Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-08-01

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

165 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 165▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

233 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 245▲ 233 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 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-30.00 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	1,535	86.47	1,328	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,809	79.81	1,444	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,769	69.79	1,235	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	68.24	878	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	52.40	563	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	121.57/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 2	100	66.35/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	78	7.48/cwt	4

Every lot

20 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	—	—	1,462	83.95/cwt	83.00–84.50	1,227	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,539	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	38.33/cwt	32.50–43.00	390	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	56.90/cwt	54.50–59.00	624	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,109	62.17/cwt	60.00–65.50	689	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,282	64.49/cwt	60.00–67.50	827	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	73.25/cwt	71.50–75.50	946	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,765	74.20/cwt	73.50–75.00	1,310	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,771	68.02/cwt	63.00–71.50	1,205	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,809	79.81/cwt	77.50–82.00	1,444	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	77	7.47/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	56.44/cwt	50.00–70.00	53	4
Bulls	—	Utility	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	105.95/cwt	90.00–125.00	102	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	201	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	80.00/cwt	70.00–90.00	82	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	114.83/cwt	105.00–125.00	121	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	129.02/cwt	120.00–145.00	146	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	78	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Aug 1, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 165Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 233Last week 245Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-30.00 higher

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	105.00–125.00	114.83
5	—	113	120.00–145.00	129.02
6	—	96	90.00–125.00	105.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	65.00	65.00
3	—	102	70.00–90.00	80.00
4	—	94	50.00–70.00	56.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
1	—	94	10.00	10.00
2	—	77	5.00–10.00	7.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,462	83.00–84.50	83.95
1	—	1,682	91.50	91.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,282	60.00–67.50	64.49
6	—	1,291	71.50–75.50	73.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,771	63.00–71.50	68.02
2	—	1,765	73.50–75.00	74.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,096	54.50–59.00	56.90
3	—	1,109	60.00–65.50	62.17
4	—	1,018	32.50–43.00	38.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,809	77.50–82.00	79.81

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.