Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2020-12-21

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 113▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 85▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
26 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 33▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 11 lb. ewes deleted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $84.61/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$84.61
31 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$432
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.44
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 152491.244788thin
Medium and Large 250682.3041723
One grade step is worth $8.94/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale31 hd
84.61
—
PA average6 barns · 215 hd
70.17
+14.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,08574.008031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29651.656694thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,34646.1262111
SteersSelectAverage1,21386.341,0473thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19898.75/cwt6
BullsNumber 29372.10/cwt5
BullsNumber 38346.85/cwt3
BullsUtility8816.88/cwt4
HeifersNumber 29055.00/cwt3

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · 84 Livestock Auction - Eighty Four, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1477130.00/cwt130.00–130.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 2490102.50/cwt102.50–102.505021
Steers—Medium and Large 1565133.74/cwt132.50–135.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 175098.00/cwt98.00–98.007351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 126592.00/cwt92.00–92.002441
Heifers—Medium and Large 228096.00/cwt96.00–96.002691
Heifers—Medium and Large 231575.00/cwt75.00–75.002361
Heifers—Medium and Large 242182.88/cwt80.00–90.003499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463103.31/cwt102.50–105.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 249590.00/cwt90.00–90.004466
Heifers—Medium and Large 152080.00/cwt80.00–80.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 255072.00/cwt72.00–72.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 264072.00/cwt72.00–72.004612
Heifers—Medium and Large 167282.66/cwt80.00–84.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 276275.00/cwt75.00–75.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 294070.00/cwt70.00–70.006581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 230092.50/cwt92.50–92.502781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525117.50/cwt117.50–117.506171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563115.59/cwt110.00–127.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625109.00/cwt109.00–109.006816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685102.50/cwt102.50–102.507022
Bulls—Medium and Large 178782.00/cwt82.00–82.006452
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,21386.34/cwt80.00–93.001,0473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,08574.00/cwt74.00–74.008031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21339.48/cwt39.00–40.004792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22353.20/cwt51.00–56.006513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37647.59/cwt43.00–51.006559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51547.00/cwt47.00–47.007121
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross8060.00/cwt60.00–60.00481
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross9020.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross10085.00/cwt85.00–85.00851
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility7512.50/cwt12.50–12.5091
Bulls—Utility8015.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
Bulls—Number 38346.85/cwt37.50–52.50393
Bulls—Number 28564.00/cwt63.00–65.00542
Bulls—Utility9020.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross95125.00/cwt125.00–125.001191
Bulls—Number 19598.75/cwt97.50–100.00942
Bulls—Number 29580.00/cwt80.00–80.00761
Bulls—Number 110090.00/cwt85.00–95.00903
Bulls—Number 210076.25/cwt70.00–82.50762
Bulls—Utility10520.00/cwt20.00–20.00211

This sale against other markets

Pennsylvania weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.