Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 273 priced lines covering 1,707 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 732 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,054 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,403 head.

Mon Sep 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 732Last week 788Year ago 1,051

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,054Last week 2,149Year ago 1,815

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,403Last week 1,598Year ago 1,695

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	717	268.00	268.00
6	—	756	276.00	276.00
7	—	552	275.00–280.00	275.72
15	—	836	258.00–260.00	258.92
7	—	616	263.00	263.00
2	—	478	280.00	280.00
2	—	518	300.00	300.00
29	—	867	244.00–255.00	252.13
2	—	428	280.00	280.00
1	—	395	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	237.00–242.00	238.66
1	—	1,080	167.50	167.50
6	—	872	202.00–215.00	211.19
12	—	739	242.00–252.00	248.33
1	—	455	240.00	240.00
1	—	530	260.00	260.00
11	—	977	165.00–230.00	222.98
2	—	445	245.00	245.00
3	—	820	225.00–240.00	234.97
3	—	937	200.00–215.00	209.98
10	—	764	247.00–256.00	253.19
2	—	670	260.00	260.00
1	—	372	235.00	235.00
10	—	585	252.00–265.00	256.07
7	—	252	260.00	260.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	190.00	190.00
12	—	1,131	209.00–217.00	215.83
6	—	1,025	235.00	235.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,062	195.00	195.00
3	—	1,012	197.00–210.00	202.32
2	—	1,102	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	165.00	165.00
8	—	705	228.00–230.00	228.50
4	—	825	222.00	222.00
2	—	932	195.00	195.00
1	—	400	200.00	200.00
1	—	292	150.00	150.00
9	—	626	215.00–225.00	220.67
2	—	785	195.00	195.00
1	—	960	195.00	195.00
3	—	368	180.00–190.00	183.26
4	—	584	147.50–240.00	217.83
2	—	878	175.00–195.00	185.14
3	—	682	152.00–235.00	207.82
3	—	488	205.00–215.00	211.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	714	205.00–225.00	218.95
16	—	520	162.50–205.00	197.88
13	—	638	220.00–230.00	223.72
30	—	766	230.00–237.00	234.54
7	—	813	210.00–220.00	217.09
6	—	388	185.00–200.00	189.90
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
9	—	476	182.00–197.00	191.46
1	—	970	145.00	145.00
1	—	130	345.00	345.00
2	—	332	185.00–220.00	202.61
4	—	892	212.00	212.00
12	—	579	200.00–215.00	209.61
4	—	692	210.00–217.00	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	150.00	150.00
3	—	883	80.00–132.50	105.68
3	—	665	127.50–160.00	149.41
4	—	469	120.00–165.00	153.97
3	—	324	155.00–170.00	163.23
5	—	424	100.00–175.00	154.88
6	—	571	135.00–190.00	177.32
2	—	810	185.00–190.00	187.53
2	—	255	140.00	140.00
3	—	537	165.00–180.00	173.35
7	—	625	175.00–190.00	186.47
5	—	944	110.00–177.00	163.80
1	—	760	180.00	180.00
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
1	—	745	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	684	236.00–237.00	236.42
10	—	498	205.00–217.00	213.41
2	—	750	249.00	249.00
5	—	595	219.00	219.00
7	—	819	233.00	233.00
12	—	720	235.00–238.00	236.76
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	260.00	260.00
4	—	480	255.00–267.00	260.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	172.00–200.00	186.52
2	—	868	170.00–185.00	177.35
3	—	735	187.00–199.00	191.05
2	—	370	247.00	247.00
2	—	970	120.00–145.00	132.76
2	—	415	210.00–240.00	224.67
2	—	268	230.00–260.00	244.58
2	—	458	200.00–220.00	209.83
2	—	923	135.00–150.00	142.40
2	—	675	180.00–190.00	184.85
2	—	244	190.00–280.00	234.26
3	—	557	225.00	225.00
4	—	531	187.50–232.00	210.83
2	—	321	225.00–235.00	230.26
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	688	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	177.50	177.50
3	—	766	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	130.00–135.00	132.48
1	—	250	180.00	180.00
1	—	775	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,200	117.00	117.00
2	—	408	135.00–172.00	153.84
2	—	693	110.00–170.00	139.89
1	—	155	195.00	195.00
1	—	625	170.00	170.00
1	—	810	160.00	160.00
2	—	473	115.00–180.00	149.05
2	—	500	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	115.00	115.00
1	—	210	150.00	150.00
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
2	—	290	125.00–140.00	132.63
1	—	860	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	195.00	195.00
1	—	635	185.00	185.00
2	—	1,228	160.00	160.00
3	—	808	180.00	180.00
2	—	668	170.00	170.00
3	—	595	200.00	200.00
1	—	700	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	125.00	125.00
1	—	934	107.50	107.50
8	—	322	100.00–150.00	130.82
3	—	198	132.00	132.00
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
2	—	997	80.00	80.00
2	—	760	92.00–150.00	121.00
4	—	264	100.00–145.00	132.00
2	—	450	105.00	105.00
7	—	357	95.00–107.00	105.22
3	—	712	122.00–125.00	124.02
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
7	—	236	100.00–155.00	138.77
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
5	—	877	107.00–125.00	112.59
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	247	130.00	130.00
7	—	278	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	170.00	170.00
