Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 20, 2024

2,182 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,182	4,883	4,176
Feeder cattle	282	780	553
Slaughter cattle	914	2,360	2,246
Replacement cattle	—	7	—

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1760	1441	12	162.00–184.00	$169.96	$2,449	—
1255–1784	1531	65	172.00–187.00	$180.94	$2,770	—
1216–1810	1621	45	180.00–200.00	$186.90	$3,030	+4.98
1870–1920	1884	5	178.00–182.00	$180.79	$3,406	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,019	-10.00
370–397	384	2	265.00–285.00	$275.35	$1,057	-61.76
652–664	658	2	220.00–235.00	$227.43	$1,496	-22.57
704–726	715	2	177.50	$177.50	$1,269	-46.44
768–796	782	4	205.00–225.00	$214.82	$1,680	-24.25
810–825	818	4	212.50–240.00	$226.12	$1,850	+11.12
858–892	879	4	175.00–212.50	$199.20	$1,751	-28.43
900	900	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,822	+0.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	1	250.00	$250.00	$805	—
356	356	1	260.00	$260.00	$926	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	2	910.00	$910.00	$546	+580.00
68	68	1	200.00	$200.00	$136	+60.00
70	70	1	290.00	$290.00	$203	-110.00
70–78	74	5	900.00–1,175.00	$1,066.24	$789	+926.24
75–76	75	3	275.00–480.00	$352.23	$264	+212.23
80–88	83	5	170.00–540.00	$388.37	$322	-152.67
80–85	83	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	$830	+458.96
80–88	83	4	250.00–580.00	$427.71	$355	-113.33
80–86	83	16	880.00–1,125.00	$1,027.03	$852	+485.99
90	90	1	600.00	$600.00	$540	+40.00
90–94	91	3	485.00–560.00	$518.94	$472	+6.75
90–95	93	7	700.00–975.00	$848.09	$789	-113.69
90–98	93	23	760.00–1,025.00	$938.16	$872	-23.62
95	95	1	385.00	$385.00	$366	-576.78
95	95	1	490.00	$490.00	$466	-471.78
100–106	103	15	700.00–975.00	$895.57	$922	+503.25
105	105	1	310.00	$310.00	$326	-527.50
108	108	1	780.00	$780.00	$842	-57.50
110	110	5	760.00–860.00	$829.00	$912	-33.01
115	115	1	775.00	$775.00	$891	-7.12
1180–1494	1324	19	167.00–188.00	$181.46	$2,403	—
1255–1510	1387	3	181.00–185.50	$182.69	$2,534	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–282	271	6	274.00–290.00	$281.50	$763	+48.94
340–346	343	2	250.00–265.00	$257.57	$883	+1.97
350–374	364	4	240.00–265.00	$248.94	$906	-8.90
434–448	445	5	225.00–256.00	$249.96	$1,112	+1.30
474	474	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,209	+19.24
526–530	528	2	180.00–205.00	$192.55	$1,017	-42.59
560–590	570	3	220.00–235.00	$226.81	$1,293	-15.07
616	616	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,386	+8.51
656	656	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,443	+0.94
722	722	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,372	-8.97
776	776	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,436	-5.00
863–875	869	4	195.00–210.00	$202.55	$1,760	—
923	923	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,846	+68.00
992	992	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,934	-12.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	255.00	$255.00	$854	-5.00

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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	500.00	$500.00	$300	-67.50
62	62	2	420.00–490.00	$455.00	$282	+316.60
60–68	64	7	75.00–225.00	$116.69	$75	-21.71
64	64	1	550.00	$550.00	$352	+411.60
70–72	71	2	485.00–540.00	$512.89	$364	+435.53
70–74	72	4	95.00–185.00	$132.38	$95	+55.02
70–76	73	5	990.00–1,175.00	$1,091.50	$797	+400.07
72–78	75	2	670.00–720.00	$694.00	$520	+159.28
75	75	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	$788	+515.28
78	78	2	380.00–410.00	$395.00	$308	-5.00
80–85	82	5	110.00–450.00	$219.63	$180	-178.57
82	82	1	390.00	$390.00	$320	-8.20
80–88	83	9	500.00–600.00	$561.24	$466	-461.39
80–88	83	7	225.00–635.00	$430.87	$358	-591.76
80–85	83	7	825.00–1,010.00	$971.68	$806	-50.95
80–85	83	2	525.00–650.00	$589.39	$489	-433.24
80–88	84	31	510.00–730.00	$654.32	$550	-17.34
80–86	84	22	850.00–1,125.00	$1,054.57	$886	+382.91
85	85	1	325.00	$325.00	$276	+108.63
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	$270	-412.50
90–98	93	53	535.00–685.00	$633.24	$589	+178.59
90–98	93	33	775.00–1,075.00	$986.39	$917	+531.74
90–96	93	24	500.00–610.00	$548.10	$510	+93.45
90–96	94	10	175.00–550.00	$445.96	$419	-117.92
90–95	94	10	900.00–975.00	$943.40	$887	+379.52
100–106	102	43	600.00–690.00	$623.98	$636	-309.57
100–105	102	10	300.00–585.00	$445.00	$454	-488.55
100–108	103	34	500.00–590.00	$555.95	$573	+0.69
100–108	103	29	870.00–975.00	$930.60	$959	+375.34
100–108	104	8	690.00–885.00	$815.53	$848	+335.53
105	105	1	660.00	$660.00	$693	+85.00
110–115	111	9	670.00–875.00	$832.45	$924	-39.45
110–115	112	13	575.00–700.00	$611.02	$684	-260.88
110–115	112	4	840.00–910.00	$865.12	$969	-6.78
110–115	113	14	510.00–595.00	$554.35	$626	-237.53
120–125	122	3	500.00–560.00	$532.05	$649	-0.68
122–125	123	3	385.00–580.00	$513.94	$632	-18.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–286	268	2	250.00–285.00	$268.68	$720	—
344	344	1	285.00	$285.00	$980	-15.88
353–397	368	3	285.00–295.00	$291.40	$1,072	-6.67
427–436	429	4	270.00–285.00	$273.81	$1,175	-11.14
460–490	475	2	220.00–285.00	$251.47	$1,194	+16.06
526	526	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,078	-37.86
552	552	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,463	+16.32
604–642	623	2	175.00–190.00	$182.73	$1,138	-48.88
702–740	722	4	177.50–215.00	$195.29	$1,410	-15.60
840	840	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,281	-21.02
890	890	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,424	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	311	7	207.00–250.00	$219.33	$682	—
380	380	1	190.00	$190.00	$722	-2.00
564	564	1	135.00	$135.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	290.00	$290.00	$754	+13.33
430	430	2	255.00–270.00	$262.50	$1,129	-37.50
585	585	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,299	-13.56

