Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Calves sold 30.00-40.00 lower.

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	1,696	70.78	1,201	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,598	62.59	1,000	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,313	57.51	755	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,193	46.75	558	89

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	112.37/cwt	39
Bulls	Number 2	98	91.79/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 3	86	59.66/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	79	13.32/cwt	15
Heifers	Number 1	98	118.02/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	86	46.59/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 3	68	35.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	8.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - 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 2	—	85	78.85/cwt	75.00–85.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	122.49/cwt	115.00–130.00	140	4
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	114	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	103	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	101.21/cwt	95.00–110.00	102	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	88	1
Bulls	Utility	—	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	—	1,638	73.53/cwt	71.50–76.50	1,204	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	89	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	117.91/cwt	100.00–145.00	121	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	87.08/cwt	70.00–105.00	82	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	54.25/cwt	35.00–80.00	46	3
Bulls	Utility	—	82	14.88/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	2
Bulls	UtilityBrown Swiss	—	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	2
Bulls	—	—	1,871	79.92/cwt	79.50–80.50	1,495	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	60.29/cwt	56.00–66.50	802	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	22.30/cwt	12.00–35.00	226	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	48.78/cwt	40.50–52.50	598	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	55.36/cwt	52.50–59.50	721	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	65.01/cwt	62.50–68.50	1,047	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,241	54.74/cwt	51.50–59.00	679	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	49.32/cwt	42.50–52.50	613	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	59.69/cwt	57.00–62.50	945	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	38.80/cwt	29.50–45.50	426	13
Heifers	Number 1	—	114	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	86	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	148	1
Heifers	Number 2Crossbred	—	66	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 3Crossbred	—	68	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	24	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	202	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	118	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	59	1
Heifers	Number 2Crossbred	—	84	39.76/cwt	30.00–50.00	33	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	91	70.05/cwt	65.00–75.00	64	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	54	1
Heifers	Number 2Crossbred	—	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	106.26/cwt	90.00–135.00	101	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	101.46/cwt	95.00–110.00	113	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	57.60/cwt	50.00–65.00	43	2
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	4
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	74	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	41.50/cwt	41.50–41.50	656	1

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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

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Compared to last weeks sale Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Calves sold 30.00-40.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	75.00–85.00	78.85
4	—	101	95.00–110.00	101.21
11	—	94	70.00–105.00	87.08
1	—	78	90.00	90.00
7	—	111	95.00–110.00	101.46
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	114	115.00–130.00	122.49
3	—	85	105.00	105.00
15	—	103	100.00–145.00	117.91
1	—	120	125.00	125.00
15	—	95	90.00–135.00	106.26
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	80.00	80.00
3	—	85	35.00–80.00	54.25
2	—	75	50.00–65.00	57.60
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	58	5.00	5.00
2	—	94	15.00	15.00
2	—	82	10.00–20.00	14.88
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
4	—	73	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	20.00	20.00
1	—	74	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	75.00	75.00
2	—	91	65.00–75.00	70.05
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	140.00	140.00
1	—	86	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	60.00	60.00
2	—	84	30.00–50.00	39.76
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	88	10.00	10.00
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	50.00	50.00
1	—	90	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	71.50–76.50	73.53
2	—	1,871	79.50–80.50	79.92
1	—	1,580	41.50	41.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,330	56.00–66.50	60.29
30	—	1,303	52.50–59.50	55.36
5	—	1,242	42.50–52.50	49.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,014	12.00–35.00	22.30
41	—	1,226	40.50–52.50	48.78
27	—	1,241	51.50–59.00	54.74
13	—	1,098	29.50–45.50	38.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,611	62.50–68.50	65.01
20	—	1,583	57.00–62.50	59.69

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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