Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 268 priced lines covering 2,885 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 642 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,810 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,947 head.

Mon Jan 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 642Last week 678Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,810Last week 2,766Year ago 1,972

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,947Last week 2,160Year ago 1,037

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	190.00	190.00
2	—	550	180.00	180.00
1	—	405	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	540	145.00–160.00	153.02
2	—	750	125.00	125.00
1	—	810	125.00	125.00
12	—	564	135.00–157.00	152.80
1	—	325	165.00	165.00
3	—	424	160.00–170.00	163.42
7	—	482	127.50–175.00	159.73
11	—	643	140.00–152.00	150.57
6	—	371	150.00–170.00	163.42
1	—	248	145.00	145.00
3	—	712	105.00–125.00	115.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	145.00	145.00
1	—	374	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	87.00–90.00	88.50
6	—	257	100.00–155.00	137.19
9	—	586	60.00–145.00	123.67
2	—	783	70.00–87.00	78.64
3	—	508	110.00–150.00	128.16
4	—	465	135.00–137.00	136.52
2	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.45
2	—	425	125.00–160.00	142.29
1	—	300	125.00	125.00
2	—	721	107.50–115.00	111.19
2	—	218	100.00–130.00	114.48
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	45.00	45.00
2	—	215	72.00–105.00	88.50
4	—	166	55.00–65.00	57.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	514	115.00	115.00
1	—	830	97.00	97.00
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
4	—	280	92.00–115.00	109.67
11	—	630	115.00–125.00	118.14
2	—	590	117.00–120.00	118.50
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
3	—	458	95.00–122.00	112.47
5	—	404	85.00–130.00	113.22
2	—	695	97.00	97.00
2	—	935	74.00	74.00
5	—	369	102.00–110.00	108.46
2	—	171	95.00–125.00	110.48
2	—	323	110.00–120.00	114.73
1	—	240	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	107.00–130.00	117.09
12	—	625	115.00–142.00	136.05
10	—	725	115.00–130.00	121.68
3	—	289	130.00–145.00	136.58
1	—	982	112.50	112.50
3	—	520	130.00–137.00	134.01
23	—	473	126.00–155.00	142.98
6	—	560	125.00–137.00	127.65
6	—	669	120.00–135.00	130.29
5	—	332	135.00–150.00	144.36
4	—	919	110.00–122.00	117.25
10	—	380	122.00–130.00	126.44
3	—	837	120.00–125.00	121.65
4	—	758	120.00–122.00	121.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	175.00	175.00
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
1	—	710	147.00	147.00
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	704	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,075	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,120	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	312	75.00–135.00	104.23
2	—	261	100.00–120.00	110.19
5	—	118	50.00–95.00	60.64
2	—	770	82.00–90.00	86.05
1	—	690	85.00	85.00
2	—	156	75.00–85.00	79.87
2	—	369	127.50	127.50
4	—	577	65.00–92.00	84.64
1	—	435	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,200	120.00	120.00
5	—	471	60.00–95.00	86.14
1	—	1,015	100.00	100.00
1	—	200	70.00	70.00
1	—	615	87.00	87.00
2	—	541	90.00–97.50	93.79
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	77.00	77.00
1	—	880	72.00	72.00
2	—	170	55.00–60.00	57.35
1	—	830	92.00	92.00
3	—	220	60.00–95.00	80.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	150.00–160.00	153.56
7	—	367	135.00–145.00	137.64
2	—	984	135.00–145.00	140.01
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
1	—	875	157.00	157.00
5	—	615	112.50–170.00	153.26
6	—	683	120.00–165.00	151.92
9	—	571	140.00–155.00	146.29
2	—	923	122.50–125.00	123.73
4	—	785	145.00–150.00	148.79
4	—	427	155.00–167.00	157.98
4	—	472	142.50–165.00	148.10
9	—	726	135.00–148.00	142.05
4	—	820	125.00–140.00	131.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	132.00	132.00
2	—	1,160	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	162.00	162.00
5	—	597	215.00	215.00
4	—	700	185.00	185.00
1	—	300	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
1	—	245	105.00	105.00
4	—	686	92.00–140.00	114.88
1	—	380	100.00	100.00
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
1	—	935	122.00	122.00
4	—	413	125.00–137.00	131.51
1	—	600	150.00	150.00
1	—	765	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	664	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	112.00	112.00
11	—	1,727	75.00–102.00	89.76
12	—	1,588	80.00–105.00	92.46
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,373	94.00–110.00	100.83
14	—	1,141	85.00–100.00	91.49
11	—	1,352	98.00–115.00	107.88
14	—	1,649	119.00–136.00	124.84
5	—	2,059	91.00–118.00	105.95
2	—	2,145	107.00–111.00	109.02
5	—	1,062	88.00–100.00	94.56
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	145.00–153.00	148.53
1	—	1,765	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,569	111.00–132.00	124.13
5	—	1,614	114.00–120.00	116.62
Dairy Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,145	90.00–105.00	97.11
1	—	1,095	84.00	84.00
4	—	1,311	110.00–116.00	112.89
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,368	94.00–99.00	97.08
4	—	1,454	116.00–122.00	119.50
20	—	1,415	70.00–112.00	97.89
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,556	121.00–147.00	131.16
Dairy Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,597	118.00–135.00	123.03
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,753	130.00–134.00	132.80
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,479	115.00–131.00	121.92
Dairy Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,145	94.00–105.00	99.97
2	—	950	111.00–113.00	112.01
11	—	1,151	84.00–94.00	89.64
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	86.00	86.00
5	—	1,314	110.00–112.00	111.01
10	—	1,287	94.00–109.00	101.20
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	116.00	116.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,591	112.00–134.00	121.31
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,658	153.00–170.00	162.76
25	—	1,619	164.00–173.00	169.40
Steers — Standard · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,192	100.00–114.00	106.93
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,536	158.00–169.00	162.20
1	—	1,360	147.00	147.00
79	—	1,556	148.00–162.00	155.70
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,529	143.00–154.00	147.31
23	—	1,340	120.00–141.00	130.09
7	—	1,305	110.00–118.00	115.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,475	141.00–156.00	148.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,331	90.00–145.00	131.09
2	—	1,350	146.00–147.00	146.47
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,594	152.00–165.00	157.56
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,465	159.00–164.00	162.49
31	—	1,401	152.00–158.50	156.16
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,480	147.00–162.00	152.59
1	—	1,300	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,425	154.00–155.50	155.01
6	—	1,604	120.00–137.00	126.68
14	—	1,357	143.00–153.00	148.40
Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	95.00–116.00	103.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,327	124.00–154.50	140.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,414	56.00–66.50	62.96
47	—	1,425	73.00–84.00	76.58
142	—	1,432	62.00–79.00	69.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,602	64.00–73.00	69.07
172	—	1,621	71.00–87.00	76.86
76	—	1,741	78.00–90.00	82.90
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,780	83.00–90.00	86.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,210	31.00–60.00	54.45
26	—	1,369	66.00–79.00	70.72
40	—	1,240	36.00–52.00	46.60
100	—	1,380	54.00–69.00	62.91

