Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-29

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	—	Low	1,666	99.64	1,660	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,774	69.35	1,230	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,314	65.28	858	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,157	45.38	525	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,406	82.27	1,157	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,382	93.50	1,292	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	85.31	1,250	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,477	72.96	1,078	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,177	99.64	1,173	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	110.66	1,683	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	104.64	1,499	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,434	103.39	1,483	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	115.02/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	94	70.01/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	81	30.33/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	85	7.59/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	92	135.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	78	50.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	54.85/cwt	54.50–55.50	653	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	47.21/cwt	43.00–53.50	547	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,465	85.31/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,250	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,521	110.66/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,683	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,382	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,292	1
Steers	Select	—	1,434	103.39/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,483	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,477	72.96/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,078	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	72.71/cwt	68.50–78.50	947	6
Bulls	—	—	1,173	77.57/cwt	75.00–80.00	910	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	107.26/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,899	7
Bulls	—	—	1,731	97.35/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,685	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,406	82.27/cwt	81.50–83.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	202	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,177	99.64/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,173	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	104.64/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,499	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	185	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	182	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	229	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	55.79/cwt	54.50–57.00	725	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,774	69.35/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,230	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	38.21/cwt	32.00–42.00	435	6
Bulls	Utility	—	85	7.59/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	128	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	77.60/cwt	70.00–80.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	91.78/cwt	80.00–105.00	88	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	109.16/cwt	100.00–120.00	123	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	108.52/cwt	95.00–115.00	113	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	63.15/cwt	57.50–67.00	835	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	172	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	54	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	46	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	84.01/cwt	70.00–100.00	87	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	33.00/cwt	20.00–45.00	25	2

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 29, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 388Last week 584Year ago 348

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 328Last week 340Year ago 304

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	54.50–55.50	54.85
8	—	1,158	43.00–53.50	47.21
6	—	1,138	32.00–42.00	38.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,302	68.50–78.50	72.71
2	—	1,299	54.50–57.00	55.79
12	—	1,322	57.50–67.00	63.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,774	68.00–71.00	69.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	83.00–87.00	85.31
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,382	93.50	93.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,477	71.00–75.00	72.96
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,521	107.00–114.50	110.66
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,434	98.00–105.00	103.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,433	102.00–106.00	104.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	75.00–80.00	77.57
7	—	1,770	103.00–114.00	107.26
4	—	1,731	93.00–99.00	97.35
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,406	81.50–83.00	82.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,177	96.00–103.00	99.64

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	210.00	210.00
1	—	96	190.00	190.00
1	—	104	220.00	220.00
1	—	78	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	5.00–10.00	7.59
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	105.00	105.00
4	—	86	70.00–80.00	77.60
6	—	96	80.00–105.00	91.78
6	—	113	100.00–120.00	109.16
7	—	104	95.00–115.00	108.52
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	60.00	60.00
4	—	84	50.00–60.00	55.00
5	—	103	70.00–100.00	84.01
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	25.00	25.00
2	—	75	20.00–45.00	33.00

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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