Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday slaughter steers, heifers and holstein steers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

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	1,779	72.76	1,294	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,820	58.86	1,071	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	51.71	850	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	48.75	629	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	33.54	367	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,532	86.91	1,331	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,351	81.61	1,103	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,257	70.05	881	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,511	108.50	1,639	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,414	104.71	1,481	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,166	99.00	1,154	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,621	112.49	1,823	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	107.21	1,592	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,320	98.45	1,300	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	102.80/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	98	56.06/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	88	15.85/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	79	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	97	85.79/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	90	27.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	70	10.00/cwt	1

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
Bulls	Number 1	—	118	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	112	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	38.35/cwt	35.00–40.00	33	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	51.36/cwt	40.00–60.00	48	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	88.59/cwt	80.00–95.00	94	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	68	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	82	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	134.26/cwt	100.00–165.00	99	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	175.22/cwt	150.00–190.00	186	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	162.00/cwt	110.00–190.00	134	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	83	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	57.13/cwt	40.00–80.00	54	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	69.81/cwt	60.00–80.00	72	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	12.57/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	18.33/cwt	15.00–25.00	18	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	47	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	105	41.58/cwt	35.00–45.00	44	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	144	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	27.50/cwt	25.00–30.00	25	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,779	72.76/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,294	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,414	104.71/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,481	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,511	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,639	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,166	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,154	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	107.21/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,592	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,621	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,823	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,351	81.61/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,103	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,257	70.05/cwt	69.00–72.00	881	3
Steers	Select	—	1,320	98.45/cwt	92.00–103.50	1,300	4
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,532	86.91/cwt	86.50–87.00	1,331	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	48.75/cwt	44.50–55.00	629	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	51.71/cwt	48.50–55.50	850	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,281	42.11/cwt	39.00–46.00	539	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,820	58.86/cwt	57.50–62.00	1,071	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	28.40/cwt	20.00–36.00	279	5

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Oct 14, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 341Last week 441Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 350Last week 397Year ago 0

Compared to last Monday slaughter steers, heifers and holstein steers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	95.00	95.00
1	—	120	75.00	75.00
3	—	87	35.00–40.00	38.35
4	—	94	40.00–60.00	51.36
7	—	106	80.00–95.00	88.59
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	120.00	120.00
2	—	74	100.00–165.00	134.26
3	—	106	150.00–190.00	175.22
4	—	83	110.00–190.00	162.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	70.00	70.00
2	—	83	20.00	20.00
3	—	95	40.00–80.00	57.13
4	—	103	60.00–80.00	69.81
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
2	—	74	10.00–15.00	12.57
3	—	100	15.00–25.00	18.33
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	50.00	50.00
3	—	105	35.00–45.00	41.58
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	180.00	180.00
1	—	90	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	25.00–30.00	27.50
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,779	69.00–77.00	72.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,414	104.00–105.00	104.71
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,511	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,166	99.00	99.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,485	106.00–109.00	107.21
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,621	110.00–115.00	112.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,320	92.00–103.50	98.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,351	77.00–85.00	81.61
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	69.00–72.00	70.05
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,532	86.50–87.00	86.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,291	44.50–55.00	48.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	48.50–55.50	51.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,281	39.00–46.00	42.11
5	—	984	20.00–36.00	28.40
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,820	57.50–62.00	58.86

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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