Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 144 priced lines covering 2,218 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 181 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,910 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,969 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 409Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,910Last week 3,211Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,969Last week 2,559Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	100.00	100.00
2	—	124	80.00–160.00	119.35
1	—	154	100.00	100.00
4	—	96	120.00–190.00	164.71
4	—	84	90.00–175.00	136.47
3	—	115	50.00–150.00	107.33
1	—	102	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	70.00	70.00
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	74	20.00	20.00
10	—	125	50.00–65.00	63.53
1	—	1,414	50.00	50.00
50	—	114	45.00–85.00	75.54
99	—	104	50.00–85.00	80.07
70	—	95	25.00–100.00	76.68
29	—	87	30.00–75.00	64.91
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	122	65.00–95.00	79.10
4	—	86	40.00–60.00	52.67
2	—	77	25.00	25.00
63	—	104	65.00–105.00	84.75
47	—	114	65.00–105.00	81.56
26	—	94	50.00–110.00	72.61
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	107	20.00–60.00	54.71
149	—	95	15.00–80.00	65.89
45	—	84	15.00–65.00	57.66
10	—	75	10.00–25.00	18.53
59	—	110	17.50–87.00	75.98
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	84	5.00–45.00	35.09
27	—	72	5.00–15.00	10.64
3	—	64	5.00	5.00
10	—	102	10.00–100.00	29.32
40	—	93	5.00–42.00	34.35
18	—	110	27.00	27.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
9	—	102	15.00–37.50	23.06
11	—	94	17.50–35.00	25.71
3	—	122	25.00–122.50	59.86
3	—	114	25.00–30.00	27.48
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	12.00	12.00
11	—	72	5.00–10.00	7.35
4	—	84	10.00	10.00
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
1	—	110	10.00	10.00
1	—	100	12.00	12.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	175.00	175.00
1	—	112	155.00	155.00
1	—	104	190.00	190.00
1	—	86	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	81	5.00–15.00	11.36
5	—	91	10.00–15.00	11.41
2	—	103	10.00	10.00
1	—	75	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
2	—	115	15.00	15.00
1	—	125	20.00	20.00
20	—	92	10.00–20.00	19.22
20	—	83	10.00–20.00	12.80
8	—	102	10.00–20.00	17.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,296	105.00–117.50	111.98
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	112.00–113.00	112.47
11	—	1,396	114.00–125.00	119.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	101.00–110.00	104.76
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,511	119.00–129.50	123.92
10	—	1,595	116.00–122.00	118.80
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,389	100.00–112.00	107.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,460	108.00–121.00	115.71
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,441	114.00–124.00	116.82
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,539	102.00–132.00	119.48
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,339	63.00–83.00	73.63
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,441	90.00–94.00	92.40
4	—	1,594	90.00–94.00	92.05
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,582	76.00–92.00	83.89
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,317	85.00–115.00	96.26
23	—	1,474	73.00–88.00	78.72
19	—	1,466	58.00–74.00	67.84
4	—	1,475	72.00–79.50	76.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,787	64.00–72.00	66.87
8	—	1,404	68.00–79.00	73.66
4	—	1,475	78.50–84.00	81.13
1	—	1,165	53.00	53.00
3	—	1,340	60.00–66.00	63.16
4	—	1,459	89.00–94.00	92.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,070	21.00–44.00	37.25
17	—	1,174	26.00–37.00	33.55
75	—	1,223	40.00–50.50	45.63
61	—	1,302	47.50–57.50	53.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,640	49.00–61.00	56.38
77	—	1,727	56.00–67.00	61.45
6	—	1,703	44.00–54.00	50.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,402	44.50–59.50	54.63
56	—	1,383	53.50–65.00	60.28
25	—	1,326	45.00–52.50	49.67
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,743	58.00–69.50	63.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	60.00	60.00
1	—	130	80.00	80.00
4	—	676	45.00	45.00
3	—	608	75.00	75.00
2	—	745	67.00	67.00
2	—	275	65.00	65.00
1	—	585	72.00	72.00
1	—	540	62.00	62.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	377	105.00	105.00
2	—	325	115.00–130.00	122.96
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	500	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	105.00	105.00
18	—	431	110.00–137.00	120.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	732	117.00	117.00
2	—	690	80.00–90.00	85.04
1	—	555	70.00	70.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	145.00	145.00
4	—	842	105.00–122.00	117.81
2	—	1,117	75.00	75.00
2	—	933	70.00–83.00	76.41
1	—	160	52.00	52.00
2	—	618	107.00–117.00	112.10
1	—	980	97.00	97.00
1	—	780	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	140.00–150.00	147.58
4	—	470	102.00–152.00	137.33
3	—	400	160.00	160.00
2	—	840	125.00	125.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	330	142.00	142.00
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
3	—	758	105.00–127.00	119.70
3	—	605	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	47.00	47.00
1	—	185	50.00	50.00
6	—	297	47.00	47.00
3	—	973	62.00–67.00	65.31
2	—	245	40.00–45.00	42.50
1	—	780	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	122.00–127.00	126.05
2	—	662	105.00	105.00
1	—	860	60.00	60.00
1	—	805	83.00	83.00
1	—	255	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	117.00	117.00
2	—	473	117.00–130.00	123.19
7	—	568	127.00–140.00	135.08

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Pennsylvania barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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