Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

5.00-10.00 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	1,747	72.46	1,266	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,591	53.57	852	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,349	51.55	695	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,231	38.18	470	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,576	91.00	1,434	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	73.00	949	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,561	92.78	1,448	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,330	80.95	1,077	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,108	102.00	1,130	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,672	110.08	1,841	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	107.69	1,565	11

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	103.16/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	88	56.37/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	97	27.42/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	85	11.44/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	96	90.35/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	86	20.00/cwt	1

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
Bulls	Utility	—	91	12.53/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	108	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	69	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	96.10/cwt	90.00–100.00	98	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	43.64/cwt	41.00–47.00	540	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,330	80.95/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,077	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,672	110.08/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,841	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,561	92.78/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,448	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	216	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	31.52/cwt	25.00–40.00	30	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	58.43/cwt	54.50–63.50	762	4
Bulls	—	—	1,821	56.56/cwt	51.00–65.00	1,030	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	53.57/cwt	51.00–57.00	852	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	133	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	33.17/cwt	22.00–38.00	406	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	83.23/cwt	80.00–90.00	86	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,576	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	65.56/cwt	50.00–85.00	55	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	129.13/cwt	100.00–160.00	133	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	168	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	45.00/cwt	40.00–50.00	38	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	36.43/cwt	30.00–40.00	27	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	100.00/cwt	95.00–105.00	112	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	151	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	104	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	27.34/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	107.69/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,565	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	29	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	949	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	173.14/cwt	140.00–205.00	177	2
Bulls	—	—	1,731	75.99/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,315	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	49.71/cwt	46.00–53.50	677	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	65.30/cwt	55.00–75.00	61	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,108	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,130	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Dec 28, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 456Last week 657Year ago 354

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 513Last week 366Year ago 402

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	91	10.00–15.00	12.53
2	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	108	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	92	70.00–80.00	75.00
9	—	102	90.00–100.00	96.10
3	—	84	50.00–85.00	65.56
5	—	112	95.00–105.00	100.00
1	—	122	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	180.00	180.00
2	—	96	170.00–180.00	175.00
1	—	76	150.00	150.00
2	—	102	140.00–205.00	173.14
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	80.00–90.00	83.23
4	—	84	40.00–50.00	45.00
4	—	74	30.00–40.00	36.43
5	—	93	55.00–75.00	65.30
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	20.00–35.00	27.34
1	—	114	25.00	25.00
1	—	88	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	25.00–40.00	31.52
1	—	102	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	145.00	145.00
2	—	103	100.00–160.00	129.13
1	—	86	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,238	41.00–47.00	43.64
12	—	1,225	22.00–38.00	33.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	54.50–63.50	58.43
15	—	1,361	46.00–53.50	49.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,591	51.00–57.00	53.57
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	79.00–83.00	80.95
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,561	85.00–97.00	92.78
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,672	107.00–114.50	110.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,453	105.00–109.00	107.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,821	51.00–65.00	56.56
9	—	1,731	70.00–83.00	75.99
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,576	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,108	102.00	102.00

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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