Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins had no trend available. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

steady-5.00 higher. 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	—	High	1,552	91.32	1,417	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,828	70.27	1,285	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,734	66.00	1,144	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	62.16	830	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	50.72	551	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	86.00	1,161	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,130	67.00	757	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,350	86.00	1,161	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,396	82.20	1,148	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	2,074	71.00	1,473	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,394	109.28	1,523	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	104.48	1,386	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,350	100.00	1,350	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,564	117.24	1,834	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	112.35	1,609	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,404	105.94	1,487	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	128.38/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	97	86.20/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	89	46.10/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	88	151.75/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	89	36.67/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	209.40/cwt	150.00–235.00	176	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	212	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	212.55/cwt	210.00–215.00	200	2
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	66	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	66	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	90	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	95	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	73	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	102.26/cwt	95.00–110.00	127	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	82.44/cwt	80.00–85.00	69	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	141.85/cwt	120.00–170.00	149	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	139.06/cwt	120.00–165.00	157	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	48.72/cwt	42.00–54.50	517	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	60.32/cwt	55.00–66.00	671	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	65.25/cwt	61.50–67.00	1,015	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	113.73/cwt	100.00–120.00	107	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	103.93/cwt	95.00–115.00	87	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	38.13/cwt	30.00–55.00	32	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,090	67.51/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,411	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	59.56/cwt	57.50–64.50	759	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	66.32/cwt	64.50–69.50	950	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	35.62/cwt	31.00–42.00	396	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,828	70.27/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	104.48/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,386	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,394	109.28/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,523	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	97	84.95/cwt	80.00–90.00	82	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	80	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,396	82.20/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,148	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,130	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	757	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,161	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	112.35/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,609	10
Steers	Select	—	1,404	105.94/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,487	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,564	117.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,834	10
Dairy Steers	Select	—	2,074	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,473	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,350	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	75.06/cwt	70.00–80.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	123	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	80	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	81.24/cwt	60.00–95.00	76	3
Bulls	—	—	1,691	97.94/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,656	10
Bulls	—	—	1,321	80.28/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,060	6

How this sale compares

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 →

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 521Last week 456Year ago 373

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 375Last week 341Year ago 321

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins had no trend available. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

steady-5.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	150.00–235.00	209.40
1	—	94	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	100.00	100.00
1	—	90	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	30.00	30.00
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	97	80.00–90.00	84.95
1	—	100	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	210.00–215.00	212.55
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	70.00	70.00
3	—	84	30.00–55.00	38.13
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	124	95.00–110.00	102.26
2	—	84	80.00–85.00	82.44
2	—	77	70.00–80.00	75.06
1	—	112	110.00	110.00
1	—	106	75.00	75.00
3	—	94	60.00–95.00	81.24
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	105	120.00–170.00	141.85
5	—	113	120.00–165.00	139.06
1	—	120	125.00	125.00
8	—	94	100.00–120.00	113.73
8	—	84	95.00–115.00	103.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,061	42.00–54.50	48.72
7	—	1,113	55.00–66.00	60.32
3	—	1,112	31.00–42.00	35.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,556	61.50–67.00	65.25
2	—	2,090	67.00–68.00	67.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,274	57.50–64.50	59.56
5	—	1,432	64.50–69.50	66.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,828	69.00–72.00	70.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	102.00–108.50	104.48
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,394	108.00–111.00	109.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,396	77.00–86.00	82.20
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,074	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	86.00	86.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	67.00	67.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	86.00	86.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,432	108.00–115.00	112.35
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,404	105.00–107.00	105.94
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,564	115.00–120.00	117.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,691	94.00–104.00	97.94
6	—	1,321	75.00–85.00	80.28

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.

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