Name: Eighty Four livestock auction prices — 2020-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 11 lb. ewes deleted.

Weight class

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	91.24	478	8thin
Medium and Large 2	506	82.30	417	23

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,085	74.00	803	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	51.65	669	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,346	46.12	621	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,213	86.34	1,047	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	98.75/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 2	93	72.10/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	83	46.85/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	88	16.88/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	90	55.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	53.20/cwt	51.00–56.00	651	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	80	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	617	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	90.00/cwt	85.00–95.00	90	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	98.75/cwt	97.50–100.00	94	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	461	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	103.31/cwt	102.50–105.00	478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	82.88/cwt	80.00–90.00	349	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	787	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	115.59/cwt	110.00–127.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	236	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	300	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	133.74/cwt	132.50–135.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	82.66/cwt	80.00–84.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	681	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	76.25/cwt	70.00–82.50	76	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	64.00/cwt	63.00–65.00	54	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	46.85/cwt	37.50–52.50	39	3
Steers	Select	—	1,213	86.34/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,047	3
Bulls	—	—	1,085	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	803	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	76	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	85	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,376	47.59/cwt	43.00–51.00	655	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	39.48/cwt	39.00–40.00	479	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1

How this sale compares

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

84 Livestock Auction - Eighty Four, PA

Mon Dec 21, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 113Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 85Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 26Last week 33Year ago 0

Correction: 11 lb. ewes deleted.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	80	60.00	60.00
1	—	100	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	75	12.50	12.50
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	105	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	100	85.00–95.00	90.00
2	—	95	97.50–100.00	98.75
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	70.00–82.50	76.25
2	—	85	63.00–65.00	64.00
1	—	95	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	37.50–52.50	46.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	51.00–56.00	53.20
1	—	1,515	47.00	47.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,376	43.00–51.00	47.59
2	—	1,213	39.00–40.00	39.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	80.00–93.00	86.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	74.00	74.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	102.50	102.50
1	—	525	117.50	117.50
2	—	787	82.00	82.00
3	—	563	110.00–127.00	115.59
6	—	625	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	70.00	70.00
2	—	640	72.00	72.00
9	—	421	80.00–90.00	82.88
1	—	280	96.00	96.00
6	—	495	90.00	90.00
2	—	762	75.00	75.00
1	—	550	72.00	72.00
1	—	315	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	102.50–105.00	103.31
1	—	520	80.00	80.00
1	—	265	92.00	92.00
3	—	672	80.00–84.00	82.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	98.00	98.00
4	—	565	132.50–135.00	133.74
2	—	477	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	102.50	102.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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