Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 271 priced lines covering 3,667 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,386 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,111 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 2,490 head.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,386Last week 934Year ago 2,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,111Last week 3,051Year ago 3,278

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 2,490Last week 2,663Year ago 2,094

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	675	82.00–117.00	111.57
26	—	629	87.00–120.00	110.46
10	—	283	120.00–135.00	127.72
17	—	774	100.00–121.00	107.42
11	—	923	100.00–136.00	110.84
3	—	1,082	99.00	99.00
4	—	1,016	87.00	87.00
10	—	881	91.00–131.00	108.22
72	—	480	87.00–145.00	123.01
10	—	725	80.00–110.00	102.56
30	—	326	120.00–134.00	129.26
2	—	825	92.00	92.00
3	—	1,115	117.00	117.00
4	—	233	110.00–137.50	121.98
40	—	568	105.00–132.00	117.98
67	—	426	102.50–131.00	119.40
61	—	522	107.00–137.00	120.11
55	—	372	105.00–140.00	123.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	95.00	95.00
8	—	585	77.00–110.00	96.33
2	—	970	90.00	90.00
10	—	326	105.00–125.00	116.62
1	—	220	142.00	142.00
23	—	429	87.00–122.00	106.07
7	—	266	102.00–140.00	118.01
7	—	689	80.00–92.00	86.95
1	—	940	82.00	82.00
11	—	517	80.00–115.00	107.74
4	—	629	90.00–106.00	99.60
26	—	367	97.00–135.00	117.50
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
1	—	800	75.00	75.00
1	—	875	72.00	72.00
11	—	467	85.00–110.00	95.22
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	102.50	102.50
3	—	342	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	528	114.00–120.00	118.70
8	—	483	123.00	123.00
2	—	353	127.50	127.50
6	—	405	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	100.00–131.00	115.80
10	—	368	133.00	133.00
7	—	572	90.00–111.00	101.66
3	—	262	119.00	119.00
5	—	418	129.00	129.00
6	—	302	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	150	130.00	130.00
25	—	522	92.00–137.00	117.83
1	—	805	122.00	122.00
21	—	378	112.00–150.00	135.51
4	—	729	99.00–117.50	111.01
40	—	470	120.00–142.50	131.99
24	—	621	109.00–137.00	121.24
34	—	575	102.00–132.00	121.39
2	—	761	92.50–100.00	96.22
6	—	673	102.00–130.00	123.95
23	—	420	122.00–145.00	134.39
16	—	327	127.50–157.50	147.73
8	—	232	127.00–150.00	139.01
1	—	920	107.50	107.50
15	—	282	136.00–162.00	151.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	423	100.00–122.00	108.37
3	—	594	97.50–118.00	111.27
1	—	845	88.00	88.00
3	—	680	85.00–95.00	91.81
9	—	518	80.00–122.00	108.07
1	—	910	82.00	82.00
1	—	270	90.00	90.00
9	—	328	127.00–145.00	141.46
5	—	460	100.00–115.00	109.03
9	—	370	100.00–125.00	118.95
3	—	187	130.00	130.00
3	—	700	80.00	80.00
1	—	780	91.00	91.00
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	92.00	92.00
4	—	674	95.00–122.00	109.28
2	—	375	105.00–110.00	107.63
5	—	1,026	77.00–102.00	96.10
5	—	484	145.00–150.00	146.96
6	—	891	117.00	117.00
2	—	700	87.00–125.00	106.00
4	—	904	110.00–120.00	112.99
5	—	762	107.00–127.00	116.14
3	—	233	132.50	132.50
8	—	804	117.00–127.00	121.98
2	—	975	100.00–122.00	110.94
5	—	522	100.00–127.00	113.07
2	—	1,060	97.00–105.00	100.98
14	—	633	60.00–150.00	116.94
17	—	335	127.50–147.00	141.50
4	—	564	80.00–127.00	112.09
10	—	416	105.00–162.00	146.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	282	137.50	137.50
20	—	667	115.00–140.00	131.88
10	—	873	103.00–132.00	119.27
25	—	622	110.00–153.00	138.08
9	—	974	126.00–129.00	127.32
23	—	368	125.00–161.00	150.77
39	—	462	121.00–155.00	144.37
31	—	762	125.00–136.00	129.05
10	—	329	132.50–167.50	149.69
13	—	719	125.00–136.00	133.75
20	—	923	120.00–132.00	128.61
32	—	571	128.00–155.00	140.61
10	—	1,062	105.00–120.00	112.19
44	—	420	115.00–167.00	152.49
20	—	820	120.00–130.00	125.39
56	—	513	130.00–162.00	145.46
9	—	1,011	103.00–117.00	113.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	417	167.50	167.50
2	—	497	162.50	162.50
19	—	512	163.00–164.00	163.48
7	—	609	159.00	159.00
10	—	377	157.50	157.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	111.00	111.00
3	—	572	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	162.50–166.00	165.07
15	—	567	125.00–142.50	140.01
1	—	720	116.00	116.00
2	—	683	129.00	129.00
10	—	510	157.50	157.50
15	—	484	160.00–164.00	162.92
9	—	624	112.50–127.00	124.08
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	116.00–142.00	134.73
9	—	474	121.00–158.00	149.51
3	—	312	147.50	147.50
5	—	419	162.00	162.00
2	—	358	147.50	147.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	126.00–129.00	128.02
1	—	500	117.50	117.50
1	—	585	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	932	65.00–115.00	81.66
16	—	879	72.00–85.00	79.98
10	—	462	62.00–82.00	76.63
3	—	818	62.00–69.00	64.97
2	—	1,125	78.00	78.00
4	—	779	55.00–72.00	63.89
5	—	354	57.00–88.00	77.48
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
4	—	521	62.00–85.00	76.19
3	—	1,171	62.00–70.00	64.62
11	—	221	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,240	76.00	76.00
1	—	970	70.00	70.00
5	—	588	65.00–72.00	70.58
8	—	610	73.00–85.00	81.86
1	—	335	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	877	66.00–72.00	67.47
1	—	525	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,142	22.50–46.00	38.20
42	—	1,320	48.00–57.00	51.60
113	—	1,248	41.00–54.00	46.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,409	42.00–57.00	47.90
22	—	1,386	53.00–62.00	57.99
170	—	1,393	46.50–62.00	53.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,490	47.00–58.00	49.49
22	—	1,598	56.50–70.00	59.76
185	—	1,607	47.50–65.00	54.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,621	59.00–78.00	63.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,879	89.00–94.00	91.37
6	—	1,616	82.00–95.00	90.38
3	—	1,218	59.00–78.00	66.33
7	—	1,949	89.00–95.00	90.91
12	—	1,714	74.00–91.00	82.69
6	—	1,814	80.00–88.00	84.61
6	—	1,603	79.00–86.00	82.64
23	—	1,643	68.00–100.00	87.65
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,505	82.00–95.00	88.65
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,497	55.00–72.00	65.54
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,521	72.50–85.00	77.57
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,229	80.00–102.00	91.91
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	103.00–105.00	104.02
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,308	105.00–115.00	109.80
Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,204	86.00–91.00	88.13
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,300	95.00–101.00	97.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,333	94.00–109.00	102.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,417	99.00–112.00	106.38
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,296	90.00–107.00	96.34
3	—	1,097	84.00–90.00	87.65
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,374	101.00–107.00	102.88
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,456	107.00–117.00	110.58
2	—	1,458	115.00–116.00	115.48
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,552	108.00–112.50	110.35
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,546	111.00–116.00	113.45
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,319	60.00–75.00	69.78
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,178	58.00–68.00	64.78

