Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2024-10-14

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Oct 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 415▲ 8 vs year ago 322 · +2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 69▲ 37 vs year ago 47 · +78.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
23 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 33▼ 12 vs year ago 35 · −34.3%
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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 $189.61/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$189.61
35 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.76
vs PA average
−68.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522197.671,03225
Medium and Large 2580169.4598210thin
One grade step is worth $28.22/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale35 hd
189.61
—
PA average2 barns · 45 hd
192.37
−2.76
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−68.20
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—Low1,683142.362,39611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,652121.872,01311
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,279120.951,54726
CowsLean 85-90%High1,121109.091,22331

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 190609.02/cwt9
BullsNumber 380387.50/cwt2
BullsNumber 283375.00/cwt4
HeifersNumber 1120750.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 280379.31/cwt3

Every lot

62 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386215.84/cwt210.00–250.008337
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468248.39/cwt240.00–265.001,1627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531240.40/cwt190.00–260.001,2779
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566238.22/cwt227.50–247.501,34811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603218.77/cwt215.00–222.501,3192
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319216.27/cwt185.00–225.0069013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358211.24/cwt210.00–212.507564
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372227.51/cwt220.00–230.008466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427199.53/cwt185.00–222.5085216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484218.15/cwt198.00–230.001,05646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522197.67/cwt172.50–219.001,03225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584167.50/cwt167.50–167.509789
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669184.69/cwt172.50–197.501,2364
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672158.14/cwt147.50–165.001,0634
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722168.43/cwt159.00–176.001,2165
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3491
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805170.99/cwt169.00–175.001,3763
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2915139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2721
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4962
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1975171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320203.93/cwt192.50–215.006532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345215.00/cwt215.00–215.007421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387202.03/cwt185.00–210.007823
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2402130.00/cwt130.00–130.005234
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432216.23/cwt205.00–220.009344
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529165.13/cwt155.00–197.008744
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584222.25/cwt210.00–237.501,29821
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615192.50/cwt187.50–202.501,1843
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658183.25/cwt172.50–187.001,2064
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8351
Bulls——1,703144.20/cwt133.00–157.002,45610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02590.60/cwt77.00–98.009295
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093109.74/cwt96.00–118.001,19920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,6171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267122.28/cwt112.00–130.001,54922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,293122.35/cwt120.00–128.001,5826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385107.52/cwt104.00–110.001,4893
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543110.36/cwt103.00–115.001,7033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,693126.18/cwt122.00–135.002,1368
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers70–80Number 273368.97/cwt325.00–410.002692
Heifers90–100Number 2Beef Cross95400.00/cwt400.00–400.003801
Heifers120–130Number 1120750.00/cwt750.00–750.009001
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls60–70Number 2Beef Cross60300.00/cwt300.00–300.001801
Bulls70–80Number 2Beef Cross70350.00/cwt350.00–350.002451
Bulls70–80Number 375350.00/cwt350.00–350.002631
Bulls80–90Number 1Beef Cross80625.00/cwt625.00–625.005001
Bulls80–90Number 280300.00/cwt300.00–300.002401
Bulls80–90Number 183584.70/cwt575.00–595.004852
Bulls80–90Number 385425.00/cwt425.00–425.003611
Bulls90–100Number 193589.19/cwt570.00–610.005484
Bulls90–100Number 1Beef Cross95790.00/cwt790.00–790.007511
Bulls100–110Number 1100540.00/cwt540.00–540.005401
Bulls120–130Number 2Beef Cross120550.00/cwt550.00–550.006601

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.