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	10.00	10.00
2	—	103	20.00–35.00	27.32
9	—	92	15.00–35.00	20.75
7	—	83	12.00–17.00	12.73
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	61	5.00	5.00
4	—	90	15.00	15.00
6	—	80	10.00	10.00
2	—	103	15.00	15.00
5	—	72	5.00–10.00	8.44
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	115	25.00	25.00
5	—	92	15.00–30.00	21.20
2	—	133	25.00–40.00	32.36
8	—	84	12.00–25.00	17.41
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	110.00–190.00	143.87
5	—	73	120.00–200.00	160.96
5	—	93	130.00–335.00	281.29
4	—	81	210.00–330.00	250.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	111	250.00–350.00	288.91
9	—	102	250.00–380.00	303.80
3	—	75	210.00–285.00	255.00
14	—	83	235.00–410.00	307.35
1	—	125	230.00	230.00
26	—	93	230.00–410.00	306.48
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	90.00–250.00	170.00
3	—	82	200.00–320.00	257.96
1	—	75	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	185.00	185.00
2	—	95	210.00–235.00	222.50
1	—	145	120.00	120.00
2	—	70	110.00–175.00	142.50
1	—	105	230.00	230.00
2	—	80	165.00–175.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	121	225.00–275.00	250.00
16	—	102	135.00–325.00	256.27
4	—	113	235.00–280.00	256.67
12	—	93	170.00–300.00	258.87
7	—	84	230.00–285.00	265.60
1	—	130	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	285.00	285.00
2	—	75	240.00–350.00	295.00
1	—	130	230.00	230.00
11	—	84	270.00–350.00	314.29
47	—	102	250.00–430.00	333.43
27	—	94	270.00–420.00	332.34
19	—	112	285.00–400.00	333.63
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	10.00	10.00
1	—	110	30.00	30.00
4	—	63	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	92	15.00–145.00	57.34
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
1	—	120	50.00	50.00
23	—	81	5.00–122.00	36.15
11	—	104	30.00–115.00	75.79
18	—	72	5.00–45.00	18.23
3	—	62	5.00–30.00	20.14
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	120.00–250.00	183.24
1	—	70	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	143	140.00–150.00	144.91
13	—	122	155.00–220.00	172.70
111	—	102	145.00–240.00	188.87
90	—	93	110.00–235.00	185.43
5	—	132	110.00–155.00	142.80
67	—	113	135.00–240.00	188.18
2	—	70	200.00	200.00
50	—	84	155.00–210.00	186.08
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	75	100.00–150.00	116.67
22	—	113	105.00–175.00	157.73
22	—	83	80.00–160.00	136.58
59	—	93	100.00–185.00	154.75
2	—	133	130.00–135.00	132.45
64	—	102	130.00–185.00	163.37
9	—	121	140.00–170.00	153.32
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	73	20.00–85.00	53.29
27	—	111	100.00–150.00	142.65
48	—	94	20.00–160.00	126.96
10	—	103	70.00–155.00	114.49
24	—	83	15.00–145.00	79.55
5	—	121	85.00–145.00	123.68

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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