Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

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	1,853	68.54	1,270	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,819	53.99	982	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	49.11	660	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,737	48.64	845	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,223	42.14	515	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	84.00	1,117	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,363	88.03	1,200	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	83.09	1,224	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,320	106.75	1,409	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,423	97.74	1,391	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,649	111.74	1,843	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,525	106.02	1,617	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,642	99.69	1,637	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	111.99/cwt	39
Bulls	Number 2	99	85.51/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	81	37.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	77	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	93	115.70/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Number 1	—	102	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,423	97.74/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,391	3
Bulls	Utility	—	92	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	117	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	132	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	100.85/cwt	90.00–115.00	96	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	82.83/cwt	70.00–95.00	71	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	113.24/cwt	100.00–125.00	118	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,819	53.99/cwt	53.00–55.00	982	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,649	111.74/cwt	110.50–114.00	1,843	4
Steers	Select	—	1,642	99.69/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,637	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,320	106.75/cwt	106.00–107.50	1,409	2
Bulls	—	—	1,756	68.62/cwt	64.00–76.00	1,205	9
Bulls	—	—	2,030	60.67/cwt	54.00–63.50	1,232	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,737	48.64/cwt	47.00–51.50	845	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	45.20/cwt	41.00–49.00	561	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	177.44/cwt	175.00–180.00	153	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	35.24/cwt	34.00–38.00	416	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	96	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	47.95/cwt	44.00–51.50	645	16
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	53.76/cwt	52.50–54.50	721	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	227.55/cwt	225.00–230.00	209	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	83.09/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,224	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	84.92/cwt	70.00–100.00	88	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,525	106.02/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,617	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	70.32/cwt	60.00–80.00	65	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,363	88.03/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,200	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	58.63/cwt	45.00–70.00	50	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	217	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	—	—	1,848	87.87/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,624	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	154	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	195	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	132	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	172	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 657Last week 776Year ago 368

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 366Last week 362Year ago 356

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	25.00	25.00
2	—	94	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	175.00–180.00	177.44
2	—	93	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
2	—	117	110.00–115.00	112.48
7	—	95	90.00–115.00	100.85
11	—	86	70.00–95.00	82.83
11	—	104	100.00–125.00	113.24
1	—	120	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	130.00	130.00
1	—	100	200.00	200.00
2	—	92	225.00–230.00	227.55
1	—	88	175.00	175.00
1	—	122	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	104	70.00–100.00	84.92
2	—	93	60.00–80.00	70.32
3	—	85	45.00–70.00	58.63
1	—	118	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	35.00	35.00
1	—	84	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	93.00–102.00	97.74
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	106.00–107.50	106.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,819	53.00–55.00	53.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,737	47.00–51.50	48.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,242	41.00–49.00	45.20
4	—	1,181	34.00–38.00	35.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,345	44.00–51.50	47.95
4	—	1,342	52.50–54.50	53.76
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,649	110.50–114.00	111.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,642	94.00–102.00	99.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,525	103.00–110.00	106.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,756	64.00–76.00	68.62
5	—	2,030	54.00–63.50	60.67
2	—	1,848	80.00–95.00	87.87
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	81.00–85.00	83.09
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	85.00–89.00	88.03

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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