Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-07-04

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-07-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-04

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 4

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 131▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

150 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 225▲ 150 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 2.00-4.00 lower. Seeder dairy calves sold 25.00-50.00 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	1,404	77.00	1,081	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	59.43	967	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	50.61	691	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	45.80	545	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	121.39/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	100	81.63/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	88	25.99/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	69	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	98	225.00/cwt	1

Every lot

22 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	—	—	1,404	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,081	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	47.47/cwt	44.00–50.00	547	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	36.59/cwt	27.00–42.50	437	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,321	53.75/cwt	53.50–54.00	710	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	50.61/cwt	48.50–52.00	691	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,582	63.35/cwt	62.50–64.50	1,002	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	57.07/cwt	55.00–60.00	945	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	221	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	54	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	12.47/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	38.10/cwt	25.00–50.00	32	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Utility	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	96	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	97	78.32/cwt	55.00–100.00	76	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	130.94/cwt	120.00–140.00	135	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	97.23/cwt	80.00–120.00	100	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	54	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	98.37/cwt	80.00–110.00	109	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	125.27/cwt	105.00–145.00	140	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	155	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 Jul 4, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 131Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 150Last week 225Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Seeder dairy calves sold 25.00-50.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	45.00	45.00
1	—	124	125.00	125.00
4	—	112	105.00–145.00	125.27
6	—	103	120.00–140.00	130.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	25.00–50.00	38.10
3	—	97	55.00–100.00	78.32
3	—	103	80.00–120.00	97.23
3	—	111	80.00–110.00	98.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
1	—	96	35.00	35.00
1	—	108	50.00	50.00
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.47

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	54	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,404	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,365	48.50–52.00	50.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,655	55.00–60.00	57.07
3	—	1,582	62.50–64.50	63.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,152	44.00–50.00	47.47
2	—	1,321	53.50–54.00	53.75
3	—	1,193	27.00–42.50	36.59

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.