Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher and slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 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	—	Average	1,704	76.46	1,303	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,797	65.33	1,174	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,656	59.87	991	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,376	56.95	783	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,093	44.92	491	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	90.95	1,312	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,599	83.75	1,339	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,674	73.96	1,238	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	104.73	1,289	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,106	100.00	1,106	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,472	111.43	1,640	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	106.27	1,536	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,268	101.72	1,290	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	91.67/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	100	49.15/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	94	16.98/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	88	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	95	91.66/cwt	6

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
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	160	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	114	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	34	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	12.45/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	58.91/cwt	50.00–65.00	61	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	37.23/cwt	25.00–50.00	35	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	181.89/cwt	145.00–205.00	171	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	230	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	115	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	75.06/cwt	60.00–95.00	78	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	60.27/cwt	40.00–75.00	57	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	38.84/cwt	35.00–40.00	33	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	81.67/cwt	70.00–90.00	91	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	162.47/cwt	160.00–165.00	158	2
Bulls	—	—	1,692	71.85/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,216	5
Bulls	—	—	1,716	81.07/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	104.73/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,106	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,106	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	106.27/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,536	6
Steers	Select	—	1,268	101.72/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,290	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,599	83.75/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,339	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	111.43/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,640	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	90.95/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,312	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,674	73.96/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,238	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	59.37/cwt	50.00–65.50	782	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	56.14/cwt	53.00–59.50	783	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,656	59.87/cwt	55.00–62.00	991	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	53.03/cwt	50.00–57.00	605	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	46.43/cwt	43.00–49.00	524	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,797	65.33/cwt	65.00–66.50	1,174	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	33.41/cwt	30.00–40.00	323	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.

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 351Last week 222Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 330Last week 213Year 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	—	100	160.00	160.00
2	—	97	160.00–165.00	162.47
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	20.00	20.00
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	10.00–15.00	12.45
1	—	114	30.00	30.00
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	103	50.00–65.00	58.91
5	—	94	25.00–50.00	37.23
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	145.00–205.00	181.89
1	—	102	225.00	225.00
1	—	72	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	104	60.00–95.00	75.06
6	—	94	40.00–75.00	60.27
4	—	86	35.00–40.00	38.84
3	—	112	70.00–90.00	81.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,692	67.00–76.00	71.85
5	—	1,716	78.00–84.00	81.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,231	103.00–106.00	104.73
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,106	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,445	104.00–110.00	106.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	97.00–104.00	101.72
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,472	107.00–114.00	111.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,599	79.00–87.00	83.75
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	88.00–94.00	90.95
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,674	70.00–78.00	73.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,318	50.00–65.50	59.37
15	—	1,395	53.00–59.50	56.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,656	55.00–62.00	59.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	50.00–57.00	53.03
9	—	1,129	43.00–49.00	46.43
4	—	967	30.00–40.00	33.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,797	65.00–66.50	65.33

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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