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

Greencastle

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

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 12

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

238 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 216▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

260 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 262▲ 260 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 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

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	1,364	59.23	808	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	51.55	810	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	46.32	646	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,230	35.32	435	22
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,484	62.25	924	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	109.61/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	101	61.32/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	85	20.00/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	87	10.99/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	85	122.33/cwt	5

Every lot

29 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	—	—	1,343	53.78/cwt	51.00–56.00	722	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	64.67/cwt	64.00–65.50	896	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	27.35/cwt	13.50–37.50	310	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	39.88/cwt	38.00–44.50	512	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,394	46.32/cwt	45.00–48.50	646	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,531	50.14/cwt	47.50–54.50	768	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,716	56.49/cwt	55.00–58.00	969	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,484	62.25/cwt	61.00–63.50	924	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	129	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	142.22/cwt	100.00–165.00	119	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	78	20.00/cwt	15.00–25.00	16	2
Bulls	—	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	147.76/cwt	125.00–170.00	126	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	156	2
Bulls	—	Utility	93	12.47/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	65.32/cwt	50.00–95.00	61	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	62.83/cwt	50.00–80.00	60	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Bulls	—	Utility	102	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	103	175.05/cwt	170.00–180.00	180	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	94.17/cwt	90.00–95.00	97	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	68.48/cwt	50.00–80.00	71	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	52.48/cwt	50.00–55.00	58	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	89.21/cwt	80.00–95.00	102	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	118	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	177	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 Dec 12, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 238Last week 216Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 260Last week 262Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	64.00–65.50	64.67
2	—	1,343	51.00–56.00	53.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,716	55.00–58.00	56.49
7	—	1,531	47.50–54.50	50.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,134	13.50–37.50	27.35
14	—	1,285	38.00–44.50	39.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,394	45.00–48.50	46.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,484	61.00–63.50	62.25

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	50.00–95.00	65.32
6	—	103	90.00–95.00	94.17
7	—	114	80.00–95.00	89.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	102	15.00	15.00
2	—	93	10.00–15.00	12.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	111	50.00–55.00	52.48
6	—	103	50.00–80.00	68.48
4	—	96	50.00–80.00	62.83
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	30.00	30.00
2	—	78	15.00–25.00	20.00
2	—	84	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	125.00–170.00	147.76
2	—	92	170.00	170.00
1	—	118	150.00	150.00
2	—	103	170.00–180.00	175.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	165.00	165.00
3	—	84	100.00–165.00	142.22

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.