Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2025-04-07

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Apr 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
← Nov 11Apr 7latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 385▼ 8 vs year ago 238 · −3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 62▲ 37 vs year ago 59 · +62.7%
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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 $284.39/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$284.39
26 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.70
vs PA average
−32.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543288.351,56624
Medium and Large 2535236.891,2672thin
One grade step is worth $51.46/cwt here — about $299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale26 hd
284.39
—
PA average3 barns · 112 hd
274.69
+9.70
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−32.16
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—Average1,543181.312,7983thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,674132.722,2223thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,345130.751,7593thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,019127.251,2969thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,708131.312,2435thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,354129.021,74729
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,162116.841,35825

Every lot

48 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441301.65/cwt297.50–310.001,3303
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6282
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7078
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9631
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340265.00/cwt265.00–265.009012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379332.50/cwt320.00–340.001,2604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395237.50/cwt237.50–237.509381
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2406301.85/cwt270.00–327.501,2267
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419336.29/cwt330.00–357.501,40919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472303.93/cwt287.50–312.501,4353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476261.38/cwt235.00–275.001,2444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532302.70/cwt297.50–305.001,61014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535236.89/cwt205.00–270.001,2672
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559268.26/cwt265.00–272.501,50010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2473
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655278.82/cwt270.00–281.001,8265
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7692
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8362
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318286.98/cwt280.00–330.009139
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368368.69/cwt355.00–380.001,3577
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383318.48/cwt280.00–360.001,2209
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483328.78/cwt315.00–340.001,58810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,6444
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525341.62/cwt330.00–342.501,79414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528260.59/cwt235.00–285.001,3762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,7947
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,543181.31/cwt170.00–186.002,7983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983135.12/cwt132.50–137.001,3282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013127.83/cwt124.00–132.501,2956
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,428128.63/cwt127.00–130.001,8372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,674132.72/cwt130.00–134.002,2223
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11798.16/cwt85.00–111.001,0965
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,159120.85/cwt115.00–126.001,40118
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295120.40/cwt115.00–125.001,5595
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,305127.51/cwt127.00–128.001,6642
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,337128.63/cwt124.00–135.001,72018
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,453137.39/cwt135.00–145.001,9966
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,670134.52/cwt132.00–137.502,2463
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,765126.49/cwt125.00–128.002,2332

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.