Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-20.00 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	1,671	78.02	1,303	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	62.04	1,010	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,338	56.90	761	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,118	44.00	492	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	91.02	1,221	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	85.89	1,215	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,341	74.78	1,003	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,541	112.28	1,730	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,367	108.06	1,477	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,573	116.04	1,825	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,367	111.46	1,524	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	104.59	1,302	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	118.33/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	99	70.74/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	97	29.55/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	77	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	88	215.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	82	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	68	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	122	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	153	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	52.50/cwt	50.00–55.00	46	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	109.94/cwt	100.00–125.00	124	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	78.27/cwt	65.00–95.00	74	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	109.54/cwt	90.00–130.00	113	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	215	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	205	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	219.57/cwt	200.00–240.00	206	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	65.35/cwt	55.00–80.00	61	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	80.15/cwt	60.00–90.00	82	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	63	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	31.96/cwt	15.00–60.00	33	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	23.76/cwt	15.00–30.00	22	4
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	189	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 3Crossbred	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,362	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	844	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	79.80/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,361	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	108.06/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,541	112.28/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,730	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,573	116.04/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,825	4
Steers	Select	—	1,245	104.59/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,302	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	85.89/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,215	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	111.46/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,524	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,341	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,221	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,341	74.78/cwt	74.50–75.00	1,003	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	64.75/cwt	62.00–69.50	813	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	63.45/cwt	61.00–65.50	1,037	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	57.13/cwt	55.50–58.50	758	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,402	51.28/cwt	45.00–54.00	719	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,122	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	899	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	38.92/cwt	33.00–42.50	431	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	46.90/cwt	44.00–50.00	527	7

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 373Last week 326Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 321Last week 338Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	125.00	125.00
2	—	88	50.00–55.00	52.50
3	—	113	100.00–125.00	109.94
5	—	94	65.00–95.00	78.27
8	—	103	90.00–130.00	109.54
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	250.00	250.00
1	—	100	205.00	205.00
2	—	94	200.00–240.00	219.57
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
1	—	118	80.00	80.00
3	—	94	55.00–80.00	65.35
4	—	102	60.00–90.00	80.15
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	114	55.00	55.00
3	—	102	15.00–60.00	31.96
4	—	93	15.00–30.00	23.76
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
2	—	85	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,362	62.00	62.00
9	—	1,705	74.00–84.00	79.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	107.00–109.00	108.06
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,541	110.00–114.00	112.28
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,573	115.00–118.00	116.04
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,245	102.00–108.00	104.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,367	109.00–113.00	111.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	83.00–89.00	85.89
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,341	90.00–92.00	91.02
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,341	74.50–75.00	74.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	62.00–69.50	64.75
5	—	1,326	55.50–58.50	57.13
10	—	1,402	45.00–54.00	51.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	61.00–65.50	63.45
1	—	1,614	69.50	69.50
2	—	1,620	55.50	55.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,107	33.00–42.50	38.92
7	—	1,124	44.00–50.00	46.90

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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