Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2024-09-09

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Sep 9
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 219▲ 93 vs year ago 322 · +28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 61▲ 22 vs year ago 47 · +46.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
33 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 20▼ 2 vs year ago 35 · −5.7%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $200.24/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$200.24
38 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,084
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.36
vs PA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546218.751,19426
Medium and Large 2531160.1485012thin
One grade step is worth $58.61/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale38 hd
200.24
—
PA average3 barns · 48 hd
205.61
−5.36
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—Average1,836150.932,77112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,568130.232,0426thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,230126.181,55224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,096105.541,15726

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199590.55/cwt13
BullsNumber 283394.95/cwt8
HeifersNumber 173429.74/cwt4
HeifersNumber 280150.00/cwt1

Every lot

63 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380256.23/cwt237.50–275.009748
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419251.28/cwt250.00–255.001,0534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474252.44/cwt231.00–268.001,19718
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527230.21/cwt226.00–240.001,21316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3971
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7631
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8648
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316200.00/cwt200.00–200.006323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325244.62/cwt232.50–250.007956
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379222.90/cwt217.50–230.008458
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381237.42/cwt215.00–242.5090523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419226.99/cwt212.50–237.5095129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428215.02/cwt208.00–230.009203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465221.58/cwt220.00–222.501,03030
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468200.00/cwt200.00–200.009363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519208.27/cwt190.00–230.001,0815
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1304
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316254.27/cwt245.00–260.008036
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328227.44/cwt225.00–230.007462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369219.32/cwt185.00–230.008094
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389258.69/cwt250.00–275.001,00612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431236.94/cwt235.00–242.501,02113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445195.00/cwt195.00–195.008681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468236.59/cwt231.00–245.001,10728
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475217.82/cwt195.00–231.001,0355
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511157.71/cwt150.00–210.008068
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542220.67/cwt215.00–222.501,19620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559212.36/cwt200.00–217.501,1876
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009414
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615203.75/cwt170.00–215.001,2534
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2647179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1584
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3781
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3531
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,3102
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1852153.02/cwt146.00–167.001,3046
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,712134.70/cwt130.00–139.002,3063
Bulls——1,877156.34/cwt144.00–168.002,9359
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069106.08/cwt90.00–117.001,13417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11580.85/cwt67.50–88.009014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,172123.45/cwt120.00–127.001,4475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225125.06/cwt116.00–132.001,53221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267134.00/cwt133.00–135.001,6983
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568130.23/cwt126.00–134.002,0426
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers70–80Number 1Beef Cross73499.14/cwt475.00–525.003642
Heifers70–80Number 173360.34/cwt300.00–425.002632
Heifers80–90Number 2Beef Cross80150.00/cwt150.00–150.001201
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls60–70Number 2Beef Cross60300.00/cwt300.00–300.001801
Bulls70–80Number 270300.00/cwt300.00–300.002101
Bulls80–90Number 282386.53/cwt320.00–460.003173
Bulls90–100Number 290500.00/cwt500.00–500.004501
Bulls90–100Number 191552.05/cwt505.00–675.005024
Bulls90–100Number 1Beef Cross94739.73/cwt675.00–770.006954
Bulls100–110Number 1Beef Cross100550.00/cwt550.00–550.005501
Bulls100–110Number 2100450.00/cwt390.00–510.004502
Bulls100–110Number 1105490.00/cwt490.00–490.005151
Bulls110–120Number 1113510.00/cwt510.00–510.005762
Bulls120–130Number 1120450.00/cwt450.00–450.005401

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.