Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 18, 2024

4,176 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,176	4,631	2,100
Feeder cattle	148	813	155
Slaughter cattle	1,959	2,189	1,158

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1725	1445	33	172.00–189.00	$177.34	$2,563	—
1140–1870	1539	82	174.00–197.00	$187.63	$2,888	—
1400–1895	1635	155	182.00–204.00	$195.09	$3,190	+71.75
1590–1785	1705	4	205.00–209.00	$207.56	$3,539	—
1735–1830	1781	4	174.00–185.00	$178.76	$3,184	-8.34
1770–1915	1839	6	180.00–192.00	$186.62	$3,432	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	2	235.00	$235.00	$613	—
330	330	1	235.00	$235.00	$776	-75.00
390	390	2	225.00	$225.00	$878	-71.99
638	638	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,531	-8.81
834	834	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,501	-25.00
934	934	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,588	-16.00
998	998	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,572	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	2	177.50	$177.50	$909	-59.29

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	30.00	$30.00	$18	-20.00
60–68	64	5	475.00–850.00	$675.94	$433	+250.94
65	65	1	100.00	$100.00	$65	-325.00
70–75	73	5	300.00–500.00	$379.02	$277	-20.98
70–78	73	21	725.00–985.00	$854.05	$623	+454.05
70–76	74	3	200.00–500.00	$358.60	$265	-242.36
75	75	1	200.00	$200.00	$150	-400.96
80–84	81	4	600.00–800.00	$698.77	$566	+49.63
80–85	83	10	510.00–725.00	$619.79	$514	-66.56
80–88	84	26	700.00–1,000.00	$911.41	$766	+8.06
85	85	1	525.00	$525.00	$446	-378.35
85	85	1	175.00	$175.00	$149	-728.35
90	90	1	375.00	$375.00	$338	+237.50
90–95	92	9	475.00–750.00	$604.14	$556	-10.89
90–98	93	9	600.00–875.00	$788.05	$733	+245.19
90–98	93	31	760.00–985.00	$867.05	$806	+324.19
100	100	2	575.00–650.00	$612.50	$612	+477.50
100	100	1	310.00	$310.00	$310	+175.00
100–106	102	20	700.00–885.00	$804.92	$821	+3.75
100–105	103	3	500.00–660.00	$553.85	$570	+23.61
115	115	1	700.00	$700.00	$805	+95.00
115	115	2	510.00–600.00	$555.00	$638	-50.00
115	115	1	550.00	$550.00	$632	-55.00
125	125	1	600.00	$600.00	$750	+85.14
126	126	1	600.00	$600.00	$756	+85.14
1174–1660	1368	19	179.00–186.00	$182.31	$2,494	—
1170–1605	1384	16	170.00–179.00	$175.64	$2,431	—
1412–1458	1432	4	183.00–186.00	$184.26	$2,639	+9.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	1	215.00	$215.00	$628	—
312–342	318	5	185.00–237.50	$226.21	$719	+27.46
355–360	356	5	190.00–230.00	$209.01	$744	+4.29
437	437	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,027	+37.16
520–544	532	2	205.00–215.00	$210.11	$1,118	+20.50
604–648	626	2	205.00–220.00	$212.24	$1,329	+38.75
692	692	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,453	—
932–946	938	5	167.50–170.00	$168.51	$1,581	—
960–972	966	4	167.50–172.50	$169.98	$1,642	—

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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	400.00	$400.00	$240	+318.03
60–65	63	4	85.00–350.00	$175.90	$111	+93.93
60–68	65	5	5.00–200.00	$93.25	$61	-169.25
68	68	1	130.00	$130.00	$88	-132.50
68	68	1	60.00	$60.00	$41	-202.50
70–75	72	8	640.00–975.00	$887.65	$639	+761.41
70–76	73	9	200.00–425.00	$316.24	$231	+41.81
70–76	74	4	100.00–250.00	$165.74	$123	-412.62
70–78	74	15	400.00–700.00	$590.78	$437	+12.42
72–76	74	2	55.00–65.00	$59.86	$44	-518.50
70–78	76	16	600.00–750.00	$675.00	$513	-100.00
75–78	76	3	100.00–200.00	$137.34	$104	-637.66
78	78	1	880.00	$880.00	$686	+105.00
80–86	82	28	400.00–735.00	$564.61	$463	+524.16
82	82	1	65.00	$65.00	$53	+24.55
82	82	1	220.00	$220.00	$180	+179.55
80–88	83	76	560.00–725.00	$657.15	$545	+616.70
80–85	83	11	775.00–975.00	$877.94	$729	+837.49
80–88	83	37	800.00–1,025.00	$939.69	$780	+899.24
80–88	85	5	40.00–220.00	$132.52	$113	-203.41
82–88	85	4	250.00–425.00	$341.51	$290	+5.58
90	90	1	225.00	$225.00	$202	+56.25
90–98	92	50	750.00–985.00	$892.06	$821	-5.01
90–98	93	34	400.00–630.00	$526.93	$490	+48.16
90–95	93	4	700.00–925.00	$800.54	$745	+321.77
90–98	93	166	520.00–710.00	$620.31	$577	+141.54
95	95	1	30.00	$30.00	$28	-448.77
100–105	101	12	410.00–630.00	$523.29	$529	+56.66
100–108	102	40	740.00–900.00	$833.88	$851	+247.40
100–108	103	107	520.00–670.00	$590.98	$609	-205.71
100–108	103	3	600.00–710.00	$671.04	$691	-125.65
106	106	1	340.00	$340.00	$360	-456.69
110	110	1	690.00	$690.00	$759	+2.21
110–118	112	52	500.00–610.00	$562.62	$630	-125.17
110–115	113	18	700.00–785.00	$750.83	$848	+10.75
110–118	113	7	375.00–500.00	$444.55	$502	-295.53
112–118	115	2	300.00–390.00	$346.17	$398	-393.91
120–125	121	11	475.00–550.00	$523.90	$634	+54.00
120–125	122	9	675.00–735.00	$699.25	$853	+41.22
120–125	123	2	475.00–520.00	$497.04	$611	-160.99
122–124	123	2	610.00–640.00	$625.12	$769	-32.91

