Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 lower.Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

10.00-15.00 higher. 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	1,592	78.01	1,242	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,698	52.76	896	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	49.03	728	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	48.58	648	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,171	40.50	474	12
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,348	74.99	1,011	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	71.22	1,045	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,415	66.57	942	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,421	96.80	1,376	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,468	87.76	1,288	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,586	100.27	1,590	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,616	94.34	1,525	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,581	88.05	1,392	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	120.45/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	98	93.55/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	98	53.98/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	98	191.88/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	84	50.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,587	75.77/cwt	67.00–79.50	1,202	6
Bulls	—	—	1,606	84.74/cwt	84.00–85.50	1,361	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	97.55/cwt	95.00–100.00	90	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	117.50/cwt	110.00–125.00	134	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	113.14/cwt	100.00–135.00	138	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	93.75/cwt	85.00–100.00	79	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,348	74.99/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,011	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,415	66.57/cwt	63.00–69.00	942	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,421	96.80/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	42	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,586	100.27/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,590	9
Steers	Select	—	1,581	88.05/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,392	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,616	94.34/cwt	90.50–97.50	1,525	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,467	71.22/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,045	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,698	52.76/cwt	51.00–55.00	896	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	52.25/cwt	52.00–52.50	706	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	47.91/cwt	45.00–51.50	637	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	33.84/cwt	30.00–36.00	386	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	43.83/cwt	42.50–47.00	520	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,468	87.76/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,288	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	130.06/cwt	120.00–140.00	134	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	113	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	57	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	115	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	84.23/cwt	75.00–100.00	79	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	49.03/cwt	47.00–51.50	728	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	130	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	122	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	67.50/cwt	60.00–75.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	44.94/cwt	40.00–50.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	67.45/cwt	65.00–70.00	65	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	72.50/cwt	65.00–80.00	74	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	160	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	220	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	132	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	195.26/cwt	170.00–220.00	185	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	221	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	158	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.

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

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 605Last week 313Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 232Last week 212Year ago 0

10.00-15.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,587	67.00–79.50	75.77
2	—	1,606	84.00–85.50	84.74
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	74.00–76.00	74.99
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	63.00–69.00	66.57
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,467	70.00–73.00	71.22
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,421	94.00–100.00	96.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	86.00–89.00	87.76
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,586	98.00–106.00	100.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,581	86.00–93.00	88.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,616	90.50–97.50	94.34
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,698	51.00–55.00	52.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,351	52.00–52.50	52.25
11	—	1,330	45.00–51.50	47.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,141	30.00–36.00	33.84
8	—	1,186	42.50–47.00	43.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,485	47.00–51.50	49.03

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	95.00–100.00	97.55
2	—	114	110.00–125.00	117.50
3	—	122	100.00–135.00	113.14
7	—	84	85.00–100.00	93.75
7	—	103	120.00–140.00	130.06
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	113	50.00	50.00
1	—	78	20.00	20.00
2	—	85	40.00–50.00	44.94
2	—	96	65.00–70.00	67.45
2	—	102	65.00–80.00	72.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	102	110.00–115.00	112.49
5	—	94	75.00–100.00	84.23
1	—	118	110.00	110.00
1	—	122	100.00	100.00
2	—	76	60.00–75.00	67.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	200.00	200.00
1	—	110	145.00	145.00
1	—	122	180.00	180.00
1	—	88	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	170.00–220.00	195.26
1	—	112	197.00	197.00
1	—	88	180.00	180.00

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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