Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2021-09-27

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Sep 27
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
171 vs last sale 74 35 vs year ago 210 · +16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
3 vs last sale 95 9 vs year ago 101 · 8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
35 vs last sale 0 37 vs year ago 72 · 51.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
17 head
10 vs last sale 27 76 vs year ago 93 · 81.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 180 lb Boner cow deleted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.26/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$129.26
74 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.43
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443131.3158165
Medium and Large 2473114.495429thin
One grade step is worth $16.81/cwt here — about $39 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 sale74 hd
129.26
PA average8 barns · 410 hd
117.83
+11.43
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
BullsAverage1,71195.101,62811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35971.119666thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,41265.2692234
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24357.8471913

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103162.50/cwt2
BullsNumber 291111.25/cwt4
BullsNumber 37335.75/cwt2
BullsUtility7519.77/cwt6
HeifersNumber 283195.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-295366.69/cwt63.00–72.006363
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26463.79/cwt47.00–68.008068
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,45067.00/cwt67.00–67.009721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01772.95/cwt64.00–91.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 1640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2712109.00/cwt109.00–109.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 1312133.18/cwt125.00–135.004166
HeifersMedium and Large 1479129.24/cwt125.00–132.5061912
HeifersMedium and Large 1815114.00/cwt114.00–114.009291
HeifersMedium and Large 1703107.00/cwt106.00–108.007522
SteersMedium and Large 2405105.00/cwt105.00–105.004251
SteersMedium and Large 1720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1406156.90/cwt155.00–162.506374
HeifersMedium and Large 1378141.63/cwt140.00–142.505353
HeifersMedium and Large 1421137.88/cwt135.00–138.0058025
HeifersMedium and Large 2225118.72/cwt117.50–120.002672
SteersMedium and Large 1378158.74/cwt157.50–160.006002
SteersMedium and Large 1752128.00/cwt128.00–128.009632
SteersMedium and Large 2486114.95/cwt112.50–117.505596
SteersMedium and Large 1817127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0381
SteersMedium and Large 1590121.00/cwt121.00–121.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2675105.00/cwt105.00–105.007091
SteersMedium and Large 1313159.94/cwt152.50–162.505014
SteersMedium and Large 1255137.50/cwt137.50–137.503511
SteersMedium and Large 1458155.90/cwt150.00–161.0071411
HeifersMedium and Large 1538123.92/cwt109.00–129.006678
HeifersMedium and Large 1282130.28/cwt117.50–132.503676
HeifersMedium and Large 2428117.50/cwt117.50–117.505034
BullsMedium and Large 1527125.31/cwt111.00–134.0066013
BullsMedium and Large 1560131.82/cwt107.50–137.007386
BullsMedium and Large 1631121.83/cwt115.00–125.007693
BullsMedium and Large 1771118.84/cwt116.00–121.009167
BullsNumber 35542.50/cwt42.50–42.50231
BullsNumber 210050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
BullsNumber 39029.00/cwt29.00–29.00261
BullsNumber 1115105.00/cwt105.00–105.001211
BullsUtility8017.50/cwt10.00–25.00142
BullsUtility7324.31/cwt5.00–45.00182
HeifersNumber 285195.00/cwt195.00–195.001661
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80195.00/cwt195.00–195.001561
BullsUtility9025.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
BullsUtility5510.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
BullsNumber 29565.00/cwt65.00–65.00621
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90155.00/cwt155.00–155.001401
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80175.00/cwt175.00–175.001401
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90220.00/cwt220.00–220.001981
CowsLean 85-90%1,18061.00/cwt61.00–61.007201
CowsLean 85-90%1,24857.58/cwt52.00–63.0071912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35971.11/cwt68.00–75.009666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59860.19/cwt59.00–62.009622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27168.49/cwt67.00–69.008714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41965.16/cwt63.00–68.0092528
Bulls1,81597.01/cwt84.00–111.001,7619
Bulls1,24586.52/cwt86.00–87.001,0772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,36967.91/cwt62.00–77.0093015

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.