Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold mostly steady.

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	1,696	77.48	1,314	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,632	58.91	961	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	53.75	742	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,163	42.80	498	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	89.42	1,360	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,547	84.76	1,311	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	103.00	1,283	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,212	93.61	1,135	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,509	113.68	1,715	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	109.52	1,698	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,306	101.85	1,330	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	102.24/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	98	56.86/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	97	23.35/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	74	7.86/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	92	78.98/cwt	5

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	—	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	81.26/cwt	75.00–85.00	92	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	79.94/cwt	75.00–85.00	85	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	70.93/cwt	60.00–80.00	68	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	166.68/cwt	135.00–195.00	140	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	57	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	37	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	81.10/cwt	50.00–170.00	83	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	30.03/cwt	25.00–35.00	32	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	21.01/cwt	15.00–35.00	20	5
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	91	19.95/cwt	15.00–25.00	18	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	123	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	163	1
Bulls	—	—	1,808	84.25/cwt	79.00–91.00	1,523	4
Bulls	—	—	1,632	73.61/cwt	64.00–77.50	1,201	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,550	109.52/cwt	107.50–112.00	1,698	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,509	113.68/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,715	12
Steers	Select	—	1,306	101.85/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,330	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,547	84.76/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,246	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,212	93.61/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,135	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,521	89.42/cwt	86.50–94.00	1,360	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	53.75/cwt	51.00–57.50	742	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	55.28/cwt	54.00–57.50	866	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	562	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,724	63.99/cwt	62.50–65.50	1,103	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	31.77/cwt	23.00–36.00	332	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	46.52/cwt	43.50–50.00	573	8

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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 351Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 375Last week 330Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	40.00	40.00
1	—	122	70.00	70.00
4	—	113	75.00–85.00	81.26
5	—	106	75.00–85.00	79.94
6	—	96	60.00–80.00	70.93
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
1	—	110	160.00	160.00
5	—	84	135.00–195.00	166.68
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	50.00	50.00
2	—	85	25.00	25.00
3	—	93	40.00	40.00
5	—	102	50.00–170.00	81.10
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
3	—	106	25.00–35.00	30.03
5	—	95	15.00–35.00	21.01
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	98	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	35.00	35.00
2	—	91	15.00–25.00	19.95
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	150.00	150.00
1	—	96	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,808	79.00–91.00	84.25
7	—	1,632	64.00–77.50	73.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,550	107.50–112.00	109.52
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,509	110.00–116.50	113.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	99.00–104.00	101.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	83.00–86.00	84.76
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,521	86.50–94.00	89.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,246	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,212	91.00–96.00	93.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,380	51.00–57.50	53.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,566	54.00–57.50	55.28
5	—	1,724	62.50–65.50	63.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,124	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,045	23.00–36.00	31.77
8	—	1,231	43.50–50.00	46.52

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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