Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Due to program error, slaughter cows was not reported.

Feeder dairy calves sold 25.00-30.00 lower.

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	—	Low	1,437	77.89	1,120	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,564	80.77	1,263	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,298	73.39	953	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,616	110.67	1,788	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,446	106.04	1,533	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,268	99.56	1,262	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,622	115.01	1,866	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,521	110.79	1,685	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,276	108.72	1,387	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	86.36/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	101	72.40/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	87	31.06/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	83	14.55/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 1	86	156.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	92	35.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	29.15/cwt	5

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 1	—	88	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	85.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	82	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	87.88/cwt	80.00–95.00	99	7
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	108	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	55.06/cwt	50.00–60.00	47	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	117	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	94	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	68.39/cwt	65.00–70.00	70	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	65.94/cwt	55.00–80.00	62	6
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	160	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	30.00/cwt	25.00–35.00	27	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	31.11/cwt	25.00–40.00	26	5
Bulls	Utility	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	114	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	64	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	—	—	1,129	62.39/cwt	61.00–64.00	704	3
Bulls	—	—	1,549	85.87/cwt	83.00–95.00	1,330	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,564	80.77/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,263	5
Steers	Select	—	1,276	108.72/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,387	8
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,836	108.49/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,992	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,561	116.87/cwt	115.00–119.50	1,824	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,521	110.79/cwt	107.50–115.00	1,685	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,268	99.56/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,262	3
Heifers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,756	107.11/cwt	102.00–112.50	1,881	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,476	114.23/cwt	113.50–115.00	1,686	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,298	73.39/cwt	71.00–79.00	953	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,446	106.04/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,533	7
Bulls	—	—	1,501	77.56/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,164	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	85.59/cwt	80.00–90.00	91	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingCrossbred	—	84	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	38	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBrown Swiss	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	16.91/cwt	5.00–25.00	12	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	205.00/cwt	190.00–220.00	168	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	56	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	83	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	2
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	92	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1

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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 429Last week 429Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 252Last week 305Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Due to program error, slaughter cows was not reported.

Feeder dairy calves sold 25.00-30.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	70.00	70.00
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
4	—	96	80.00–90.00	85.00
7	—	113	80.00–95.00	87.88
8	—	106	80.00–90.00	85.59
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	70.00	70.00
2	—	85	50.00–60.00	55.06
2	—	117	80.00	80.00
3	—	103	65.00–70.00	68.39
6	—	94	55.00–80.00	65.94
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	40.00	40.00
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
3	—	90	25.00–35.00	30.00
5	—	84	25.00–40.00	31.11
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	94	10.00	10.00
1	—	114	20.00	20.00
2	—	85	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	10.00	10.00
2	—	83	25.00	25.00
1	—	92	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	5.00–25.00	16.91
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	190.00–220.00	205.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,129	61.00–64.00	62.39
6	—	1,549	83.00–95.00	85.87
4	—	1,501	70.00–80.00	77.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,564	78.00–85.00	80.77
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,298	71.00–79.00	73.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,276	104.00–112.00	108.72
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,836	108.00–109.00	108.49
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,561	115.00–119.50	116.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,521	107.50–115.00	110.79
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,268	98.00–102.00	99.56
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,756	102.00–112.50	107.11
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,476	113.50–115.00	114.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	103.00–109.00	106.04

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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