Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 25, 2023

3,213 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $245.85/cwt ≈ $1,067/hd at 434 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,213	3,206	4,893
Feeder cattle	235	591	1,224
Slaughter cattle	2,394	2,485	2,002

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: 282lb dairy steer deleted. 492lb dairy steer deleted**

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,069	—
1190–1540	1364	14	164.00–186.00	$176.66	$2,410	—
1165–1690	1391	23	128.00–176.00	$163.25	$2,271	—
1170–1882	1476	68	172.00–189.00	$179.61	$2,651	-3.11
1235–1770	1518	71	175.00–199.00	$193.30	$2,934	+2.19
1415–1655	1565	5	184.00–187.00	$186.01	$2,911	-6.16
1360–1762	1577	21	190.00–204.00	$196.31	$3,096	-6.40
1396–1890	1604	120	188.00–204.00	$198.30	$3,181	+11.09
1580–1715	1632	16	184.00–193.50	$189.47	$3,092	+2.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	1	155.00	$155.00	$456	-70.00
346	346	1	170.00	$170.00	$588	—
452	452	1	155.00	$155.00	$701	+25.00
510–542	531	3	140.00–172.50	$156.15	$829	-13.36
562–590	572	3	155.00–214.00	$182.15	$1,042	-19.52
614–633	627	3	142.50–162.50	$149.03	$934	-39.81
685–694	690	2	145.00–176.00	$160.40	$1,107	-63.49
708	708	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,168	-20.00
760–782	775	3	132.00–145.00	$136.25	$1,056	-88.82
837	837	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,222	-64.32
850–865	855	3	130.00–168.00	$142.81	$1,221	-42.14
987	987	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,619	-2.07

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	4	255.00	$255.00	$831	-10.00
429–440	434	14	240.00–252.50	$245.85	$1,067	—
495	495	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,000	-43.00
500	500	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,200	+16.18
672–680	676	2	180.00–185.00	$182.49	$1,234	-67.07
865	865	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,470	-37.15

