Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-05-16

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 16

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

111 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 155▲ 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

185 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 239▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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	1,865	62.70	1,169	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,624	66.29	1,077	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,360	58.03	789	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,196	45.85	548	38

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	153.62/cwt	40
Bulls	Number 2	95	91.36/cwt	45
Bulls	Number 3	91	48.02/cwt	36
Bulls	Utility	77	10.63/cwt	25
Heifers	Number 1	84	235.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	80	35.00/cwt	1

Every lot

39 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. 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,400	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,092	1
Bulls	—	—	2,097	55.05/cwt	53.00–56.50	1,154	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	23.37/cwt	11.50–37.00	263	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,144	44.42/cwt	37.50–47.00	508	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	59.03/cwt	54.50–62.50	726	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,247	49.21/cwt	46.00–53.50	614	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	64.01/cwt	62.00–68.50	804	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	53.44/cwt	50.00–54.50	700	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,436	57.68/cwt	55.00–61.50	828	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	62.78/cwt	58.50–66.50	995	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,669	70.34/cwt	67.00–75.50	1,174	13
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2	80	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	28	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	197	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	48	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	2	1
Bulls	—	Utility	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	Utility	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	77	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	3
Bulls	—	Utility	77	17.03/cwt	10.00–35.00	13	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	80	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	72	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	172	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	67	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	71.16/cwt	60.00–80.00	60	12
Bulls	—	Utility	84	10.94/cwt	6.00–15.00	9	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	46.65/cwt	30.00–70.00	40	14
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	88.00/cwt	65.00–115.00	82	19
Bulls	—	Utility	93	13.71/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	46.38/cwt	20.00–70.00	44	12
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	94	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	144.45/cwt	120.00–180.00	139	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	113.79/cwt	80.00–150.00	118	12
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	61.50/cwt	15.00–110.00	64	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	104	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	165.95/cwt	140.00–195.00	174	18
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	163.91/cwt	140.00–180.00	180	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	—	Utility	112	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	224.12/cwt	200.00–250.00	255	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	115	109.91/cwt	100.00–120.00	126	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	120	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	180	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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 16, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 155Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 185Last week 239Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	80.00	80.00
5	—	110	140.00–180.00	163.91
9	—	96	120.00–180.00	144.45
18	—	105	140.00–195.00	165.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	90.00	90.00
1	—	94	40.00	40.00
1	—	104	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	205.00	205.00
1	—	120	150.00	150.00
2	—	114	200.00–250.00	224.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	115	100.00–120.00	109.91
12	—	84	60.00–80.00	71.16
12	—	104	80.00–150.00	113.79
19	—	93	65.00–115.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
3	—	77	30.00	30.00
6	—	104	15.00–110.00	61.50
12	—	94	20.00–70.00	46.38
14	—	85	30.00–70.00	46.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	48	5.00	5.00
1	—	112	15.00	15.00
2	—	58	5.00	5.00
4	—	93	10.00–20.00	13.71
5	—	77	10.00–35.00	17.03
6	—	63	5.00	5.00
6	—	84	6.00–15.00	10.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	35.00	35.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	78.00	78.00
2	—	2,097	53.00–56.50	55.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,256	62.00–68.50	64.01
8	—	1,309	50.00–54.50	53.44
15	—	1,436	55.00–61.50	57.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,669	67.00–75.50	70.34
15	—	1,585	58.50–66.50	62.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,125	11.50–37.00	23.37
6	—	1,230	54.50–62.50	59.03
12	—	1,144	37.50–47.00	44.42
15	—	1,247	46.00–53.50	49.21

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.