Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 11, 2023

3,637 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $227.58/cwt +37.58 vs last sale · ≈ $976/hd at 429 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.81/cwt +18.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,038/hd at 468 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $272.41/cwt -14.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,457/hd at 535 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,637	3,189	5,860
Feeder cattle	634	732	921
Slaughter cattle	1,852	1,054	2,740
Replacement cattle	7	—	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: 650.00/cwt feeder heifer deleted**

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1520	1353	21	176.00–196.50	$188.30	$2,548	—
1230–1522	1410	4	170.00	$170.00	$2,397	—
1200–1866	1481	33	182.00–190.00	$185.28	$2,744	+2.52
1250–1763	1521	129	178.50–204.00	$194.11	$2,952	-8.06
1460–1660	1574	5	175.00–184.50	$179.16	$2,820	-10.75
1405–1750	1589	90	187.00–210.50	$202.64	$3,220	+7.51
1352–1848	1591	32	191.00–210.00	$197.75	$3,146	+2.62
1182–1862	1593	16	175.00–185.00	$178.75	$2,847	-16.38
1505–1680	1611	8	198.00–202.00	$199.69	$3,217	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–425	416	3	260.00–270.00	$266.60	$1,109	+21.60
475–495	481	4	220.00–260.00	$242.27	$1,165	+2.27
510–544	535	20	245.00–285.00	$272.41	$1,457	+12.41
555	555	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,471	+8.93
600	600	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,155	—
651–680	658	5	177.50–230.00	$214.34	$1,410	-45.66
740	740	3	205.00–222.00	$216.33	$1,601	-32.00
790	790	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,620	-48.19
814–838	825	3	142.50–197.50	$172.76	$1,425	-62.21
863	863	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,683	-16.19
900	900	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,485	—
978	978	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,932	-25.48
1046	1046	2	192.50	$192.50	$2,014	—
1055–1072	1064	2	155.00–185.00	$170.12	$1,810	+2.62
1144	1144	2	187.50	$187.50	$2,145	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,032	+3.28
505–510	508	3	200.00–230.00	$216.72	$1,101	—
586–595	589	7	150.00–225.00	$185.89	$1,095	-31.94
614–640	620	5	197.00–237.00	$217.66	$1,349	-3.01
660	660	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	-92.82
715	715	2	167.00–205.00	$186.00	$1,330	-42.50
750	750	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,238	-30.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–276	270	3	215.00–240.00	$224.71	$607	—
310–332	328	8	195.00–265.00	$240.77	$790	+38.16
358–385	366	11	190.00–245.00	$221.19	$810	+31.29
400–448	429	23	172.50–240.00	$227.58	$976	+37.58
450–488	468	22	182.50–235.00	$221.81	$1,038	+30.35
504–530	512	13	167.50–200.00	$184.90	$947	-12.98
550–576	571	5	205.00–215.00	$213.07	$1,217	+3.46
605–641	635	13	162.50–190.00	$182.75	$1,160	-40.97
701–713	707	6	167.00–172.00	$169.48	$1,198	-49.47
782	782	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,329	-64.54
810–828	821	5	161.00–172.00	$167.66	$1,376	-49.43
855–889	876	10	152.00–177.50	$167.13	$1,464	-44.87
915–936	930	4	125.00–160.00	$151.39	$1,408	—
962	962	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,549	+16.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–66	63	2	380.00–450.00	$413.33	$260	+388.09
64–68	66	2	560.00–580.00	$570.30	$376	+131.38
70	70	2	30.00–50.00	$40.00	$28	-50.00
70–76	73	3	90.00–170.00	$137.71	$101	-347.74
72–76	75	3	150.00–180.00	$163.39	$123	+118.39
78	78	1	370.00	$370.00	$289	+203.65
78	78	1	640.00	$640.00	$499	+473.65
80–86	83	5	80.00–180.00	$132.17	$110	-507.29
80–88	84	9	490.00–740.00	$652.63	$548	+13.17
84	84	1	230.00	$230.00	$193	-409.46
90	90	1	535.00	$535.00	$482	+223.33
90–96	92	10	430.00–700.00	$621.36	$572	+432.64
92–98	96	4	110.00–650.00	$302.74	$291	-267.35
98	98	1	60.00	$60.00	$59	-510.09
102	102	1	230.00	$230.00	$235	-361.46
102	102	1	150.00	$150.00	$153	-441.46
100–106	103	5	480.00–640.00	$568.48	$586	-22.98
112–116	114	2	500.00–550.00	$525.44	$599	+360.55
126	126	1	470.00	$470.00	$592	+310.00
152	152	1	275.00	$275.00	$418	+5.00
1187–1320	1267	5	171.00–174.50	$173.19	$2,194	-0.23
1112–1480	1279	12	159.00–188.00	$181.82	$2,325	+8.40
1155–1472	1338	23	174.00–187.00	$183.49	$2,455	+51.59
1246–1564	1362	5	151.00–178.00	$167.47	$2,281	—
1454–1518	1488	3	193.00–195.00	$193.68	$2,882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	220.00	$220.00	$418	—
215	215	1	180.00	$180.00	$387	—
275–285	280	2	200.00–210.00	$205.09	$574	+65.09
300–345	313	4	160.00–230.00	$191.66	$600	+28.43
365–396	376	5	160.00–205.00	$177.85	$669	+17.85
405–442	432	7	150.00–225.00	$199.41	$861	+44.53
465–490	474	6	145.00–210.00	$175.96	$834	+21.99
535–536	535	3	117.50–195.00	$169.13	$905	-4.22
555–590	578	7	155.00–195.00	$172.25	$996	-5.07
605–646	631	15	122.50–185.00	$155.46	$981	-31.01
655–665	660	2	142.00–165.00	$153.41	$1,013	+4.00
710–736	730	5	142.50–175.00	$155.86	$1,138	-29.14
755–797	784	4	145.00–177.00	$168.79	$1,323	-11.21
801	801	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,177	-40.53
876	876	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,161	+26.82
930	930	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,321	-21.80

