Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-06-20

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-20

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 20

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 167▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

202 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 192▲ 202 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 1.00-2.00 lower.

Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	Average	1,435	70.49	1,011	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,726	68.21	1,177	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	61.05	1,032	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	59.77	797	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	43.63	523	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,588	76.00	1,207	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,076	68.50	737	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	125.53/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	84.79/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	96	27.97/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	90	57.50/cwt	3

Every lot

31 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,068	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,124	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	534	1
Bulls	—	—	1,774	80.22/cwt	79.00–81.50	1,423	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	34.35/cwt	26.50–38.50	381	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,236	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	674	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	47.57/cwt	45.50–50.00	592	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	62.41/cwt	58.50–68.50	801	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,384	57.12/cwt	54.50–59.50	791	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,689	60.64/cwt	57.00–66.00	1,024	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,696	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	1,077	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,726	68.21/cwt	65.50–69.50	1,177	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,076	68.50/cwt	68.00–69.00	737	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,588	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,207	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	86	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	108	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	86	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	24	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	98	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	78	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	52.74/cwt	45.00–60.00	44	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	20.00/cwt	15.00–25.00	17	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	57	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	66.78/cwt	50.00–110.00	62	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	95	25.17/cwt	15.00–30.00	24	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	115.50/cwt	70.00–150.00	111	5
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	98	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	162	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	91.13/cwt	70.00–120.00	93	7
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	133.80/cwt	115.00–150.00	138	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	110.00/cwt	100.00–120.00	121	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	112	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	241	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	138.29/cwt	130.00–145.00	156	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	39.74/cwt	25.00–65.00	45	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	150	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 20, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 167Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 202Last week 192Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 higher

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	125.00	125.00
3	—	87	60.00–70.00	65.00
5	—	96	70.00–150.00	115.50
6	—	113	130.00–145.00	138.29
8	—	103	115.00–150.00	133.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	110	100.00–120.00	110.00
4	—	84	45.00–60.00	52.74
4	—	93	50.00–110.00	66.78
7	—	102	70.00–120.00	91.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	25.00	25.00
3	—	85	15.00–25.00	20.00
3	—	95	15.00–30.00	25.17
3	—	114	25.00–65.00	39.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	27.50	27.50
1	—	98	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,068	74.00	74.00
2	—	1,774	79.00–81.50	80.22
1	—	1,124	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,384	54.50–59.50	57.12
8	—	1,284	58.50–68.50	62.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,689	57.00–66.00	60.64
1	—	1,696	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,245	45.50–50.00	47.57
1	—	1,236	54.50	54.50
5	—	1,108	26.50–38.50	34.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,726	65.50–69.50	68.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,588	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,076	68.00–69.00	68.50

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.