Pennsylvania Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Pennsylvania reported 100 priced lines covering 2,187 head across slaughter cattle, feeder dairy calves. USDA puts slaughter cattle receipts at 2,611 head. feeder dairy calves receipts at 2,123 head.

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,611Last week 2,055Year ago 2,404

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 2,123Last week 1,530Year ago 1,691

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,760	180.00–210.00	193.56
81	—	1,705	160.00–200.00	183.83
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,322	110.00–142.50	129.81
82	—	1,378	130.00–165.00	148.95
20	—	1,214	162.00–190.00	179.98
15	—	1,302	100.00–117.50	109.89
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,436	168.00–190.00	184.22
111	—	1,473	150.00–178.00	166.56
3	—	1,604	140.00–147.00	143.90
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,915	230.00–257.00	247.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,932	235.00–248.00	240.91
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,643	250.00–269.00	262.54
1	—	1,690	271.00	271.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,574	210.00–263.00	245.82
4	—	1,475	250.00–255.00	251.78
7	—	1,561	222.50–235.00	229.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	1,656	232.00–265.00	255.46
29	—	1,582	260.00–262.50	260.79
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,362	213.00–235.00	226.75
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,368	207.50–215.00	210.32
14	—	1,241	220.00–225.00	222.44
Dairy Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,224	180.00–200.00	192.98
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,540	180.00–225.00	215.87
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,528	220.00–240.00	227.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,417	220.00–259.00	254.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,359	230.00–247.50	244.32
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,412	252.00–267.00	261.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	160.00	160.00
19	—	1,344	165.00–212.00	184.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,151	147.50–167.50	159.08
6	—	1,219	172.50–199.00	186.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,442	172.50–197.00	185.52
2	—	1,334	165.00	165.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	238.00–243.00	240.72
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,527	220.00–249.00	237.59
2	—	1,353	202.50–215.00	208.05
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	260.00	260.00
9	—	1,653	245.00–263.00	251.36
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,459	212.00–251.00	237.27
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,692	220.00	220.00
8	—	1,782	190.00–210.00	205.83
18	—	1,481	209.00–235.00	220.26
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,143	210.00–220.00	214.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,502	205.00–280.00	246.03
26	—	1,534	196.00–235.00	218.75
15	—	1,354	300.00–335.00	313.96

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,462.50
24	80–90	83	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,259.86
70	90–100	93	1,575.00–2,350.00	2,055.37
55	100–110	102	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,920.23
28	110–120	111	1,675.00–1,850.00	1,795.30
17	120–130	123	1,510.00–1,725.00	1,638.76
2	130–140	130	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,625.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	1,475.00–1,775.00	1,625.00
15	80–90	85	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,805.02
8	90–100	93	1,700.00–1,930.00	1,782.81
8	100–110	104	1,690.00–1,850.00	1,782.05
1	110–120	115	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	65	750.00–900.00	825.00
2	90–100	93	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,123.66
2	100–110	100	1,010.00–1,320.00	1,165.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	75	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,716.67
50	80–90	84	1,420.00–1,750.00	1,595.93
103	90–100	93	1,375.00–2,050.00	1,559.32
89	100–110	103	1,300.00–1,850.00	1,478.02
60	110–120	112	1,075.00–1,600.00	1,407.98
9	120–130	121	1,100.00–1,475.00	1,272.70
2	130–140	135	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,025.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	90–100	91	400.00–550.00	468.15
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–60	56	475.00	475.00
3	60–70	64	425.00–550.00	473.70
2	70–80	74	525.00–550.00	537.50
1	80–90	82	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	90–100	90	450.00–500.00	475.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	72	850.00–1,200.00	1,086.05
29	80–90	85	1,050.00–1,570.00	1,443.77
20	90–100	95	1,100.00–1,510.00	1,351.28
13	100–110	103	1,300.00–1,470.00	1,390.73
8	110–120	113	1,310.00–1,410.00	1,366.02
1	130–140	130	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	70–80	76	1,175.00–2,500.00	2,167.06
18	80–90	83	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,238.90
35	90–100	93	1,850.00–2,100.00	2,012.82
15	100–110	102	1,675.00–1,950.00	1,861.38
3	110–120	113	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,750.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	73	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,622.41
2	80–90	83	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,551.52
3	90–100	93	1,725.00–1,875.00	1,801.34
3	100–110	102	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,599.59
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	78	1,175.00–1,575.00	1,375.00
11	80–90	84	1,000.00–1,570.00	1,246.45
6	90–100	91	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,083.55
3	100–110	102	1,050.00–1,575.00	1,308.20
1	110–120	110	1,475.00	1,475.00
2	120–130	123	950.00–1,000.00	975.51
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	325.00–350.00	337.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	65	400.00–700.00	547.69
5	70–80	75	800.00–1,050.00	929.85
1	80–90	82	900.00	900.00

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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