Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-09-23

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Sep 23

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

361 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 351▲ 361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

375 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 330▲ 375 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 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold mostly steady.

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	—	High	1,696	77.48	1,314	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,632	58.91	961	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	53.75	742	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,163	42.80	498	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	89.42	1,360	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,547	84.76	1,311	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	103.00	1,283	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,212	93.61	1,135	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,509	113.68	1,715	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	109.52	1,698	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,306	101.85	1,330	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	102.24/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	98	56.86/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	97	23.35/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	74	7.86/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	92	78.98/cwt	5

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	1,306	101.85/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,330	6
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,509	113.68/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,715	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,550	109.52/cwt	107.50–112.00	1,698	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,212	93.61/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,135	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,246	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,283	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	73.61/cwt	64.00–77.50	1,201	7
Bulls	—	—	1,808	84.25/cwt	79.00–91.00	1,523	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	31.77/cwt	23.00–36.00	332	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	562	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	46.52/cwt	43.50–50.00	573	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	53.75/cwt	51.00–57.50	742	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,566	55.28/cwt	54.00–57.50	866	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,724	63.99/cwt	62.50–65.50	1,103	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,521	89.42/cwt	86.50–94.00	1,360	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,547	84.76/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,311	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	123	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	91	19.95/cwt	15.00–25.00	18	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	163	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	—	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	166.68/cwt	135.00–195.00	140	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	37	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	95	21.01/cwt	15.00–35.00	20	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	70.93/cwt	60.00–80.00	68	6
Bulls	—	Utility	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	81.10/cwt	50.00–170.00	83	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	79.94/cwt	75.00–85.00	85	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	106	30.03/cwt	25.00–35.00	32	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	176	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	81.26/cwt	75.00–85.00	92	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	57	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	85	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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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 351Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 375Last week 330Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	40.00	40.00
1	—	122	70.00	70.00
4	—	113	75.00–85.00	81.26
5	—	106	75.00–85.00	79.94
6	—	96	60.00–80.00	70.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
1	—	110	160.00	160.00
5	—	84	135.00–195.00	166.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	50.00	50.00
2	—	85	25.00	25.00
3	—	93	40.00	40.00
5	—	102	50.00–170.00	81.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
3	—	106	25.00–35.00	30.03
5	—	95	15.00–35.00	21.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	98	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	35.00	35.00
2	—	91	15.00–25.00	19.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	150.00	150.00
1	—	96	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,808	79.00–91.00	84.25
7	—	1,632	64.00–77.50	73.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,550	107.50–112.00	109.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,509	110.00–116.50	113.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	99.00–104.00	101.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	83.00–86.00	84.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,521	86.50–94.00	89.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,246	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,212	91.00–96.00	93.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,380	51.00–57.50	53.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,566	54.00–57.50	55.28
5	—	1,724	62.50–65.50	63.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,124	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,045	23.00–36.00	31.77
8	—	1,231	43.50–50.00	46.52

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.