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1730	1558	75-80%	5	125.00–130.00	$128.29	$1,999	+0.90

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	80-85%	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,625	+2.95

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	65-75%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,943	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–2206	1839	9	140.00–160.00	$150.05	$2,759	—

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–2275	1505	5	134.00–175.00	$154.82	$2,330	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,899	—
1315–1450	1372	3	164.00–169.00	$166.60	$2,286	—
1395–1730	1518	5	151.00–176.00	$163.82	$2,487	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–392	372	2	212.50–245.00	$229.62	$854	—
504–548	526	2	197.50–210.00	$203.49	$1,070	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1640	1349	6	118.00–169.00	$155.10	$2,092	—
1390–1490	1440	2	171.00–174.00	$172.55	$2,485	—
1300–1855	1548	23	160.00–179.50	$172.58	$2,672	—
1420–1865	1613	22	175.00–186.00	$182.11	$2,937	+2.32

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–298	292	3	190.00–250.00	$216.44	$632	—
354–380	367	2	235.00–237.50	$236.29	$867	—
412	412	1	222.50	$222.50	$917	—
466–486	476	2	180.00–185.00	$182.45	$868	—
722	722	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,119	—
840	840	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,386	—
869	869	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,434	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1380	1159	85-90%	9	60.00–106.00	$93.66	$1,086	—
945–1395	1223	85-90%	8	90.00–99.00	$94.68	$1,158	-7.60
900–1605	1258	85-90%	70	84.00–122.00	$102.94	$1,295	—
1140–1385	1278	85-90%	12	120.00–128.00	$124.74	$1,594	—
1400–1595	1491	80-85%	11	110.00–119.00	$115.87	$1,728	—
1455–1555	1498	80-85%	4	102.00–108.00	$105.70	$1,583	—
1115–1950	1524	80-85%	71	105.00–135.00	$120.13	$1,831	+3.15
1365–1760	1562	65-75%	6	118.00–133.00	$126.35	$1,974	—
1590–1650	1614	80-85%	4	130.00–131.00	$130.25	$2,102	—
1610–1790	1701	75-80%	9	119.00–128.00	$125.08	$2,128	—
1296–2005	1708	75-80%	35	119.00–139.00	$129.60	$2,214	—
1645–2045	1842	75-80%	4	135.00–145.50	$140.87	$2,595	+9.78

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	1	232.50	$232.50	$772	+17.50
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	—
464	464	1	190.00	$190.00	$882	-9.25
574–576	575	2	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$906	+14.28
774	774	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,103	—
801–826	814	4	129.00–134.00	$131.46	$1,070	-13.54
950–980	963	4	147.00–151.00	$148.50	$1,430	—
1095	1095	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,555	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1454	1321	3	148.00–156.00	$152.26	$2,011	-0.07
1355–1485	1420	2	146.00–154.00	$150.18	$2,133	—
1376–1738	1523	3	155.00–160.00	$157.19	$2,394	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1304	1304	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,956	—
1350–1625	1473	11	151.00–159.00	$154.78	$2,280	-1.44
1280–1730	1561	8	160.00–165.00	$162.61	$2,538	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–310	306	2	155.00–197.50	$176.53	$540	—
404–442	433	13	180.00–227.50	$209.50	$907	+46.21
487–490	488	4	165.00–230.00	$213.68	$1,043	-3.81

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	175.00	$175.00	$551	+11.79
520	520	1	137.00	$137.00	$712	—

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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.