Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

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	1,493	71.50	1,068	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,634	61.41	1,003	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	52.55	702	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	51.96	832	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	43.34	498	25
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	93.51	1,385	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,166	67.00	781	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,557	120.96	1,883	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,407	117.09	1,647	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,575	122.56	1,930	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	117.33	1,653	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,246	92.00	1,146	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	92.37/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	100	60.04/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	96	31.75/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	83	9.25/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	100	108.25/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	96	17.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	67	7.50/cwt	2

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	50.37/cwt	45.00–52.50	681	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	60.00/cwt	45.00–75.00	58	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	96	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	44	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,557	120.96/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,407	117.09/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,647	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	43.05/cwt	40.00–47.00	502	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	50.14/cwt	48.00–54.50	580	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	93.51/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,385	2
Steers	Select	—	1,246	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,146	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,575	122.56/cwt	121.00–124.50	1,930	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,409	117.33/cwt	112.00–120.50	1,653	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,166	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	781	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	53.76/cwt	50.00–55.00	50	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	85.03/cwt	80.00–90.00	103	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	76	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	44	1
Bulls	—	—	1,503	62.70/cwt	54.00–71.00	942	6
Bulls	—	—	1,478	84.71/cwt	77.50–104.00	1,252	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	51.96/cwt	50.00–55.00	832	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,634	61.41/cwt	58.50–64.50	1,003	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	54.46/cwt	53.00–56.50	719	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	33.18/cwt	26.00–39.00	361	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	67.92/cwt	50.00–80.00	70	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	116	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	22.50/cwt	20.00–25.00	18	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	39.42/cwt	25.00–55.00	41	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	87.39/cwt	80.00–95.00	91	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	116	96.32/cwt	90.00–100.00	112	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	26.71/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	3
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	92	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	72	8.24/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	91	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	28.37/cwt	25.00–30.00	24	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	143	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	166	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	163.21/cwt	140.00–180.00	149	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	142.37/cwt	130.00–155.00	135	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

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 368Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 344Last week 356Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,352	45.00–52.50	50.37
8	—	1,321	53.00–56.50	54.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,167	40.00–47.00	43.05
8	—	1,156	48.00–54.50	50.14
5	—	1,089	26.00–39.00	33.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,601	50.00–55.00	51.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,634	58.50–64.50	61.41
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,557	120.00–122.00	120.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	115.00–118.00	117.09
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,481	93.00–94.00	93.51
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,166	67.00	67.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,246	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,575	121.00–124.50	122.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,409	112.00–120.50	117.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,503	54.00–71.00	62.70
4	—	1,478	77.50–104.00	84.71

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	45.00–75.00	60.00
7	—	103	50.00–80.00	67.92
2	—	114	80.00	80.00
3	—	84	25.00–30.00	28.37
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	93	50.00–55.00	53.76
3	—	121	80.00–90.00	85.03
2	—	76	25.00	25.00
1	—	88	50.00	50.00
4	—	104	80.00–95.00	87.39
4	—	116	90.00–100.00	96.32
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	50.00	50.00
2	—	80	20.00–25.00	22.50
2	—	104	25.00–55.00	39.42
3	—	95	20.00–35.00	26.71
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
2	—	92	10.00	10.00
3	—	72	5.00–10.00	8.24
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	170.00	170.00
1	—	104	160.00	160.00
3	—	91	140.00–180.00	163.21
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	15.00–20.00	17.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	130.00–155.00	142.37

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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