Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2021-03-08

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Mar 8
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 19▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 99▲ 115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
31 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 56▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 655 lb Boner cow deleted

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.60/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$114.60
63 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.45
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544118.8364751
Medium and Large 253196.5851212thin
One grade step is worth $22.25/cwt here — about $134 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 sale63 hd
114.60
—
PA average7 barns · 419 hd
106.14
+8.45
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—Average1,68084.471,41911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63967.481,1069thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38961.6785637
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24653.0466111

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1104129.49/cwt10
BullsNumber 296101.21/cwt8
HeifersNumber 182152.35/cwt4
HeifersNumber 27835.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

63 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
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—90115.00/cwt115.00–115.001041
BullsMedium and Large 2—571101.00/cwt101.00–101.005773
SteersMedium and Large 1—328161.45/cwt157.50–165.005302
BullsMedium and Large 1—501120.00/cwt120.00–120.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—59387.00/cwt87.00–87.005164
BullsMedium and Large 1—277170.00/cwt170.00–170.004712
SteersMedium and Large 1—285170.00/cwt170.00–170.004851
SteersMedium and Large 2—362110.00/cwt110.00–110.003982
SteersMedium and Large 2—250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003252
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005003
BullsMedium and Large 1—666127.00/cwt127.00–127.008467
SteersMedium and Large 2—405122.50/cwt122.50–122.504961
SteersMedium and Large 1—518137.50/cwt137.50–137.507123
HeifersMedium and Large 2—51594.00/cwt94.00–94.004844
BullsMedium and Large 2—630124.00/cwt124.00–124.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—63090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005741
BullsMedium and Large 2—470116.75/cwt101.00–132.505494
BullsMedium and Large 1—79592.50/cwt92.50–92.507351
BullsMedium and Large 1—565129.00/cwt129.00–129.0072915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471119.69/cwt115.00–125.0056411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627126.57/cwt123.00–134.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525113.38/cwt106.00–122.505957
HeifersMedium and Large 1—73284.00/cwt84.00–84.006152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655122.00/cwt122.00–122.007996
SteersMedium and Large 1—567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007372
SteersMedium and Large 1—612117.50/cwt117.50–117.507193
BullsMedium and Large 1—389153.74/cwt152.50–157.505984
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566120.50/cwt118.00–126.0068218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375115.77/cwt114.00–117.504342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260135.00/cwt135.00–135.003511
SteersMedium and Large 1—480147.50/cwt147.50–147.507081
SteersMedium and Large 1—440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
HeifersNumber 2—7540.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsNumber 1—113112.44/cwt110.00–115.001272
BullsNumber 2—8582.50/cwt80.00–85.00702
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—100140.00/cwt140.00–140.001401
BullsNumber 1—95122.50/cwt119.00–126.001162
BullsNumber 1—120107.50/cwt107.50–107.501291
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—80190.00/cwt190.00–190.001521
BullsNumber 1—100116.25/cwt112.50–120.001162
BullsNumber 2—9391.08/cwt85.00–97.50852
HeifersNumber 2—8030.00/cwt30.00–30.00241
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105170.00/cwt170.00–170.001791
Bulls——1,65186.25/cwt81.00–96.001,4248
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—115125.00/cwt125.00–125.001441
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—85135.00/cwt135.00–135.001151
HeifersNumber 1Jersey—70115.00/cwt115.00–115.00811
BullsNumber 2—11593.75/cwt90.00–97.501082
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35456.83/cwt54.00–60.007694
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37261.78/cwt57.00–66.0084831
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31555.73/cwt55.00–56.007333
Bulls——1,75879.73/cwt79.00–80.001,4023
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83189.70/cwt180.00–200.001572
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18550.87/cwt47.00–55.006037
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30560.00/cwt60.00–60.007831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68168.42/cwt67.00–70.001,1508
BullsMedium and Large 1—467145.00/cwt145.00–145.006772
BullsMedium and Large 1—625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1—430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006881
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,63566.45/cwt65.00–67.001,0863
SteersMedium and Large 2—505112.50/cwt112.50–112.505682
BullsMedium and Large 1—726109.50/cwt109.00–110.007954

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.