Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 250 priced lines covering 3,004 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 488 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,150 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 2,606 head.

Mon Feb 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 488Last week 685Year ago 711

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,150Last week 1,734Year ago 2,780

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 2,606Last week 2,103Year ago 2,118

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,102	82.00	82.00
1	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,290	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	85.00	85.00
1	—	380	117.00	117.00
2	—	578	112.00	112.00
2	—	328	92.50–116.00	103.98
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	117.00	117.00
4	—	673	105.00–110.00	108.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
5	—	579	116.00–135.00	126.70
2	—	275	120.00–145.00	132.27
4	—	818	95.00–102.00	97.76
5	—	512	142.00–147.00	143.06
3	—	367	135.00–147.00	143.02
6	—	627	125.00–139.00	133.16
2	—	660	120.00–130.00	125.04
1	—	905	85.00	85.00
5	—	441	120.00–142.00	137.76
2	—	978	92.00–97.00	94.52
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	65.00	65.00
6	—	261	72.00–77.00	76.11
5	—	415	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,050	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	85.00	85.00
1	—	540	92.00	92.00
1	—	780	90.00	90.00
2	—	672	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,045	70.00	70.00
3	—	263	110.00	110.00
3	—	740	77.00–82.00	80.37
1	—	815	85.00	85.00
2	—	445	87.00	87.00
1	—	945	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
2	—	735	140.00	140.00
1	—	485	165.00	165.00
1	—	570	152.00	152.00
2	—	430	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,013	90.00–100.00	95.04
1	—	1,145	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	102.00	102.00
3	—	880	110.00–112.00	111.34
3	—	922	105.00–110.00	107.32
4	—	629	120.00–135.00	127.46
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
2	—	445	127.00	127.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
3	—	787	88.00–107.00	98.40
1	—	585	112.00	112.00
6	—	800	122.00	122.00
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	112.00–122.00	117.75
2	—	415	135.00–140.00	137.41
9	—	874	120.00–135.00	129.19
15	—	718	120.00–130.00	125.65
25	—	689	130.00–137.00	133.51
19	—	824	127.00–136.00	133.93
15	—	923	117.00–124.00	121.82
6	—	568	132.00–139.00	135.93
22	—	466	137.00–157.00	143.01
6	—	377	132.00–135.00	133.51
8	—	614	135.00–140.00	135.62
9	—	533	140.00–152.00	141.35
19	—	766	117.00–130.00	125.62
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	110.00	110.00
6	—	1,135	110.00–112.00	110.33
3	—	1,023	117.00–125.00	120.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,035	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,095	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	679	92.00–102.00	95.34
3	—	521	85.00–97.00	93.16
6	—	578	80.00–102.00	91.50
2	—	918	60.00–70.00	64.99
1	—	410	87.00	87.00
2	—	615	97.00–100.00	98.50
5	—	481	95.00–100.00	99.01
3	—	310	90.00–94.00	91.31
1	—	295	104.00	104.00
3	—	882	97.00–102.00	98.64
7	—	383	85.00–100.00	93.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	131.00	131.00
6	—	665	126.00–133.00	127.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	853	109.00–118.00	111.01
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
4	—	384	105.00–115.00	111.34
13	—	427	105.00–113.00	106.98
5	—	804	110.00–112.00	111.60
6	—	681	102.00–107.00	105.87
3	—	778	102.00–112.00	105.32
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
7	—	462	105.00–115.00	107.94
15	—	579	105.00–117.00	113.14
3	—	979	100.00–102.00	100.67
6	—	715	97.00–112.00	105.99
16	—	631	115.00–127.00	120.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,269	51.50–68.00	58.56
110	—	1,226	40.00–58.50	50.87
77	—	1,223	9.00–50.00	43.02
18	—	1,210	32.00–41.00	37.07
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,699	61.00–77.50	67.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,707	62.00–73.50	67.86
141	—	1,640	54.50–77.00	63.29
53	—	1,616	49.00–68.00	57.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,336	42.00–54.50	50.24
179	—	1,373	50.50–68.00	57.94
103	—	1,407	57.50–74.00	64.40
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,457	120.00–122.00	121.64
2	—	1,395	103.00–108.00	105.39
4	—	1,428	112.00–116.00	114.48
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	98.00	98.00
9	—	1,350	104.00–110.00	108.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	97.00–104.50	99.62
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,414	111.00–120.50	113.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,291	103.00–111.00	107.76
