Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter holsteins had no trend. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. 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	—	Low	1,752	86.45	1,515	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,829	56.24	1,029	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,676	54.72	917	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,411	52.35	739	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,186	38.71	459	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,452	88.00	1,278	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,614	72.00	1,162	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,594	91.97	1,466	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,263	84.43	1,066	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,314	79.00	1,038	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,464	107.32	1,571	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,424	103.83	1,479	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,309	93.15	1,219	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,613	113.12	1,825	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	107.41	1,630	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,468	103.70	1,522	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	100.92/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	97	66.93/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	66	6.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	98	104.64/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	84	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,829	56.24/cwt	56.00–56.50	1,029	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,613	113.12/cwt	110.50–116.00	1,825	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,452	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,278	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,594	91.97/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,466	3
Steers	Select	—	1,468	103.70/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,522	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,309	93.15/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,219	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,314	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,038	1
Bulls	—	—	1,323	72.54/cwt	70.00–75.00	960	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,614	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,162	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,518	107.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,630	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,424	103.83/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,479	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,263	84.43/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,464	107.32/cwt	105.50–109.00	1,571	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	182	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	151.35/cwt	90.00–185.00	127	3
Bulls	—	—	1,805	86.81/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,567	4
Bulls	—	—	1,968	94.50/cwt	89.00–104.00	1,860	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	172	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	66	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	69.91/cwt	65.00–75.00	74	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	104	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	75.10/cwt	70.00–80.00	65	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	92.28/cwt	80.00–105.00	105	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	56.65/cwt	50.00–65.00	49	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	156	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	145.95/cwt	100.00–175.00	139	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	35.24/cwt	22.00–40.00	398	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,264	43.47/cwt	41.00–47.00	549	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,676	54.72/cwt	52.00–56.00	917	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,449	57.37/cwt	54.00–61.00	831	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	50.96/cwt	47.00–54.00	713	18
Bulls	Number 1	—	77	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.00	33	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	86.38/cwt	75.00–100.00	80	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	105.73/cwt	100.00–115.00	119	7
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	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 503Last week 558Year ago 446

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 485Last week 401Year ago 552

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,829	56.00–56.50	56.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,130	22.00–40.00	35.24
8	—	1,264	41.00–47.00	43.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,676	52.00–56.00	54.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,449	54.00–61.00	57.37
18	—	1,400	47.00–54.00	50.96
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	110.50–116.00	113.12
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,468	103.00–105.00	103.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,518	105.00–110.00	107.41
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,452	88.00	88.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,614	72.00	72.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,594	87.00–95.00	91.97
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,314	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	82.00–87.00	84.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,309	91.00–95.00	93.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	101.00–106.00	103.83
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	105.50–109.00	107.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	70.00–75.00	72.54
4	—	1,805	86.00–88.00	86.81
5	—	1,968	89.00–104.00	94.50

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	108	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	150.00	150.00
3	—	95	100.00–175.00	145.95
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	175.00	175.00
3	—	84	90.00–185.00	151.35
1	—	98	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	35.00	35.00
2	—	94	70.00	70.00
2	—	106	65.00–75.00	69.91
2	—	114	80.00–105.00	92.28
3	—	87	50.00–65.00	56.65
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	104	100.00	100.00
6	—	86	70.00–80.00	75.10
2	—	77	40.00–45.00	42.53
9	—	93	75.00–100.00	86.38
7	—	113	100.00–115.00	105.73
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	58	5.00	5.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00

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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