Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all slaughter animals sold sharply lower due to limited buyer activity. All slaughter animals sold from 5.00-15.00 lower.Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

10.00-15.00 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	1,619	70.52	1,142	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,644	53.68	882	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	50.81	649	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	49.85	812	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,168	37.20	435	22
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,466	58.95	864	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,268	66.00	837	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,259	105.00	1,322	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	97.31	1,296	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,449	87.29	1,265	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,354	108.48	1,469	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,593	94.45	1,505	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,638	86.61	1,419	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	82.96/cwt	42
Bulls	Number 2	94	45.12/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	84	25.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	76	6.71/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	79	94.46/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	84	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

34 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 3	—	84	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,268	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	837	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,593	94.45/cwt	91.00–107.00	1,505	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,354	108.48/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,469	4
Steers	Select	—	1,638	86.61/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,419	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	29.75/cwt	21.00–38.50	325	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	42.65/cwt	38.50–47.00	511	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	50.01/cwt	49.00–51.00	681	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	49.85/cwt	47.00–52.50	812	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	56.67/cwt	54.50–59.00	727	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,644	53.68/cwt	51.50–56.00	882	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	49.91/cwt	46.00–54.00	637	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,466	58.95/cwt	52.00–65.00	864	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,449	87.29/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	97.31/cwt	91.00–103.00	1,296	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	124.19/cwt	110.00–140.00	92	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,259	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,322	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	60.00/cwt	50.00–70.00	61	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	138.33/cwt	120.00–155.00	116	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	75.68/cwt	70.00–80.00	86	7
Bulls	—	—	1,619	70.52/cwt	59.00–76.00	1,142	3
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	41.14/cwt	30.00–50.00	35	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	132.56/cwt	120.00–145.00	123	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	65.12/cwt	55.00–75.00	60	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	7.56/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	38.52/cwt	25.00–50.00	37	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	77.50/cwt	65.00–90.00	80	12
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	55.43/cwt	40.00–65.00	47	3

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 Mar 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 477Last week 603Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 287Last week 302Year ago 0

10.00-15.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	101	50.00–70.00	60.00
5	—	84	30.00–50.00	41.14
6	—	95	25.00–50.00	38.52
1	—	114	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	120.00–155.00	138.33
6	—	93	120.00–145.00	132.56
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	114	70.00–80.00	75.68
11	—	92	55.00–75.00	65.12
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
12	—	103	65.00–90.00	77.50
3	—	85	40.00–65.00	55.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
2	—	84	5.00–10.00	7.56
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	110.00–140.00	124.19
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,268	66.00	66.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,593	91.00–107.00	94.45
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,354	102.00–112.00	108.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,638	79.00–90.00	86.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,094	21.00–38.50	29.75
8	—	1,198	38.50–47.00	42.65
3	—	1,361	49.00–51.00	50.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,628	47.00–52.50	49.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,282	54.50–59.00	56.67
13	—	1,276	46.00–54.00	49.91
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,644	51.50–56.00	53.68
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,466	52.00–65.00	58.95
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,449	85.00–89.00	87.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,332	91.00–103.00	97.31
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,259	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,619	59.00–76.00	70.52

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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