Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 250 priced lines covering 2,429 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,110 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,395 head. replacement cattle receipts at 6 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,722 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,110Last week 921Year ago 519

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,395Last week 2,740Year ago 2,593

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,722Last week 2,181Year ago 2,461

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	675	131.00–142.00	137.42
62	—	470	127.00–159.00	148.24
58	—	425	112.00–161.00	147.24
2	—	225	140.00–145.00	142.33
12	—	615	135.00–144.00	140.26
12	—	373	127.00–157.50	149.80
4	—	267	130.00–148.00	137.88
1	—	780	151.00	151.00
3	—	852	110.00–134.00	125.97
9	—	940	112.00–125.00	118.90
16	—	586	137.00–153.00	144.06
28	—	340	130.00–162.50	153.48
1	—	970	120.00	120.00
29	—	518	134.00–154.00	147.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	160.00	160.00
1	—	825	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	454	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,060	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,015	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	151.00	151.00
5	—	679	150.00–155.00	151.91
3	—	598	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	662	90.00–122.00	111.61
9	—	620	120.00–129.00	124.63
1	—	740	82.00	82.00
7	—	368	127.00–150.00	136.90
2	—	942	110.00	110.00
9	—	528	110.00–130.00	124.31
7	—	302	139.00–140.00	139.15
3	—	268	115.00–130.00	124.18
4	—	227	125.00–160.00	145.93
1	—	565	138.00	138.00
11	—	474	115.00–135.00	125.93
5	—	768	115.00–120.00	116.98
13	—	437	115.00–146.00	132.16
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	364	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	957	140.00	140.00
5	—	322	175.00–187.50	185.17
1	—	815	132.00	132.00
2	—	670	160.00	160.00
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
4	—	881	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
2	—	775	115.00–132.50	123.63
3	—	578	112.00–147.00	135.40
2	—	503	125.00–165.00	144.90
3	—	415	157.00–170.00	161.23
1	—	625	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	160.00	160.00
4	—	757	155.00–175.00	169.30
6	—	623	152.00–177.00	162.60
26	—	487	167.00–194.00	179.25
4	—	875	168.00	168.00
1	—	955	136.00	136.00
8	—	689	135.00–177.00	162.74
10	—	330	150.00–200.00	178.55
1	—	230	170.00	170.00
15	—	368	180.00–210.00	200.06
6	—	936	125.00–157.00	148.85
20	—	561	161.00–180.00	171.88
7	—	430	165.00–211.00	187.19
7	—	706	152.00–162.00	160.50
22	—	524	165.00–190.00	180.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	192.00	192.00
2	—	718	202.00	202.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	409	155.00	155.00
3	—	1,023	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,105	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,075	140.00–150.00	145.09
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,030	120.00–135.00	131.27
4	—	1,070	137.00	137.00
7	—	1,105	110.00–127.00	116.74
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	324	142.50	142.50
1	—	280	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	470	160.00–189.00	179.27
5	—	241	150.00–205.00	166.93
2	—	253	145.00–155.00	150.05
42	—	528	149.00–166.00	157.54
17	—	318	172.50–192.50	187.43
5	—	683	120.00–140.00	129.96
10	—	382	162.50–192.50	182.17
31	—	561	149.00–163.00	156.39
13	—	612	135.00–154.00	144.57
1	—	850	113.00	113.00
2	—	723	122.50–127.00	124.82
18	—	434	150.00–187.50	170.81
2	—	815	110.00–116.00	113.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	130.00	130.00
6	—	415	85.00–167.50	123.39
1	—	1,130	122.00	122.00
5	—	468	117.00–142.50	132.76
3	—	566	95.00–134.00	108.20
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,015	114.00	114.00
1	—	322	100.00	100.00
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
6	—	362	120.00–180.00	162.37
3	—	696	104.00	104.00
3	—	508	66.00	66.00
3	—	781	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	115.00	115.00
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	57.00	57.00
1	—	275	52.00	52.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	143.00	143.00
2	—	652	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,025	70.00	70.00
1	—	722	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,070	77.00	77.00
3	—	812	66.00–92.00	83.46
1	—	295	87.00	87.00
5	—	592	92.50–120.00	111.62
4	—	634	105.00–115.00	109.94
1	—	516	77.50	77.50
3	—	956	90.00–115.00	106.63
4	—	311	141.00–144.00	141.82
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	112.00	112.00
5	—	438	120.00	120.00
2	—	900	107.00	107.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	97.00–110.00	105.60
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
1	—	330	85.00	85.00
1	—	950	60.00	60.00
1	—	440	65.00	65.00
1	—	455	65.00	65.00
1	—	575	47.00	47.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	121	190.00–295.00	237.93
