Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2024-09-09

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Sep 9
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
196 vs last sale 219 93 vs year ago 322 · +28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
8 vs last sale 61 22 vs year ago 47 · +46.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
33 head
13 vs last sale 20 2 vs year ago 35 · 5.7%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $200.24/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$200.24
38 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,084
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.36
vs PA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546218.751,19426
Medium and Large 2531160.1485012thin
One grade step is worth $58.61/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
200.24
PA average3 barns · 48 hd
205.61
−5.36
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
BullsAverage1,836150.932,77112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,568130.232,0426thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,230126.181,55224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,096105.541,15726

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199590.55/cwt13
BullsNumber 283394.95/cwt8
HeifersNumber 173429.74/cwt4
HeifersNumber 280150.00/cwt1

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
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550542220.67/cwt215.00–222.501,19620
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350328227.44/cwt225.00–230.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468200.00/cwt200.00–200.009363
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4182
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350316200.00/cwt200.00–200.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379222.90/cwt217.50–230.008458
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550519208.27/cwt190.00–230.001,0815
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431236.94/cwt235.00–242.501,02113
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527230.21/cwt226.00–240.001,21316
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419226.99/cwt212.50–237.5095129
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600551205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381237.42/cwt215.00–242.5090523
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009141
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428215.02/cwt208.00–230.009203
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465221.58/cwt220.00–222.501,03030
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325244.62/cwt232.50–250.007956
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380256.23/cwt237.50–275.009748
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7631
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8648
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3971
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419251.28/cwt250.00–255.001,0534
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474252.44/cwt231.00–268.001,19718
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009414
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400389258.69/cwt250.00–275.001,00612
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750735187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3781
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550511157.71/cwt150.00–210.008068
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600559212.36/cwt200.00–217.501,1876
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850840156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,3102
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9080150.00/cwt150.00–150.001201
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70–8073499.14/cwt475.00–525.003642
BullsNumber 270–8070300.00/cwt300.00–300.002101
BullsNumber 280–9082386.53/cwt320.00–460.003173
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross60–7060300.00/cwt300.00–300.001801
BullsNumber 2100–110100450.00/cwt390.00–510.004502
HeifersNumber 170–8073360.34/cwt300.00–425.002632
BullsNumber 190–10091552.05/cwt505.00–675.005024
BullsNumber 290–10090500.00/cwt500.00–500.004501
BullsNumber 1110–120113510.00/cwt510.00–510.005762
BullsNumber 1120–130120450.00/cwt450.00–450.005401
BullsNumber 1100–110105490.00/cwt490.00–490.005151
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10094739.73/cwt675.00–770.006954
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110100550.00/cwt550.00–550.005501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,568130.23/cwt126.00–134.002,0426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,267134.00/cwt133.00–135.001,6983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225125.06/cwt116.00–132.001,53221
Bulls1,877156.34/cwt144.00–168.002,9359
CowsLean 85-90%1,11580.85/cwt67.50–88.009014
CowsLean 85-90%1,069106.08/cwt90.00–117.001,13417
CowsLean 85-90%1,172123.45/cwt120.00–127.001,4475
Bulls1,712134.70/cwt130.00–139.002,3063
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850835162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3531
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468236.59/cwt231.00–245.001,10728
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615203.75/cwt170.00–215.001,2534
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350316254.27/cwt245.00–260.008036
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475217.82/cwt195.00–231.001,0355
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650647179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1584
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445195.00/cwt195.00–195.008681
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009111
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900852153.02/cwt146.00–167.001,3046
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400369219.32/cwt185.00–230.008094

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.