Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holstein sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	—	Low	1,677	62.47	1,047	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,851	57.84	1,071	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,651	49.99	825	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,372	48.07	659	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	37.25	434	24
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,518	90.03	1,367	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	83.67	1,217	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,381	115.09	1,589	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	110.18	1,409	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,183	105.28	1,245	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,549	122.69	1,900	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,507	115.89	1,746	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,322	104.91	1,387	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	89.61/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	56.02/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	90	25.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	78	10.73/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	91	131.26/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	88	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	85	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	112	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	90.09/cwt	85.00–95.00	102	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	80.10/cwt	70.00–90.00	77	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	86.65/cwt	75.00–95.00	91	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	177	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	87	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	29.86/cwt	25.00–35.00	22	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	35.12/cwt	30.00–40.00	30	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	68.17/cwt	55.00–80.00	76	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	73.98/cwt	70.00–75.00	77	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	50.25/cwt	35.00–70.00	47	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	29	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	57	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	93	16.71/cwt	10.00–20.00	16	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	32.50/cwt	25.00–40.00	34	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	142.77/cwt	130.00–155.00	131	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	174.88/cwt	165.00–185.00	143	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	—	—	1,534	51.59/cwt	42.00–55.00	791	3
Bulls	—	—	1,998	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,439	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	67.09/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,139	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	110.18/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,409	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,381	115.09/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,183	105.28/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,245	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	83.67/cwt	78.00–87.00	1,217	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,518	90.03/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,367	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,507	115.89/cwt	111.00–119.50	1,746	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,549	122.69/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,900	11
Steers	Select	—	1,322	104.91/cwt	97.50–109.50	1,387	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	47.49/cwt	45.00–51.00	664	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	49.99/cwt	45.00–52.50	825	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,252	40.08/cwt	36.00–44.00	502	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,851	57.84/cwt	55.00–62.50	1,071	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	53.55/cwt	53.00–54.00	602	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	46.01/cwt	44.50–48.00	577	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	30.92/cwt	17.00–35.00	323	10

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 485Last week 414Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 360Last 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
2	—	85	50.00	50.00
2	—	124	90.00	90.00
3	—	113	85.00–95.00	90.09
6	—	96	70.00–90.00	80.10
9	—	105	75.00–95.00	86.65
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	70.00	70.00
2	—	74	25.00–35.00	29.86
2	—	84	30.00–40.00	35.12
3	—	111	55.00–80.00	68.17
5	—	104	70.00–75.00	73.98
8	—	93	35.00–70.00	50.25
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	30.00	30.00
1	—	86	30.00	30.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	114	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	88	10.00	10.00
2	—	57	5.00	5.00
3	—	93	10.00–20.00	16.71
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	106	25.00–40.00	32.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	130.00–155.00	142.77
4	—	82	165.00–185.00	174.88
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,534	42.00–55.00	51.59
1	—	1,998	72.00	72.00
5	—	1,698	64.00–69.00	67.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,279	106.00–113.00	110.18
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,381	114.00–118.00	115.09
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,183	103.00–108.00	105.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,455	78.00–87.00	83.67
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	89.00–91.00	90.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,507	111.00–119.50	115.89
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,549	119.00–127.00	122.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,322	97.50–109.50	104.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,398	45.00–51.00	47.49
2	—	1,124	53.00–54.00	53.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,651	45.00–52.50	49.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,252	36.00–44.00	40.08
4	—	1,254	44.50–48.00	46.01
10	—	1,044	17.00–35.00	30.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,851	55.00–62.50	57.84

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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