Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-11-07

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Nov 7

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Oct 31Nov 7Nov 14 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

146 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 197▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

252 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 329▲ 252 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 mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-25.00 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	—	High	1,857	63.37	1,176	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	48.50	825	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,326	45.15	599	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,148	37.27	428	17
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,232	59.00	727	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	132.62/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	99	59.98/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	90	21.60/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	82	165.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	94	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	1

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,818	60.66/cwt	59.00–63.00	1,103	3
Bulls	—	—	1,972	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	1,410	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	31.57/cwt	28.50–33.50	350	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,169	40.38/cwt	37.50–42.50	472	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	45.15/cwt	43.00–48.00	599	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	48.50/cwt	45.00–50.50	825	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,232	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	727	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	135	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	81	27.53/cwt	25.00–30.00	22	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	35.04/cwt	25.00–50.00	33	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	167.61/cwt	165.00–170.00	158	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	18.64/cwt	15.00–25.00	18	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	97	107.17/cwt	70.00–125.00	104	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	184	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	102	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	122	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	86.58/cwt	75.00–105.00	89	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	146	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	90	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	194	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	144	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 Nov 7, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 197Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 252Last week 329Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-25.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	130.00	130.00
1	—	120	120.00	120.00
3	—	97	70.00–125.00	107.17
5	—	102	115.00–125.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	180.00	180.00
2	—	94	165.00–170.00	167.61
1	—	114	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
1	—	112	80.00	80.00
3	—	93	25.00–50.00	35.04
3	—	103	75.00–105.00	86.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	81	25.00–30.00	27.53
4	—	94	15.00–25.00	18.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,972	71.50	71.50
3	—	1,818	59.00–63.00	60.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,232	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,326	43.00–48.00	45.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,700	45.00–50.50	48.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,110	28.50–33.50	31.57
11	—	1,169	37.50–42.50	40.38

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.