Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher with strong buyer demand.

Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,756	80.00	1,405	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,713	77.32	1,324	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	63.31	983	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,378	55.84	770	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,274	47.35	603	53

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	152.91/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	91	92.00/cwt	49
Bulls	Number 3	95	62.92/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	81	11.12/cwt	22
Heifers	Number 1	85	128.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	78	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	183	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	83.33/cwt	70.00–95.00	72	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	148.70/cwt	140.00–155.00	144	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	170.71/cwt	165.00–175.00	193	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	161.21/cwt	130.00–175.00	166	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	240	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	74.26/cwt	55.00–90.00	62	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	95.93/cwt	80.00–125.00	88	38
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	121	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	60.32/cwt	40.00–70.00	50	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	61.11/cwt	55.00–75.00	65	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	63.90/cwt	35.00–85.00	59	6
Bulls	Utility	—	108	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	85	11.09/cwt	5.00–20.00	9	4
Bulls	Utility	—	95	18.02/cwt	10.00–25.00	17	5
Bulls	Utility	—	74	9.02/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	10
Heifers	Number 1	—	98	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	64	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	79	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	176	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,259	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	56.09/cwt	53.00–60.00	787	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	61.01/cwt	57.50–64.00	944	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,357	50.14/cwt	47.00–52.50	680	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,713	77.32/cwt	74.50–80.50	1,324	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,311	56.63/cwt	53.50–61.50	742	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	67.99/cwt	64.00–70.50	1,077	7
Bulls	—	—	1,856	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,559	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	61.50/cwt	60.50–62.50	844	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	50.55/cwt	48.00–52.50	624	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	799	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	43.76/cwt	37.00–50.00	519	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	30.59/cwt	20.00–38.00	354	6

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

Thu May 23, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 372Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 204Last week 250Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher with strong buyer demand.

Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	65.00	65.00
1	—	122	150.00	150.00
3	—	86	70.00–95.00	83.33
4	—	97	140.00–155.00	148.70
7	—	113	165.00–175.00	170.71
12	—	103	130.00–175.00	161.21
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	120.00	120.00
10	—	84	55.00–90.00	74.26
38	—	92	80.00–125.00	95.93
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	25.00	25.00
1	—	110	110.00	110.00
3	—	83	40.00–70.00	60.32
4	—	106	55.00–75.00	61.11
6	—	93	35.00–85.00	63.90
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	10.00	10.00
2	—	64	5.00	5.00
4	—	85	5.00–20.00	11.09
5	—	95	10.00–25.00	18.02
10	—	74	5.00–10.00	9.02
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	110.00	110.00
1	—	84	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,656	76.00	76.00
1	—	1,856	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,403	53.00–60.00	56.09
2	—	1,372	60.50–62.50	61.50
3	—	1,234	48.00–52.50	50.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,548	57.50–64.00	61.01
7	—	1,584	64.00–70.50	67.99
2	—	1,453	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,357	47.00–52.50	50.14
11	—	1,311	53.50–61.50	56.63
16	—	1,187	37.00–50.00	43.76
6	—	1,158	20.00–38.00	30.59
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,713	74.50–80.50	77.32

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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