Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 9, 2023

4,600 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $199.29/cwt -7.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,356/hd at 680 lb · 26 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $201.27/cwt +26.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,471/hd at 731 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $181.35/cwt -49.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 629 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,600	4,681	4,043
Feeder cattle	810	1,697	1,387
Slaughter cattle	1,982	2,230	1,377
Replacement cattle	9	—	0

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1150	1076	5	122.00–131.00	$127.12	$1,368	—
1136–1494	1329	5	200.00–225.00	$212.33	$2,822	—
1002–1585	1364	38	111.00–178.00	$161.75	$2,206	-8.60
1255–1555	1405	2	152.00–162.00	$157.53	$2,213	—
1120–1835	1528	73	167.00–189.00	$180.76	$2,762	—
1350–1785	1541	5	170.00–177.00	$172.91	$2,665	—
1315–1885	1557	33	182.00–192.00	$187.73	$2,923	+0.96
1325–1910	1577	151	183.00–197.00	$190.87	$3,010	+4.10
1495–1700	1598	2	179.00–186.00	$182.28	$2,913	-9.35
1510–1740	1655	5	194.00–196.50	$195.12	$3,229	—
1440–1761	1668	23	195.00–201.00	$196.64	$3,280	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 value added	280	1	170.00	$170.00	$476	—
333	333	2	185.00	$185.00	$616	-71.40
355	355	1	180.00	$180.00	$639	-93.44
400–445	423	2	190.00–195.00	$192.37	$814	-77.02
459 value added	459	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,019	—
460–475	465	3	155.00–205.00	$172.03	$800	-94.72
500	500	2	185.00	$185.00	$925	-35.15
505 value added	505	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,212	—
550–570	555	5	205.00–220.00	$214.95	$1,193	-48.07
550–565 value added	560	3	210.00–215.00	$211.64	$1,185	—
608–638 value added	628	18	180.00–190.00	$183.07	$1,150	—
615–643	636	4	170.00–185.00	$173.63	$1,104	-57.58
650	650	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,268	-11.38
660–697 value added	683	24	197.00–205.00	$199.65	$1,364	—
705–735	720	2	185.00–190.00	$187.55	$1,350	+13.08
719–748 value added	732	23	200.00–207.00	$202.46	$1,482	—
767–780 value added	769	8	192.00–200.00	$193.01	$1,484	—
802–819 value added	812	12	190.00–197.00	$192.88	$1,566	—
825	825	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,361	-25.00
851–890 value added	866	21	189.00–202.00	$195.85	$1,696	—
900 value added	900	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,575	—
945	945	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,796	+9.65
990	990	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,485	—
1046 value added	1046	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,726	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 value added	285	3	145.00	$145.00	$413	—
313 value added	313	3	132.00	$132.00	$413	—
328	328	2	102.00	$102.00	$335	-128.88
350–370	360	2	150.00–180.00	$164.58	$592	-65.19
382 value added	382	2	160.00	$160.00	$611	—
482	482	2	135.00	$135.00	$651	-79.16
510–520	512	6	165.00	$165.00	$845	-69.88
535 value added	535	5	175.00	$175.00	$936	—
565–590	585	10	155.00–165.00	$162.55	$951	-74.84
615 value added	615	3	115.00	$115.00	$707	—
636	636	6	135.00	$135.00	$859	-56.51
665–678	675	5	140.00–155.00	$152.05	$1,026	-33.59
690 value added	690	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,138	—
700–746	734	11	145.00–165.00	$150.52	$1,105	-12.01
785–799	792	9	120.00–135.00	$126.95	$1,005	-32.56
815 value added	815	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,443	—
838–845	839	6	132.00–150.00	$146.98	$1,233	-28.02
874–880	875	9	130.00–160.00	$153.30	$1,341	+33.30
934	934	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,139	—
955	955	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,624	+15.00
1017	1017	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,576	+5.00
1055	1055	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,635	—
1112–1122	1115	6	140.00–142.00	$140.67	$1,568	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	140.00	$140.00	$829	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	64	4	25.00–80.00	$46.67	$30	-18.93
65	65	1	500.00	$500.00	$325	+434.40
70–75	72	5	100.00–150.00	$111.81	$81	+35.54
70–75	73	2	60.00–85.00	$72.93	$53	-3.34
75	75	2	775.00–800.00	$787.50	$591	+711.23
75	75	2	720.00–725.00	$722.50	$542	+646.23
75	75	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$98	+53.73
80	80	1	325.00	$325.00	$260	-100.00
80–85	82	7	120.00–190.00	$147.95	$121	+8.38
80–85	83	10	625.00–835.00	$756.03	$628	+616.46
85	85	1	45.00	$45.00	$38	-647.50
85	85	1	575.00	$575.00	$489	-117.50
90–95	92	9	120.00–200.00	$168.00	$155	-512.22
90–95	92	12	650.00–750.00	$700.77	$645	+20.55
90–95	93	9	600.00–720.00	$675.81	$629	+548.75
100–105	102	7	140.00–660.00	$243.18	$248	-96.82
100–105	103	7	600.00–700.00	$661.39	$681	+321.39
100–105	104	5	585.00–700.00	$653.56	$680	+313.56
110	110	2	635.00–660.00	$647.50	$712	+567.50
115	115	1	560.00	$560.00	$644	+480.00
1013–1083	1036	6	160.00–166.00	$162.09	$1,679	—
1015–1625	1230	17	125.00–176.00	$158.60	$1,951	—
1260–1485	1351	10	179.00–195.00	$186.96	$2,526	+9.94
1150–1690	1356	10	161.00–187.00	$175.48	$2,380	-1.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	125.00	$125.00	$281	—
270	270	1	180.00	$180.00	$486	-45.00
340 value added	340	1	170.00	$170.00	$578	—
365–375 value added	372	3	180.00	$180.00	$670	—
365–385	375	2	170.00–195.00	$182.83	$686	-10.82
412–415	413	5	160.00–175.00	$169.01	$698	-20.35
465 value added	465	1	185.00	$185.00	$860	—
470–478	475	4	175.00–180.00	$178.76	$849	-8.60
503–538	525	8	165.00–172.00	$169.48	$890	-19.41
560–595	585	9	155.00–170.00	$164.78	$964	-10.84
598 value added	598	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,076	—
618	618	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,112	+8.19
660–665	662	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,192	+3.72
680–690 value added	688	4	172.00–185.00	$181.79	$1,251	—
705 value added	705	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,283	—
721	721	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,276	-3.53
808–835	820	9	145.00–147.00	$146.56	$1,202	-47.44
865	865	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,445	+4.50
955–980	974	4	117.00–165.00	$153.23	$1,492	—
1069	1069	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,497	—
1110	1110	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,498	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	85.00	$85.00	$204	—
285–295	290	2	125.00–135.00	$129.91	$377	-67.74
310–321	319	8	125.00–135.00	$132.55	$423	-46.31
350–378	364	6	95.00–175.00	$134.49	$490	-32.90
420–445	435	5	120.00–142.00	$136.86	$595	-49.04
455–490	475	8	95.00–155.00	$143.41	$681	-25.54
535	535	2	160.00	$160.00	$856	-8.97
560	560	1	140.00	$140.00	$784	-24.30
620–625	623	3	160.00–175.00	$166.68	$1,038	+2.46
688	688	3	145.00	$145.00	$998	-23.21
710–730	716	4	100.00–110.00	$102.50	$734	-31.95
760	760	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,026	—
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	-11.67
880	880	2	87.00	$87.00	$766	—
908–910	909	4	110.00–125.00	$121.24	$1,102	-28.76
1000	1000	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,220	—
1090	1090	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,308	—
1100	1100	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,045	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	—
1195	1195	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,076	—

