Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-31

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 31

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

197 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 182▲ 197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

329 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 270▲ 329 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	1,512	59.46	899	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,726	53.40	922	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	46.36	608	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,162	35.03	407	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	86.84/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	99	56.20/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	89	16.75/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	78	175.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	92	94.91/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

27 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	—	—	1,512	59.46/cwt	57.00–62.00	899	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	23.93/cwt	21.00–29.50	256	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	39.78/cwt	37.00–42.00	478	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	46.36/cwt	44.50–48.50	608	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,616	48.46/cwt	45.50–53.50	783	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,814	57.36/cwt	54.50–59.50	1,041	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	106	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	78	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	137	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	83	157.23/cwt	135.00–180.00	131	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	108	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	27	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	77	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	100	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	12.62/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	38.12/cwt	20.00–55.00	32	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	35.00/cwt	20.00–50.00	33	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	84.74/cwt	55.00–105.00	81	9
Bulls	—	Utility	96	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	86.18/cwt	80.00–90.00	90	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	77.40/cwt	75.00–80.00	80	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	106	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	106	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	111	95.05/cwt	90.00–100.00	106	2
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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Oct 31, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 182Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 329Last 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	—	120	90.00	90.00
2	—	85	20.00–55.00	38.12
2	—	111	90.00–100.00	95.05
4	—	104	80.00–90.00	86.18
9	—	95	55.00–105.00	84.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	20.00–50.00	35.00
2	—	104	75.00–80.00	77.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
2	—	84	10.00–15.00	12.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	10.00	10.00
3	—	76	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	108	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	140.00	140.00
2	—	83	135.00–180.00	157.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	57.00–62.00	59.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,312	44.50–48.50	46.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,616	45.50–53.50	48.46
5	—	1,814	54.50–59.50	57.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	21.00–29.50	23.93
7	—	1,202	37.00–42.00	39.78

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.