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	$50	-160.20
70–75	73	2	125.00–145.00	$135.34	$99	-78.45
70–75	73	2	225.00–325.00	$273.28	$199	+59.49
75–78	77	2	65.00–110.00	$87.06	$67	-212.94
80–85	83	2	400.00–600.00	$503.03	$418	+316.33
85	85	1	700.00	$700.00	$595	+400.00
85–88	86	3	150.00–210.00	$173.76	$149	-126.24
86	86	1	100.00	$100.00	$86	-200.00
92	92	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$106	-480.09
90–96	93	4	130.00–210.00	$186.93	$174	-206.04
90–95	93	3	610.00–650.00	$627.95	$584	+234.98
95	95	1	475.00	$475.00	$451	+82.03
100	100	1	660.00	$660.00	$660	+10.61
105	105	2	550.00	$550.00	$578	-99.39
110	110	1	625.00	$625.00	$688	+62.50
110	110	1	200.00	$200.00	$220	-362.50
1085–1572	1300	33	169.00–186.00	$174.31	$2,266	+16.06
1220–1396	1342	16	165.00–196.50	$182.82	$2,453	+5.02
1075–1626	1359	12	124.00–170.00	$156.95	$2,133	-8.59
1360–1425	1393	2	174.00–179.00	$176.56	$2,459	-9.91
1335–1585	1444	8	184.50–193.00	$187.41	$2,706	-0.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	185.00	$185.00	$426	—
270	270	1	210.00	$210.00	$567	—
306	306	5	240.00	$240.00	$734	—
409	409	4	220.00	$220.00	$900	+31.69
473–490	479	6	175.00–217.50	$203.00	$972	+7.91
698	698	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,012	-25.87
740	740	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,214	-3.89
946	946	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,419	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	2	150.00	$150.00	$598	-15.00
412	412	1	150.00	$150.00	$618	-14.31
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	±0.00
605	605	1	145.00	$145.00	$877	-5.33
663	663	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,034	-5.05
784	784	1	110.00	$110.00	$862	-42.57
855	855	1	104.00	$104.00	$889	-26.00
915	915	2	162.00–164.00	$163.00	$1,491	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	63	3	70.00–135.00	$111.05	$70	-137.63
65	65	1	285.00	$285.00	$185	-220.00
65	65	1	125.00	$125.00	$81	-380.00
70–75	73	2	100.00–120.00	$110.34	$81	-184.66
70–75	74	4	350.00–400.00	$380.51	$282	+85.51
75	75	2	200.00–300.00	$250.00	$188	-45.00
75–78	77	2	40.00–110.00	$74.31	$57	-220.69
80–85	81	4	375.00–575.00	$507.31	$411	+207.31
80–88	83	3	320.00–360.00	$339.35	$282	-380.35
84–88	86	11	600.00–730.00	$681.62	$586	+181.62
80–88	87	24	330.00–420.00	$356.68	$310	-143.32
88	88	1	280.00	$280.00	$246	-45.00
90	90	2	160.00–200.00	$180.00	$162	-145.00
90–92	91	4	450.00–560.00	$492.77	$448	+167.77
90–95	93	13	635.00–800.00	$680.26	$633	+338.04
90–95	93	3	285.00–325.00	$303.66	$282	-38.56
90–98	94	16	300.00–360.00	$324.84	$305	-332.87
90–98	94	31	325.00–400.00	$361.05	$339	-296.66
100	100	2	170.00–275.00	$222.50	$222	-112.50
100–106	102	27	300.00–675.00	$342.34	$349	+1.79
100–105	103	3	300.00–335.00	$319.92	$330	-20.63
100–108	104	8	600.00–685.00	$646.04	$672	+305.49
105	105	1	425.00	$425.00	$446	-225.00
110	110	1	625.00	$625.00	$688	+305.00
110	110	2	270.00–295.00	$282.50	$311	-37.50
110–115	112	11	300.00–335.00	$318.62	$357	-18.88
110–115	112	3	190.00–275.00	$222.46	$249	-115.04
110–115	113	2	310.00–575.00	$445.44	$503	+107.94
120	120	1	275.00	$275.00	$330	-47.50
125	125	1	270.00	$270.00	$338	-65.00
130	130	1	125.00	$125.00	$162	-355.00
135	135	1	250.00	$250.00	$338	+165.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	4	140.00–165.00	$152.50	$214	—
162	162	2	155.00	$155.00	$251	—
230	230	2	95.00–145.00	$120.00	$276	—
260	260	1	95.00	$95.00	$247	—
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	—
705	705	1	87.00	$87.00	$613	—
1130	1130	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	1	170.00	$170.00	$513	-45.00
384	384	1	185.00	$185.00	$710	—
420–430	425	2	137.00–155.00	$146.11	$621	-7.01
505–520	513	2	127.00–142.00	$134.61	$691	-36.98
575	575	2	132.00	$132.00	$759	-33.27
636	636	1	135.00	$135.00	$859	-26.92
800	800	1	114.00	$114.00	$912	-11.00
865	865	1	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	2	190.00	$190.00	$768	-27.95
565	565	2	145.00	$145.00	$819	-115.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1540	1228	85-90%	33	40.00–74.00	$64.85	$796	+2.06
1125–1510	1275	85-90%	7	58.00–66.00	$62.02	$791	-29.40
1122–1438	1320	85-90%	10	82.00–107.50	$100.24	$1,323	—
758–1690	1328	85-90%	76	70.00–97.00	$80.19	$1,065	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1510	1347	80-85%	6	76.00–82.00	$78.13	$1,052	—
895–1684	1369	80-85%	58	81.00–104.00	$92.30	$1,264	+1.00
1245–1775	1474	80-85%	15	67.00–89.00	$84.66	$1,248	—
1448–1795	1568	80-85%	5	100.00–124.00	$109.66	$1,719	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1392–1765	1622	75-80%	7	95.00–98.00	$96.42	$1,564	—
1120–2140	1686	75-80%	47	90.00–112.00	$101.66	$1,714	+1.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1795	1544	65-75%	16	100.00–114.00	$106.40	$1,643	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1555	1376	7	146.00–156.00	$150.21	$2,067	—
1225–1665	1462	9	112.00–127.00	$120.38	$1,760	-9.36
1155–2066	1576	25	110.00–142.00	$126.56	$1,995	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,526	—
1195–2210	1670	12	112.00–142.00	$125.29	$2,092	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1395	1265	3	131.00–133.00	$132.26	$1,673	-28.74
1290–1764	1519	7	109.00–137.00	$125.50	$1,906	-27.11
1460–1782	1621	2	143.00–147.00	$144.80	$2,347	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
450	450	1	108.00	$108.00	$486	+19.94
605	605	1	70.00	$70.00	$424	+8.00
760	760	2	56.00–106.00	$81.00	$616	+19.00
1010–1030	1020	2	112.00–130.00	$121.09	$1,235	—
1105	1105	1	84.00	$84.00	$928	—
1210	1210	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,525	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	1	140.00	$140.00	$526	—
470	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	—
508	508	1	140.00	$140.00	$711	—
560	560	2	115.00	$115.00	$644	—
778	778	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,128	—
898	898	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,145	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	92.00	$92.00	$419	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1625	1471	9	110.00–153.00	$126.36	$1,859	-25.98
1340–1625	1480	3	129.00–135.00	$132.64	$1,963	-19.70
1045–1675	1516	14	145.00–163.00	$152.35	$2,310	+24.41
1282–1730	1522	14	136.00–153.00	$144.59	$2,201	+16.65
1728–1792	1750	3	154.00–167.00	$159.10	$2,784	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	2	150.00	$150.00	$386	+20.00
346	346	1	155.00	$155.00	$536	+6.51
376	376	1	157.50	$157.50	$592	+25.42
440–443	442	3	100.00–132.50	$121.72	$538	+8.76
496	496	1	122.50	$122.50	$608	+0.50
521–546	529	3	140.00–170.00	$159.69	$845	+24.69
561	561	2	127.50	$127.50	$715	—
601–626	611	4	122.50–145.00	$134.86	$824	+14.86
710–735	720	4	90.00–136.00	$117.27	$844	—
785	785	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,060	+13.00
800	800	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	—
880	880	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,109	—
936	936	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,310	—

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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.