Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-06-06

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-06

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 6

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

167 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 287▲ 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

192 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 249▲ 192 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 2.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower.

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	1,647	71.02	1,170	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	62.12	991	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	54.34	717	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,261	46.89	591	40

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	59.08/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	101	54.76/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	93	28.51/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	77	9.29/cwt	21
Heifers	Number 1	88	65.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	93	27.31/cwt	2

Every lot

36 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	—	—	1,579	66.35/cwt	55.00–77.00	1,048	4
Bulls	—	—	1,783	80.36/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,433	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,241	42.44/cwt	31.50–45.50	527	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	49.96/cwt	44.00–52.50	628	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,266	49.42/cwt	46.00–53.00	626	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	30.61/cwt	23.00–35.00	389	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	59.71/cwt	58.50–62.00	766	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,290	56.12/cwt	55.00–58.00	724	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,356	55.64/cwt	52.50–58.50	754	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	50.10/cwt	46.00–55.00	685	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,539	60.34/cwt	57.50–62.50	929	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	66.96/cwt	63.00–76.00	1,148	9
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	57	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	93	27.31/cwt	10.00–45.00	25	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1	50	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	54	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	67	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	4
Bulls	—	Utility	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	9
Bulls	—	Number 3	77	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	22.62/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	52.44/cwt	50.00–55.00	45	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	57.19/cwt	50.00–60.00	50	7
Bulls	—	Utility	92	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	61.74/cwt	55.00–75.00	58	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	54.15/cwt	45.00–65.00	51	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	30.02/cwt	15.00–40.00	28	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	63.29/cwt	50.00–70.00	65	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	56.99/cwt	50.00–70.00	59	10
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	27.74/cwt	15.00–40.00	29	2
Bulls	—	Utility	106	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	57.98/cwt	50.00–60.00	66	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	51.25/cwt	40.00–60.00	58	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	122	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	61	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	87	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.

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

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Jun 6, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 167Last week 287Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 192Last week 249Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	50	5.00	5.00
1	—	124	70.00	70.00
5	—	113	50.00–60.00	57.98
7	—	87	50.00–60.00	57.19
9	—	94	55.00–75.00	61.74
9	—	103	50.00–70.00	63.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	50.00–55.00	52.44
4	—	114	40.00–60.00	51.25
6	—	94	45.00–65.00	54.15
10	—	104	50.00–70.00	56.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
1	—	122	50.00	50.00
2	—	77	15.00	15.00
2	—	104	15.00–40.00	27.74
4	—	84	15.00–30.00	22.62
6	—	94	15.00–40.00	30.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	54	5.00	5.00
1	—	106	20.00	20.00
2	—	92	10.00	10.00
4	—	67	5.00	5.00
4	—	82	10.00	10.00
9	—	75	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	10.00–45.00	27.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,579	55.00–77.00	66.35
2	—	1,783	78.00–83.00	80.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,356	52.50–58.50	55.64
3	—	1,283	58.50–62.00	59.71
9	—	1,258	44.00–52.50	49.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,539	57.50–62.50	60.34
9	—	1,715	63.00–76.00	66.96
2	—	1,368	46.00–55.00	50.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,266	46.00–53.00	49.42
3	—	1,290	55.00–58.00	56.12
12	—	1,241	31.50–45.50	42.44
2	—	1,270	23.00–35.00	30.61

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.