Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 95 priced lines covering 1,993 head across slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts slaughter cattle receipts at 1,990 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 1,460 head.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,990Last week 1,951Year ago 2,366

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 1,460Last week 1,514Year ago 1,593

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,517	220.00–241.00	227.94
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,493	235.00–255.00	244.05
1	—	1,186	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	256.00	256.00
11	—	1,425	247.50–261.00	252.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	120.00–161.00	147.57
2	—	1,153	180.00–184.00	182.07
8	—	1,164	158.00–172.00	166.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	995	130.00–150.00	140.85
16	—	1,284	152.00–187.00	175.24
2	—	1,083	193.00–196.00	194.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	989	155.00–178.00	166.84
20	—	1,461	177.00–206.00	191.30
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,657	240.00–264.00	253.90
2	—	1,585	255.00–258.00	256.41
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,594	230.00–247.00	237.62
8	—	1,452	242.00–242.50	242.13
6	—	1,418	220.00–227.50	224.83
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,976	219.00–241.00	231.87
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,909	227.00–246.00	242.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	1,624	230.00–258.00	246.12
41	—	1,617	251.00–254.00	252.84
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,244	214.00–220.00	217.13
3	—	1,333	196.00–210.00	203.20
Dairy Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,304	177.00–181.00	178.69
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,467	140.00–174.00	161.99
7	—	1,462	150.00–155.00	152.51
10	—	1,334	168.00–184.00	174.90
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,252	105.00–115.00	109.33
119	—	1,369	125.00–150.00	138.57
34	—	1,308	115.00–127.00	120.93
36	—	1,482	150.00–157.50	153.59
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,686	165.00–185.00	174.57
2	—	1,602	190.00–207.00	198.37
6	—	1,862	164.00–168.00	165.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,537	203.00–228.00	217.09
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	210.00–224.00	215.21
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,523	205.00–213.00	209.94
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,653	204.00–214.00	211.48
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,609	235.00–251.00	241.47
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	188.00	188.00
8	—	1,636	192.50–215.00	204.40
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,336	220.00–233.00	224.74
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,518	227.50–249.00	238.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,554	182.50–217.00	209.00
41	—	1,644	192.50–240.00	222.91
5	—	1,294	232.00–250.00	241.49

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	72	1,050.00–1,450.00	1,254.65
6	80–90	84	1,200.00–1,760.00	1,422.91
30	90–100	95	1,000.00–1,580.00	1,415.25
18	100–110	103	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,433.17
2	110–120	112	1,420.00–1,425.00	1,422.46
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	70–80	73	1,350.00–1,750.00	1,579.37
58	80–90	84	1,300.00–1,710.00	1,554.69
135	90–100	93	1,200.00–1,640.00	1,500.10
86	100–110	102	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,432.37
52	110–120	112	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,370.10
13	120–130	121	1,135.00–1,450.00	1,267.30
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	63	450.00–600.00	522.00
2	110–120	113	250.00–500.00	372.22
Bulls — Number 2 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	65	475.00–550.00	512.50
2	80–90	83	400.00–550.00	472.73
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	60–70	64	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,178.43
13	70–80	73	1,850.00–2,450.00	2,172.12
34	80–90	83	1,800.00–2,400.00	2,159.55
59	90–100	93	1,600.00–2,300.00	2,007.01
62	100–110	102	1,575.00–2,200.00	1,890.42
26	110–120	112	1,625.00–1,900.00	1,735.99
11	120–130	121	1,475.00–1,775.00	1,634.98
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	82	1,700.00–1,720.00	1,710.24
3	90–100	93	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,549.29
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	73	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,435.34
15	80–90	83	1,500.00–1,950.00	1,781.94
11	90–100	92	1,200.00–1,850.00	1,705.39
8	100–110	103	1,200.00–1,840.00	1,669.11
7	110–120	112	1,050.00–1,800.00	1,474.20
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	86	1,100.00–1,525.00	1,269.19
4	90–100	92	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,263.32
3	100–110	103	400.00–700.00	574.19
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	80–90	84	1,050.00–1,425.00	1,232.99
12	90–100	92	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,221.82
7	100–110	103	950.00–1,250.00	1,146.70
2	110–120	113	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,088.89
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	65	500.00–675.00	587.50
3	80–90	83	500.00–600.00	534.00
1	100–110	105	1,000.00	1,000.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
6	70–80	74	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,301.12
15	80–90	83	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,113.25
22	90–100	93	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,983.65
12	100–110	102	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,818.45
5	110–120	112	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,638.62
4	120–130	123	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,531.38
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
4	60–70	64	300.00–700.00	483.33
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	90–100	91	550.00–1,950.00	1,404.11
8	100–110	103	1,200.00–1,840.00	1,661.68

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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