Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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	—	Low	1,618	88.04	1,424	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,734	65.11	1,129	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,818	63.01	1,146	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,396	58.60	818	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,152	43.97	507	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,593	68.21	1,087	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,537	84.16	1,294	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,558	80.77	1,258	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,293	78.89	1,020	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,242	109.00	1,354	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	105.13	1,429	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,601	108.84	1,743	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	105.36	1,554	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,309	99.08	1,297	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	127.82/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	98	85.13/cwt	36
Bulls	Number 3	89	44.43/cwt	30
Bulls	Utility	75	15.94/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	90	145.84/cwt	15
Heifers	Number 2	84	72.19/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	70	12.66/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

66 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 3Crossbred	—	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Utility	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	92	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	Utility	—	62	15.32/cwt	5.00–25.00	9	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	82	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	49	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	51	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	68	2
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	74	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	81	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	68	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	119	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	183.60/cwt	155.00–210.00	138	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	192.57/cwt	185.00–200.00	202	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	206.75/cwt	200.00–210.00	174	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	72	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	29	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	50.12/cwt	40.00–60.00	42	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	103	75.15/cwt	60.00–90.00	77	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	71	107.39/cwt	100.00–115.00	76	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	63	5.32/cwt	5.00–6.00	3	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	50.28/cwt	46.00–54.00	579	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,818	63.01/cwt	58.00–65.00	1,146	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	54.19/cwt	53.50–55.00	527	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	34.94/cwt	31.00–42.00	434	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	48.08/cwt	44.00–52.00	547	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,242	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,354	1
Steers	Select	—	1,309	99.08/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,297	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,537	84.16/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,294	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,293	78.89/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,020	2
Bulls	—	—	1,602	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	721	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	56.68/cwt	30.00–80.00	53	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	57.79/cwt	40.00–90.00	60	4
Bulls	Number 3Crossbred	—	76	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	38.97/cwt	25.00–50.00	32	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	24.89/cwt	15.00–45.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	68	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	85	68.12/cwt	50.00–85.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	94	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	52	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	96.11/cwt	85.00–105.00	101	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	85.16/cwt	70.00–100.00	81	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	72.16/cwt	50.00–90.00	61	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	94.82/cwt	80.00–105.00	105	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	115	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	183.15/cwt	145.00–210.00	174	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	172.17/cwt	160.00–185.00	198	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	202.50/cwt	190.00–215.00	219	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	119	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	86	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	107.25/cwt	90.00–120.00	122	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	111.14/cwt	100.00–120.00	114	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	93.09/cwt	85.00–100.00	86	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,558	80.77/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,258	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,593	68.21/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,087	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,601	108.84/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,743	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	105.36/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,554	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,359	105.13/cwt	105.00–105.50	1,429	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,734	65.11/cwt	64.00–67.00	1,129	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	58.17/cwt	54.00–61.50	832	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	63.85/cwt	63.00–65.00	916	4
Bulls	—	—	1,771	97.15/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,721	6
Bulls	—	—	1,437	85.71/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,232	5

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 354Last week 155Year ago 348

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 349Last week 235Year ago 324

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	15.00	15.00
1	—	76	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	88	10.00	10.00
1	—	92	25.00	25.00
2	—	62	5.00–25.00	15.32
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	93	30.00–80.00	56.68
4	—	104	40.00–90.00	57.79
6	—	83	25.00–50.00	38.97
5	—	75	15.00–45.00	24.89
1	—	112	50.00	50.00
1	—	68	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	50.00–85.00	68.12
1	—	94	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	105	85.00–105.00	96.11
9	—	95	70.00–100.00	85.16
6	—	85	50.00–90.00	72.16
3	—	111	80.00–105.00	94.82
1	—	128	90.00	90.00
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	145.00–210.00	183.15
2	—	115	160.00–185.00	172.17
2	—	108	190.00–215.00	202.50
1	—	72	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	114	90.00–120.00	107.25
9	—	103	100.00–120.00	111.14
5	—	92	85.00–100.00	93.09
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	60.00	60.00
1	—	92	55.00	55.00
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
2	—	104	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	175.00	175.00
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
2	—	75	155.00–210.00	183.60
2	—	105	185.00–200.00	192.57
3	—	84	200.00–210.00	206.75
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	40.00	40.00
2	—	83	40.00–60.00	50.12
2	—	103	60.00–90.00	75.15
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	71	100.00–115.00	107.39
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	20.00	20.00
2	—	74	20.00	20.00
3	—	63	5.00–6.00	5.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,151	46.00–54.00	50.28
10	—	1,430	54.00–61.50	58.17
4	—	1,434	63.00–65.00	63.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,818	58.00–65.00	63.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	972	53.50–55.00	54.19
5	—	1,243	31.00–42.00	34.94
6	—	1,137	44.00–52.00	48.08
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,734	64.00–67.00	65.11
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,242	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,359	105.00–105.50	105.13
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,309	93.00–104.00	99.08
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,601	107.00–111.00	108.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,475	103.00–108.00	105.36
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	83.00–85.00	84.16
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	77.00–81.00	78.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,558	79.00–83.50	80.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,602	45.00	45.00
6	—	1,771	91.00–100.00	97.15
5	—	1,437	83.00–88.00	85.71
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	65.00–72.00	68.21

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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