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,637	124.00–134.00	130.48
11	—	1,620	112.00–120.00	116.59
40	—	1,554	117.00–128.00	121.20
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,554	113.00–117.00	115.30
26	—	1,582	112.00–122.50	116.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	104.00	104.00
4	—	1,479	113.00–116.00	114.45
60	—	1,449	106.50–115.00	110.83
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	92.00–96.00	93.84
5	—	1,248	104.00–108.00	106.02
3	—	1,332	100.00–104.00	102.62
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,458	110.00–118.00	114.03
14	—	1,439	104.00–109.00	106.01
22	—	1,535	116.00–124.00	119.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,178	97.00–108.00	101.74
17	—	1,335	92.00–107.00	103.41
Dairy Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	75.00–78.00	76.37
2	—	1,430	83.00–86.00	84.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,525	74.50–88.50	82.29
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	96.00–100.00	98.23
12	—	1,544	86.00–98.00	90.96
Dairy Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	72.00–82.00	76.74
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,433	70.00–83.00	76.48
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	89.00	89.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	79.00–84.00	81.21
6	—	1,200	70.00–77.00	75.20
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	72.00–89.00	81.47
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	72.00–78.50	77.03
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	88.00–96.00	91.23
3	—	1,113	82.00–86.00	83.76
4	—	1,489	97.00–108.00	100.17
4	—	1,571	99.00–104.00	101.86
4	—	1,299	110.00–121.00	112.63
4	—	954	72.00–82.00	75.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	76.00	76.00
3	—	1,517	71.00–77.00	75.19
4	—	1,622	97.00–102.00	98.85
3	—	1,528	80.50–84.50	82.48
2	—	2,025	94.00–114.00	104.96
11	—	1,719	76.00–88.00	81.41
1	—	1,850	101.00	101.00
11	—	1,702	76.00–93.00	85.02
1	—	1,615	77.00	77.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	40.00	40.00
7	—	74	15.00–85.00	42.21
43	—	84	10.00–100.00	57.90
102	—	95	20.00–90.00	71.09
29	—	103	20.00–90.00	53.72
58	—	111	30.00–92.00	84.58
3	—	120	15.00–85.00	43.33
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	130	87.00	87.00
63	—	103	70.00–140.00	111.12
23	—	84	65.00–120.00	96.61
57	—	93	70.00–125.00	104.35
3	—	75	90.00–110.00	96.67
46	—	113	75.00–145.00	114.99
28	—	123	80.00–135.00	104.41
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	145	100.00	100.00
7	—	114	110.00–220.00	158.13
28	—	103	120.00–235.00	174.52
1	—	75	235.00	235.00
1	—	160	155.00	155.00
4	—	123	140.00–205.00	165.89
22	—	93	140.00–240.00	205.50
15	—	84	120.00–240.00	188.89
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	110.00–125.00	117.24
1	—	135	105.00	105.00
10	—	93	90.00–190.00	144.88
6	—	112	95.00–150.00	118.58
9	—	82	110.00–210.00	141.15
13	—	103	70.00–180.00	127.38
2	—	123	145.00–175.00	159.69
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	83	55.00–110.00	84.58
73	—	102	50.00–120.00	95.81
10	—	75	40.00–95.00	58.68
52	—	114	50.00–117.00	101.14
55	—	93	55.00–115.00	89.01
1	—	130	85.00	85.00
4	—	122	45.00–105.00	77.92
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	80.00–125.00	95.38
1	—	100	60.00	60.00
3	—	73	85.00–100.00	95.23
3	—	93	40.00–110.00	63.75
1	—	115	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
2	—	55	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	5.00	5.00
2	—	70	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
25	—	105	10.00–55.00	41.17
2	—	113	15.00–20.00	17.56
8	—	65	5.00–10.00	5.63
17	—	73	5.00–20.00	14.65
62	—	92	7.00–55.00	37.32
55	—	83	5.00–32.00	21.87
Bulls — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	67	5.00	5.00
8	—	72	10.00	10.00
4	—	91	10.00	10.00
7	—	81	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	73	10.00	10.00
29	—	93	10.00–15.00	14.62
13	—	105	10.00–20.00	19.26
21	—	83	10.00–20.00	12.01
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	55	125.00	125.00
1	—	65	45.00	45.00
2	—	113	55.00–75.00	64.78
1	—	75	80.00	80.00
7	—	83	100.00–125.00	115.99
1	—	125	70.00	70.00
7	—	102	85.00–150.00	103.56
6	—	92	50.00–120.00	87.09
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	270.00	270.00
5	—	112	120.00–200.00	158.99
12	—	103	110.00–170.00	144.43
20	—	95	105.00–225.00	166.12
4	—	73	150.00–240.00	177.25
2	—	130	140.00–155.00	147.50
1	—	120	135.00	135.00
18	—	84	105.00–245.00	183.78
Heifers — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	12.00	12.00
1	—	50	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	101	15.00–60.00	30.20
8	—	83	10.00–25.00	12.17
8	—	116	15.00–20.00	19.41
15	—	93	10.00–65.00	22.31
2	—	120	15.00–20.00	17.50
1	—	70	90.00	90.00

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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