Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

steady. 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	—	Average	1,688	91.11	1,538	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,931	64.34	1,242	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	60.39	942	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	58.70	759	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	42.39	487	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,412	84.00	1,186	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,631	76.99	1,256	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,295	70.07	907	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,373	107.87	1,481	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,447	103.31	1,495	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,565	114.25	1,788	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,469	109.74	1,612	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,419	106.37	1,509	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	141.94/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	89	92.77/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	86	42.09/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	87	144.99/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	88	40.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

38 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 3	—	88	40.00/cwt	35.00–45.00	35	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	60.22/cwt	40.00–80.00	55	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	88.48/cwt	70.00–110.00	75	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	111.63/cwt	110.00–115.00	114	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	98	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	113	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	63.38/cwt	55.00–70.00	47	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,931	64.34/cwt	64.00–65.00	1,242	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	47.26/cwt	44.50–50.50	574	7
Steers	Select	—	1,419	106.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,447	103.31/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,495	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,295	70.07/cwt	69.00–71.00	907	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,469	109.74/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,612	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	191	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	230	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	66	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	20	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	56.94/cwt	52.50–60.00	766	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	60.39/cwt	56.50–62.00	942	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,412	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,186	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	138.01/cwt	125.00–150.00	146	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	118.87/cwt	100.00–135.00	112	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	144.08/cwt	135.00–155.00	161	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	133	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	202	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	166	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	108.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	94	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	206	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	57.47/cwt	55.00–60.00	53	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	53.82/cwt	53.00–55.00	644	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	62.81/cwt	60.00–65.00	735	3
Bulls	—	—	1,592	83.86/cwt	71.00–90.00	1,335	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,565	114.25/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,788	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,373	107.87/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,481	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,631	76.99/cwt	73.00–81.00	1,256	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	32.62/cwt	28.00–39.00	346	7
Bulls	—	—	1,804	99.81/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,801	5

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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 286Last week 317Year ago 428

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 324Last week 401Year ago 0

steady. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	35.00–45.00	40.00
2	—	91	40.00–80.00	60.22
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	70.00–110.00	88.48
3	—	102	110.00–115.00	111.63
2	—	98	110.00–120.00	115.00
3	—	74	55.00–70.00	63.38
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	106	125.00–150.00	138.01
8	—	94	100.00–135.00	118.87
6	—	112	135.00–155.00	144.08
3	—	87	105.00–110.00	108.32
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	180.00	180.00
1	—	84	240.00	240.00
1	—	96	215.00	215.00
1	—	100	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	230.00	230.00
1	—	100	230.00	230.00
1	—	92	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	55.00–60.00	57.47
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,931	64.00–65.00	64.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,215	44.50–50.50	47.26
3	—	1,197	53.00–55.00	53.82
7	—	1,061	28.00–39.00	32.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	52.50–60.00	56.94
3	—	1,170	60.00–65.00	62.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,560	56.50–62.00	60.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	105.00–110.00	106.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,469	107.00–113.00	109.74
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,565	112.00–116.50	114.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,447	101.00–108.00	103.31
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	107.00–109.00	107.87
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	69.00–71.00	70.07
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,412	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,631	73.00–81.00	76.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,592	71.00–90.00	83.86
5	—	1,804	95.00–104.00	99.81

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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