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	106	20.00–97.50	64.16
97	—	93	40.00–85.00	78.22
1	—	120	47.50	47.50
4	—	111	40.00–95.00	61.18
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
18	—	74	10.00–55.00	31.61
49	—	83	20.00–90.00	70.20
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	165	50.00	50.00
5	—	103	45.00–90.00	75.19
4	—	94	60.00–90.00	77.33
1	—	75	85.00	85.00
1	—	85	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	45.00–60.00	55.20
47	—	114	70.00–110.00	99.64
1	—	132	92.50	92.50
4	—	125	60.00–120.00	84.93
77	—	102	55.00–120.00	98.57
26	—	84	50.00–95.00	79.43
74	—	93	60.00–115.00	86.68
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
1	—	110	15.00	15.00
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
2	—	85	12.00–15.00	13.50
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	60	12.00	12.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	85	100.00–140.00	118.63
9	—	92	110.00–155.00	120.99
5	—	74	90.00–145.00	119.66
10	—	102	105.00–175.00	140.98
1	—	115	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	73	130.00–175.00	154.98
21	—	103	140.00–210.00	169.75
4	—	122	145.00–160.00	152.55
15	—	94	140.00–190.00	167.54
6	—	115	160.00–180.00	166.71
12	—	84	140.00–220.00	168.40
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	121	100.00–155.00	112.30
1	—	135	100.00	100.00
59	—	94	87.50–135.00	108.45
77	—	103	95.00–145.00	117.59
28	—	84	55.00–125.00	94.09
1	—	78	95.00	95.00
42	—	112	100.00–145.00	118.07
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	73	5.00–35.00	16.97
17	—	92	15.00–50.00	34.41
1	—	115	20.00	20.00
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
9	—	64	5.00–35.00	8.96
31	—	82	10.00–50.00	34.85
11	—	101	15.00–90.00	61.31
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	5.00	5.00
1	—	92	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	62	5.00	5.00
4	—	83	10.00–15.00	11.29
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
2	—	71	5.00–10.00	7.46
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	75.00	75.00
1	—	70	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
1	—	95	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	92	15.00–35.00	30.35
6	—	104	10.00–35.00	28.48
4	—	65	5.00	5.00
28	—	84	10.00–32.50	15.56
14	—	74	7.50–10.00	9.83
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	95.00–135.00	109.92
3	—	93	70.00–150.00	110.00
1	—	75	110.00	110.00
3	—	82	95.00–122.50	112.14
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	150.00–165.00	157.55
7	—	84	140.00–210.00	175.29
14	—	93	150.00–185.00	165.76
12	—	102	140.00–205.00	165.01
1	—	62	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	93	15.00–55.00	32.44
3	—	86	20.00–40.00	31.78
9	—	102	20.00–175.00	51.35
6	—	115	20.00–32.00	28.08
Heifers — Number 1 · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	95.00	95.00

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.

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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