Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2020-12-28

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 28
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
47 vs last sale 85 20 vs year ago 58 · 34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
8 vs last sale 30 46 vs year ago 84 · 54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
35 head
9 vs last sale 26 64 vs year ago 99 · 64.6%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $90.86/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$90.86
17 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 149696.6047911thin
Medium and Large 269980.335626thin
One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale17 hd
90.86
PA average4 barns · 187 hd
93.43
−2.57
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48664.569598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,47354.227988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31446.596127thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1106100.48/cwt10
BullsNumber 29466.75/cwt7
BullsNumber 38547.50/cwt1
BullsUtility9816.25/cwt4
HeifersNumber 197126.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 28022.50/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

40 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105131.25/cwt120.00–142.501382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33044.00/cwt44.00–44.005851
BullsUtility10525.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
BullsNumber 19590.00/cwt90.00–90.00861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17856.05/cwt50.00–64.006607
BullsUtility8525.00/cwt25.00–25.00211
CowsLean 85-90%1,31446.59/cwt45.00–49.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 263583.00/cwt83.00–83.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 142093.38/cwt92.50–95.003923
HeifersMedium and Large 154996.00/cwt96.00–96.005275
BullsMedium and Large 2287110.00/cwt110.00–110.003162
BullsUtility905.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
HeifersMedium and Large 273577.50/cwt77.50–77.505701
BullsMedium and Large 1325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
BullsMedium and Large 1560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
BullsMedium and Large 1635103.00/cwt103.00–103.006541
BullsMedium and Large 1503104.00/cwt103.00–105.005232
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100121.25/cwt90.00–152.501212
HeifersMedium and Large 246090.00/cwt90.00–90.004141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49355.68/cwt53.00–59.008317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49663.78/cwt59.00–68.009547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41570.00/cwt70.00–70.009911
SteersMedium and Large 198088.00/cwt88.00–88.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1385102.50/cwt102.50–102.503951
SteersMedium and Large 1863106.00/cwt106.00–106.009152
SteersMedium and Large 11,09593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0181
HeifersMedium and Large 1490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 283577.50/cwt77.50–77.506471
HeifersMedium and Large 1575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 276577.00/cwt70.00–84.005892
SteersMedium and Large 1915106.00/cwt106.00–106.009701
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90137.50/cwt137.50–137.501241
BullsNumber 111191.96/cwt80.00–100.001025
BullsNumber 110096.25/cwt90.00–102.50962
BullsNumber 38547.50/cwt47.50–47.50401
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross95105.00/cwt105.00–105.001001
HeifersNumber 28022.50/cwt22.50–22.50181
BullsNumber 210364.88/cwt60.00–70.00672
BullsUtility11010.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsNumber 29058.13/cwt52.50–60.00524

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.