Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins was mostly steady and slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 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	1,563	70.30	1,098	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,701	60.25	1,025	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,314	57.42	754	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	45.20	506	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,482	89.92	1,333	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	75.03	1,029	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,286	72.51	932	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,293	109.31	1,413	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	103.98	1,316	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,222	96.88	1,184	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,486	113.56	1,688	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	108.65	1,549	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,247	97.26	1,213	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	89.86/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	96	45.78/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	96	16.95/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	86	10.00/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	78	190.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	90	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

38 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	37.50/cwt	35.00–40.00	33	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	54.14/cwt	40.00–85.00	50	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	83.92/cwt	70.00–95.00	97	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	83.05/cwt	10.00–100.00	86	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	241	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	200.00/cwt	185.00–215.00	184	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	27.47/cwt	25.00–30.00	24	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	41.85/cwt	20.00–80.00	39	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	58.87/cwt	45.00–70.00	61	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	21.58/cwt	15.00–25.00	23	3
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	134	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	20	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	148	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,010	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	72.36/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,211	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	103.98/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,293	109.31/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,413	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,222	96.88/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,184	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,486	113.56/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,688	10
Steers	Select	—	1,247	97.26/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,213	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,371	75.03/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,029	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	108.65/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,549	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,482	89.92/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,333	13
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,286	72.51/cwt	72.00–73.00	932	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	62.70/cwt	61.50–63.50	831	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	53.90/cwt	51.00–56.50	704	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,737	55.58/cwt	53.50–57.00	965	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	859	34.95/cwt	34.00–36.00	300	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	52.74/cwt	52.50–53.00	636	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	45.97/cwt	43.00–49.00	538	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	66.08/cwt	63.50–68.50	1,094	4

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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 397Last week 429Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 352Last week 406Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins was mostly steady and slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	35.00–40.00	37.50
4	—	93	40.00–85.00	54.14
5	—	115	70.00–95.00	83.92
10	—	104	10.00–100.00	83.05
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	215.00	215.00
2	—	92	185.00–215.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	25.00–30.00	27.47
4	—	93	20.00–80.00	41.85
4	—	104	45.00–70.00	58.87
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00	10.00
3	—	105	15.00–25.00	21.58
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
1	—	134	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,673	69.00–74.00	72.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,266	102.00–106.00	103.98
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,293	107.00–112.00	109.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	95.00–101.00	96.88
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,486	112.00–115.00	113.56
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,247	93.00–102.00	97.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,426	105.00–113.00	108.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,371	74.00–76.00	75.03
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,482	86.00–96.00	89.92
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,286	72.00–73.00	72.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	61.50–63.50	62.70
6	—	1,306	51.00–56.50	53.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,737	53.50–57.00	55.58
4	—	1,655	63.50–68.50	66.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	859	34.00–36.00	34.95
2	—	1,206	52.50–53.00	52.74
7	—	1,171	43.00–49.00	45.97

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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