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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	100.00	$100.00	$55	+60.00
60	60	1	125.00	$125.00	$75	-225.00
65	65	2	50.00–100.00	$75.00	$49	-525.00
70	70	2	385.00	$385.00	$270	+146.00
70–75	71	4	40.00–95.00	$64.30	$46	-174.70
70–75	71	5	130.00–300.00	$173.80	$123	-65.20
70–75	73	7	300.00–380.00	$352.89	$258	+52.63
70–75	73	2	785.00	$785.00	$573	+484.74
75	75	1	225.00	$225.00	$169	-150.00
75	75	1	100.00	$100.00	$75	-275.00
75	75	2	335.00–345.00	$340.00	$255	-35.00
80–85	83	3	650.00–730.00	$696.00	$578	+339.02
80–85	83	4	335.00–650.00	$438.41	$364	+81.43
80–86	83	6	180.00–350.00	$303.19	$252	-53.79
80–88	84	14	210.00–360.00	$321.97	$270	-446.58
80–88	84	52	300.00–450.00	$382.59	$321	-385.96
80–88	85	19	700.00–870.00	$772.36	$657	+694.03
85–86	86	4	25.00–30.00	$27.51	$24	-50.82
90	90	1	65.00	$65.00	$58	-661.67
90–96	92	17	670.00–830.00	$747.01	$687	+20.34
90–95	92	4	375.00–450.00	$417.96	$385	-308.71
90–98	93	78	300.00–405.00	$367.58	$342	-140.53
90–95	93	13	675.00–740.00	$713.37	$663	+205.26
90–96	93	12	200.00–360.00	$294.91	$274	-213.20
90–96	93	6	150.00–325.00	$236.06	$220	-272.05
100–105	101	17	640.00–800.00	$726.23	$733	+21.27
100–105	102	84	300.00–405.00	$363.21	$370	+19.62
100–105	102	15	225.00–345.00	$315.18	$321	-28.41
100–105	102	12	650.00–735.00	$705.78	$720	+362.19
102	102	1	500.00	$500.00	$510	+156.41
100–105	103	3	85.00–100.00	$95.16	$98	-204.87
110	110	4	650.00–710.00	$686.25	$755	+51.25
110	110	1	580.00	$580.00	$638	-55.00
110	110	3	220.00–290.00	$243.33	$268	-391.67
110	110	1	650.00	$650.00	$715	+15.00
110–115	111	23	310.00–385.00	$352.47	$391	+16.81
110–115	113	2	300.00–310.00	$304.89	$345	+13.33
120–125	121	4	235.00–290.00	$270.88	$328	-57.14
120–125	122	10	310.00–370.00	$331.27	$404	+3.25
130	130	1	560.00	$560.00	$728	+500.00
140	140	2	385.00–485.00	$435.00	$609	+375.00
150	150	1	335.00	$335.00	$502	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	-95.00
260–295	272	3	110.00–145.00	$130.74	$356	-19.26
300	300	1	105.00	$105.00	$315	-103.21
385–390	388	2	130.00–145.00	$137.55	$534	-45.03
420	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	-40.47
450–475	463	3	130.00–160.00	$144.73	$670	-6.49
504–530	510	6	135.00–165.00	$158.22	$807	-46.13
550	550	1	147.00	$147.00	$808	-78.73
611	611	5	127.00	$127.00	$776	-68.78
665–695	678	4	110.00–125.00	$117.39	$796	—
755	755	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,208	+30.86
805	805	1	97.00	$97.00	$781	-38.00
855	855	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,069	—
1000	1000	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	255.00	$255.00	$663	+10.00
310	310	1	225.00	$225.00	$698	—
360–390	375	2	170.00–175.00	$172.60	$647	-94.54
400	400	1	170.00	$170.00	$680	-94.57
495	495	1	185.00	$185.00	$916	-41.42
543	543	9	190.00	$190.00	$1,032	-21.58
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	-23.20
575 value added	575	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,121	—
652–669	663	6	132.00–150.00	$137.90	$914	-42.10
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	-52.50
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
905	905	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,267	-2.00
995	995	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,393	—
1020	1020	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,326	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	95.00–125.00	$110.00	$308	-30.00
440	440	1	80.00	$80.00	$352	—
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	—
880	880	1	70.00	$70.00	$616	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	157.00	$157.00	$793	—
680	680	2	140.00	$140.00	$952	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
842–1710	1266	85-90%	45	55.00–77.00	$70.05	$887	-2.16
865–1730	1280	85-90%	102	64.00–85.00	$77.52	$992	+5.31
1035–1595	1318	85-90%	7	57.00–66.00	$63.73	$840	-0.73
670–1775	1366	85-90%	64	78.00–89.00	$83.96	$1,147	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1548	1307	80-85%	3	92.00–95.00	$93.31	$1,220	—
1055–1780	1439	80-85%	67	84.00–92.00	$89.13	$1,283	+4.35
1050–2035	1448	80-85%	100	74.00–100.00	$92.04	$1,333	+7.26

