Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2021-10-18

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Oct 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
245 vs last sale 397 54 vs year ago 206 · 26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
10 vs last sale 96 47 vs year ago 133 · 35.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
27 head
5 vs last sale 22 68 vs year ago 95 · 71.6%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.61/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$116.61
43 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.57
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469117.6555239
Medium and Large 2384106.504084thin
One grade step is worth $11.15/cwt here — about $144 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 sale43 hd
116.61
PA average4 barns · 216 hd
109.04
+7.57
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
BullsAverage1,63378.891,2888thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39567.6194316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35260.3681624
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26053.066695thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,190119.001,4161thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,242121.251,5063thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198147.05/cwt4
BullsNumber 295107.53/cwt4
BullsNumber 38550.18/cwt3
BullsUtility8019.49/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

44 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
BullsMedium and Large 2545108.00/cwt108.00–108.005891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44074.26/cwt72.00–78.001,0693
Bulls1,69374.75/cwt72.00–79.001,2665
Bulls1,53285.80/cwt82.00–89.001,3143
CowsLean 85-90%1,26053.06/cwt51.00–56.006695
BullsMedium and Large 2320115.00/cwt115.00–115.003681
BullsMedium and Large 1700106.50/cwt102.00–111.007462
BullsMedium and Large 1611114.00/cwt114.00–114.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 1562111.00/cwt111.00–111.006247
BullsMedium and Large 1319132.48/cwt120.00–147.504235
BullsMedium and Large 1358137.45/cwt135.00–140.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 1340112.50/cwt112.50–112.503831
HeifersMedium and Large 1408124.02/cwt123.00–125.005062
SteersMedium and Large 1330137.50/cwt137.50–137.504541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 2285105.00/cwt105.00–105.002992
HeifersMedium and Large 1375126.55/cwt116.00–129.004758
SteersMedium and Large 1580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007311
SteersMedium and Large 1470153.00/cwt153.00–153.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2482108.00/cwt108.00–108.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1535115.40/cwt113.00–116.0061715
HeifersMedium and Large 1255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003063
HeifersMedium and Large 1453118.74/cwt117.50–120.005382
SteersMedium and Large 1542132.21/cwt131.00–132.507175
SteersMedium and Large 1441152.45/cwt147.50–154.006724
BullsMedium and Large 2565103.00/cwt103.00–103.005821
BullsMedium and Large 1440137.41/cwt120.00–149.006058
BullsMedium and Large 1285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004132
BullsMedium and Large 1481122.60/cwt121.00–126.005906
BullsMedium and Large 2265137.50/cwt137.50–137.503641
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross85140.00/cwt140.00–140.001191
BullsNumber 29085.00/cwt85.00–85.00771
BullsNumber 1103101.40/cwt95.00–107.501042
BullsUtility10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsUtility7319.32/cwt12.50–25.00143
BullsNumber 39360.27/cwt50.00–70.00562
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93192.70/cwt185.00–200.001792
BullsNumber 37030.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross103102.56/cwt100.00–105.001062
SteersChoice1,242121.25/cwt118.00–127.001,5063
HeifersChoice1,190119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,4161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38466.07/cwt62.00–70.0091413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35760.11/cwt55.00–63.0081623
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24566.00/cwt66.00–66.008221

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.