Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-11-21

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Nov 21

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

168 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 192▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

252 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 238▲ 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 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher with late sales 40.00-50.00 higher as buyers tried to fill their orders.

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	1,820	64.19	1,168	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,849	58.57	1,083	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,579	53.06	838	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	51.57	719	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	41.18	447	20

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	108.21/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	96	63.46/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	98	20.67/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	73	8.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	94	90.00/cwt	2

Every lot

28 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	—	—	1,820	64.19/cwt	57.50–74.00	1,168	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,052	31.63/cwt	25.00–36.50	333	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	48.42/cwt	47.00–50.50	530	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	43.53/cwt	39.50–46.50	480	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	50.02/cwt	44.00–54.50	695	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,419	58.53/cwt	58.00–59.00	831	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,579	53.06/cwt	50.00–56.00	838	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,849	58.57/cwt	57.00–61.00	1,083	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	157	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	80	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	147.50/cwt	135.00–160.00	124	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	46.31/cwt	40.00–50.00	40	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	54.51/cwt	30.00–90.00	51	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	85.53/cwt	55.00–110.00	80	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	95	19.89/cwt	15.00–25.00	19	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	101	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	172	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	123.77/cwt	105.00–150.00	129	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	87.51/cwt	70.00–100.00	92	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	88	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	132.35/cwt	125.00–145.00	150	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	20	2

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 Nov 21, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 168Last week 192Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 252Last week 238Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher with late sales 40.00-50.00 higher as buyers tried to fill their orders.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	40.00–50.00	46.31
4	—	104	105.00–150.00	123.77
4	—	113	125.00–145.00	132.35
5	—	94	55.00–110.00	85.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	135.00–160.00	147.50
2	—	101	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	25.00	25.00
1	—	80	25.00	25.00
1	—	110	80.00	80.00
4	—	93	30.00–90.00	54.51
4	—	105	70.00–100.00	87.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	35.00	35.00
2	—	114	15.00–20.00	17.50
3	—	95	15.00–25.00	19.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	57.50–74.00	64.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,389	44.00–54.50	50.02
2	—	1,419	58.00–59.00	58.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,579	50.00–56.00	53.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,103	39.50–46.50	43.53
5	—	1,095	47.00–50.50	48.42
6	—	1,052	25.00–36.50	31.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,849	57.00–61.00	58.57

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.