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–338	326	3	190.00–220.00	$202.07	$659	-50.85
357	357	3	245.00	$245.00	$875	-13.87
452–470	461	2	215.00–235.00	$224.80	$1,036	-8.90
508	508	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,041	-34.33
588	588	3	212.50	$212.50	$1,250	-15.35
710	710	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,349	-5.00
807–848	828	4	157.50–160.00	$158.72	$1,314	-0.28
852	852	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,380	-33.00
924	924	1	157.40	$157.40	$1,454	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1150	947	85-90%	3	78.00–86.00	$82.42	$781	—
800–1390	1007	85-90%	11	84.00–98.00	$90.96	$916	—
965–1335	1173	85-90%	4	110.00–116.00	$112.29	$1,317	+12.15
924–1432	1200	85-90%	32	91.00–117.50	$103.96	$1,248	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1210	1110	80-85%	2	127.50–135.00	$130.91	$1,453	—
1070–1648	1385	80-85%	31	109.00–120.00	$113.81	$1,576	—
1430–1465	1443	80-85%	5	104.00–108.00	$105.01	$1,515	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1895	1637	75-80%	13	110.00–130.00	$119.17	$1,951	—
1740–2010	1833	75-80%	3	107.50–116.00	$111.40	$2,042	—
2050	2050	75-80%	1	133.00	$133.00	$2,726	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–2355	1860	26	131.00–177.50	$148.43	$2,761	—
1320–2327	1976	3	126.00–140.00	$134.06	$2,649	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1875	1666	4	180.00–187.50	$183.70	$3,060	+8.82

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	1	185.00	$185.00	$507	—
320	320	1	190.00	$190.00	$608	—
420	420	1	195.00	$195.00	$819	—
474–479	477	3	187.50–210.00	$194.95	$930	—
688	688	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,445	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1252	1246	2	136.00–149.00	$142.47	$1,775	—
1355–1765	1622	17	174.00–192.00	$181.90	$2,950	—
1640–1840	1740	2	167.50–175.00	$171.47	$2,984	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460	458	4	180.00–185.00	$183.77	$842	—
528	528	1	140.00	$140.00	$739	—

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1970	1618	7	121.00–152.50	$140.96	$2,281	-0.16

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1400	1219	85-90%	17	110.00–136.00	$118.00	$1,438	+39.57
1045–1340	1227	85-90%	12	80.00–88.00	$84.99	$1,043	+6.56
880–1472	1232	85-90%	54	72.50–100.00	$89.55	$1,103	+11.12
936–1810	1311	85-90%	108	91.00–111.00	$100.80	$1,321	+8.92
1068–1605	1332	80-85%	30	120.00–145.00	$131.47	$1,751	+39.59
1182–1710	1474	75-80%	5	130.00–147.50	$135.47	$1,997	+33.70
1275–1775	1477	80-85%	57	92.50–109.00	$102.87	$1,519	+1.10
1410–1665	1495	80-85%	20	90.00–98.00	$93.48	$1,398	-8.29
1070–1830	1527	80-85%	119	104.00–122.50	$113.43	$1,732	+20.26
1510–2030	1756	75-80%	61	110.00–126.00	$118.02	$2,072	+4.94
1600–1960	1796	75-80%	14	95.00–112.00	$107.73	$1,935	-5.35

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1168–1470	1297	8	150.00–156.00	$152.55	$1,979	—
1090–1888	1473	13	120.00–149.00	$136.59	$2,012	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–336	319	2	205.00–220.00	$212.10	$677	—
772	772	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,351	—
858–870	866	3	140.00–180.00	$158.57	$1,373	—
934–940	937	2	149.00–172.50	$160.71	$1,506	—
968–976	972	2	152.50	$152.50	$1,482	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1878	1626	10	121.00–149.00	$137.57	$2,237	-9.32
1470–1796	1670	15	143.00–159.00	$152.78	$2,551	+27.78

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	165.00	$165.00	$742	+32.04
838	838	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,131	—

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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.