10	107.00–140.00	$126.49	$2,145	—
1915	1915	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,815	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1450	1408	2	119.00–120.00	$119.52	$1,683	—
2135	2135	1	151.00	$151.00	$3,224	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1346	1205	3	108.00–115.00	$112.68	$1,358	—
1204–1605	1381	4	124.00–147.00	$130.24	$1,799	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	70.00	$70.00	$88	—
160	160	1	100.00	$100.00	$160	-43.36
215	215	1	155.00	$155.00	$333	+65.00
980	980	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,215	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	2	147.50	$147.50	$283	+26.28
234	234	3	147.50	$147.50	$345	+20.14
258–276	266	3	87.00–142.50	$108.75	$289	-39.06
305–328	317	10	122.50–125.00	$123.80	$392	-31.20
481–495	487	4	130.00–155.00	$144.12	$702	-0.88
507	507	2	136.00	$136.00	$690	-24.00
550–576	570	4	127.00–165.00	$155.83	$888	+40.75
619–621	620	5	140.00–155.00	$145.99	$905	+22.83
660–682	671	2	125.00–135.00	$130.08	$873	+3.96
807–810	808	3	135.00–144.00	$140.99	$1,139	-19.01
880	880	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,166	—
912–921	918	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,102	—
961–989	974	5	128.00–140.00	$135.58	$1,321	+8.08
1002–1045	1023	7	120.00–140.00	$133.65	$1,367	—
1108	1108	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,451	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1320	1288	2	118.00–123.00	$120.56	$1,553	—
1408–1622	1516	13	144.00–158.00	$151.33	$2,294	+9.87
1160–1840	1535	16	124.00–150.00	$141.83	$2,177	+0.37
1530–1780	1689	5	139.00–149.00	$143.84	$2,429	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	105.00	$105.00	$336	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,354	—

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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.