Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 260 priced lines covering 3,106 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 590 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,179 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,728 head.

Mon Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 590Last week 809Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,179Last week 2,772Year ago 1,548

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,728Last week 1,987Year ago 1,140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	215.00–260.00	237.50
6	—	372	122.50–150.00	133.33
1	—	175	200.00	200.00
13	—	572	122.50–140.00	128.44
5	—	670	113.00–145.00	125.00
8	—	794	118.00–130.00	119.43
7	—	622	118.00–125.00	122.76
6	—	264	139.00–145.00	142.90
10	—	472	125.00–170.00	147.34
1	—	1,015	78.00	78.00
1	—	205	170.00	170.00
3	—	840	122.00	122.00
9	—	512	117.50–130.00	126.89
13	—	716	110.00–135.00	124.07
12	—	419	120.00–160.00	138.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	475	105.00–138.00	123.51
5	—	381	115.00–120.00	119.08
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
7	—	516	85.00–117.00	101.09
8	—	327	125.00–142.50	135.09
1	—	750	80.00	80.00
4	—	654	112.00–127.00	120.71
8	—	273	127.00–150.00	140.06
5	—	572	90.00–115.00	102.86
3	—	417	100.00–112.00	106.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	88.00	88.00
3	—	527	127.00–137.00	130.42
3	—	328	160.00–170.00	163.59
10	—	364	162.00–174.00	170.80
13	—	618	115.00–139.00	127.94
7	—	420	142.50–167.50	156.43
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
8	—	565	137.50–142.50	140.40
9	—	479	122.00–166.00	156.60
8	—	769	113.00–115.00	113.75
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	130.00–145.00	135.03
4	—	586	108.00–135.00	121.25
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	127.00	127.00
3	—	681	110.00	110.00
3	—	461	120.00–162.00	147.43
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
3	—	708	94.00–115.00	100.92
1	—	410	82.00	82.00
6	—	390	132.50–157.50	149.66
3	—	310	120.00–150.00	136.67
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	75.00	75.00
3	—	470	75.00	75.00
1	—	855	75.00	75.00
4	—	605	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	529	125.00–147.00	132.30
4	—	579	72.00–145.00	114.17
8	—	477	127.50–160.00	143.52
4	—	245	145.00–150.00	148.77
3	—	628	145.00	145.00
3	—	438	145.00–175.00	165.41
4	—	358	125.00–155.00	136.33
1	—	180	155.00	155.00
8	—	324	125.00–150.00	137.48
2	—	755	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
16	—	774	100.00–139.00	131.19
8	—	406	160.00–172.00	167.45
5	—	625	141.00–150.00	145.71
4	—	325	152.00–172.00	163.76
7	—	377	147.00–185.00	174.64
8	—	826	111.00–145.00	123.65
7	—	741	135.00–150.00	142.10
1	—	165	150.00	150.00
8	—	467	145.00–170.00	161.63
9	—	521	140.00–160.00	155.93
4	—	669	120.00–150.00	129.81
10	—	582	145.00–157.00	149.52
1	—	995	90.00	90.00
2	—	270	152.00–160.00	155.93
1	—	1,035	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	85.00–86.00	85.19
13	—	724	78.00–86.00	83.87
2	—	628	100.00–114.00	107.14
2	—	905	64.00–66.00	65.00
3	—	323	77.00–120.00	97.63
4	—	382	78.00–79.00	78.23
11	—	589	74.00–110.00	82.95
10	—	775	56.00–79.00	71.49
7	—	683	62.00–96.00	75.35
4	—	461	72.00–86.00	75.49
3	—	233	80.00–95.00	84.40
1	—	1,055	70.00	70.00
10	—	825	70.00–85.00	79.86
1	—	270	85.00	85.00
5	—	869	46.00–80.00	73.27
5	—	424	79.00–91.00	85.61
5	—	971	56.00–71.00	67.96
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	62.00–66.00	63.97
2	—	165	87.00	87.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
4	—	656	75.00	75.00
1	—	830	66.00	66.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	15.00	15.00
3	—	63	5.00–10.00	6.58
5	—	83	10.00–15.00	11.41
4	—	71	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	84	140.00–200.00	172.68
76	—	102	140.00–237.00	189.34
2	—	131	155.00–165.00	160.04
4	—	75	135.00–175.00	156.80
1	—	140	150.00	150.00
87	—	94	140.00–230.00	174.56
19	—	122	125.00–220.00	167.86
48	—	112	140.00–230.00	180.98
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	175.00	175.00
2	—	76	170.00–205.00	187.50
4	—	102	85.00–260.00	176.23
1	—	132	180.00	180.00
2	—	93	170.00–285.00	225.65
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	102	70.00–209.00	169.27
12	—	75	50.00–180.00	111.72
42	—	93	70.00–212.00	160.46
9	—	124	120.00–160.00	146.86
27	—	84	85.00–190.00	148.23
2	—	130	120.00–130.00	125.00
1	—	66	50.00	50.00
43	—	113	115.00–192.00	165.19
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	270.00	270.00
4	—	115	240.00–275.00	253.75
6	—	102	200.00–290.00	224.59
2	—	85	175.00–200.00	187.50
7	—	91	110.00–300.00	203.71
1	—	120	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	82	250.00–380.00	303.65
19	—	104	230.00–330.00	289.42
9	—	111	255.00–320.00	293.16
3	—	75	180.00–285.00	236.38
5	—	122	205.00–295.00	261.71
16	—	92	200.00–340.00	287.40
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	15.00	15.00
