Name: Eighty Four livestock auction prices — 2020-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-28

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	496	96.60	479	11thin
Medium and Large 2	699	80.33	562	6thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	64.56	959	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,473	54.22	798	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,314	46.59	612	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	100.48/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	94	66.75/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	85	47.50/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	98	16.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	97	126.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	80	22.50/cwt	1

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	131.25/cwt	120.00–142.50	138	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	585	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	86	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	56.05/cwt	50.00–64.00	660	7
Bulls	Utility	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,314	46.59/cwt	45.00–49.00	612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	93.38/cwt	92.50–95.00	392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	287	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	316	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	523	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	121.25/cwt	90.00–152.50	121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	414	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	55.68/cwt	53.00–59.00	831	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	63.78/cwt	59.00–68.00	954	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	77.00/cwt	70.00–84.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	970	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	124	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	91.96/cwt	80.00–100.00	102	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	96.25/cwt	90.00–102.50	96	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	40	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	100	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	18	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	64.88/cwt	60.00–70.00	67	2
Bulls	Utility	—	110	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	58.13/cwt	52.50–60.00	52	4

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 85Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 30Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 35Last week 26Year ago 99

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	120.00–142.50	131.25
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	25.00	25.00
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
1	—	90	5.00	5.00
1	—	110	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	90.00	90.00
5	—	111	80.00–100.00	91.96
2	—	100	90.00–102.50	96.25
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	47.50	47.50
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	60.00–70.00	64.88
4	—	90	52.50–60.00	58.13
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	90.00–152.50	121.25
1	—	90	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	22.50	22.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	44.00	44.00
7	—	1,493	53.00–59.00	55.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,314	45.00–49.00	46.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,496	59.00–68.00	63.78
1	—	1,415	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,178	50.00–64.00	56.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	83.00	83.00
1	—	735	77.50	77.50
1	—	460	90.00	90.00
1	—	835	77.50	77.50
2	—	765	70.00–84.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	92.50–95.00	93.38
5	—	549	96.00	96.00
1	—	385	102.50	102.50
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	287	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	112.00	112.00
1	—	635	103.00	103.00
2	—	503	103.00–105.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	88.00	88.00
2	—	863	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,095	93.00	93.00
1	—	915	106.00	106.00

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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Slaughter cattle

Feeder Dairy Calves

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

84 Livestock Auction - Eighty Four, PA

Feeder Dairy Calves

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