Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	—	Low	1,430	63.34	906	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,728	56.34	974	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	47.90	773	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	47.88	645	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,096	32.54	357	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,470	103.23	1,517	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,572	105.50	1,658	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	96.59/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	97	48.84/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	94	15.99/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	84	11.04/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	92	40.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

31 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	44.94/cwt	40.00–50.00	39	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	118	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	63.81/cwt	50.00–90.00	59	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	93.12/cwt	85.00–105.00	96	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	95.77/cwt	90.00–100.00	109	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	163	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.00	169	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	65.00/cwt	50.00–80.00	74	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	26.48/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	50.31/cwt	35.00–65.00	48	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	63.63/cwt	55.00–70.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	17.47/cwt	15.00–20.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	2
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	102	15.10/cwt	10.00–20.00	15	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	37	1
Bulls	—	—	1,132	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	475	1
Bulls	—	—	1,529	70.45/cwt	66.50–74.50	1,077	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,470	103.23/cwt	99.50–106.50	1,517	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,572	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	47.06/cwt	43.50–49.50	639	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	47.90/cwt	45.00–52.50	773	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	489	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	38.79/cwt	36.00–41.00	467	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,728	56.34/cwt	54.50–58.50	974	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	51.15/cwt	50.00–52.50	669	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	25.34/cwt	10.00–34.00	255	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Nov 14, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 146Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 238Last week 252Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	40.00–50.00	44.94
2	—	121	95.00–100.00	97.48
3	—	93	50.00–90.00	63.81
3	—	103	85.00–105.00	93.12
6	—	114	90.00–100.00	95.77
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	160.00	160.00
2	—	98	170.00–175.00	172.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	20.00	20.00
2	—	114	50.00–80.00	65.00
3	—	83	20.00–30.00	26.48
3	—	96	35.00–65.00	50.31
4	—	106	55.00–70.00	63.63
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
2	—	87	15.00–20.00	17.47
2	—	102	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
2	—	102	10.00–20.00	15.10
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,132	42.00	42.00
3	—	1,529	66.50–74.50	70.45
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	99.50–106.50	103.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,572	105.50	105.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,358	43.50–49.50	47.06
2	—	1,308	50.00–52.50	51.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,613	45.00–52.50	47.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,098	44.50	44.50
5	—	1,203	36.00–41.00	38.79
6	—	1,006	10.00–34.00	25.34
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,728	54.50–58.50	56.34

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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