Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-1.00 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	1,727	62.97	1,088	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,758	58.71	1,032	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,711	51.70	885	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,403	48.14	675	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	38.01	446	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	82.54	1,155	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,152	71.33	822	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	107.59	1,436	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,118	97.98	1,095	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,577	119.62	1,886	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	115.43	1,698	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,386	110.66	1,534	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	100.28/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	96	53.19/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	94	23.33/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	91	9.94/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	91	68.35/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,503	64.65/cwt	62.00–68.00	972	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	97.44/cwt	90.00–105.00	120	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	66.64/cwt	60.00–70.00	58	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	74.17/cwt	60.00–95.00	69	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	97.01/cwt	90.00–105.00	101	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	100.04/cwt	90.00–105.00	113	7
Steers	Select	—	1,386	110.66/cwt	108.00–113.50	1,534	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,152	71.33/cwt	65.00–78.00	822	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,399	82.54/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,155	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	42.49/cwt	39.50–44.00	520	13
Heifers	Select	—	1,118	97.98/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	22.53/cwt	20.00–25.00	19	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	107.59/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,436	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	115.43/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,698	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,577	119.62/cwt	117.00–121.50	1,886	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,758	58.71/cwt	55.50–62.00	1,032	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	52.87/cwt	52.50–53.50	747	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	47.15/cwt	45.00–51.00	661	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,789	53.70/cwt	53.00–54.00	961	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,296	46.76/cwt	46.00–47.50	606	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	30.43/cwt	21.00–38.50	329	10
Bulls	Utility	—	95	11.18/cwt	5.00–20.00	11	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	32.86/cwt	25.00–40.00	28	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	60.35/cwt	50.00–70.00	69	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	72.02/cwt	70.00–75.00	74	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	50.20/cwt	47.00–52.50	830	4
Bulls	—	—	2,101	60.16/cwt	58.00–61.50	1,264	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	52.96/cwt	30.00–70.00	50	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	108	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Utility	—	76	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	146	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	179.90/cwt	170.00–190.00	189	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	166	1

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 368Last week 436Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 356Last week 346Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,503	62.00–68.00	64.65
3	—	2,101	58.00–61.50	60.16
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,386	108.00–113.50	110.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,471	113.00–117.00	115.43
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,577	117.00–121.50	119.62
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	65.00–78.00	71.33
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,399	82.00–83.00	82.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,224	39.50–44.00	42.49
2	—	1,296	46.00–47.50	46.76
10	—	1,082	21.00–38.50	30.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,758	55.50–62.00	58.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,412	52.50–53.50	52.87
19	—	1,401	45.00–51.00	47.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,789	53.00–54.00	53.70
4	—	1,653	47.00–52.50	50.20
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	93.00–103.00	97.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	104.00–110.00	107.59

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	90.00–105.00	97.44
3	—	87	60.00–70.00	66.64
4	—	93	60.00–95.00	74.17
5	—	104	90.00–105.00	97.01
7	—	113	90.00–105.00	100.04
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	5.00–20.00	11.18
1	—	76	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	20.00	20.00
2	—	84	25.00–40.00	32.86
2	—	114	50.00–70.00	60.35
5	—	103	70.00–75.00	72.02
6	—	95	30.00–70.00	52.96
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	94	20.00	20.00
1	—	108	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	170.00	170.00
2	—	105	170.00–190.00	179.90
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	20.00–25.00	22.53
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	160.00	160.00

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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