Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 304 priced lines covering 2,338 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 610 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,324 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 2,335 head.

Mon Nov 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 610Last week 1,912Year ago 892

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,324Last week 2,613Year ago 326

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 2,335Last week 2,204Year ago 364

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	45.00	45.00
1	—	955	55.00	55.00
3	—	419	55.00–100.00	69.55
2	—	394	70.00–82.00	75.94
1	—	244	120.00	120.00
5	—	707	70.00–92.00	87.64
2	—	912	68.00	68.00
7	—	605	50.00–70.00	65.04
7	—	535	65.00–85.00	70.31
3	—	818	52.00–75.00	63.82
10	—	662	61.00–90.00	75.56
4	—	587	70.00–95.00	88.98
5	—	321	60.00–112.50	82.01
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	50.00	50.00
2	—	640	60.00	60.00
1	—	825	47.00	47.00
2	—	390	30.00	30.00
1	—	865	67.00	67.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	85.00–90.00	87.48
1	—	560	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,085	88.00	88.00
1	—	915	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,020	70.00–90.00	80.20
2	—	658	47.00–55.00	50.95
2	—	530	70.00–75.00	72.43
2	—	938	90.00	90.00
2	—	975	75.00–107.00	90.75
1	—	825	85.00	85.00
2	—	558	67.00–70.00	68.52
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	30.00	30.00
1	—	370	40.00	40.00
1	—	300	30.00	30.00
1	—	735	70.00	70.00
2	—	415	42.00–50.00	45.95
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	97.00	97.00
2	—	188	32.00–80.00	55.04
1	—	1,085	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,163	64.00–67.00	65.49
2	—	572	47.00	47.00
1	—	615	55.00	55.00
4	—	376	70.00–100.00	79.75
2	—	228	50.00–90.00	69.34
2	—	310	50.00–70.00	60.16
4	—	1,316	99.00	99.00
2	—	670	60.00–80.00	69.78
3	—	492	50.00–65.00	54.93
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	134.00	134.00
2	—	775	137.00	137.00
4	—	931	140.00–152.00	148.97
4	—	878	132.00–148.00	142.05
7	—	1,057	149.00	149.00
11	—	829	125.00–153.00	144.75
1	—	565	152.00	152.00
6	—	394	135.00–152.50	148.69
3	—	667	130.00–139.00	136.03
4	—	414	125.00–155.00	134.88
4	—	528	132.00–135.00	132.72
3	—	471	127.00–155.00	146.09
1	—	705	132.00	132.00
3	—	324	125.00–130.00	126.67
7	—	631	130.00–142.00	133.82
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	709	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	122.00–130.00	127.25
1	—	305	92.00	92.00
5	—	409	122.00–150.00	130.45
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
1	—	225	125.00	125.00
1	—	625	127.00	127.00
1	—	905	127.00	127.00
2	—	467	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	105.00	105.00
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
1	—	885	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	716	162.00–175.00	165.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	75.00	75.00
2	—	385	82.00	82.00
1	—	835	87.00	87.00
1	—	540	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	80.00	80.00
2	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	147.00	147.00
4	—	441	85.00	85.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	690	75.00–125.00	96.90
7	—	466	55.00–120.00	87.12
7	—	277	57.00–110.00	92.39
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
1	—	805	97.00	97.00
3	—	310	87.00–105.00	93.30
1	—	425	70.00	70.00
5	—	763	55.00–87.00	72.58
1	—	730	82.00	82.00
3	—	555	90.00	90.00
5	—	372	97.00–127.00	119.85
1	—	1,080	102.00	102.00
1	—	945	87.00	87.00
4	—	519	75.00–105.00	87.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	834	110.00–142.00	135.82
1	—	1,025	117.00	117.00
12	—	480	115.00–135.00	128.91
5	—	621	120.00–152.00	135.30
5	—	435	110.00–135.00	124.25
1	—	722	105.00	105.00
12	—	529	102.00–135.00	122.32
10	—	570	120.00–125.00	121.54
1	—	335	115.00	115.00
3	—	909	92.50–125.00	114.23
2	—	397	120.00	120.00
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	432	115.00	115.00
1	—	500	97.50	97.50
1	—	682	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	67.00	67.00
5	—	393	80.00	80.00
3	—	540	65.00	65.00
4	—	449	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	72.00	72.00
1	—	900	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	95.00	95.00
3	—	767	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	87.00	87.00
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,345	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	437	140.00	140.00
6	—	465	110.00–145.00	128.08
3	—	223	155.00–160.00	156.79
1	—	1,340	94.00	94.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
10	—	578	110.00–147.50	128.14
8	—	530	132.00–160.00	150.90
1	—	310	122.00	122.00
3	—	287	115.00–150.00	137.90
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	75.00–87.00	77.90
2	—	438	95.00–105.00	100.09
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
2	—	520	75.00–78.00	76.54
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	75.00	75.00
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
1	—	220	105.00	105.00
2	—	355	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	514	100.00	100.00
1	—	418	95.00	95.00
1	—	318	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	70.00	70.00
1	—	835	62.00	62.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	82.00–87.00	84.54
1	—	780	42.00	42.00
1	—	470	75.00	75.00
1	—	280	92.00	92.00
1	—	355	90.00	90.00
1	—	655	74.00	74.00
1	—	735	64.00	64.00
1	—	325	62.00	62.00
5	—	220	50.00–72.00	63.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
8	—	435	115.00–120.00	117.43
1	—	375	112.00	112.00
4	—	731	70.00–105.00	83.12
1	—	685	75.00	75.00
2	—	468	80.00–85.00	82.51
2	—	775	88.00	88.00
2	—	808	85.00–97.00	90.94
2	—	610	90.00–102.00	96.10
3	—	522	67.00–120.00	91.32
1	—	315	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	68.00–79.00	73.57
101	—	1,376	56.00–81.00	66.76
28	—	1,374	54.00–65.50	60.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,690	75.00–84.00	78.23
103	—	1,632	66.00–79.00	71.96
25	—	1,613	59.00–70.00	66.07
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	70.00–91.00	80.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,178	15.00–58.00	51.92
87	—	1,258	45.00–65.50	58.99
27	—	1,384	63.00–71.00	66.56
32	—	1,198	12.00–49.00	38.64
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,980	83.00–84.00	83.49
1	—	1,940	90.00	90.00
1	—	2,310	87.00	87.00
1	—	2,045	98.00	98.00
1	—	2,185	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,371	124.00–140.00	130.84
17	—	1,275	102.00–120.00	110.41
3	—	1,538	107.00–127.00	116.21
12	—	1,368	89.00–109.00	95.44
3	—	2,033	96.00–110.00	99.90
13	—	1,523	88.00–107.00	97.49
19	—	1,276	64.00–95.00	83.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	94.00	94.00
8	—	1,596	67.00–86.00	76.42
4	—	1,233	64.00–72.00	68.01
12	—	1,624	70.00–88.00	79.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,493	107.00–128.00	117.88
Dairy Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	106.00–112.00	109.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	119.00	119.00
6	—	1,375	105.00–112.00	108.73
3	—	1,477	95.00–98.00	96.78
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,532	119.00–125.00	122.99
1	—	1,785	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,518	111.00–127.00	119.53
Dairy Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,295	65.00–88.00	78.55
1	—	1,290	109.00	109.00
5	—	1,192	90.00–99.00	96.37
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	66.00–77.00	71.64
1	—	1,335	92.00	92.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	89.00–91.00	90.04
1	—	1,380	116.00	116.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	96.00	96.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,459	104.00–118.00	108.67
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	108.00–131.00	122.84
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,307	145.00–153.00	149.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,302	110.00–144.00	129.52
Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	127.00–130.00	128.45
1	—	1,430	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,334	140.00–156.00	148.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,374	121.00–143.00	133.18
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,474	146.00–162.00	153.70
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,494	148.00–158.00	153.74
4	—	1,470	146.00–148.00	146.73
9	—	1,447	156.00–162.00	158.35
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,590	163.00–171.00	167.34
56	—	1,581	152.00–167.00	159.86
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	117.00–124.00	119.79
15	—	1,301	126.00–152.00	141.12
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,391	119.00–155.00	143.01

