Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-17

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 17

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 154▲ 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

270 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 270▲ 270 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 steady. Feeder dairy calves also sold steady.

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	1,843	58.11	1,071	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,654	56.50	935	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,362	51.54	702	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,138	37.13	422	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	86.00/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	99	41.82/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	93	20.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	80	8.33/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	95	90.06/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	104	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot

30 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	—	—	1,843	58.11/cwt	50.00–65.00	1,071	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	29.53/cwt	22.00–37.00	327	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	41.12/cwt	37.00–44.00	474	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	45.98/cwt	45.50–46.50	543	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	54.31/cwt	53.50–55.50	704	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	50.50/cwt	48.00–53.00	700	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	53.79/cwt	52.50–55.00	843	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,762	59.88/cwt	58.00–61.50	1,055	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	155.11/cwt	150.00–160.00	146	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	95	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	24	2
Heifers	—	Number 2	104	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Utility	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	36.64/cwt	35.00–40.00	32	3
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	30.07/cwt	20.00–40.00	28	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	51.54/cwt	40.00–70.00	48	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	177.50/cwt	175.00–180.00	170	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	103	177.48/cwt	175.00–180.00	183	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	73.71/cwt	70.00–85.00	77	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	58.12/cwt	45.00–65.00	61	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	57	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	80.02/cwt	75.00–85.00	92	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	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 Oct 17, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 154Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 270Last week 270Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady. Feeder dairy calves also sold steady.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
3	—	87	35.00–40.00	36.64
4	—	94	40.00–70.00	51.54
4	—	105	70.00–85.00	73.71
5	—	115	75.00–85.00	80.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	175.00–180.00	177.50
2	—	103	175.00–180.00	177.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
1	—	114	50.00	50.00
3	—	93	20.00–40.00	30.07
3	—	105	45.00–65.00	58.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	15.00	15.00
1	—	98	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
3	—	85	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	88	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	150.00–160.00	155.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,843	50.00–65.00	58.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	53.50–55.50	54.31
8	—	1,386	48.00–53.00	50.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,762	58.00–61.50	59.88
5	—	1,568	52.50–55.00	53.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	45.50–46.50	45.98
6	—	1,106	22.00–37.00	29.53
7	—	1,153	37.00–44.00	41.12

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.