Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins was lightly tested. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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	—	High	1,893	68.29	1,293	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,659	63.85	1,059	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,715	54.17	929	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,429	51.04	729	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	38.99	456	22
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,457	89.53	1,304	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,323	119.17	1,577	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,212	113.49	1,375	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,591	122.90	1,955	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,574	118.03	1,858	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,418	108.14	1,533	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	105.23/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	97	59.91/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	90	23.30/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	93	8.30/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	87	101.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Utility	—	83	7.41/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	118	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	12	1
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	18.89/cwt	15.00–25.00	16	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	21.22/cwt	15.00–30.00	16	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	26.93/cwt	15.00–45.00	28	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	32.50/cwt	25.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	59.22/cwt	35.00–80.00	56	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	69.24/cwt	55.00–75.00	71	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	152.50/cwt	145.00–160.00	171	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	169.90/cwt	165.00–175.00	173	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	169	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	96.87/cwt	85.00–105.00	103	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	93.14/cwt	85.00–105.00	106	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	77.69/cwt	55.00–90.00	73	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	82.44/cwt	80.00–85.00	103	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	106	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	125.00/cwt	100.00–150.00	113	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	—	1,827	72.20/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,319	4
Bulls	—	—	1,946	65.17/cwt	55.00–69.00	1,268	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,212	113.49/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,375	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,323	119.17/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,577	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,591	122.90/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,955	12
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,457	89.53/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,304	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,574	118.03/cwt	113.00–120.50	1,858	20
Steers	Select	—	1,418	108.14/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,533	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	43.31/cwt	40.00–47.50	525	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,659	63.85/cwt	60.00–68.50	1,059	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	54.33/cwt	54.00–55.00	732	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	49.84/cwt	47.00–53.00	727	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,712	57.37/cwt	57.00–58.00	982	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,716	53.21/cwt	51.00–55.50	913	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	23.90/cwt	21.00–27.00	241	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	35.29/cwt	30.00–39.50	402	7

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 446Last week 383Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 552Last week 401Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	5.00–10.00	7.41
1	—	118	10.00	10.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
2	—	104	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	15.00–25.00	18.89
4	—	74	15.00–30.00	21.22
3	—	105	15.00–45.00	26.93
2	—	98	25.00–40.00	32.50
1	—	112	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	95	35.00–80.00	59.22
6	—	103	55.00–75.00	69.24
2	—	82	30.00	30.00
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	145.00–160.00	152.50
2	—	102	165.00–175.00	169.90
1	—	94	180.00	180.00
1	—	76	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	106	85.00–105.00	96.87
5	—	114	85.00–105.00	93.14
4	—	94	55.00–90.00	77.69
2	—	125	80.00–85.00	82.44
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	140.00	140.00
2	—	90	100.00–150.00	125.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	84	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,827	70.00–74.00	72.20
5	—	1,946	55.00–69.00	65.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,212	110.00–117.00	113.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,323	115.00–121.00	119.17
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,591	121.00–127.00	122.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,574	113.00–120.50	118.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	102.00–111.00	108.14
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,457	86.00–94.00	89.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,212	40.00–47.50	43.31
2	—	1,009	21.00–27.00	23.90
7	—	1,139	30.00–39.50	35.29
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,659	60.00–68.50	63.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,347	54.00–55.00	54.33
11	—	1,459	47.00–53.00	49.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,712	57.00–58.00	57.37
10	—	1,716	51.00–55.50	53.21

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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