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54	54	1	200.00	$200.00	$108	+195.00
55	55	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	±0.00
56–58	57	2	5.00	$5.00	$3	-95.00
60	60	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-375.00
60	60	1	100.00	$100.00	$60	-280.00
62–68	65	2	50.00–100.00	$73.85	$48	-69.64
64–66	65	3	5.00–10.00	$6.70	$4	-136.79
66	66	1	5.00	$5.00	$3	-218.05
66	66	1	370.00	$370.00	$244	+146.95
70	70	1	10.00	$10.00	$7	±0.00
72	72	1	200.00	$200.00	$144	-22.51
70–78	73	4	290.00–370.00	$349.49	$255	+126.98
74	74	1	50.00	$50.00	$37	-172.51
72–78	75	9	310.00–395.00	$375.21	$281	+30.89
74–76	76	6	520.00–770.00	$646.69	$491	+120.80
80	80	2	10.00	$10.00	$8	-370.00
80–88	83	7	580.00–740.00	$669.59	$556	+224.74
80–88	84	20	300.00–420.00	$371.19	$312	-307.60
80–88	85	20	230.00–390.00	$312.34	$265	+60.41
86–88	87	2	90.00–190.00	$140.57	$122	+110.57
88	88	1	400.00	$400.00	$352	+370.00
92	92	2	170.00–250.00	$210.00	$193	+4.80
90–98	93	24	270.00–345.00	$312.53	$291	-15.21
90–96	93	3	110.00–350.00	$250.93	$233	-76.81
90–98	93	63	320.00–420.00	$357.87	$333	+30.13
90–95	93	4	5.00–27.00	$15.70	$15	-312.04
92–95	94	3	180.00–230.00	$196.31	$185	-131.43
90–98	95	12	500.00–750.00	$631.13	$600	+9.47
100–104	101	9	500.00–710.00	$622.48	$629	-16.53
100–104	102	3	200.00–250.00	$230.07	$235	-44.02
100–106	102	9	190.00–340.00	$293.76	$300	+19.67
100–108	103	59	200.00–390.00	$334.94	$345	+60.85
110–116	111	6	480.00–690.00	$578.08	$642	+378.08
110–118	112	27	330.00–415.00	$359.35	$402	-271.54
110–116	114	5	300.00–335.00	$306.78	$350	-211.61
114	114	1	300.00	$300.00	$342	-218.39
115	115	2	180.00	$180.00	$207	-355.00
120–125	122	5	280.00–360.00	$326.56	$398	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	227	3	180.00–270.00	$213.31	$484	—
265	265	1	215.00	$215.00	$570	+35.00
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	—
375	375	1	215.00	$215.00	$806	—
423	423	2	165.00	$165.00	$698	+11.16
455–498	478	6	140.00–190.00	$167.90	$803	+18.85
540	540	1	165.00	$165.00	$891	—
550–590	577	4	140.00–150.00	$144.43	$833	—
620	620	1	155.00	$155.00	$961	-15.00
660–697	685	3	105.00–140.00	$116.25	$796	-23.64
700–745	731	5	95.00–160.00	$135.93	$994	—
752–775	760	3	95.00–130.00	$106.90	$812	-43.10
800–820	810	2	132.50–170.00	$151.02	$1,223	-8.98
900	900	1	95.00	$95.00	$855	—
1115	1115	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,305	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	2	290.00	$290.00	$629	+55.74
265	265	1	275.00	$275.00	$729	+30.42
315–345	328	3	240.00–260.00	$248.35	$815	+18.09
360	360	1	275.00	$275.00	$990	+28.00
410–443	432	7	175.00–260.00	$239.70	$1,036	+15.03
460	460	1	172.20	$172.20	$792	-37.63
501–536	520	5	175.00–230.00	$202.06	$1,051	-8.77
565–590	571	4	194.00–200.00	$198.45	$1,133	-26.55
655	655	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,048	-24.85
735	735	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,396	-1.05
820	820	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,086	—
970	970	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,285	-0.26

