Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Eighty Four / 2024-11-11

Eighty Four

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania · Mon, Nov 11
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2234
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
55 vs last sale 330 63 vs year ago 322 · +19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
22 vs last sale 84 15 vs year ago 47 · +31.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
29 head
6 vs last sale 23 6 vs year ago 35 · 17.1%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.01/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$219.01
60 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,175
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.58
vs PA average
46.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536223.091,19553
Medium and Large 2542188.141,0207thin
One grade step is worth $34.95/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale60 hd
219.01
PA average2 barns · 94 hd
210.43
+8.58
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−46.09
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
BullsAverage1,596146.872,34412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,576118.611,8696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,237113.321,40222
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10991.811,01814

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197649.91/cwt16
BullsNumber 292373.00/cwt5
HeifersNumber 188686.00/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

78 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
BullsNumber 270–8075375.00/cwt375.00–375.002811
BullsNumber 190–10093602.77/cwt550.00–650.005618
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085825.00/cwt825.00–825.007011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160106.28/cwt102.00–109.001,2335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265126.45/cwt124.00–130.001,6002
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,580110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575120.33/cwt118.00–124.001,8955
CowsBoner 80-85%1,259113.92/cwt107.00–120.001,43415
CowsLean 85-90%1,12677.46/cwt68.00–96.008725
CowsLean 85-90%1,09999.78/cwt85.00–108.001,0979
Bulls1,596146.87/cwt134.00–160.002,34412
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580208.79/cwt190.00–230.001,2116
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658187.03/cwt184.00–190.001,2312
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368212.91/cwt200.00–237.507843
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850827159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3152
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550529246.29/cwt212.50–265.001,30324
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550511195.46/cwt182.50–200.009994
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419249.44/cwt237.50–260.001,0456
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800769160.09/cwt150.00–172.501,2314
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600567177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0062
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468226.24/cwt215.00–242.501,0596
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624204.34/cwt200.00–212.501,2754
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315252.92/cwt215.00–262.5079710
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568206.85/cwt187.50–235.001,17515
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463220.84/cwt207.50–227.001,02212
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523229.50/cwt200.00–242.501,20038
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559236.96/cwt231.00–240.001,3256
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400355260.00/cwt260.00–260.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450448182.50/cwt182.50–182.508185
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850843192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6196
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750742229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700678219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4856
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700678257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7424
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500461224.76/cwt215.00–232.501,0367
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0452
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550533189.39/cwt170.00–202.501,0095
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326232.62/cwt230.00–235.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750721193.02/cwt192.00–196.001,3924
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617203.65/cwt191.00–207.001,2579
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388219.08/cwt210.00–227.508507
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4174
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320198.75/cwt190.00–207.506362
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950947160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5152
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240255.00/cwt255.00–255.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422217.53/cwt210.00–230.0091822
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300257237.50/cwt237.50–237.506102
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700681152.74/cwt137.50–167.501,0404
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400397200.00/cwt200.00–200.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650648219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4196
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085775.00/cwt775.00–775.006591
BullsNumber 180–9085630.00/cwt630.00–630.005361
BullsNumber 1110–120110610.00/cwt610.00–610.006711
BullsNumber 2100–110105355.00/cwt250.00–460.003732
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330214.55/cwt200.00–230.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422190.00/cwt190.00–190.008022
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650632158.02/cwt157.40–160.009994
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275217.50/cwt217.50–217.505985
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0051
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400384253.77/cwt240.00–265.009748
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435224.16/cwt222.50–225.009753
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000968181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7525
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800765182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3961
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850832228.59/cwt209.00–234.001,9029
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800768249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,91212
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750733235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7234
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,7351
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950941186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7503
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5022
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637212.51/cwt210.00–220.001,3544
BullsNumber 290–10090430.00/cwt430.00–430.003871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–120113718.22/cwt640.00–800.008122
HeifersNumber 180–9080625.00/cwt625.00–625.005001
HeifersNumber 160–7065425.00/cwt425.00–425.002761
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross120–130120725.00/cwt725.00–725.008701
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10090880.00/cwt880.00–880.007921
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110100865.00/cwt865.00–865.008651
BullsNumber 1100–110100605.00/cwt570.00–640.006052
BullsNumber 280–9085350.00/cwt350.00–350.002981

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.