Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	1,680	64.73	1,088	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,778	56.47	1,004	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	46.87	640	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,163	38.61	449	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,540	89.06	1,372	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	81.76	1,212	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,290	65.61	846	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,390	112.26	1,560	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	102.50	1,281	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,170	99.00	1,158	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,635	115.08	1,882	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,616	106.13	1,715	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,295	99.52	1,289	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	115.64/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	102	67.45/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	86	23.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

34 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	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	116	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	105.19/cwt	95.00–115.00	110	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	117	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	93.07/cwt	85.00–105.00	89	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	111	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	215	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	45	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	87.43/cwt	85.00–90.00	90	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	72.43/cwt	70.00–75.00	82	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	216	1
Bulls	—	—	1,651	68.18/cwt	57.00–70.00	1,126	9
Bulls	—	—	1,851	73.40/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,359	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	48.61/cwt	41.00–54.00	804	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,390	112.26/cwt	111.00–113.50	1,560	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,170	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,158	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,616	106.13/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,715	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,635	115.08/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,882	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,482	81.76/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,212	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,290	65.61/cwt	64.00–67.00	846	2
Steers	Select	—	1,295	99.52/cwt	94.00–103.50	1,289	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,540	89.06/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,372	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	46.87/cwt	43.50–50.00	640	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	59.50/cwt	58.00–61.00	1,029	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,826	53.44/cwt	50.00–56.00	976	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,293	43.50/cwt	43.00–44.00	562	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	33.20/cwt	28.00–36.50	318	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,267	40.84/cwt	38.50–43.00	517	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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 408Last week 479Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 318Last week 263Year 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	50.00	50.00
1	—	122	95.00	95.00
3	—	105	95.00–115.00	105.19
3	—	111	100.00–110.00	105.00
5	—	96	85.00–105.00	93.07
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	150.00	150.00
1	—	110	195.00	195.00
1	—	98	180.00	180.00
1	—	108	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
1	—	90	50.00	50.00
2	—	103	85.00–90.00	87.43
2	—	113	70.00–75.00	72.43
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	100	35.00	35.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,651	57.00–70.00	68.18
2	—	1,851	71.00–76.00	73.40
3	—	1,653	41.00–54.00	48.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	102.00–103.00	102.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,390	111.00–113.50	112.26
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	99.00	99.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,616	105.00–107.50	106.13
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,635	112.00–118.00	115.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,295	94.00–103.50	99.52
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	79.00–83.50	81.76
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	64.00–67.00	65.61
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,540	86.00–93.00	89.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,366	43.50–50.00	46.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,730	58.00–61.00	59.50
5	—	1,826	50.00–56.00	53.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	43.00–44.00	43.50
6	—	958	28.00–36.50	33.20
8	—	1,267	38.50–43.00	40.84

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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