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1980	1600	75-80%	9	109.00–115.00	$110.53	$1,768	+15.28
1002–1990	1603	75-80%	85	77.00–107.00	$97.85	$1,569	+2.60
1310–1975	1678	75-80%	23	96.00–101.00	$98.84	$1,659	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1312–1924	1649	65-75%	19	88.00–103.50	$95.77	$1,579	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1960	1459	8	120.00–128.00	$124.09	$1,810	—
1010–2075	1482	14	114.00–120.00	$118.37	$1,754	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–2130	1467	11	130.00–138.00	$132.76	$1,948	-44.22
1315–1850	1628	8	139.00–145.00	$141.29	$2,300	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
912–2202	1420	16	96.00–135.00	$123.00	$1,747	—
1950	1950	1	141.00	$141.00	$2,750	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1035	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	62.00–78.00	$71.25	$638

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1235–1930	1568	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	92.00–105.00	$98.27	$1,541

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1505	1203	7	105.00–121.00	$117.78	$1,417	—
1345–1695	1485	4	144.00–149.00	$147.01	$2,183	—
1545–1595	1570	2	130.00–134.00	$131.97	$2,072	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	—
620–645	633	2	80.00–135.00	$108.04	$684	—
670	670	1	87.00	$87.00	$583	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1670	1333	6	120.00–130.00	$123.80	$1,650	—
1344	1344	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,774	—
1035–1665	1488	9	130.00–145.00	$136.93	$2,038	—
1200–1790	1525	16	140.00–165.00	$149.47	$2,279	-0.25

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	135.00	$135.00	$533	+20.00
442	442	2	140.00	$140.00	$619	+11.78
465–494	482	7	137.00–140.00	$138.76	$669	+19.52
515–525	518	3	120.00–135.00	$129.94	$673	+7.94
570	570	1	155.00	$155.00	$884	+20.00
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—
730	730	1	40.00	$40.00	$292	—
783	783	3	110.00	$110.00	$861	-3.23

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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.