Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week not enough steers and heifers to establish a trend. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Supply included 16 steers and heifers, 126 slaughter cows, 9 bulls, and 107 feeder cattle. 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	1,758	80.09	1,408	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,308	65.71	859	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,637	63.33	1,037	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	59.84	954	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	51.27	571	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,482	76.00	1,126	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,138	77.00	876	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,389	103.28	1,435	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,530	96.00	1,469	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,502	101.34	1,522	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,720	95.43	1,641	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,728	88.00	1,521	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	104.46/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	96	63.55/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	91	33.78/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	68	6.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	88	108.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	86	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,758	80.09/cwt	69.50–85.50	1,408	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	68.33/cwt	55.00–75.00	60	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	88.47/cwt	75.00–95.00	85	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	91.26/cwt	85.00–100.00	95	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	88.14/cwt	80.00–90.00	99	8
Heifers	Number 1	—	114	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	46	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,502	101.34/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,522	2
Steers	Select	—	1,728	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,521	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,720	95.43/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,641	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,482	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,126	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,138	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	876	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,637	63.33/cwt	62.50–65.00	1,037	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	443	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,389	103.28/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,530	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	51.68/cwt	45.00–60.00	44	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	61.82/cwt	57.50–65.50	809	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	68.43/cwt	64.00–74.50	895	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	59.84/cwt	57.00–62.00	954	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	58.80/cwt	54.00–64.00	658	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	50.94/cwt	43.50–57.50	560	16
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	60.20/cwt	50.00–80.00	55	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	71.76/cwt	60.00–80.00	73	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	37.55/cwt	35.00–40.00	40	2
Bulls	Utility	—	68	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	60	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	182.01/cwt	145.00–220.00	140	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	189	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	191.71/cwt	180.00–205.00	182	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 355Last week 477Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 205Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,758	69.50–85.50	80.09
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,502	98.00–105.00	101.34
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,728	88.00	88.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	94.00–97.00	95.43
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,482	76.00	76.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,138	77.00	77.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,637	62.50–65.00	63.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,304	34.00	34.00
3	—	1,119	54.00–64.00	58.80
16	—	1,100	43.50–57.50	50.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	57.50–65.50	61.82
10	—	1,308	64.00–74.50	68.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,594	57.00–62.00	59.84
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,389	101.00–106.00	103.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	96.00	96.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	80.00	80.00
3	—	88	55.00–75.00	68.33
3	—	96	75.00–95.00	88.47
8	—	104	85.00–100.00	91.26
8	—	112	80.00–90.00	88.14
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	45.00–60.00	51.68
6	—	92	50.00–80.00	60.20
6	—	102	60.00–80.00	71.76
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	30.00	30.00
2	—	106	35.00–40.00	37.55
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	6.00	6.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	145.00–220.00	182.01
3	—	95	180.00–205.00	191.71
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	40.00	40.00
1	—	88	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	220.00	220.00
1	—	90	210.00	210.00

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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