Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-27

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	1,660	74.37	1,235	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,727	76.20	1,316	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,644	66.43	1,092	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	62.06	776	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	49.34	564	34
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,499	93.04	1,395	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	82.00	1,169	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,462	114.27	1,671	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,173	110.49	1,296	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,204	101.00	1,216	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,515	116.95	1,772	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	111.55	1,626	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	107.97	1,344	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	174.58/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	98	110.04/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	97	59.16/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	75	12.58/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	94	132.99/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	81	30.04/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	70	12.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

45 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 3	—	104	75.19/cwt	65.00–85.00	78	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	55.21/cwt	50.00–60.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	121.07/cwt	110.00–150.00	125	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	150.00/cwt	145.00–155.00	165	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	70	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	236.59/cwt	225.00–245.00	203	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	118	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	260	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	93.36/cwt	90.00–95.00	81	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	192.48/cwt	190.00–195.00	233	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	178.39/cwt	160.00–195.00	186	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	179.91/cwt	165.00–190.00	203	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	95.69/cwt	75.00–110.00	88	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,714	75.37/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,292	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	57.91/cwt	55.00–59.50	719	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	62.45/cwt	58.50–65.00	1,010	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	148.44/cwt	130.00–170.00	143	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	10	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	30.06/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	232.47/cwt	230.00–235.00	193	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	97	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	68	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	65	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	63	8.51/cwt	5.00–15.00	5	3
Bulls	Utility	—	72	13.38/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	3
Bulls	Utility	—	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	49.42/cwt	46.00–53.00	560	10
Bulls	—	—	1,704	71.89/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,173	110.49/cwt	107.00–113.50	1,296	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,462	114.27/cwt	111.00–118.50	1,671	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,204	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,216	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	111.55/cwt	108.00–116.50	1,626	19
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,515	116.95/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,772	11
Steers	Select	—	1,245	107.97/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,344	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,426	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,169	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,499	93.04/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,395	5
Bulls	—	—	1,809	82.79/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,498	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	65.89/cwt	62.00–74.00	830	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,669	70.41/cwt	66.50–74.00	1,175	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,753	77.86/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,365	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	56.14/cwt	53.50–64.00	673	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	37.92/cwt	22.00–46.00	404	9
Bulls	—	—	1,318	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	791	2

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

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 249Last week 287Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	65.00–85.00	75.19
2	—	94	50.00–60.00	55.21
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	110.00–150.00	121.07
2	—	110	145.00–155.00	150.00
2	—	87	80.00	80.00
6	—	92	75.00–110.00	95.69
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	86	225.00–245.00	236.59
1	—	118	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	90.00–95.00	93.36
2	—	121	190.00–195.00	192.48
6	—	104	160.00–195.00	178.39
6	—	113	165.00–190.00	179.91
3	—	96	130.00–170.00	148.44
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	63	5.00–15.00	8.51
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	72	10.00–15.00	13.38
1	—	102	20.00	20.00
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	68	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	25.00–35.00	30.06
1	—	78	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	230.00–235.00	232.47
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	97	70.00	70.00
1	—	108	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,714	73.50–79.00	75.37
3	—	1,753	76.00–79.50	77.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,241	55.00–59.50	57.91
13	—	1,259	62.00–74.00	65.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,618	58.50–65.00	62.45
7	—	1,669	66.50–74.00	70.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,133	46.00–53.00	49.42
15	—	1,198	53.50–64.00	56.14
9	—	1,066	22.00–46.00	37.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,704	68.00–75.00	71.89
4	—	1,809	81.00–87.00	82.79
2	—	1,318	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,173	107.00–113.50	110.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,462	111.00–118.50	114.27
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,204	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,458	108.00–116.50	111.55
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,515	114.00–119.50	116.95
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,245	105.00–111.00	107.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,426	82.00	82.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,499	90.00–97.00	93.04

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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