Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold steady. 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	1,626	78.02	1,269	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,697	52.28	887	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,335	49.59	662	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,155	37.79	436	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,553	62.33	968	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,494	82.93	1,239	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	78.24	1,161	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,580	64.37	1,017	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	103.59	1,426	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,312	93.93	1,232	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,604	113.90	1,827	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,540	107.33	1,653	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,365	95.72	1,307	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	124.04/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	97	89.31/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	86	24.99/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	71	8.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	97	112.85/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

35 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	Select	—	1,312	93.93/cwt	87.00–100.00	1,232	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	33.46/cwt	31.00–36.00	377	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	54.48/cwt	54.00–55.00	781	3
Bulls	—	—	1,760	82.61/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,377	103.59/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,426	3
Bulls	—	—	1,514	74.20/cwt	68.00–78.00	1,123	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	173	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,604	113.90/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,827	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,484	78.24/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,161	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,540	107.33/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,653	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	52.28/cwt	51.00–53.50	887	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,580	64.37/cwt	52.00–73.00	1,017	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	105.10/cwt	95.00–110.00	107	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	48.61/cwt	45.00–53.00	639	15
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,494	82.93/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,239	9
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,553	62.33/cwt	59.00–67.00	968	4
Steers	Select	—	1,365	95.72/cwt	91.00–102.00	1,307	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	41.16/cwt	37.00–44.00	484	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	76.95/cwt	60.00–90.00	65	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	118	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	16.64/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	27.50/cwt	20.00–35.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	93.75/cwt	85.00–100.00	81	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	182.65/cwt	170.00–190.00	174	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	108.62/cwt	100.00–120.00	102	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	130.91/cwt	120.00–140.00	147	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	133.39/cwt	130.00–140.00	139	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	190.11/cwt	185.00–195.00	177	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	26.67/cwt	20.00–35.00	27	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	86.57/cwt	60.00–115.00	81	4
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	113	1

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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 500Last week 414Year ago 341

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 402Last week 410Year ago 350

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,312	87.00–100.00	93.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,377	103.00–105.00	103.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,127	31.00–36.00	33.46
9	—	1,176	37.00–44.00	41.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	54.00–55.00	54.48
15	—	1,315	45.00–53.00	48.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,697	51.00–53.50	52.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,760	82.00–86.00	82.61
6	—	1,514	68.00–78.00	74.20
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,604	112.00–115.00	113.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,540	103.00–110.00	107.33
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,365	91.00–102.00	95.72
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	74.00–81.00	78.24
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	52.00–73.00	64.37
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,494	79.00–86.00	82.93
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,553	59.00–67.00	62.33

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	170.00	170.00
4	—	95	170.00–190.00	182.65
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	35.00	35.00
3	—	100	20.00–35.00	26.67
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	102	95.00–110.00	105.10
3	—	85	60.00–90.00	76.95
4	—	94	60.00–115.00	86.57
1	—	126	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	25.00	25.00
1	—	118	45.00	45.00
3	—	75	10.00–20.00	16.64
2	—	82	20.00–35.00	27.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	86	85.00–100.00	93.75
3	—	94	100.00–120.00	108.62
5	—	112	120.00–140.00	130.91
6	—	104	130.00–140.00	133.39
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	185.00–195.00	190.11
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00	10.00

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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