Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

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	1,498	72.22	1,082	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,873	64.17	1,202	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,616	56.72	917	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	53.61	716	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	39.12	426	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,489	91.62	1,364	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	87.00	1,232	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,456	74.00	1,077	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,459	107.57	1,569	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,379	102.23	1,410	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,472	112.51	1,656	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,504	108.85	1,637	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,334	97.55	1,301	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	99.69/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	97	47.73/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	91	18.16/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	85	10.71/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	82	87.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	1

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	—	112	85.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	95	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	68.90/cwt	60.00–80.00	66	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	83.75/cwt	80.00–90.00	87	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	158	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	175.00/cwt	160.00–190.00	182	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	61.91/cwt	45.00–70.00	70	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	43.64/cwt	40.00–47.00	492	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	33.10/cwt	26.00–38.00	343	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	62.44/cwt	61.00–63.00	990	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	52.36/cwt	48.00–55.00	702	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,873	64.17/cwt	64.00–64.50	1,202	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	54.57/cwt	52.50–59.00	888	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	818	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,456	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,077	1
Steers	Select	—	1,334	97.55/cwt	89.00–104.00	1,301	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,504	108.85/cwt	106.50–110.50	1,637	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	102.23/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,410	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,489	91.62/cwt	88.50–96.00	1,364	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,416	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,232	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	112.51/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,656	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,459	107.57/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,569	5
Bulls	—	—	1,495	72.74/cwt	63.00–77.00	1,087	11
Bulls	—	—	1,666	78.49/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,308	2
Bulls	—	—	1,188	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	642	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	73	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	110	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	102	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Utility	—	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	18.78/cwt	15.00–20.00	18	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	12.59/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	47.08/cwt	20.00–75.00	45	6

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

Mon Oct 7, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 441Last week 421Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 397Last week 401Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	80.00–90.00	85.00
4	—	96	60.00–80.00	68.90
4	—	104	80.00–90.00	83.75
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	180.00	180.00
2	—	104	160.00–190.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	70.00	70.00
3	—	82	20.00	20.00
3	—	113	45.00–70.00	61.91
6	—	95	20.00–75.00	47.08
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	10.00	10.00
2	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	96	20.00	20.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	15.00–20.00	18.78
2	—	83	10.00–15.00	12.59
1	—	104	25.00	25.00
1	—	74	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	35.00	35.00
1	—	86	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,127	40.00–47.00	43.64
6	—	1,036	26.00–38.00	33.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	61.00–63.00	62.44
8	—	1,628	52.50–59.00	54.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,340	48.00–55.00	52.36
2	—	1,299	63.00	63.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,873	64.00–64.50	64.17
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,456	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,489	88.50–96.00	91.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,416	87.00	87.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	89.00–104.00	97.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,504	106.50–110.50	108.85
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,472	111.00–115.00	112.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,379	100.00–104.50	102.23
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,459	106.00–109.00	107.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,495	63.00–77.00	72.74
2	—	1,666	78.00–79.00	78.49
1	—	1,188	54.00	54.00

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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