Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins had not enough to trend. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 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	—	Average	1,792	83.18	1,490	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,641	66.44	1,090	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,604	63.21	1,014	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,393	61.94	863	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	48.41	581	22
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,440	89.00	1,282	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,446	79.40	1,148	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,378	94.00	1,295	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,370	111.69	1,530	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,413	106.42	1,504	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,180	100.00	1,180	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,590	115.58	1,838	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,571	107.55	1,690	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,351	103.12	1,393	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	111.03/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	98	73.55/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	87	19.04/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	77	6.67/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	93	91.25/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

40 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 3	—	80	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	108	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	27	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	12.60/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	118.99/cwt	115.00–125.00	125	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	119.29/cwt	110.00–125.00	132	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	82.19/cwt	65.00–95.00	84	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	48	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	116	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	139	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	173	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	175.16/cwt	170.00–180.00	163	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	179	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	70.27/cwt	50.00–80.00	60	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	63.21/cwt	60.00–64.00	1,014	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	48.49/cwt	45.00–53.00	596	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,641	66.44/cwt	65.50–67.50	1,090	2
Bulls	Utility	—	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	63.34/cwt	50.00–85.00	59	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,370	111.69/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,530	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,446	79.40/cwt	72.00–85.00	1,148	5
Bulls	—	—	1,600	78.06/cwt	74.00–83.00	1,249	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,590	115.58/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,838	14
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	99.45/cwt	75.00–120.00	93	9
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,413	106.42/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,504	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,571	107.55/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,690	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	66.22/cwt	64.00–70.00	907	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,440	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,282	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	59.49/cwt	54.50–62.50	837	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	57.95/cwt	55.00–64.00	663	6
Bulls	—	—	2,049	92.18/cwt	88.00–97.00	1,889	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	28.97/cwt	21.00–38.00	346	3
Bulls	—	—	1,498	68.98/cwt	65.00–73.00	1,033	2
Steers	Select	—	1,351	103.12/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,393	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,378	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,295	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 669Last week 462Year ago 485

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 385Last week 563Year ago 360

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins had not enough to trend. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 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
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	25.00	25.00
1	—	98	20.00	20.00
1	—	108	25.00	25.00
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.60
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	105	115.00–125.00	118.99
7	—	111	110.00–125.00	119.29
6	—	86	50.00–80.00	70.27
9	—	94	75.00–120.00	99.45
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	65.00–95.00	82.19
1	—	88	55.00	55.00
1	—	116	100.00	100.00
5	—	93	50.00–85.00	63.34
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	65	5.00	5.00
2	—	94	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	170.00–180.00	175.16
2	—	104	170.00–175.00	172.55
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	96	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	165.00	165.00
1	—	102	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,604	60.00–64.00	63.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,229	45.00–53.00	48.49
6	—	1,144	55.00–64.00	57.95
3	—	1,195	21.00–38.00	28.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,641	65.50–67.50	66.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,369	64.00–70.00	66.22
14	—	1,407	54.50–62.50	59.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	111.00–112.00	111.69
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,413	102.00–109.00	106.42
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,446	72.00–85.00	79.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	89.00	89.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	74.00–83.00	78.06
6	—	2,049	88.00–97.00	92.18
2	—	1,498	65.00–73.00	68.98
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,590	112.00–118.00	115.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,571	105.00–111.00	107.55
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	100.00–105.50	103.12
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,378	94.00	94.00

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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