Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins was lightly tested. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,680	66.94	1,125	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,736	60.31	1,047	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,670	51.70	863	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	50.18	661	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,166	37.57	438	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,680	74.87	1,258	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	108.98	1,439	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,315	103.52	1,361	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,559	117.14	1,826	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,543	112.17	1,731	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,307	107.79	1,409	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	92.55/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	99	56.84/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	94	26.41/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	83	9.27/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	100	102.04/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/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	—	—	1,745	65.99/cwt	61.00–71.00	1,152	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	87	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	45.06/cwt	40.00–50.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	67.04/cwt	50.00–85.00	64	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	88.76/cwt	85.00–95.00	99	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	65.37/cwt	50.00–80.00	69	6
Steers	Select	—	1,307	107.79/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,409	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,559	117.14/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,826	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,680	74.87/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	108.98/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,315	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,543	112.17/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,731	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	47.90/cwt	45.00–52.00	637	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,736	60.31/cwt	57.50–64.00	1,047	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	56.27/cwt	53.00–62.00	720	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	51.70/cwt	47.00–56.00	863	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	31.76/cwt	22.00–38.00	338	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,259	42.85/cwt	39.50–47.50	539	11
Bulls	Utility	—	105	11.61/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	27.59/cwt	25.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	54.58/cwt	40.00–70.00	52	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	33.62/cwt	20.00–50.00	35	4
Bulls	—	—	1,350	58.43/cwt	56.00–60.00	789	2
Bulls	—	—	1,727	75.13/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,297	3
Bulls	Utility	—	48	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	2	1
Bulls	Utility	—	71	7.54/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	22.92/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	89.48/cwt	80.00–95.00	93	9
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	123	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	79	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	163	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	144.74/cwt	120.00–170.00	140	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	144	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	155.10/cwt	150.00–160.00	161	2

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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 436Last week 446Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 346Last week 552Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,745	61.00–71.00	65.99
2	—	1,350	56.00–60.00	58.43
3	—	1,727	73.50–79.00	75.13
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,307	103.00–111.00	107.79
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,559	116.00–118.00	117.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,543	106.00–115.00	112.17
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,680	71.00–80.00	74.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,320	107.00–110.00	108.98
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	103.00–104.00	103.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,330	45.00–52.00	47.90
3	—	1,280	53.00–62.00	56.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,736	57.50–64.00	60.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,670	47.00–56.00	51.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,063	22.00–38.00	31.76
11	—	1,259	39.50–47.50	42.85

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	70.00	70.00
2	—	85	40.00–50.00	45.06
3	—	95	50.00–85.00	67.04
4	—	111	85.00–95.00	88.76
9	—	104	80.00–95.00	89.48
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	105	50.00–80.00	65.37
2	—	85	25.00–30.00	27.59
1	—	112	80.00	80.00
7	—	95	40.00–70.00	54.58
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	10.00–15.00	11.61
1	—	48	5.00	5.00
2	—	71	5.00–10.00	7.54
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	15.00	15.00
4	—	105	20.00–50.00	33.62
5	—	85	15.00–30.00	22.92
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	140.00	140.00
1	—	72	110.00	110.00
1	—	102	160.00	160.00
2	—	97	120.00–170.00	144.74
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
1	—	108	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	160.00	160.00
2	—	104	150.00–160.00	155.10

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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