Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 20, 2023

2,100 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,100	3,839	3,518
Feeder cattle	155	634	186
Slaughter cattle	1,158	2,447	1,828

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1940	1509	37	130.00–178.00	$168.64	$2,545	-10.57
1270–2010	1532	27	179.00–186.00	$181.49	$2,780	+2.28
1320–1920	1591	102	165.00–190.00	$184.90	$2,942	—
1318–1832	1622	89	180.00–202.00	$194.10	$3,148	+5.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	1	117.50	$117.50	$609	—
612	612	2	150.00	$150.00	$918	—
930	930	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,325	—
988	988	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,777	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	110.00	$110.00	$72	+80.00
65	65	2	10.00–15.00	$12.50	$8	-17.50
70	70	1	60.00	$60.00	$42	-2.50
75	75	1	50.00	$50.00	$38	-80.00
80–85	83	2	110.00	$110.00	$91	-583.50
85	85	1	25.00	$25.00	$21	-325.00
85	85	1	130.00	$130.00	$110	-220.00
85	85	1	535.00	$535.00	$455	+185.00
90	90	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$94	-41.55
90	90	1	625.00	$625.00	$562	+478.45
90–95	91	4	135.00–625.00	$263.42	$240	+116.87
95	95	1	525.00	$525.00	$499	+473.12
95	95	1	15.00	$15.00	$14	-36.88
105	105	1	550.00	$550.00	$578	+450.00
110	110	2	235.00–270.00	$252.50	$278	+152.50
110	110	1	550.00	$550.00	$605	+450.00
130	130	1	135.00	$135.00	$176	+10.00
1140–1665	1360	13	134.00–170.00	$157.59	$2,143	-12.78
1305–1876	1439	16	179.00–194.00	$184.42	$2,654	-2.21
1200–1675	1452	20	165.00–178.00	$174.05	$2,527	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	137.00	$137.00	$527	-8.49
405–443	431	6	92.00–165.00	$145.13	$626	-3.76
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	-14.63
715	715	1	98.00	$98.00	$701	-21.27
890	890	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,112	-0.81
900	900	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,125	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	1	180.00	$180.00	$569	+23.97
490	490	1	152.50	$152.50	$747	-17.13
520	520	1	124.00	$124.00	$645	-48.43
610–630	623	3	110.00–152.50	$138.64	$864	+23.64
680	680	1	142.50	$142.50	$969	—

