Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-24

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 24

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

182 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 201▲ 182 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 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,915	67.94	1,301	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,759	59.97	1,055	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,679	52.18	876	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	50.50	636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	34.20	365	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,288	74.50	960	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	98.81/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	96	49.96/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	94	16.03/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	75	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	84	157.07/cwt	5

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,288	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	960	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,915	67.94/cwt	63.50–71.50	1,301	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	38.67/cwt	37.00–42.50	413	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	18.54/cwt	12.00–26.00	198	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	49.42/cwt	46.00–53.00	616	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	55.36/cwt	54.00–57.00	730	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,679	52.18/cwt	48.00–56.50	876	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,759	59.97/cwt	59.50–60.50	1,055	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	105	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	162.59/cwt	155.00–170.00	138	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	152	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	22.38/cwt	20.00–25.00	19	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	50.25/cwt	35.00–60.00	48	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	81.81/cwt	75.00–95.00	79	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	63.54/cwt	55.00–80.00	65	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	17.57/cwt	15.00–20.00	18	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	88.46/cwt	80.00–100.00	94	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	112	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	190	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	91.62/cwt	90.00–95.00	104	3

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 24, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 182Last week 201Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 270Last week 270Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
3	—	96	75.00–95.00	81.81
3	—	106	80.00–100.00	88.46
3	—	113	90.00–95.00	91.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	190.00	190.00
1	—	112	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	20.00–25.00	22.38
3	—	95	35.00–60.00	50.25
4	—	103	55.00–80.00	63.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	15.00	15.00
2	—	82	15.00	15.00
2	—	103	15.00–20.00	17.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
2	—	82	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	135.00	135.00
4	—	85	155.00–170.00	162.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,915	63.50–71.50	67.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,288	74.50	74.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,319	54.00–57.00	55.36
9	—	1,247	46.00–53.00	49.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,069	12.00–26.00	18.54
7	—	1,067	37.00–42.50	38.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,759	59.50–60.50	59.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,679	48.00–56.50	52.18

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.