Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 4, 2023

3,893 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.83/cwt -25.22 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 531 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $168.70/cwt +30.72 vs last sale · ≈ $629/hd at 373 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $170.34/cwt +9.27 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 479 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,893	5,572	5,881
Feeder cattle	615	1,220	808
Slaughter cattle	1,789	2,481	2,885

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1150	1092	3	100.00–116.00	$109.20	$1,192	—
1195–1910	1519	48	144.00–173.00	$165.04	$2,507	-1.45
1230–1810	1545	64	156.00–180.00	$174.99	$2,704	—
1360–1760	1560	3	149.00–153.00	$150.71	$2,351	-25.52
1392–1855	1564	48	176.00–188.00	$182.61	$2,856	+6.38
1420–1750	1589	12	172.00–178.00	$174.78	$2,777	-2.27
1590	1590	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,814	-0.05
1540–1720	1633	9	190.00–194.00	$191.66	$3,130	+7.61
1585–1710	1635	4	174.00–176.00	$174.48	$2,853	-9.57
1580–1800	1703	6	164.00–168.00	$165.81	$2,824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–345	343	6	195.00–205.00	$198.35	$680	+46.73
400–440	429	14	182.00–200.00	$187.66	$805	—
468–490	479	20	165.00–185.00	$170.34	$816	+9.27
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	-27.61
670	670	1	112.00	$112.00	$750	-48.33
738–740	739	3	160.00–180.00	$173.32	$1,281	+18.57
805	805	1	112.00	$112.00	$902	—
909–945	932	18	164.00–170.00	$166.65	$1,553	-1.35
952	952	7	162.00	$162.00	$1,542	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545–548	547	4	215.00–250.00	$237.53	$1,299	+39.01
562–595	579	4	190.00–210.00	$201.00	$1,164	+5.02
625–638	634	3	192.00–200.00	$194.63	$1,234	-8.35
700 value added	700	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,680	—
715–745	735	3	195.00–210.00	$199.86	$1,469	+7.57
777	777	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,360	-1.35
804–841	826	10	180.00–185.00	$181.95	$1,503	+18.28
855–898	887	8	182.00–200.00	$186.34	$1,653	-8.66
910–935	914	6	182.00–197.00	$184.56	$1,687	+14.56
950–980	965	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,998	—
1078	1078	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,994	+29.00
1100–1131	1126	6	179.00–180.00	$179.16	$2,017	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60–65	63	7	7.00–20.00	$13.41	$8	+3.41
65	65	1	400.00	$400.00	$260	+390.00
65	65	1	60.00	$60.00	$39	+50.00
70	70	1	470.00	$470.00	$329	+425.00
70	70	1	100.00	$100.00	$70	+55.00
70–75	74	6	50.00–85.00	$73.60	$54	-7.58
75	75	3	20.00–40.00	$28.33	$21	-246.67
75	75	1	600.00	$600.00	$450	+325.00
80–85	82	5	100.00–200.00	$140.85	$115	+62.21
80–85	83	8	550.00–685.00	$622.33	$517	+543.69
80–85	84	5	50.00–100.00	$72.26	$61	-6.38
85	85	2	10.00–40.00	$25.00	$21	-53.64
85	85	2	575.00–585.00	$580.00	$493	+501.36
90–95	93	5	60.00–100.00	$82.96	$77	-571.87
90–95	93	9	550.00–650.00	$597.78	$556	-57.05
95	95	2	560.00–575.00	$567.50	$539	-27.31
95	95	1	160.00	$160.00	$152	-434.81
100–105	101	8	50.00–90.00	$77.04	$78	-37.81
100–105	102	6	535.00–595.00	$575.00	$586	+14.86
100–105	103	3	425.00–485.00	$447.74	$461	-112.40
105	105	1	140.00	$140.00	$147	-420.14
110	110	1	70.00	$70.00	$77	-497.50
110	110	2	475.00–535.00	$505.00	$556	-62.50
110–115	113	2	460.00–485.00	$472.22	$534	-77.78
125	125	1	485.00	$485.00	$606	±0.00
135	135	1	275.00	$275.00	$371	-210.00
1155–1495	1294	7	122.00–156.00	$142.97	$1,850	—
1125–1610	1364	35	144.00–173.00	$164.06	$2,238	+22.90
1335–1695	1491	8	174.00–179.00	$176.30	$2,629	—
1535	1535	1	164.00	$164.00	$2,517	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	155.00	$155.00	$248	+15.00
205–235	225	3	140.00–160.00	$146.07	$329	+11.07
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	-17.00
300–344	322	11	135.00–190.00	$174.22	$561	+44.75
367–385	373	20	132.00–180.00	$168.70	$629	+30.72
410–441	436	14	155.00–200.00	$162.42	$708	+25.00
468–485	471	6	175.00	$175.00	$824	+45.84
545	545	1	112.00	$112.00	$610	-29.34
552–598	580	11	80.00–145.00	$128.11	$743	+0.41
600–614	611	5	140.00	$140.00	$855	+15.46
690	690	1	110.00	$110.00	$759	-17.26
730–745	735	3	130.00–145.00	$138.34	$1,017	—
770–795	787	6	130.00–150.00	$143.47	$1,129	-5.20
850	850	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,190	—
935	935	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,075	+19.00
955–976	973	7	112.00–120.00	$118.43	$1,152	+24.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	380	4	128.00–140.00	$130.80	$497	-54.73
475	475	1	132.00	$132.00	$627	-42.33
510–542	531	37	152.00–165.00	$156.83	$833	-25.22
550–570	564	12	122.00–175.00	$166.92	$941	+2.65
600–634	615	18	142.00–165.00	$152.20	$936	-14.05
660–665	663	2	160.00–165.00	$162.49	$1,077	+2.06
742	742	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,113	-10.21
762–775	765	5	150.00–164.00	$161.16	$1,233	-17.89
885–890	886	4	152.00–155.00	$152.75	$1,353	-4.15
1025	1025	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,332	-50.00

