Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-29

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,671	76.54	1,279	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,719	62.63	1,077	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	54.66	899	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	51.53	640	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	41.25	464	25
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	91.52	1,408	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,526	84.50	1,289	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,335	74.48	994	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,319	124.26	1,639	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	116.81	1,527	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,296	110.81	1,436	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,547	122.99	1,902	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	117.41	1,749	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,410	112.46	1,586	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	133.48/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	96	101.27/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 3	95	44.89/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	76	20.26/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 1	101	201.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	85	147.59/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	12.50/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	149.90/cwt	130.00–165.00	154	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	131.25/cwt	130.00–135.00	147	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	87.11/cwt	65.00–100.00	73	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	240	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	252.68/cwt	245.00–260.00	207	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	124.73/cwt	100.00–140.00	120	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	142.10/cwt	130.00–155.00	176	2
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	237	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	99.53/cwt	80.00–120.00	96	11
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	37.63/cwt	5.00–100.00	25	3
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	122	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	92	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	50	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,535	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,872	15
Steers	Select	—	1,410	112.46/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,586	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,526	84.50/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,289	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,538	91.52/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,408	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,335	74.48/cwt	68.00–78.00	994	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	46.13/cwt	44.00–49.00	540	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,719	62.63/cwt	61.00–65.00	1,077	3
Bulls	—	—	1,593	76.37/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,217	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	51.03/cwt	49.00–54.00	656	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	55.73/cwt	53.00–58.00	905	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	116.81/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,527	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,319	124.26/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,639	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,296	110.81/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,436	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	117.97/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,735	23
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,709	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,897	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,591	126.76/cwt	126.00–128.00	2,017	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	82.66/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,488	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,900	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,140	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	56.31/cwt	54.00–63.00	661	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	49.44/cwt	48.00–50.00	554	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	49.30/cwt	48.00–50.00	774	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	44.31/cwt	43.00–46.00	521	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	38.84/cwt	31.00–43.00	443	13
Bulls	—	—	1,645	64.83/cwt	59.00–68.00	1,066	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	27.57/cwt	26.00–29.00	235	2
Bulls	Number 3Crossbred	—	104	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	37.08/cwt	25.00–65.00	31	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	116	57.72/cwt	45.00–70.00	67	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	54	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	36	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	100	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	65	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	113.70/cwt	90.00–135.00	117	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	59	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	142.67/cwt	120.00–155.00	163	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	101.73/cwt	90.00–110.00	89	6

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Apr 29, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 417Last week 554Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 263Last week 264Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	103	130.00–165.00	149.90
9	—	96	100.00–140.00	124.73
2	—	124	130.00–155.00	142.10
6	—	114	120.00–155.00	142.67
6	—	87	90.00–110.00	101.73
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	112	130.00–135.00	131.25
7	—	84	65.00–100.00	87.11
11	—	96	80.00–120.00	99.53
7	—	103	90.00–135.00	113.70
2	—	78	70.00–80.00	75.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
2	—	95	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
3	—	66	5.00–100.00	37.63
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	78	20.00	20.00
1	—	86	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	25.00–65.00	37.08
2	—	116	45.00–70.00	57.72
2	—	98	50.00–60.00	55.00
1	—	104	35.00	35.00
1	—	76	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	255.00	255.00
1	—	86	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
1	—	90	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	245.00–260.00	252.68
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	20.00	20.00
2	—	72	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,535	120.00–125.00	121.98
4	—	1,591	126.00–128.00	126.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,410	111.00–115.00	112.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,471	116.00–121.00	117.97
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,709	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,526	81.00–87.00	84.50
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,538	89.00–94.00	91.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,335	68.00–78.00	74.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,171	44.00–49.00	46.13
3	—	1,121	48.00–50.00	49.44
13	—	1,141	31.00–43.00	38.84
2	—	852	26.00–29.00	27.57
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,719	61.00–65.00	62.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,286	49.00–54.00	51.03
6	—	1,173	54.00–63.00	56.31
3	—	1,175	43.00–46.00	44.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,624	53.00–58.00	55.73
2	—	1,900	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,569	48.00–50.00	49.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,593	72.00–79.00	76.37
6	—	1,800	81.00–85.00	82.66
3	—	1,645	59.00–68.00	64.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,307	114.00–119.00	116.81
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,319	123.00–125.00	124.26
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,296	110.00–112.00	110.81

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.

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