Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 4.00-6.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt. No report available on cows.

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	—	High	1,740	97.78	1,702	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,464	83.00	1,215	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,294	83.25	1,077	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,485	112.71	1,674	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,496	106.46	1,593	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,460	101.00	1,475	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,580	115.71	1,828	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,571	109.19	1,715	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,431	103.26	1,478	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	104.14/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	95	76.10/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	89	43.14/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	92	125.48/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	84	55.00/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
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	150	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	162.38/cwt	160.00–165.00	136	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	161	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	153	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	91	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	185.95/cwt	165.00–205.00	156	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	162.50/cwt	135.00–190.00	146	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	87.29/cwt	65.00–100.00	90	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	75.16/cwt	50.00–90.00	71	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	66.28/cwt	60.00–75.00	56	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	91	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,496	106.46/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,593	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,485	112.71/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,674	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	58.45/cwt	50.00–70.00	60	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	32.32/cwt	25.00–40.00	27	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	72	37.57/cwt	35.00–40.00	27	2
Steers	Select	—	1,431	103.26/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,478	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,580	115.71/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,828	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,571	109.19/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,715	13
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	46	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	60	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,294	83.25/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,077	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,464	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	96.71/cwt	90.00–100.00	101	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	86.79/cwt	80.00–95.00	82	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	78.40/cwt	70.00–85.00	67	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	103.00/cwt	95.00–115.00	115	5
Bulls	—	—	1,799	104.00/cwt	95.00–118.00	1,871	4
Bulls	—	—	1,623	85.33/cwt	77.00–92.50	1,385	2

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 488Last week 435Year ago 372

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 300Last week 263Year ago 250

5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt. No report available on cows.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	160.00	160.00
2	—	84	160.00–165.00	162.38
1	—	124	130.00	130.00
1	—	102	150.00	150.00
1	—	70	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	65.00	65.00
1	—	86	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	165.00–205.00	185.95
1	—	116	155.00	155.00
2	—	90	135.00–190.00	162.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	30.00	30.00
3	—	103	50.00–70.00	58.45
2	—	82	25.00–40.00	32.32
2	—	72	35.00–40.00	37.57
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	65.00–100.00	87.29
6	—	95	50.00–90.00	75.16
4	—	84	60.00–75.00	66.28
1	—	114	80.00	80.00
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	104	90.00–100.00	96.71
6	—	94	80.00–95.00	86.79
6	—	86	70.00–85.00	78.40
5	—	112	95.00–115.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,496	105.00–107.50	106.46
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,485	108.00–118.00	112.71
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,431	100.00–107.00	103.26
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,580	113.00–119.00	115.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,571	106.00–112.00	109.19
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,294	83.00–83.50	83.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,464	83.00	83.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,799	95.00–118.00	104.00
2	—	1,623	77.00–92.50	85.33

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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