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

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	—	High	1,442	72.08	1,039	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,627	58.40	950	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	50.36	643	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,224	40.31	493	16
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,372	88.51	1,214	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,335	76.14	1,016	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,140	69.00	787	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	105.89	1,420	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,158	99.23	1,149	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,556	109.74	1,708	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	104.70	1,527	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	98.74	1,333	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,291	96.69	1,248	15

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,387	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	99.36/cwt	97.00–101.50	1,323	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,335	76.14/cwt	71.00–86.00	1,016	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,372	88.51/cwt	84.50–92.00	1,214	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,140	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	787	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,158	99.23/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,341	105.89/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,420	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	104.70/cwt	101.00–108.50	1,527	25
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,556	109.74/cwt	109.00–110.50	1,708	6
Steers	Select	—	1,291	96.69/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,248	15
Bulls	—	—	1,493	80.12/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,196	4
Bulls	—	—	1,232	62.71/cwt	51.00–68.00	773	9
Bulls	—	—	1,541	75.15/cwt	67.50–79.50	1,158	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	699	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	50.84/cwt	42.00–57.00	632	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	1,060	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	58.13/cwt	54.00–58.50	943	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,313	27.50/cwt	27.00–28.00	361	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	47.29/cwt	43.00–50.50	581	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	37.00/cwt	25.00–42.50	441	7

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	95.00	95.00
6	—	1,332	97.00–101.50	99.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,458	101.00–108.50	104.70
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,556	109.00–110.50	109.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,291	92.00–101.00	96.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,335	71.00–86.00	76.14
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,372	84.50–92.00	88.51
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,158	96.00–103.00	99.23
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,341	104.00–108.00	105.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	79.00–81.00	80.12
9	—	1,232	51.00–68.00	62.71
17	—	1,541	67.50–79.50	75.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,472	47.50	47.50
6	—	1,244	42.00–57.00	50.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,696	62.50	62.50
15	—	1,622	54.00–58.50	58.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	27.00–28.00	27.50
7	—	1,229	43.00–50.50	47.29
7	—	1,193	25.00–42.50	37.00

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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