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	20.00	$20.00	$12	-26.00
65	65	1	175.00	$175.00	$114	+129.00
70–75	72	8	5.00–85.00	$40.72	$29	-219.74
70–75	72	3	360.00–535.00	$457.09	$329	+196.63
70–75	74	8	100.00–185.00	$141.86	$105	+69.04
70–75	74	11	220.00–280.00	$254.82	$189	+182.00
70–75	75	10	300.00–390.00	$339.19	$254	-285.81
75	75	2	570.00–600.00	$585.00	$439	-40.00
80	80	2	310.00–525.00	$417.50	$334	+258.08
80–85	81	4	10.00–45.00	$32.62	$26	-126.80
80–85	83	51	285.00–410.00	$366.99	$305	+16.77
80–85	84	6	100.00–260.00	$168.61	$142	-181.61
80–85	84	10	450.00–650.00	$590.74	$496	+240.52
80–85	84	16	210.00–365.00	$277.00	$233	-73.22
90	90	1	335.00	$335.00	$302	-65.00
90–95	92	92	300.00–395.00	$354.50	$326	-288.22
90–95	93	10	100.00–335.00	$167.80	$156	-65.86
90–95	93	38	200.00–360.00	$269.63	$251	+35.97
90–95	94	8	435.00–570.00	$488.60	$459	+254.94
90–95	94	21	485.00–625.00	$577.87	$543	+344.21
90–95	94	4	40.00–105.00	$76.73	$72	-156.93
95	95	1	385.00	$385.00	$366	+151.34
100	100	1	20.00	$20.00	$20	-180.00
100	100	1	425.00	$425.00	$425	+225.00
100–105	101	19	200.00–290.00	$254.32	$257	+54.32
100–105	102	7	450.00–530.00	$494.27	$504	-131.22
100–105	102	21	425.00–610.00	$564.41	$576	-61.08
100–105	103	6	150.00–345.00	$240.57	$248	-279.51
100–105	103	91	295.00–370.00	$341.21	$351	-178.87
110	110	2	500.00–545.00	$522.50	$575	+360.00
110	110	2	50.00	$50.00	$55	-112.50
110–115	111	7	260.00–335.00	$302.82	$336	-34.57
110–115	112	52	285.00–385.00	$339.32	$380	+1.93
110–115	112	6	100.00–275.00	$195.15	$219	-142.24
110–115	113	5	545.00–575.00	$560.88	$634	-19.19
115	115	1	485.00	$485.00	$558	+415.00
120–125	123	2	450.00–485.00	$467.86	$575	+202.15
120–125	123	23	275.00–345.00	$310.24	$382	+44.53
120–125	124	4	250.00–295.00	$271.06	$336	+5.35
125	125	2	175.00	$175.00	$219	-90.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
140	140	1	245.00	$245.00	$343	—
280	280	1	167.00	$167.00	$468	-15.00
350	350	4	150.00	$150.00	$525	-33.88
465	465	1	150.00	$150.00	$698	-16.26
500	500	1	125.00	$125.00	$625	-60.41
573	573	7	172.00	$172.00	$986	+8.65
690	690	1	118.00	$118.00	$814	-26.18
730	730	1	117.00	$117.00	$854	-43.00
840	840	1	118.00	$118.00	$991	-6.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	150.00	$150.00	$255	-15.00
320–345	332	4	115.00–140.00	$129.51	$430	-55.49
360	360	1	140.00	$140.00	$504	-52.50
460	460	1	92.00	$92.00	$423	-56.86
500	500	1	116.00	$116.00	$580	—
550	550	2	132.00	$132.00	$726	-4.01
815	815	1	102.00	$102.00	$831	-25.50
1030	1030	2	110.00–118.00	$114.00	$1,174	—
1070–1085	1078	2	105.00–115.00	$110.03	$1,186	—
1280	1280	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,485	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	80.00	$80.00	$412	—
780	780	2	105.00	$105.00	$819	—
805–830	818	2	65.00–106.00	$85.19	$697	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1645	1477	80-85%	29	90.00–98.00	$93.44	$1,380	+16.13
1250–1845	1500	80-85%	40	72.00–83.00	$78.01	$1,170	-15.44
1100–1940	1522	80-85%	118	80.00–94.00	$85.61	$1,303	-7.84

