Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. 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	1,635	87.65	1,433	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,678	66.19	1,111	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	60.86	1,007	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,351	56.07	757	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,211	45.71	554	29
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,340	89.00	1,193	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,487	86.49	1,286	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,598	96.41	1,541	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	86.09	1,302	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,403	82.53	1,158	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	116.20	1,677	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	107.40	1,377	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,612	118.24	1,906	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	111.23	1,702	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,341	100.50	1,348	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	118.41/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	96	90.07/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	93	42.10/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	87	10.71/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	90	136.84/cwt	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	120	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	54.39/cwt	50.50–57.50	724	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	60.86/cwt	57.00–64.00	1,007	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	54.03/cwt	52.00–55.50	621	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	46.87/cwt	42.00–51.00	578	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	36.50/cwt	21.00–41.00	432	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,678	66.19/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,111	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	116.20/cwt	112.00–120.50	1,677	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,340	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,193	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,598	96.41/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,541	2
Steers	Select	—	1,341	100.50/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,348	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,403	82.53/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,158	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	61.10/cwt	59.00–64.00	860	6
Bulls	—	—	1,655	99.42/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	107.40/cwt	104.00–109.50	1,377	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,530	111.23/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,702	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,487	86.49/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,286	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,512	86.09/cwt	85.00–88.50	1,302	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,612	118.24/cwt	114.00–122.50	1,906	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	118	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	40.00/cwt	35.00–45.00	34	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	52	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	37.75/cwt	25.00–50.00	39	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	161	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	90.42/cwt	70.00–115.00	87	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	66.28/cwt	60.00–75.00	54	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	99.19/cwt	80.00–120.00	101	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	62.66/cwt	50.00–75.00	48	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	111	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	165	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	168	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	161.63/cwt	145.00–185.00	134	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	101	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	172	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	195	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	83.23/cwt	76.00–90.00	1,355	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	142.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	160	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	92.99/cwt	85.00–105.00	80	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	121.43/cwt	100.00–135.00	149	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	128.28/cwt	120.00–140.00	133	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	97.64/cwt	80.00–105.00	90	9

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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 558Last week 145Year ago 404

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 348Last week 192Year ago 267

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
1	—	74	5.00	5.00
1	—	88	10.00	10.00
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	95.00	95.00
4	—	96	70.00–115.00	90.42
4	—	82	60.00–75.00	66.28
7	—	102	80.00–120.00	99.19
2	—	77	50.00–75.00	62.66
1	—	130	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	35.00–45.00	40.00
1	—	94	55.00	55.00
2	—	102	25.00–50.00	37.75
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	175.00	175.00
1	—	122	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	113	140.00–145.00	142.01
5	—	86	85.00–105.00	92.99
3	—	123	100.00–135.00	121.43
9	—	104	120.00–140.00	128.28
9	—	92	80.00–105.00	97.64
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	30.00–40.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	175.00	175.00
4	—	83	145.00–185.00	161.63
2	—	101	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,332	50.50–57.50	54.39
6	—	1,407	59.00–64.00	61.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,655	57.00–64.00	60.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	52.00–55.50	54.03
19	—	1,233	42.00–51.00	46.87
6	—	1,183	21.00–41.00	36.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,678	63.00–69.00	66.19
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,443	112.00–120.50	116.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,282	104.00–109.50	107.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	89.00	89.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,487	84.00–89.00	86.49
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	95.00–98.00	96.41
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	82.00–83.00	82.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,512	85.00–88.50	86.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	92.00–105.00	100.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,530	107.00–114.50	111.23
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,612	114.00–122.50	118.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,655	98.00–102.00	99.42
8	—	1,628	76.00–90.00	83.23

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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