Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

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	1,250	69.73	872	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,755	68.33	1,199	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,736	60.16	1,044	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	56.95	777	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,191	41.58	495	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,346	77.97	1,049	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,193	95.53	1,140	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	106.61/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	100	60.49/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	95	28.11/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	84	10.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	99	81.98/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Utility	—	118	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	40.19/cwt	30.00–50.00	42	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	84.85/cwt	80.00–90.00	87	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	104	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	190	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	114	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	97	55.04/cwt	45.00–65.00	53	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	182	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	163	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	167.55/cwt	165.00–170.00	154	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,736	60.16/cwt	57.00–64.50	1,044	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	55.81/cwt	51.50–61.00	777	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	60.73/cwt	59.00–63.50	775	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	87.39/cwt	10.00–115.00	92	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	85.17/cwt	70.00–95.00	80	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	102	22.45/cwt	20.00–25.00	23	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	37.25/cwt	33.50–40.00	445	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,755	68.33/cwt	68.00–68.50	1,199	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	46.06/cwt	41.00–48.50	542	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	51.99/cwt	49.00–55.50	628	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	77.97/cwt	68.50–83.50	1,049	5
Steers	Select	—	1,193	95.53/cwt	90.00–107.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	117	116.26/cwt	110.00–120.00	136	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	53	1
Bulls	—	—	1,250	69.73/cwt	65.50–74.50	872	3

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 Feb 6, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 136Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 240Last week 232Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	10.00	10.00
3	—	73	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	30.00–50.00	40.19
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	60.00–70.00	65.00
2	—	103	80.00–90.00	84.85
5	—	97	45.00–65.00	55.04
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	140.00	140.00
1	—	112	170.00	170.00
1	—	88	130.00	130.00
2	—	92	165.00–170.00	167.55
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	105	10.00–115.00	87.39
5	—	94	70.00–95.00	85.17
4	—	117	110.00–120.00	116.26
1	—	124	95.00	95.00
1	—	88	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	175.00	175.00
1	—	96	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	20.00–25.00	22.45
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,736	57.00–64.50	60.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,392	51.50–61.00	55.81
3	—	1,276	59.00–63.50	60.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,195	33.50–40.00	37.25
5	—	1,177	41.00–48.50	46.06
2	—	1,208	49.00–55.50	51.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,755	68.00–68.50	68.33
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,346	68.50–83.50	77.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	90.00–107.00	95.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	65.50–74.50	69.73

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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