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1345	1157	85-90%	12	56.00–66.00	$60.39	$699	—
790–1470	1179	85-90%	41	40.00–73.00	$66.71	$787	—
835–1610	1231	85-90%	89	66.00–82.00	$76.20	$938	+7.56
885–1435	1282	85-90%	40	81.00–90.00	$84.62	$1,085	-0.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1555	1538	75-80%	2	89.00–92.00	$90.52	$1,392	+2.54
1440–2030	1681	75-80%	75	80.00–100.00	$94.06	$1,581	—
1250–2185	1805	75-80%	28	99.00–106.50	$102.20	$1,845	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–1875	1728	65-75%	6	97.00–100.00	$98.29	$1,698	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1965	1614	6	150.00–154.00	$151.39	$2,443	+0.81
1360–1980	1675	11	125.00–162.00	$149.18	$2,499	+17.91
1605–1840	1681	4	164.00–166.00	$165.28	$2,778	+34.01

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1470	1239	4	126.00–132.00	$129.28	$1,602	—
1390–1765	1606	4	136.00–142.00	$138.81	$2,229	-1.86
1060–2240	1738	9	118.00–124.00	$121.42	$2,110	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–2115	1564	11	94.00–118.00	$105.86	$1,656	-20.75
1945–2360	2153	2	124.00–130.00	$126.71	$2,728	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
610	610	1	90.00	$90.00	$549	—
780	780	2	106.00	$106.00	$827	-4.00
855	855	1	97.00	$97.00	$829	-12.97
1000	1000	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,200	-4.02

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1680	1429	6	96.00–132.00	$114.34	$1,634	—
1365–1905	1549	6	120.00–144.00	$133.19	$2,063	-17.80
1425–1730	1550	12	137.00–158.00	$149.11	$2,311	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	75.00	$75.00	$98	—
165	165	1	95.00	$95.00	$157	-3.42
580	580	1	92.00	$92.00	$534	-33.00
605	605	1	92.00	$92.00	$557	-53.00
1160	1160	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,508	—

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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.