Name: Eighty Four livestock auction prices — 2023-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-18

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.20/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$132.20

24 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$18.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−197.73

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	143.78	992	9thin
Medium and Large 2	545	125.25	683	15thin

One grade step is worth $18.53/cwt here — about $309 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 sale24 hd

132.20

—

PA average5 barns · 702 hd

329.92

−197.73

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,830	114.52	2,096	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,746	100.63	1,757	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	87.77	1,090	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	73.59	839	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	357.06/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 2	101	247.50/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	87	94.29/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	95	35.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	90	250.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1	—	848	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	127.08/cwt	121.00–144.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	972	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	144.04/cwt	128.00–152.00	912	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	114.52/cwt	110.00–121.00	2,096	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	87.77/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,090	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,746	100.63/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,757	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	75.31/cwt	68.00–84.00	868	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	697	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	196	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	82.50/cwt	60.00–105.00	83	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	315.49/cwt	250.00–350.00	322	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	230	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	225	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	295	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	230	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	383	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	105	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	389	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	105	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	85	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	65	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	117	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	724	128.62/cwt	127.50–129.00	931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	724	3

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 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 322Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 47Year ago 54

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 28Last week 35Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	848	117.50	117.50
1	—	480	164.00	164.00
4	—	585	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	127.50	127.50
2	—	495	110.00	110.00
4	—	724	127.50–129.00	128.62
3	—	573	120.00–130.00	126.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	121.00–144.00	127.08
1	—	710	122.50	122.50
2	—	580	143.00	143.00
3	—	530	154.00	154.00
4	—	680	143.00	143.00
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
3	—	633	128.00–152.00	144.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	117.50	117.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,830	110.00–121.00	114.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,242	81.00–95.00	87.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,746	96.00–106.00	100.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,153	68.00–84.00	75.31
2	—	1,073	65.00	65.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	230.00	230.00
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	115	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	55.00	55.00
1	—	80	50.00	50.00
2	—	100	60.00–105.00	82.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	102	250.00–350.00	315.49
1	—	85	270.00	270.00
1	—	95	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	450.00	450.00
2	—	90	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	30.00	30.00
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	100.00	100.00
1	—	85	110.00	110.00
1	—	65	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	250.00	250.00

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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How this sale compares

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