1	—	805	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,030	107.00	107.00
1	—	575	50.00	50.00
2	—	418	127.00	127.00
3	—	530	135.00	135.00
1	—	695	137.00	137.00
2	—	872	135.00	135.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	275.00–375.00	311.67
1	—	120	310.00	310.00
5	—	74	130.00–510.00	334.53
1	—	100	410.00	410.00
2	—	61	250.00–310.00	279.51
1	—	88	400.00	400.00
1	—	150	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	104	130.00–230.00	175.90
15	—	84	110.00–225.00	171.69
11	—	92	130.00–275.00	188.72
7	—	76	100.00–210.00	166.35
2	—	113	160.00–170.00	164.89
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	20.00–140.00	86.05
1	—	125	160.00	160.00
2	—	63	20.00–30.00	25.24
5	—	74	80.00–130.00	102.38
2	—	92	30.00–135.00	81.36
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	125.00	125.00
1	—	72	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	65	350.00–520.00	438.92
7	—	84	560.00–720.00	639.46
2	—	115	450.00–550.00	499.78
2	—	123	510.00–530.00	520.20
8	—	103	515.00–650.00	591.46
8	—	73	400.00–650.00	485.45
18	—	94	390.00–660.00	570.09
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	56	8.00–10.00	8.96
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	210.00–500.00	350.32
2	—	80	300.00–400.00	350.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	470.00	470.00
7	—	113	550.00–675.00	630.89
4	—	76	435.00–690.00	525.89
21	—	95	360.00–705.00	621.66
12	—	101	560.00–720.00	639.01
1	—	140	410.00	410.00
8	—	84	630.00–710.00	678.79
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	600.00	600.00
1	—	95	500.00	500.00
1	—	115	535.00	535.00
1	—	100	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	86	30.00	30.00
1	—	54	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	305.00–575.00	444.85
1	—	95	355.00	355.00
2	—	114	450.00–585.00	518.39
1	—	145	205.00	205.00
5	—	74	140.00–470.00	311.39
1	—	68	520.00	520.00
4	—	102	110.00–585.00	414.17
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	380.00	380.00
1	—	60	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	54	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	70	50.00–70.00	56.67
2	—	61	5.00–125.00	64.02
5	—	84	5.00–90.00	38.57
2	—	55	5.00	5.00
2	—	105	80.00	80.00
2	—	94	20.00–30.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	113	240.00–360.00	329.72
51	—	102	250.00–360.00	334.04
5	—	124	235.00–350.00	312.56
92	—	94	250.00–370.00	327.74
19	—	75	295.00–380.00	344.32
53	—	84	280.00–395.00	334.74
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	200.00	200.00
8	—	102	240.00–330.00	274.09
9	—	74	140.00–340.00	222.51
5	—	66	150.00–310.00	223.05
19	—	94	150.00–335.00	263.00
16	—	85	100.00–315.00	251.93
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	65	90.00–170.00	143.49
10	—	82	100.00–300.00	168.24
5	—	75	120.00–285.00	191.04
2	—	115	250.00–300.00	275.00
11	—	92	80.00–305.00	205.20
1	—	56	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,947	128.00–137.00	131.92
3	—	1,973	133.00–140.00	135.97
1	—	1,060	80.00	80.00
13	—	1,461	87.00–133.00	112.18
3	—	2,153	124.00–127.00	125.55
2	—	1,783	132.00–135.00	133.39
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	140.00–161.00	151.44
Dairy Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	133.00–135.00	133.64
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	175.00	175.00
4	—	1,553	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,360	121.00–125.00	123.26
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,537	129.00–145.00	138.56
Dairy Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	124.00–131.00	128.29
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	132.00–143.00	137.73
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	137.00–152.00	146.41
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	154.00–158.00	156.58
5	—	1,339	160.00–169.00	165.76
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,456	173.00–179.50	176.67
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,578	178.00–199.00	189.91
5	—	1,516	200.00–205.50	202.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,499	160.00–195.00	182.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	128.00–162.00	150.12
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,500	180.00–186.00	182.11
28	—	1,585	185.00–204.00	195.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,436	90.00–94.00	92.65
14	—	1,485	104.00–119.00	107.45
79	—	1,292	74.00–109.00	90.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,485	85.00–114.00	103.35
19	—	1,570	110.00–119.00	114.87
5	—	1,689	102.00–106.00	104.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,333	92.00–108.00	98.22
44	—	1,215	65.00–96.00	80.61
6	—	1,300	64.00–74.00	70.92
18	—	1,102	10.00–82.00	56.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,673	109.00–127.00	118.59
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,451	182.00–189.00	186.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,260	155.00–185.00	173.42
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,314	110.00–168.00	131.90

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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