Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Mondays sale slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 30.00-50.00 lower with little buyer demand.

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	1,549	75.63	1,171	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,727	66.94	1,156	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	56.67	957	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	53.47	679	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,200	41.72	501	27
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,516	88.42	1,340	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	81.55	1,185	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,324	109.52	1,450	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,399	104.50	1,462	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,198	95.00	1,138	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,508	116.28	1,754	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	111.17	1,680	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,364	106.03	1,446	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	116.20/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	97	82.45/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	91	47.50/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	75	9.47/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 1	100	191.44/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	102	175.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	87	42.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	123	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	141	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	112.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	125	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	101.88/cwt	80.00–115.00	96	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	118	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	254	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	60.04/cwt	50.00–65.00	51	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	74.95/cwt	65.00–85.00	70	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	94.43/cwt	80.00–110.00	98	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	42	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	173	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	197.16/cwt	180.00–215.00	201	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	102	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	117.49/cwt	100.00–130.00	123	8
Bulls	Utility	—	73	11.74/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	44.53/cwt	40.00–47.00	531	12
Steers	Select	—	1,364	106.03/cwt	103.00–108.50	1,446	7
Bulls	—	—	1,509	73.14/cwt	65.00–77.50	1,104	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	50.96/cwt	47.00–54.50	650	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,804	58.17/cwt	56.00–60.00	1,049	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,721	65.66/cwt	60.50–70.50	1,130	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,399	104.50/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,324	109.52/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,198	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,138	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,511	111.17/cwt	108.50–113.50	1,680	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,508	116.28/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,754	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,453	81.55/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,185	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,516	88.42/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,340	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	49.97/cwt	47.00–55.00	623	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	56.73/cwt	54.50–60.50	717	10
Bulls	—	—	1,728	84.16/cwt	78.00–96.00	1,454	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,740	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,209	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,669	59.29/cwt	57.50–61.00	990	4
Bulls	—	—	1,170	60.01/cwt	59.50–60.50	702	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	32.47/cwt	11.00–39.00	382	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	50.67/cwt	47.00–53.00	771	3

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 429Last week 287Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 305Last week 249Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	110.00–120.00	114.96
5	—	112	110.00–115.00	112.04
6	—	94	80.00–115.00	101.88
8	—	105	100.00–130.00	117.49
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	50.00–65.00	60.04
7	—	93	65.00–85.00	74.95
10	—	104	80.00–110.00	94.43
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	30.00	30.00
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
2	—	83	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
2	—	64	5.00	5.00
3	—	73	10.00–15.00	11.74
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	180.00	180.00
2	—	102	180.00–215.00	197.16
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
1	—	90	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,193	40.00–47.00	44.53
6	—	1,247	47.00–55.00	49.97
9	—	1,178	11.00–39.00	32.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,276	47.00–54.50	50.96
10	—	1,264	54.50–60.50	56.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,804	56.00–60.00	58.17
4	—	1,669	57.50–61.00	59.29
3	—	1,521	47.00–53.00	50.67
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,721	60.50–70.50	65.66
1	—	1,740	69.50	69.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	103.00–108.50	106.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,511	108.50–113.50	111.17
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,508	113.00–119.50	116.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,509	65.00–77.50	73.14
6	—	1,728	78.00–96.00	84.16
2	—	1,170	59.50–60.50	60.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,399	101.00–108.00	104.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,324	107.00–112.00	109.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,198	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	80.00–84.00	81.55
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,516	87.00–91.00	88.42

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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