Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

20.00-30.00 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	—	High	1,540	93.76	1,444	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,934	72.81	1,408	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,749	68.50	1,198	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	63.06	812	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,124	49.53	557	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,531	86.98	1,332	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	85.00	1,146	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,622	91.95	1,491	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,333	114.76	1,530	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	106.91	1,336	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,583	122.54	1,940	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	114.76	1,704	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,326	112.27	1,489	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	132.83/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	100	107.35/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	112	62.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	90	175.99/cwt	6

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	Number 1	—	113	125.93/cwt	110.00–140.00	142	4
Steers	Select	—	1,326	112.27/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,489	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,583	122.54/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,940	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,348	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,146	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,531	86.98/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,332	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,622	91.95/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,491	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	43.42/cwt	37.00–50.00	518	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,934	72.81/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,333	114.76/cwt	113.00–116.50	1,530	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	106.91/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,336	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	114.76/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,704	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	62.50/cwt	60.00–65.00	70	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	57.69/cwt	53.50–63.00	725	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	67.53/cwt	60.00–75.00	887	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	65.99/cwt	58.50–73.50	635	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	50.47/cwt	47.00–55.50	557	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,749	68.50/cwt	67.50–69.50	1,198	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	107.50/cwt	95.00–120.00	120	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	90.08/cwt	80.00–100.00	77	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	98.39/cwt	85.00–105.00	101	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	113.35/cwt	95.00–130.00	107	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	129.11/cwt	120.00–140.00	133	6
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	240	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	313	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	325	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	104	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	265.48/cwt	250.00–280.00	247	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	260	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	108.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	94	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	130	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	78	1
Bulls	—	—	1,674	98.17/cwt	92.50–104.00	1,643	5
Bulls	—	—	1,316	86.42/cwt	77.00–93.00	1,137	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

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 412Last week 433Year ago 287

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 263Last week 261Year ago 249

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

20.00-30.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	113	110.00–140.00	125.93
5	—	94	95.00–130.00	113.35
6	—	103	120.00–140.00	129.11
4	—	86	105.00–110.00	108.74
1	—	124	105.00	105.00
1	—	78	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	60.00–65.00	62.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	80.00	80.00
2	—	112	95.00–120.00	107.50
3	—	86	80.00–100.00	90.08
6	—	103	85.00–105.00	98.39
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	290.00	290.00
1	—	116	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	140.00	140.00
2	—	93	250.00–280.00	265.48
1	—	106	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,326	110.00–116.50	112.27
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,583	120.00–129.00	122.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,485	111.00–119.00	114.76
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,348	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,531	86.00–88.00	86.98
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,622	89.00–94.50	91.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,192	37.00–50.00	43.42
2	—	963	58.50–73.50	65.99
4	—	1,103	47.00–55.50	50.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,934	71.00–75.00	72.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	53.50–63.00	57.69
6	—	1,313	60.00–75.00	67.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,749	67.50–69.50	68.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	113.00–116.50	114.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	103.00–112.00	106.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,674	92.50–104.00	98.17
3	—	1,316	77.00–93.00	86.42

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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