Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 22, 2024

3,660 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,660	2,480	4,363
Feeder cattle	111	186	182
Slaughter cattle	2,136	1,606	2,448

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	1	153.00	$153.00	$2,073	-26.00
1120–1780	1527	64	131.00–177.00	$165.87	$2,533	-10.07
1405–1680	1541	6	190.00–192.00	$191.33	$2,948	+15.39
1480–1620	1553	3	160.00–163.00	$161.04	$2,501	-14.56
1165–1950	1609	167	164.00–188.00	$176.90	$2,846	—
1435–1860	1647	66	175.00–195.00	$188.16	$3,099	—
1360–1785	1648	10	161.00–179.00	$172.90	$2,849	—
1545–1850	1682	18	194.00–198.00	$194.94	$3,279	+4.22
1745–1800	1763	3	163.00–169.00	$165.31	$2,914	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	137.00–174.00	$155.26	$590	-37.02
435	435	1	160.00	$160.00	$696	-46.79
450	450	1	185.00	$185.00	$832	—
525–540	535	3	100.00–170.00	$143.74	$769	+6.74
605	605	1	136.00	$136.00	$823	—
760	760	2	157.50	$157.50	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	190.00	$190.00	$598	—
656	656	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,148	-15.00

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70–75	72	3	10.00–60.00	$39.30	$28	+1.91
70–75	74	5	400.00–500.00	$454.59	$336	+417.20
75	75	3	100.00–130.00	$110.00	$82	+72.61
75	75	1	510.00	$510.00	$382	+472.61
80–85	81	5	100.00	$100.00	$81	+45.51
80–85	83	6	575.00–710.00	$628.64	$522	+95.03
90	90	1	110.00	$110.00	$99	-513.75
90–95	93	7	575.00–780.00	$686.58	$639	+207.66
90–95	93	3	470.00–575.00	$541.25	$503	+62.33
95	95	3	150.00–160.00	$153.33	$146	-325.59
100	100	1	550.00	$550.00	$550	+500.00
100	100	1	85.00	$85.00	$85	+35.00
100–105	102	11	460.00–700.00	$638.77	$652	+588.77
100–105	103	3	100.00–230.00	$174.11	$179	+124.11
110	110	3	600.00–625.00	$615.00	$676	+30.00
110–115	113	2	535.00–550.00	$542.33	$613	+22.33
1110–1612	1345	17	124.00–167.00	$158.11	$2,127	—
1186–1578	1400	37	164.00–179.00	$171.26	$2,398	—
1160–1735	1475	14	169.00–192.00	$177.59	$2,619	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	150.00	$150.00	$765	-8.27
602–608	604	3	124.00–147.50	$131.89	$797	-22.87
655	655	1	62.00	$62.00	$406	-128.00
734	734	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,083	-5.88
850	850	1	92.00	$92.00	$782	—