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	117.00	$117.00	$562	—
550–565	558	2	115.00–130.00	$122.40	$683	—
910	910	1	105.00	$105.00	$956	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1555	1187	85-90%	19	60.00–89.00	$82.51	$979	—
895–1685	1264	85-90%	44	75.00–104.00	$88.96	$1,124	—
965–1425	1270	85-90%	13	88.00–113.00	$102.11	$1,297	—
855–1600	1331	85-90%	33	71.00–97.00	$87.63	$1,166	-10.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1046–1830	1392	80-85%	57	81.00–109.00	$99.63	$1,387	—
1025–1610	1455	80-85%	12	94.00–101.00	$97.43	$1,418	-10.02
1255–1625	1465	80-85%	6	105.00–115.00	$107.10	$1,569	-0.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1104–1815	1555	75-80%	7	111.00–119.00	$116.02	$1,804	+1.15
1145–1975	1613	75-80%	29	96.00–114.00	$110.09	$1,776	—
1460–1845	1662	75-80%	10	100.00–106.00	$103.25	$1,716	-0.81

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1104–1568	1433	65-75%	6	114.00–130.00	$124.38	$1,782	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1538–1556	1547	2	135.00–138.00	$136.49	$2,112	—
1300–2262	1671	12	115.00–136.00	$125.38	$2,095	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1435	1294	6	134.00–145.00	$139.57	$1,806	—
1250–1375	1313	2	126.00–129.00	$127.57	$1,675	—
2205–2360	2283	2	129.00–134.00	$131.42	$3,000	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1526	1460	4	107.00–110.00	$109.30	$1,596	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085–1190	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	105.00–122.00	$113.11	$1,287

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1830	1830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	115.00	$115.00	$2,104

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1305	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	102.00–130.00	$116.91	$1,222

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	97.00–135.00	$117.38	$323	—
320	320	1	120.00	$120.00	$384	-50.00
375	375	1	137.00	$137.00	$514	—
535	535	1	87.00	$87.00	$465	-48.00
577–585	580	3	120.00	$120.00	$696	+70.00
605	605	1	135.00	$135.00	$817	—
730	730	2	125.00	$125.00	$912	—
830	830	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,054	+32.00
855	855	1	100.00	$100.00	$855	-35.00
970	970	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,116	—
1030	1030	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,082	-2.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,526	—
1008–1480	1249	8	129.00–147.00	$141.53	$1,768	—
1222–1308	1264	3	152.00–153.00	$152.67	$1,930	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	281	8	140.00–167.50	$153.49	$431	+21.49
303–342	320	7	130.00–150.00	$141.91	$454	+11.09
374	374	1	150.00	$150.00	$561	+44.78
400–440	430	11	110.00–140.00	$134.22	$577	+4.22
457–485	466	8	130.00–145.00	$135.32	$631	+30.32
547	547	2	180.00	$180.00	$985	—
560–590	570	4	120.00–130.00	$123.75	$705	—
630–645	638	2	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$708	+11.01
675	675	1	85.00	$85.00	$574	—
720–742	735	10	95.00–135.00	$125.04	$919	+1.02
785	785	3	125.00–130.00	$126.67	$994	+5.67
805–815	812	3	125.00–130.00	$128.35	$1,042	+3.35
1175	1175	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,257	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1224–1350	1259	8	134.00–137.00	$135.28	$1,703	—
1234–1314	1275	4	132.00–148.00	$137.12	$1,748	+8.83
1305	1305	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,670	—
1372–1638	1544	8	152.00–165.00	$159.00	$2,455	+20.44
1472–1618	1556	4	170.00–177.00	$173.57	$2,701	+12.57

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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.