Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-08-22

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 22

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

136 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 163▲ 136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

223 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 216▲ 223 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 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	1,684	75.72	1,275	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,766	74.89	1,323	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,682	66.72	1,122	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,347	58.42	787	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,229	47.88	588	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	82.67/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	99	40.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 3	88	25.01/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	81	6.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	93	22.50/cwt	2

Every lot

25 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	—	—	1,684	75.72/cwt	69.00–79.50	1,275	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	38.98/cwt	32.00–43.50	429	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	48.53/cwt	46.00–52.00	594	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	64.24/cwt	61.50–68.50	854	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,351	57.26/cwt	53.00–60.50	774	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,437	58.27/cwt	56.00–61.00	837	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	62.68/cwt	61.50–64.00	1,018	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,716	69.14/cwt	68.00–70.50	1,186	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,766	74.89/cwt	73.50–76.00	1,323	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	102	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	78	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	120	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	81	22.47/cwt	20.00–25.00	18	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.00	37	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	90	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	27.55/cwt	25.00–30.00	26	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	154	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	73.83/cwt	70.00–80.00	71	4
Bulls	—	Utility	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	80.00/cwt	75.00–85.00	84	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	78.35/cwt	70.00–85.00	90	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	116	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	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 22, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 163Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 223Last week 216Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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 — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
1	—	78	5.00	5.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	25.00–30.00	27.55
2	—	81	20.00–25.00	22.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	30.00–40.00	35.00
1	—	116	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	160.00	160.00
1	—	80	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	105	75.00–85.00	80.00
4	—	96	70.00–80.00	73.83
3	—	115	70.00–85.00	78.35
2	—	87	40.00–45.00	42.53
1	—	120	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	30.00	30.00
1	—	84	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	32.00–43.50	38.98
2	—	1,437	56.00–61.00	58.27
9	—	1,225	46.00–52.00	48.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,716	68.00–70.50	69.14
3	—	1,624	61.50–64.00	62.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,766	73.50–76.00	74.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,351	53.00–60.50	57.26
3	—	1,329	61.50–68.50	64.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,684	69.00–79.50	75.72

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.