Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

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	1,722	77.81	1,340	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,682	56.78	955	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,734	53.50	928	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	48.18	649	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	34.73	404	15
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,410	76.00	1,072	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,282	73.00	936	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,552	71.35	1,107	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,407	110.00	1,548	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,297	108.27	1,404	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,176	92.14	1,084	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,611	111.09	1,790	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	106.55	1,564	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,239	96.38	1,194	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	127.39/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	95	78.16/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	91	31.81/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	93	92.84/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	130.35/cwt	100.00–145.00	134	10
Bulls	Utility	—	98	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	—	1,631	72.06/cwt	54.00–77.50	1,175	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	185.29/cwt	170.00–200.00	193	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	30.05/cwt	25.00–35.00	31	2
Steers	Select	—	1,239	96.38/cwt	84.00–111.00	1,194	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,176	92.14/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,084	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,611	111.09/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,790	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,407	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,548	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,552	71.35/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,107	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	76.00/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,072	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,682	56.78/cwt	56.00–57.50	955	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	34.73/cwt	20.00–47.50	404	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,734	53.50/cwt	49.00–56.50	928	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	55.19/cwt	51.50–59.00	732	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	45.55/cwt	39.00–52.00	617	16
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,282	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	936	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	115.25/cwt	90.00–140.00	109	11
Bulls	—	—	1,880	87.88/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,652	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	106.55/cwt	95.00–113.00	1,564	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	108.27/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	44.87/cwt	40.00–50.00	34	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	100.18/cwt	80.00–120.00	111	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	148	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	83.33/cwt	80.00–90.00	72	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	98	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	30.06/cwt	25.00–35.00	24	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	38.03/cwt	25.00–50.00	36	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	136	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	197.38/cwt	195.00–200.00	166	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	183	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	210	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	55.12/cwt	50.00–65.00	46	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	102.90/cwt	80.00–120.00	107	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	76.95/cwt	65.00–110.00	73	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	27.57/cwt	25.00–30.00	28	2

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 700Last week 453Year ago 479

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 402Last week 433Year ago 263

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	100.00–145.00	130.35
11	—	95	90.00–140.00	115.25
2	—	114	130.00	130.00
3	—	86	80.00–90.00	83.33
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	20.00	20.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	170.00–200.00	185.29
1	—	94	195.00	195.00
1	—	120	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	40.00–50.00	44.87
2	—	111	80.00–120.00	100.18
3	—	84	50.00–65.00	55.12
4	—	104	80.00–120.00	102.90
6	—	95	65.00–110.00	76.95
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	81	25.00–35.00	30.06
2	—	94	25.00–50.00	38.03
1	—	112	35.00	35.00
2	—	75	30.00	30.00
2	—	103	25.00–30.00	27.57
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	25.00–35.00	30.05
1	—	88	25.00	25.00
1	—	98	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	145.00	145.00
2	—	84	195.00–200.00	197.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,631	54.00–77.50	72.06
4	—	1,880	85.00–93.00	87.88
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,239	84.00–111.00	96.38
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,611	109.00–116.00	111.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,468	95.00–113.00	106.55
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,176	87.00–98.00	92.14
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,407	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,297	107.00–110.00	108.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,552	69.00–74.00	71.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,282	73.00	73.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	70.00–81.00	76.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,682	56.00–57.50	56.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,164	20.00–47.50	34.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,734	49.00–56.50	53.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,327	51.50–59.00	55.19
16	—	1,355	39.00–52.00	45.55

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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