Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-12-05

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 5

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

216 head

▼ 167 vs last sale 383▲ 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

262 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 401▲ 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. 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	1,763	68.68	1,211	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,816	60.70	1,102	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,828	55.76	1,019	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,455	50.58	736	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,223	37.07	453	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	98.89/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	98	53.76/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	89	19.99/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	72	8.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	93	76.25/cwt	4

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	—	—	1,763	68.68/cwt	60.00–71.00	1,211	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	30.97/cwt	20.00–38.50	366	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,264	43.18/cwt	38.50–45.50	546	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	54.80/cwt	53.00–56.50	792	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,457	49.81/cwt	48.00–52.50	726	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,816	60.70/cwt	58.00–64.50	1,102	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,828	55.76/cwt	53.50–57.00	1,019	6
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	100	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	144	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	14.91/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	3
Bulls	—	Utility	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	138	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	91	143.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	130	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	39.84/cwt	30.00–50.00	37	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	78.36/cwt	75.00–80.00	74	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	74.84/cwt	70.00–85.00	77	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	30.06/cwt	20.00–40.00	31	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	89.02/cwt	70.00–105.00	94	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	96.46/cwt	80.00–110.00	109	7
Bulls	—	Number 1	123	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	111	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 Dec 5, 2019

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 216Last week 383Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 262Last week 401Year ago 0

Compared to last sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. 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	50.00	50.00
2	—	123	90.00	90.00
3	—	95	75.00–80.00	78.36
5	—	106	70.00–105.00	89.02
7	—	113	80.00–110.00	96.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	58	5.00	5.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
3	—	103	70.00–85.00	74.84
4	—	94	30.00–50.00	39.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
3	—	75	10.00–20.00	14.91
3	—	103	20.00–40.00	30.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	160.00	160.00
3	—	91	140.00–145.00	143.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	125.00	125.00
1	—	96	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,264	38.50–45.50	43.18
6	—	1,181	20.00–38.50	30.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	53.00–56.50	54.80
11	—	1,457	48.00–52.50	49.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,828	53.50–57.00	55.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,816	58.00–64.50	60.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,763	60.00–71.00	68.68

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.