Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Report limited due to reporter illness.

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,460	82.81	1,209	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,666	87.50	1,458	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,560	85.50	1,334	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,261	116.64	1,471	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	111.86	1,479	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,500	99.00	1,485	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,449	113.95	1,651	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	109.45	1,657	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,552	107.49	1,668	3thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Steers	Select	—	1,552	107.49/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,668	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,449	113.95/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,651	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,514	109.45/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,657	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,500	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,261	116.64/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	111.86/cwt	111.00–112.50	1,479	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,666	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,458	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,560	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,334	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,460	82.81/cwt	77.00–89.00	1,209	4

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 Jun 8, 2020

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

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Report limited due to reporter illness.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	107.00–108.00	107.49
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,449	111.00–119.00	113.95
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,514	108.00–111.00	109.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,261	116.00–117.00	116.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,322	111.00–112.50	111.86
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,666	87.50	87.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	85.50	85.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,460	77.00–89.00	82.81

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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