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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Aug 19

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

373 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 326▲ 373 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

321 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 338▲ 321 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-20.00 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	—	Low	1,671	78.02	1,303	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	62.04	1,010	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,338	56.90	761	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,118	44.00	492	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	91.02	1,221	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	85.89	1,215	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,341	74.78	1,003	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,541	112.28	1,730	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,367	108.06	1,477	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,573	116.04	1,825	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,367	111.46	1,524	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,245	104.59	1,302	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	118.33/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	99	70.74/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	97	29.55/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	77	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	88	215.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	82	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	68	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,245	104.59/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,302	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,367	111.46/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,524	11
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,573	116.04/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,825	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,367	108.06/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,477	3
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,541	112.28/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,730	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,362	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	844	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	79.80/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,361	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	38.92/cwt	33.00–42.50	431	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	46.90/cwt	44.00–50.00	527	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	64.75/cwt	62.00–69.50	813	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	57.13/cwt	55.50–58.50	758	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,402	51.28/cwt	45.00–54.00	719	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,614	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,122	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	899	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	63.45/cwt	61.00–65.50	1,037	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,341	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,221	3
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,341	74.78/cwt	74.50–75.00	1,003	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,415	85.89/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,215	10
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 3Crossbred	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	189	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Utility	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	215	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	52.50/cwt	50.00–55.00	46	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	93	23.76/cwt	15.00–30.00	22	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	219.57/cwt	200.00–240.00	206	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	78.27/cwt	65.00–95.00	74	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	65.35/cwt	55.00–80.00	61	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	205	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	80.15/cwt	60.00–90.00	82	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	31.96/cwt	15.00–60.00	33	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	109.54/cwt	90.00–130.00	113	8
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	109.94/cwt	100.00–125.00	124	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	63	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	118	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	94	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	153	1

This sale against other markets

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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 373Last week 326Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 321Last week 338Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	125.00	125.00
2	—	88	50.00–55.00	52.50
3	—	113	100.00–125.00	109.94
5	—	94	65.00–95.00	78.27
8	—	103	90.00–130.00	109.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	250.00	250.00
1	—	100	205.00	205.00
2	—	94	200.00–240.00	219.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
1	—	118	80.00	80.00
3	—	94	55.00–80.00	65.35
4	—	102	60.00–90.00	80.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	114	55.00	55.00
3	—	102	15.00–60.00	31.96
4	—	93	15.00–30.00	23.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
2	—	85	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,362	62.00	62.00
9	—	1,705	74.00–84.00	79.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	107.00–109.00	108.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,541	110.00–114.00	112.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,573	115.00–118.00	116.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,245	102.00–108.00	104.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,367	109.00–113.00	111.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	83.00–89.00	85.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,341	90.00–92.00	91.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,341	74.50–75.00	74.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	62.00–69.50	64.75
5	—	1,326	55.50–58.50	57.13
10	—	1,402	45.00–54.00	51.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	61.00–65.50	63.45
1	—	1,614	69.50	69.50
2	—	1,620	55.50	55.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,107	33.00–42.50	38.92
7	—	1,124	44.00–50.00	46.90

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.