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	83	150.00–380.00	306.56
4	—	120	270.00–345.00	311.25
2	—	75	265.00–340.00	302.50
34	—	102	270.00–385.00	313.25
8	—	111	275.00–350.00	307.44
33	—	93	265.00–395.00	306.64
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	200.00	200.00
3	—	90	205.00–250.00	226.67
5	—	83	160.00–285.00	235.00
3	—	102	200.00–250.00	223.28
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	110	45.00–75.00	57.00
34	—	106	55.00–125.00	113.19
65	—	95	50.00–135.00	121.39
23	—	74	20.00–80.00	48.06
3	—	65	25.00–50.00	35.03
40	—	82	15.00–158.00	128.03
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	130.00	130.00
1	—	65	110.00	110.00
1	—	75	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	160.00	160.00
1	—	80	150.00	150.00
1	—	135	140.00	140.00
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	113	125.00–162.00	145.32
13	—	121	110.00–155.00	131.02
97	—	102	120.00–325.00	148.82
37	—	84	125.00–165.00	139.65
71	—	93	115.00–170.00	142.28
3	—	132	85.00–130.00	112.97
6	—	76	120.00–155.00	133.76
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	91	5.00–120.00	53.68
5	—	102	10.00–55.00	28.33
2	—	120	15.00	15.00
11	—	73	5.00–40.00	19.48
4	—	60	5.00–25.00	15.00
13	—	82	5.00–120.00	48.92
2	—	53	10.00–40.00	25.71
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	102	90.00–147.00	131.54
2	—	126	80.00–115.00	97.43
33	—	83	75.00–140.00	120.85
5	—	74	40.00–135.00	89.82
65	—	93	75.00–150.00	128.66
26	—	112	70.00–130.00	120.10
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	130.00	130.00
2	—	75	155.00–160.00	157.50
1	—	115	160.00	160.00
1	—	85	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	113	230.00–280.00	262.33
3	—	77	100.00–165.00	133.61
14	—	103	200.00–285.00	253.72
23	—	92	245.00–330.00	277.52
13	—	83	225.00–330.00	287.21
1	—	120	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	55.00–150.00	103.78
1	—	110	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
7	—	72	10.00–12.00	10.56
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	73	15.00–35.00	20.80
3	—	82	20.00	20.00
6	—	90	15.00–30.00	26.67
2	—	100	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	56	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	101	45.00–95.00	62.33
1	—	120	55.00	55.00
10	—	92	40.00–70.00	51.15
3	—	84	20.00–37.00	27.39

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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