12	—	93	245.00–370.00	289.05
5	—	114	180.00–300.00	245.77
3	—	75	115.00–320.00	236.13
13	—	102	220.00–320.00	278.00
7	—	86	285.00–340.00	304.24
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	130.00–200.00	165.00
4	—	91	155.00–280.00	215.41
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	240.00	240.00
1	—	140	200.00	200.00
2	—	80	85.00–190.00	137.50
4	—	103	50.00–125.00	100.30
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	50.00	50.00
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	71	5.00–75.00	29.84
1	—	50	5.00	5.00
14	—	84	5.00–172.00	58.20
7	—	65	5.00–200.00	34.35
1	—	125	15.00	15.00
5	—	101	15.00–55.00	36.19
13	—	92	10.00–155.00	73.73
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	102	130.00–280.00	160.05
22	—	112	120.00–175.00	151.41
2	—	76	80.00–155.00	117.25
20	—	84	85.00–187.00	145.27
49	—	93	115.00–175.00	152.95
11	—	122	140.00–170.00	147.38
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	65	30.00–50.00	40.08
44	—	95	40.00–172.00	139.43
19	—	73	40.00–135.00	79.98
19	—	106	35.00–150.00	131.97
39	—	83	30.00–195.00	156.27
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	135	100.00	100.00
33	—	93	80.00–187.00	141.48
31	—	102	110.00–160.00	148.35
1	—	120	130.00	130.00
11	—	75	55.00–165.00	96.62
33	—	84	65.00–195.00	152.80
1	—	68	50.00	50.00
14	—	112	55.00–155.00	138.38
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	70.00	70.00
1	—	85	260.00	260.00
1	—	135	125.00	125.00
1	—	120	240.00	240.00
1	—	100	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	86	15.00–50.00	30.03
1	—	110	95.00	95.00
3	—	104	45.00–75.00	65.35
8	—	92	20.00–75.00	38.81
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	50.00–90.00	70.00
1	—	65	85.00	85.00
1	—	95	100.00	100.00
1	—	105	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	92	180.00–270.00	230.33
1	—	62	115.00	115.00
4	—	105	250.00–300.00	287.08
5	—	82	180.00–285.00	253.43
3	—	110	190.00–275.00	238.33
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	30.00–50.00	41.73
10	—	84	10.00–20.00	15.03
6	—	73	10.00–50.00	18.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,355	1,360.00–1,475.00	1,417.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,583	75.00–118.00	99.10
6	—	1,580	109.00–123.00	115.18
3	—	1,398	96.00–99.00	97.37
6	—	1,565	82.00–99.00	91.49
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,767	118.00–132.00	122.58
6	—	1,247	92.00–105.00	99.03
4	—	1,845	120.00–122.00	120.99
4	—	1,626	110.00–119.00	114.22
Dairy Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,133	91.00–95.00	93.25
2	—	1,230	102.00–104.00	103.07
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	91.00	91.00
9	—	1,350	94.00–109.00	103.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,483	109.00–132.00	115.38
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,599	124.50–135.00	130.81
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,527	116.00–135.00	125.07
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	123.00	123.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	114.00–118.00	116.09
1	—	1,245	105.00	105.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,195	93.00–96.00	94.10
9	—	1,193	97.00–108.00	101.59
2	—	1,098	110.00–112.00	110.99
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,458	98.00–137.00	113.48
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	140.00–149.00	144.63
16	—	1,317	124.00–149.00	144.42
1	—	1,335	115.00	115.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	118.00–120.00	118.85
2	—	1,488	136.00–146.00	140.99
37	—	1,308	118.00–145.00	137.40
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,608	152.50–160.00	156.29
18	—	1,486	149.00–163.00	156.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	130.00–141.00	136.72
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,566	154.00–162.00	157.76
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,545	150.00–158.50	152.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,425	135.00–157.00	147.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,544	70.00–82.00	78.76
17	—	1,707	86.00–95.50	90.34
100	—	1,602	72.00–93.00	84.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,382	64.00–76.00	70.27
134	—	1,326	60.00–86.00	76.84
28	—	1,296	67.00–88.00	83.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,213	50.00–77.00	64.95
17	—	1,181	30.00–59.50	49.87
32	—	1,197	30.00–65.00	52.98
24	—	1,239	67.00–79.00	74.35
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	85.00–98.00	90.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,323	145.00–159.00	151.23
1	—	1,365	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	145.00–148.00	146.40
20	—	1,322	123.00–149.00	138.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	129.00	129.00
3	—	1,143	122.00–123.00	122.37
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	150.00–155.50	151.86
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	144.00	144.00

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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