Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

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	1,579	75.03	1,185	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,656	60.15	996	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	52.00	674	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,154	40.64	469	21
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,563	90.82	1,420	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,380	67.45	931	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,365	105.66	1,442	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,305	101.76	1,328	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,265	96.10	1,216	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,518	109.53	1,663	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	105.45	1,565	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,298	100.65	1,306	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	100.91/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	98	44.38/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	94	24.15/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	84	11.88/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	87	100.23/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

39 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	Choice	—	1,305	101.76/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,328	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,380	67.45/cwt	65.00–72.00	931	4
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,563	90.82/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,420	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,518	109.53/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,663	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,365	105.66/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,442	3
Bulls	—	—	1,643	80.61/cwt	77.00–91.00	1,324	6
Bulls	—	—	1,587	71.93/cwt	65.00–77.00	1,142	5
Bulls	—	—	1,156	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	659	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	162.86/cwt	130.00–185.00	137	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	17.58/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	13.75/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	4
Bulls	Utility	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	30.25/cwt	20.00–40.00	32	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	64.97/cwt	55.00–75.00	68	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	28.82/cwt	15.00–40.00	27	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	56.43/cwt	50.00–70.00	64	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	177.53/cwt	175.00–180.00	162	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	170	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	86.31/cwt	80.00–95.00	91	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	89.97/cwt	85.00–95.00	103	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	78	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,265	96.10/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,216	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	105.45/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,565	14
Steers	Select	—	1,298	100.65/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,306	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,679	57.18/cwt	54.50–59.50	960	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	50.77/cwt	49.50–52.00	584	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	54.85/cwt	54.50–55.00	709	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	51.14/cwt	47.00–53.50	664	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	64.60/cwt	62.50–68.00	1,047	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	31.14/cwt	26.00–36.00	333	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	42.59/cwt	39.00–46.00	505	14

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 421Last week 361Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 401Last week 375Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	101.00–103.00	101.76
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	103.00–109.50	105.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	91.00–100.00	96.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	65.00–72.00	67.45
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	89.00–93.00	90.82
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,518	108.00–112.00	109.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,484	103.00–109.00	105.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,298	96.00–103.00	100.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	77.00–91.00	80.61
5	—	1,587	65.00–77.00	71.93
1	—	1,156	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,679	54.50–59.50	57.18
4	—	1,621	62.50–68.00	64.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	49.50–52.00	50.77
5	—	1,069	26.00–36.00	31.14
14	—	1,185	39.00–46.00	42.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	54.50–55.00	54.85
10	—	1,298	47.00–53.50	51.14

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	130.00–185.00	162.86
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	15.00–20.00	17.58
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	10.00–20.00	13.75
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	20.00–40.00	30.25
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	76	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	104	55.00–75.00	64.97
4	—	93	15.00–40.00	28.82
3	—	114	50.00–70.00	56.43
3	—	85	20.00	20.00
1	—	78	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	91	175.00–180.00	177.53
1	—	106	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	105	80.00–95.00	86.31
3	—	114	85.00–95.00	89.97
3	—	97	80.00	80.00

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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