Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers traded1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady -5.00 higher.

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	1,635	76.10	1,244	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,838	71.31	1,311	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,694	64.83	1,098	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,349	55.54	749	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,141	45.06	514	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,776	90.00	1,598	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,074	73.84	793	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,368	111.94	1,531	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	107.97	1,484	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,392	104.01	1,448	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,474	118.57	1,748	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	109.87	1,592	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,318	107.05	1,411	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	108.63/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	95	59.52/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	83	25.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	84	7.15/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	92	117.50/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	166	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	164	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	82	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	29	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	42	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	6.69/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	96	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	72	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	53.58/cwt	30.00–80.00	50	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	81.15/cwt	70.00–95.00	84	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	190.26/cwt	150.00–220.00	196	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	123	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	85.55/cwt	80.00–90.00	88	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	62.55/cwt	60.00–70.00	58	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	91	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	68.02/cwt	67.00–69.00	857	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	49.98/cwt	48.50–51.50	706	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	36.18/cwt	31.00–39.00	353	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,251	54.21/cwt	51.50–60.00	678	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	61.48/cwt	59.50–65.50	704	3
Bulls	—	—	1,736	83.94/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,457	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	69.26/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,209	4
Steers	Select	—	1,318	107.05/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,411	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,474	118.57/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,748	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,392	104.01/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,368	111.94/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,531	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	55.44/cwt	52.00–58.00	770	11
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,074	73.84/cwt	70.00–75.00	793	4
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,776	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,598	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	109.87/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,592	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,374	107.97/cwt	106.00–109.50	1,484	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,838	71.31/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,311	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	44.99/cwt	42.00–48.00	520	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	61.28/cwt	59.00–64.00	1,014	5
Bulls	—	—	1,818	76.26/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,386	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	224	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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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 299Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 310Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	180.00	180.00
1	—	84	195.00	195.00
1	—	112	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	45.00	45.00
1	—	86	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	5.00–10.00	6.69
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
1	—	96	10.00	10.00
1	—	72	5.00	5.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	20.00	20.00
1	—	96	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	94	30.00–80.00	53.58
4	—	103	70.00–95.00	81.15
2	—	85	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	150.00–220.00	190.26
1	—	98	220.00	220.00
1	—	82	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	103	80.00–90.00	85.55
4	—	92	60.00–70.00	62.55
1	—	114	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	67.00–69.00	68.02
2	—	1,736	83.00–85.00	83.94
3	—	1,818	74.00–79.00	76.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	48.50–51.50	49.98
3	—	1,145	59.50–65.50	61.48
11	—	1,388	52.00–58.00	55.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	976	31.00–39.00	36.18
3	—	1,251	51.50–60.00	54.21
11	—	1,156	42.00–48.00	44.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,745	68.00–71.00	69.26
5	—	1,654	59.00–64.00	61.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,838	69.00–73.00	71.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,318	100.00–110.50	107.05
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,474	115.00–124.00	118.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,449	107.00–113.00	109.87
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,392	102.00–107.00	104.01
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,368	109.00–119.00	111.94
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,374	106.00–109.50	107.97
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	70.00–75.00	73.84
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,776	90.00	90.00

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.

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