Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter holsteins had not enough to trend. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower.Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	High	1,628	85.37	1,389	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,520	65.00	988	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,432	60.25	863	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,651	59.56	983	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,171	46.90	549	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,418	83.00	1,177	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,552	74.91	1,163	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,345	74.12	997	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,364	105.90	1,444	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,262	101.97	1,287	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,183	99.51	1,177	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,574	113.77	1,791	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	106.26	1,579	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,435	98.12	1,408	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	121.04/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	98	68.95/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	96	36.67/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	74	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	98	112.43/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	84	25.00/cwt	1

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 1	—	83	83.04/cwt	60.00–90.00	69	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	101.47/cwt	85.00–120.00	94	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	120.03/cwt	110.00–125.00	133	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	130.71/cwt	75.00–180.00	122	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	37.96/cwt	37.00–39.00	419	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,520	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	43.16/cwt	40.00–46.50	511	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	52.41/cwt	49.00–57.00	616	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	106.26/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,579	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,262	101.97/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,287	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,552	74.91/cwt	65.00–81.00	1,163	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,574	113.77/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,791	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	62.04/cwt	60.00–64.50	866	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	59.56/cwt	58.50–60.50	983	3
Steers	Select	—	1,435	98.12/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,408	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,345	74.12/cwt	72.00–76.00	997	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,183	99.51/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,177	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,474	58.17/cwt	54.50–59.50	857	6
Bulls	—	—	1,549	97.63/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,512	3
Bulls	—	—	1,478	63.74/cwt	55.00–70.00	942	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	97	71.79/cwt	55.00–90.00	70	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,418	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,364	105.90/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	112	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	181	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	112	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	88.60/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,679	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	40.00/cwt	35.00–45.00	42	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	175.81/cwt	150.00–200.00	164	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	184.81/cwt	175.00–195.00	192	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	70.62/cwt	10.00–100.00	73	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	159.60/cwt	145.00–175.00	180	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	118.27/cwt	105.00–125.00	121	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.

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 558Last week 669Year ago 383

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 401Last week 385Year ago 401

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	83	60.00–90.00	83.04
8	—	93	85.00–120.00	101.47
3	—	111	110.00–125.00	120.03
6	—	102	105.00–125.00	118.27
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	40.00	40.00
1	—	86	50.00	50.00
3	—	97	55.00–90.00	71.79
1	—	112	100.00	100.00
5	—	103	10.00–100.00	70.62
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	155.00	155.00
1	—	84	215.00	215.00
2	—	93	150.00–200.00	175.81
2	—	104	175.00–195.00	184.81
2	—	113	145.00–175.00	159.60
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
2	—	106	35.00–45.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	75.00–180.00	130.71
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	30.00	30.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	37.00–39.00	37.96
7	—	1,185	40.00–46.50	43.16
8	—	1,176	49.00–57.00	52.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,396	60.00–64.50	62.04
6	—	1,474	54.50–59.50	58.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,651	58.50–60.50	59.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,486	103.00–111.00	106.26
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	111.00–118.00	113.77
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,435	93.00–103.00	98.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,262	101.00–103.00	101.97
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	99.00–100.00	99.51
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,364	105.00–107.00	105.90
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,552	65.00–81.00	74.91
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,418	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	72.00–76.00	74.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,549	94.00–105.00	97.63
2	—	1,478	55.00–70.00	63.74
2	—	1,895	87.00–90.00	88.60

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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