Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-05-30

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-30

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 30

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

132 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 152▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

189 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 204▲ 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Dairy feeder calves sold sharply lower, mostly 40.00-50.00 lower with very light buyer demand.

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	1,322	74.00	978	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,892	74.25	1,405	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,732	66.68	1,155	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	61.60	792	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	48.77	536	24

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	88.54/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	96	55.06/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	96	15.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	82	9.50/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	105	62.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	8.33/cwt	3

Every lot

29 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,322	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	978	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	55.93/cwt	54.00–59.50	590	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	50.14/cwt	47.00–54.00	555	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	37.91/cwt	31.50–44.50	430	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	65.16/cwt	62.50–72.00	801	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	58.37/cwt	53.50–62.50	780	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	65.31/cwt	62.00–67.00	1,110	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,829	70.80/cwt	69.50–72.00	1,295	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,892	74.25/cwt	72.50–75.50	1,405	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	96	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	58	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	114	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	74	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	67	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	Utility	75	11.68/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	43.49/cwt	30.00–60.00	37	3
Bulls	—	UtilityCrossbred	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	68.82/cwt	60.00–75.00	60	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	51.22/cwt	30.00–70.00	48	9
Bulls	—	Utility	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	80.62/cwt	70.00–100.00	77	11
Bulls	—	Number 3	96	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	235	1
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	102	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	122	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	58.21/cwt	50.00–65.00	61	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	86.26/cwt	70.00–100.00	91	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	103.58/cwt	85.00–115.00	119	3

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.

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

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 30, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 152Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 189Last week 204Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Dairy feeder calves sold sharply lower, mostly 40.00-50.00 lower with very light buyer demand.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	115	85.00–115.00	103.58
4	—	87	60.00–75.00	68.82
9	—	105	70.00–100.00	86.26
11	—	95	70.00–100.00	80.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	50.00	50.00
3	—	84	30.00–60.00	43.49
3	—	104	50.00–65.00	58.21
9	—	94	30.00–70.00	51.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	67	5.00	5.00
3	—	75	10.00–15.00	11.68
4	—	94	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	60.00	60.00
1	—	114	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,322	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,336	53.50–62.50	58.37
10	—	1,229	62.50–72.00	65.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,700	62.00–67.00	65.31
2	—	1,829	69.50–72.00	70.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,107	47.00–54.00	50.14
7	—	1,055	54.00–59.50	55.93
6	—	1,135	31.50–44.50	37.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,892	72.50–75.50	74.25

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.