Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-07-18

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-18

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 18

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

158 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 131▲ 158 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

202 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 225▲ 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 traded mostly 1.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,706	84.50	1,442	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,557	71.25	1,109	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,734	61.30	1,063	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	56.42	724	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	43.84	476	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	76.16/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	98	64.59/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	100	31.14/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	77	7.86/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	88	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

28 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	—	—	1,706	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,442	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	29.67/cwt	22.50–36.50	296	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	53.74/cwt	52.00–56.50	577	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,137	45.97/cwt	42.00–50.00	523	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	61.51/cwt	59.00–64.50	763	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	55.50/cwt	53.00–59.50	717	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,436	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,041	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,678	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,175	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,734	61.30/cwt	60.00–62.50	1,063	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Utility	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	30	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	41.26/cwt	40.00–45.00	36	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	75	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	65.47/cwt	50.00–80.00	62	2
Bulls	—	Utility	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	99	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	81.35/cwt	70.00–90.00	85	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	105	33.92/cwt	20.00–45.00	36	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	91.70/cwt	90.00–95.00	103	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	118	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	89	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	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 18, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 131Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 202Last week 225Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows traded mostly 1.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	80.00	80.00
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
3	—	112	90.00–95.00	91.70
4	—	88	40.00–45.00	41.26
4	—	104	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	15.00	15.00
1	—	86	35.00	35.00
1	—	118	75.00	75.00
2	—	95	50.00–80.00	65.47
4	—	104	70.00–90.00	81.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
4	—	105	20.00–45.00	33.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	98	10.00	10.00
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,706	84.50	84.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,291	53.00–59.50	55.50
2	—	1,241	59.00–64.50	61.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,734	60.00–62.50	61.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,137	42.00–50.00	45.97
3	—	1,074	52.00–56.50	53.74
3	—	998	22.50–36.50	29.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,678	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,436	72.50	72.50

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.