Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2024-03-11

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Mar 11
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 79▲ 152 vs year ago 150 · +101.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 44▼ 13 vs year ago 54 · −24.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
27 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 28▼ 2 vs year ago 29 · −6.9%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.16/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$240.16
40 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,318
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.39
vs PA average
−36.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551245.841,35532
Medium and Large 2539217.431,1728thin
One grade step is worth $28.41/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
240.16
—
PA average3 barns · 73 hd
231.77
+8.39
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−36.01
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
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,416106.651,51017
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41894.111,3349thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11686.529666thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1107649.11/cwt12
BullsNumber 291529.39/cwt8
BullsNumber 375247.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 183815.00/cwt4

Every lot

67 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295235.00/cwt235.00–235.006932
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310290.00/cwt290.00–290.008991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363197.76/cwt190.00–205.007182
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475200.00/cwt200.00–200.009502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516265.89/cwt262.50–272.501,3723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2495
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3183
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6537
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613244.90/cwt237.50–252.001,5018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646225.64/cwt220.00–227.501,4584
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681213.40/cwt205.00–215.001,45311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2071
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715216.22/cwt212.50–220.001,5462
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2930185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2302200.00/cwt200.00–200.006042
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345232.00/cwt232.00–232.008001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362222.31/cwt217.50–230.008058
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009562
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430220.00/cwt220.00–220.009461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431253.09/cwt240.00–257.501,0914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486231.26/cwt230.00–242.501,12410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490212.79/cwt200.00–222.501,0437
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519222.30/cwt215.00–230.001,1544
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545249.24/cwt240.00–254.001,35823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559212.56/cwt202.50–222.501,1884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567237.14/cwt227.50–242.501,3459
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618200.78/cwt199.00–210.001,2416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628241.05/cwt227.50–247.001,51422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,55610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688206.16/cwt190.00–210.001,4185
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed323295.00/cwt295.00–295.009534
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007642
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342270.00/cwt270.00–270.009232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365240.00/cwt240.00–240.008762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411260.01/cwt250.00–265.001,0696
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed432295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467234.99/cwt220.00–237.501,0977
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527230.70/cwt225.00–240.001,2167
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583249.37/cwt242.50–258.001,45417
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3021
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%84387.07/cwt85.00–89.007342
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13378.50/cwt78.00–79.008892
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,361102.74/cwt99.00–106.001,3989
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2912
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41894.11/cwt92.00–97.001,3349
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478111.04/cwt108.00–114.001,6418
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers70–80Number 1Beef Cross70840.00/cwt840.00–840.005881
Heifers80–90Number 1Beef Cross85815.00/cwt790.00–840.006932
Heifers90–100Number 1Beef Cross90790.00/cwt790.00–790.007111
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls60–70Number 365105.00/cwt105.00–105.00681
Bulls80–90Number 1Beef Cross80810.00/cwt790.00–830.006482
Bulls80–90Number 2Beef Cross80490.00/cwt450.00–530.003922
Bulls80–90Number 285500.00/cwt500.00–500.004251
Bulls80–90Number 3Beef Cross85390.00/cwt390.00–390.003321
Bulls90–100Number 293558.04/cwt540.00–575.005193
Bulls100–110Number 1Beef Cross103844.88/cwt840.00–850.008702
Bulls100–110Number 2103540.49/cwt520.00–560.005572
Bulls100–110Number 1105570.00/cwt570.00–570.005991
Bulls110–120Number 1113569.89/cwt550.00–590.006444
Bulls120–130Number 1120543.33/cwt530.00–560.006523

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.