9	—	65	5.00–10.00	7.21
1	—	140	50.00	50.00
19	—	92	5.00–157.00	112.53
9	—	103	50.00–147.00	126.66
21	—	82	5.00–180.00	117.28
13	—	72	10.00–110.00	62.18
6	—	113	15.00–55.00	36.73
Bulls — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	35.00–45.00	40.14
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	112	50.00–150.00	109.80
17	—	84	35.00–187.00	140.84
2	—	60	50.00–55.00	52.50
3	—	123	45.00–115.00	67.76
47	—	107	35.00–187.00	156.44
7	—	75	30.00–150.00	91.06
61	—	95	40.00–175.00	158.80
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	114	210.00–245.00	228.11
2	—	96	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	140.00	140.00
1	—	80	150.00	150.00
1	—	90	100.00	100.00
1	—	120	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	74	10.00	10.00
4	—	91	10.00–25.00	18.84
3	—	82	10.00–15.00	11.73
2	—	65	7.00–20.00	13.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	225.00–285.00	265.31
2	—	91	175.00–235.00	204.67
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	122	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	225.00	225.00
13	—	103	200.00–320.00	273.44
10	—	93	210.00–305.00	255.85
9	—	85	240.00–340.00	300.31
1	—	65	100.00	100.00
5	—	114	170.00–280.00	228.70
3	—	75	205.00–350.00	286.75
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	10.00	10.00
2	—	70	15.00–20.00	17.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	50.00	50.00
1	—	110	55.00	55.00
4	—	85	45.00–70.00	62.68
5	—	96	35.00–80.00	50.03
14	—	103	40.00–72.00	49.76
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	94	125.00–240.00	163.17
1	—	80	215.00	215.00
1	—	70	130.00	130.00
1	—	110	110.00	110.00
2	—	105	175.00–180.00	177.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	84	10.00–65.00	26.96
1	—	115	45.00	45.00
11	—	92	25.00–35.00	30.00
2	—	123	65.00	65.00
3	—	73	10.00	10.00
4	—	103	37.00	37.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	265.00	265.00
1	—	96	200.00	200.00
1	—	86	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,663	91.00–118.00	103.84
2	—	1,525	92.00–95.00	93.95
1	—	1,362	66.00	66.00
11	—	1,634	88.00–118.00	100.50
21	—	1,578	72.00–123.00	92.91
5	—	1,416	76.00–87.00	83.94
10	—	1,475	82.00–95.00	86.66
5	—	886	62.50–73.00	66.61
16	—	1,207	50.00–79.00	70.61
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,168	85.00–94.00	89.68
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	86.00–92.00	88.69
24	—	1,489	111.00–121.00	115.55
20	—	1,066	69.00–79.00	75.68
13	—	1,323	80.00–88.50	84.08
15	—	1,198	94.00–110.00	101.03
11	—	1,158	90.00–96.00	92.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,586	52.00–75.00	60.76
96	—	1,697	63.50–77.50	71.71
144	—	1,612	54.00–86.00	67.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,408	59.00–80.00	68.80
168	—	1,379	50.00–79.00	64.21
78	—	1,341	52.00–64.00	57.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,241	55.00–76.00	60.38
16	—	1,207	34.00–42.50	37.94
124	—	1,229	45.00–69.00	53.25
88	—	1,189	24.00–62.00	44.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,712	65.00–75.00	71.31
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,607	117.00–120.00	118.14
58	—	1,581	119.00–125.00	121.66
38	—	1,571	123.00–128.00	125.51
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,584	114.00–117.00	115.85
11	—	1,527	123.00–124.50	124.05
12	—	1,564	118.00–122.50	120.73
29	—	1,504	118.00–129.00	122.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,465	109.00–122.00	114.91
9	—	1,539	100.00–111.00	106.20
30	—	1,471	114.00–120.50	118.42
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	104.00–106.00	104.82
20	—	1,358	93.00–116.00	106.17
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,521	112.00–120.00	115.98
9	—	1,733	105.00–112.50	108.41
37	—	1,484	119.00–125.00	121.29
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	120.00–124.00	122.51
8	—	1,520	111.00–120.00	117.11
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,218	88.00–108.00	100.15
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,317	104.00–120.50	113.66
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,407	114.00–119.00	116.04
3	—	1,542	110.00–113.00	111.07
25	—	1,416	117.00–124.00	120.65
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	77.00–81.00	78.89
3	—	1,290	79.50–86.00	83.63
12	—	1,136	71.00–88.00	78.85
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,472	58.00–91.00	83.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,068	74.00–79.00	77.05
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,474	93.00–95.00	94.07
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	85.00	85.00
2	—	910	72.00–78.00	74.95
25	—	1,328	70.00–88.00	81.19
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,440	95.00–103.00	98.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,624	92.50–105.00	98.23
26	—	1,460	76.00–98.00	90.48

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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