Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher on lean cows while fleshier cows sold steady-1.00 lower.

Holstein calves sold mostly steady.

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	1,610	77.86	1,253	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,695	65.09	1,103	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	57.82	933	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	57.28	765	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	43.40	511	23

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	125.73/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	96	84.50/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 3	91	27.81/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	76	13.77/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 2	88	20.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	82	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	71	8.75/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1	—	112	123.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	139	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	123.89/cwt	110.00–135.00	129	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	117.83/cwt	100.00–130.00	111	16
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	224	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	72.66/cwt	60.00–85.00	56	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	72.50/cwt	65.00–80.00	80	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	75.07/cwt	70.00–80.00	63	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	90.93/cwt	75.00–110.00	87	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	89.02/cwt	65.00–120.00	92	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	45	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	29.91/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	4
Bulls	Utility	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	63	7.62/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	90	35.00/cwt	20.00–50.00	32	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Bulls	—	—	1,395	75.72/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,056	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	55.40/cwt	53.00–59.50	770	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	56.54/cwt	52.00–59.00	907	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	47.71/cwt	45.50–50.50	560	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,695	65.09/cwt	63.00–66.50	1,103	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	52.43/cwt	51.00–55.00	625	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	61.14/cwt	58.00–65.00	784	10
Bulls	—	—	1,824	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,459	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	62.04/cwt	60.50–64.00	993	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	48.77/cwt	46.00–50.00	675	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,794	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	933	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	29.50/cwt	23.00–37.50	346	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	134	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 2, 2019

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 554Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 203Last week 264Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher on lean cows while fleshier cows sold steady-1.00 lower.

Holstein calves sold mostly steady.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	112	120.00–130.00	123.74
10	—	104	110.00–135.00	123.89
16	—	94	100.00–130.00	117.83
1	—	122	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	220.00	220.00
1	—	112	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	60.00–85.00	72.66
2	—	110	65.00–80.00	72.50
5	—	84	70.00–80.00	75.07
7	—	96	75.00–110.00	90.93
11	—	103	65.00–120.00	89.02
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	112	40.00	40.00
4	—	84	25.00–35.00	29.91
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	86	15.00	15.00
2	—	66	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
2	—	63	5.00–10.00	7.62
2	—	90	20.00–50.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
3	—	73	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	73.00–78.00	75.72
2	—	1,824	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	53.00–59.50	55.40
10	—	1,283	58.00–65.00	61.14
3	—	1,384	46.00–50.00	48.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,605	52.00–59.00	56.54
5	—	1,601	60.50–64.00	62.04
1	—	1,794	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,173	45.50–50.50	47.71
6	—	1,192	51.00–55.00	52.43
7	—	1,173	23.00–37.50	29.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,695	63.00–66.50	65.09

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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