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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	60.00	$60.00	$33	+47.50
60	60	1	20.00	$20.00	$12	+5.00
70–75	72	5	250.00–360.00	$277.64	$200	-43.05
70–75	73	5	300.00–480.00	$385.27	$281	+64.58
70–75	73	5	140.00–375.00	$239.73	$175	-80.96
75	75	2	635.00–735.00	$685.00	$514	+330.00
75	75	1	150.00	$150.00	$112	-205.00
80	80	1	400.00	$400.00	$320	+19.96
80	80	1	460.00	$460.00	$368	+79.96
80	80	2	290.00–450.00	$370.00	$296	-10.04
80	80	1	625.00	$625.00	$500	+244.96
80–85	81	4	40.00–110.00	$75.54	$61	-304.50
80–85	82	9	270.00–455.00	$343.41	$282	-170.23
80–85	83	23	400.00–485.00	$451.48	$375	-62.16
80–85	84	14	525.00–795.00	$706.84	$594	+471.09
90	90	1	100.00	$100.00	$90	-470.00
90–95	92	65	375.00–510.00	$445.87	$410	+90.51
90–95	92	17	165.00–440.00	$255.50	$235	-99.86
90–95	92	15	610.00–750.00	$702.36	$646	+347.00
90–95	93	4	590.00–630.00	$614.86	$572	+259.50
90–95	93	19	275.00–460.00	$366.58	$341	+11.22
95	95	1	170.00	$170.00	$162	+133.33
100	100	1	100.00	$100.00	$100	-543.14
100	100	4	250.00	$250.00	$250	-393.14
100–105	101	16	320.00–440.00	$366.10	$370	-277.04
100–105	102	7	600.00–700.00	$664.69	$678	+21.55
100–105	103	52	360.00–450.00	$420.49	$433	+115.00
100–105	103	4	585.00–640.00	$622.80	$641	+317.31
110	110	5	570.00–650.00	$602.00	$662	+28.70
110	110	3	210.00	$210.00	$231	-363.30
110–115	112	39	360.00–450.00	$408.59	$458	-164.71
110–115	113	8	275.00–405.00	$320.92	$363	-46.19
110–115	113	4	575.00–630.00	$600.94	$679	+233.83
120	120	1	550.00	$550.00	$660	+175.00
120–125	122	9	310.00–460.00	$376.03	$459	+1.03
120–125	124	4	560.00–565.00	$561.21	$696	+186.21
130	130	1	350.00	$350.00	$455	-25.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	187.00	$187.00	$430	—
347	347	2	175.00	$175.00	$607	-53.79
464	464	1	210.00	$210.00	$974	-9.35
502–544	523	2	174.00–205.00	$190.12	$994	+15.12
680–685	683	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,065	-17.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	138.00	$138.00	$876	+3.00
688	688	2	142.50–160.00	$151.25	$1,041	—
840–848	844	2	122.00–132.50	$127.27	$1,074	—
876	876	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,073	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	110.00	$110.00	$798	—
830	830	1	100.00	$100.00	$830	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1645	1401	80-85%	5	78.00–84.00	$80.58	$1,129	—
1000–1815	1440	80-85%	132	81.00–109.00	$92.47	$1,332	-4.09
1242–1730	1513	80-85%	18	72.00–92.00	$83.96	$1,270	-2.73
1175–1885	1517	80-85%	48	90.00–108.00	$96.91	$1,470	+10.22

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1028–2065	1655	75-80%	92	91.00–119.00	$102.23	$1,692	—
1490–1900	1673	75-80%	14	94.00–100.00	$97.81	$1,636	-7.42
1105–2110	1710	75-80%	74	101.00–124.00	$106.47	$1,821	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1475	1114	85-90%	18	60.00–78.00	$72.21	$804	—
830–1810	1281	85-90%	40	90.00–104.00	$94.94	$1,216	+6.02
1030–1675	1288	85-90%	22	44.00–87.00	$76.92	$991	—
862–1784	1302	85-90%	82	70.00–96.00	$83.94	$1,093	+15.24

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–2000	1748	65-75%	10	101.00–109.00	$106.32	$1,858	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–2350	1576	17	112.00–144.00	$128.41	$2,024	—
1680–1920	1800	2	152.00–155.00	$153.40	$2,761	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1674	1536	5	117.00–141.00	$125.95	$1,935	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,029	—
1325–1835	1580	2	162.00–166.00	$164.32	$2,596	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1362–1754	1451	7	131.00–141.00	$134.87	$1,957	—
1295–1800	1452	12	122.00–153.00	$139.91	$2,031	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	77.00	$77.00	$462	—
680	680	1	124.00	$124.00	$843	—
755	755	1	108.00	$108.00	$815	—
1025–1040	1033	2	120.00–128.00	$123.97	$1,281	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1635	1440	13	127.00–148.00	$140.55	$2,024	—
1328–1868	1559	26	136.00–154.00	$148.27	$2,312	-5.58
1236–1760	1586	9	152.00–167.00	$155.25	$2,462	+1.40

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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.