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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	5.00	$5.00	$3	-50.00
60–65	63	3	10.00	$10.00	$6	-45.00
70	70	3	200.00–220.00	$210.00	$147	-450.00
70	70	1	35.00	$35.00	$24	-625.00
70–75	71	4	260.00–325.00	$291.75	$207	-26.37
70–75	73	6	400.00–480.00	$434.94	$318	+198.47
70–75	73	3	15.00–310.00	$136.25	$99	-100.22
75	75	1	725.00	$725.00	$544	+488.53
75	75	2	550.00–650.00	$600.00	$450	+363.53
80	80	1	69.00	$69.00	$55	-366.00
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	$80	-335.00
80–85	83	20	660.00–760.00	$706.59	$586	-31.44
80–85	83	2	10.00–35.00	$22.88	$19	-715.15
80–85	83	19	300.00–420.00	$342.68	$284	-395.35
80–85	83	32	360.00–460.00	$424.16	$352	-313.87
80–85	84	5	580.00–645.00	$606.31	$509	-131.72
80–85	84	5	210.00–410.00	$307.92	$259	-430.11
90–95	91	4	240.00–385.00	$295.96	$269	-396.95
90–96	92	15	400.00–720.00	$641.93	$591	+320.39
90–95	93	57	360.00–460.00	$404.63	$376	+141.52
90–95	93	17	250.00–395.00	$322.21	$300	+59.10
90–95	94	24	400.00–650.00	$608.39	$572	+345.28
95	95	1	60.00	$60.00	$57	+12.50
95	95	2	160.00–300.00	$230.00	$218	+182.50
100	100	1	450.00	$450.00	$450	+200.00
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	$110	-140.00
100–105	101	4	210.00–405.00	$340.86	$344	+90.86
100–105	101	11	250.00–405.00	$315.22	$318	+65.22
100–105	102	65	185.00–430.00	$399.92	$408	-243.92
100–105	103	24	550.00–650.00	$619.83	$638	-24.01
100–105	103	5	560.00–675.00	$621.41	$640	-22.43
105	105	1	350.00	$350.00	$368	-20.00
110	110	1	385.00	$385.00	$424	+80.00
110–115	111	9	225.00–350.00	$278.98	$310	-26.02
110–115	112	15	520.00–610.00	$563.67	$631	+168.21
110–115	112	3	575.00–585.00	$578.28	$648	+182.82
110–115	112	26	335.00–420.00	$389.50	$436	-5.96
110–115	113	3	180.00–350.00	$278.09	$314	-322.21
120–125	123	7	300.00–385.00	$346.19	$426	+118.74
120–125	123	2	525.00–545.00	$534.80	$658	+307.35
120–125	123	2	260.00–290.00	$274.69	$338	+47.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–388	372	2	160.00–177.50	$169.13	$629	+44.13
422–445	429	9	132.00–167.50	$157.02	$674	-49.05
452–486	474	7	120.00–150.00	$133.87	$635	-66.13
595	595	1	107.00	$107.00	$637	-37.47
630	630	1	106.00	$106.00	$668	—
655	655	2	102.00–115.00	$108.50	$711	-8.05
740	740	1	122.50	$122.50	$906	+5.16
855–858	857	4	107.00–127.50	$122.39	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	182.50	$182.50	$675	-12.50
555	555	2	147.00	$147.00	$816	-56.15
625	625	1	124.00	$124.00	$775	-65.20
825	825	1	117.00	$117.00	$965	—
900	900	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,192	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	95.00	$95.00	$361	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1930	1394	80-85%	142	85.00–106.00	$93.74	$1,307	+10.08
1106–2015	1479	80-85%	12	82.00–87.00	$84.97	$1,257	—
1250–1750	1555	80-85%	38	92.00–107.00	$96.12	$1,495	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1425	1232	85-90%	11	66.00–72.00	$70.05	$863	—
960–1455	1253	85-90%	26	73.00–80.00	$75.70	$949	+0.40
860–1660	1288	85-90%	83	68.00–89.00	$83.36	$1,074	-3.28
895–1710	1298	85-90%	21	85.00–100.00	$92.89	$1,206	+6.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1122–2225	1612	75-80%	65	89.00–112.00	$99.85	$1,610	+5.84
1610–1618	1614	75-80%	2	74.00–103.00	$88.54	$1,429	-5.47
1215–1940	1647	75-80%	33	100.00–106.00	$101.76	$1,676	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1965	1645	65-75%	10	94.00–124.00	$101.42	$1,668	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1835	1295	14	134.00–147.00	$137.48	$1,780	—
1033–2362	1586	25	116.00–132.00	$126.09	$2,000	—
1240–2446	1844	8	106.00–123.00	$115.08	$2,122	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–2110	1350	7	107.00–114.00	$110.64	$1,494	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2130	1608	5	91.00–118.00	$109.86	$1,767	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1524–1632	1576	3	147.00–152.00	$148.96	$2,348	—
1274–1894	1584	2	130.00–138.00	$133.22	$2,110	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	80.00	$80.00	$260	—
400–425	413	2	90.00–92.00	$91.03	$376	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1595	1452	9	132.00–145.00	$139.80	$2,030	-1.49
1355–1640	1493	12	142.00–156.00	$150.26	$2,243	+8.97
1642	1642	1	133.00	$133.00	$2,184	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	97.00–180.00	$137.75	$379	—
362–375	369	2	80.00–130.00	$104.56	$386	-12.46
465	465	3	135.00	$135.00	$628	+11.74
550	550	1	70.00	$70.00	$385	-45.45
705	705	1	104.00	$104.00	$733	-36.00
935	935	1	104.00	$104.00	$972	-7.55
1000	1000	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,180	—

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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.