Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins had not enough to trend. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstein 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	—	Average	1,847	88.75	1,639	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,709	66.69	1,140	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,964	62.64	1,230	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,509	60.24	909	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,233	46.21	570	26
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,619	94.20	1,525	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,644	83.44	1,372	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,461	110.70	1,617	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,458	105.00	1,531	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,360	87.00	1,183	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,687	112.83	1,903	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	107.82	1,602	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,471	97.42	1,433	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	105.20/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	99	79.41/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	89	41.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	75	6.74/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	93	59.95/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	8.33/cwt	3

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	Number 1	—	114	109.30/cwt	105.00–115.00	125	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	109	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	100.59/cwt	90.00–105.00	95	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	86.64/cwt	80.00–90.00	74	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	24.89/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	54.57/cwt	52.50–60.00	682	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,360	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,458	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,531	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	57.45/cwt	54.50–59.50	834	12
Bulls	—	—	2,074	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,815	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,644	83.44/cwt	77.00–89.00	1,372	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	34.69/cwt	33.00–36.00	376	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,687	112.83/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,903	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	45.29/cwt	40.00–50.00	568	17
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	164	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,709	66.69/cwt	65.00–68.50	1,140	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	47.53/cwt	45.00–50.00	37	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,584	63.97/cwt	60.00–66.50	1,013	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	80.99/cwt	70.00–90.00	77	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,847	64.22/cwt	63.50–65.00	1,186	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	80	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	64	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,052	61.46/cwt	58.50–63.50	1,261	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,461	110.70/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,617	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,619	94.20/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,525	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Steers	Select	—	1,471	97.42/cwt	94.50–100.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	6.74/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	107.82/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,602	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	77.50/cwt	70.00–85.00	87	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	89.16/cwt	75.00–100.00	94	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	59	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	133	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	101	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 145Last week 424Year ago 437

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 192Last week 377Year ago 325

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins had not enough to trend. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstein 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 — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	114	105.00–115.00	109.30
8	—	104	100.00–110.00	105.00
10	—	94	90.00–105.00	100.59
3	—	85	80.00–90.00	86.64
1	—	78	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	45.00–50.00	47.53
5	—	95	70.00–90.00	80.99
1	—	80	80.00	80.00
2	—	112	70.00–85.00	77.50
6	—	105	75.00–100.00	89.16
1	—	126	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
1	—	74	20.00	20.00
1	—	96	40.00	40.00
1	—	82	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	5.00–10.00	6.74
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	20.00	20.00
2	—	94	20.00–30.00	24.89
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,249	52.50–60.00	54.57
3	—	1,084	33.00–36.00	34.69
17	—	1,254	40.00–50.00	45.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,452	54.50–59.50	57.45
9	—	1,584	60.00–66.50	63.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,709	65.00–68.50	66.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,847	63.50–65.00	64.22
4	—	2,052	58.50–63.50	61.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,458	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,461	108.00–113.00	110.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,074	87.50	87.50
1	—	1,620	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,644	77.00–89.00	83.44
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,619	90.00–98.00	94.20
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,687	110.00–116.50	112.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,471	94.50–100.00	97.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,486	105.00–110.50	107.82

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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