Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Feeder dairy calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher.

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	1,641	74.39	1,220	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,754	76.48	1,342	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	64.72	1,004	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,352	61.72	834	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,192	49.91	595	25

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	104.66/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	98	73.27/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	92	25.54/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	86	9.44/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 1	90	105.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	87	67.53/cwt	65.00–70.00	59	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	130	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	119.87/cwt	100.00–140.00	135	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	100.08/cwt	85.00–115.00	95	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	107.07/cwt	95.00–125.00	112	10
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	112	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	99.91/cwt	90.00–110.00	111	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	46.72/cwt	40.00–55.00	39	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	86.75/cwt	80.00–100.00	89	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	64.53/cwt	50.00–85.00	60	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	31.08/cwt	15.00–60.00	32	4
Bulls	Utility	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	101	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	2
Bulls	Utility	—	93	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	84	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	59	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	202	1
Bulls	—	—	1,502	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,224	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	62.37/cwt	60.00–65.50	999	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,563	74.75/cwt	74.50–75.00	1,168	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	60.62/cwt	58.50–63.00	809	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,252	52.35/cwt	49.00–55.00	655	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	68.25/cwt	68.00–68.50	1,009	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,850	77.35/cwt	76.50–79.00	1,431	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	56.00/cwt	54.50–57.00	643	5
Bulls	—	—	1,924	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,703	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	67.37/cwt	63.50–70.50	961	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	39.13/cwt	27.50–47.50	425	6
Bulls	—	—	1,568	63.77/cwt	63.00–65.50	1,000	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	54.80/cwt	54.50–55.00	698	2

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 156Last week 167Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 218Last week 192Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Feeder dairy calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	65.00–70.00	67.53
2	—	121	105.00–110.00	107.48
6	—	113	100.00–140.00	119.87
7	—	95	85.00–115.00	100.08
10	—	105	95.00–125.00	107.07
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
2	—	111	90.00–110.00	99.91
3	—	83	40.00–55.00	46.72
6	—	103	80.00–100.00	86.75
7	—	93	50.00–85.00	64.53
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	30.00	30.00
2	—	78	15.00	15.00
4	—	102	15.00–60.00	31.08
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
2	—	101	10.00	10.00
3	—	93	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	40.00	40.00
1	—	90	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,502	81.50	81.50
1	—	1,924	88.50	88.50
2	—	1,568	63.00–65.50	63.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,601	60.00–65.50	62.37
2	—	1,478	68.00–68.50	68.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	74.50–75.00	74.75
4	—	1,850	76.50–79.00	77.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,334	58.50–63.00	60.62
4	—	1,426	63.50–70.50	67.37
2	—	1,274	54.50–55.00	54.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,252	49.00–55.00	52.35
5	—	1,149	54.50–57.00	56.00
6	—	1,086	27.50–47.50	39.13

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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