Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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	—	High	1,713	92.11	1,578	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,748	72.41	1,266	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,691	66.75	1,129	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,335	62.13	829	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,166	45.12	526	30
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,421	85.27	1,212	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,557	94.37	1,469	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,336	87.39	1,168	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,447	80.90	1,171	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,455	117.13	1,704	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	108.36	1,438	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,160	95.20	1,104	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,587	119.46	1,896	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	112.57	1,658	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,465	105.89	1,551	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	123.52/cwt	36
Bulls	Number 2	95	74.25/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	94	21.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	79	9.38/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	89	105.38/cwt	10

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Select	—	1,465	105.89/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,551	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	149.65/cwt	135.00–160.00	127	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	80.82/cwt	70.00–90.00	76	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,421	85.27/cwt	81.00–91.50	1,212	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	112.57/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,658	17
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,447	80.90/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,171	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	61	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	80.30/cwt	75.00–90.00	68	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	89.90/cwt	70.00–100.00	94	4
Bulls	—	—	1,873	97.21/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,821	6
Bulls	—	—	1,522	85.99/cwt	78.00–89.00	1,309	5
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	172.45/cwt	170.00–175.00	179	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	Utility	—	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	126.84/cwt	120.00–135.00	143	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	96.17/cwt	80.00–115.00	90	6
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,557	94.37/cwt	92.50–97.00	1,469	8
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,587	119.46/cwt	116.00–125.50	1,896	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,336	87.39/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,168	5
Bulls	Utility	—	112	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	27.50/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	149.35/cwt	100.00–180.00	122	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,160	95.20/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,455	117.13/cwt	113.00–122.50	1,704	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	108.36/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,438	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	126.19/cwt	115.00–135.00	132	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	188.68/cwt	180.00–200.00	200	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	33.12/cwt	21.00–42.00	349	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,652	71.31/cwt	70.50–72.00	1,178	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,699	65.77/cwt	61.50–69.50	1,117	14
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	124	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	104	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	57.00/cwt	54.00–59.00	706	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	47.81/cwt	42.00–53.00	573	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,748	72.41/cwt	70.50–74.00	1,266	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	50.12/cwt	40.00–65.00	42	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	67.59/cwt	63.50–75.50	900	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	58.98/cwt	54.00–63.50	788	26

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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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 524Last week 558Year ago 411

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 372Last week 348Year ago 327

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	102.00–109.00	105.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,473	109.00–116.00	112.57
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,587	116.00–125.50	119.46
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,421	81.00–91.50	85.27
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	79.00–83.00	80.90
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,557	92.50–97.00	94.37
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,336	84.00–90.00	87.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,873	94.00–103.00	97.21
5	—	1,522	78.00–89.00	85.99
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	90.00–100.00	95.20
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,455	113.00–122.50	117.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	107.00–111.00	108.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,054	21.00–42.00	33.12
4	—	1,239	54.00–59.00	57.00
18	—	1,199	42.00–53.00	47.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,652	70.50–72.00	71.31
14	—	1,699	61.50–69.50	65.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,748	70.50–74.00	72.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,332	63.50–75.50	67.59
26	—	1,336	54.00–63.50	58.98

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	25.00	25.00
1	—	96	30.00	30.00
2	—	83	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	94	70.00–90.00	80.82
1	—	110	55.00	55.00
4	—	105	70.00–100.00	89.90
1	—	124	50.00	50.00
1	—	76	40.00	40.00
4	—	84	40.00–65.00	50.12
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	85	75.00–90.00	80.30
1	—	122	115.00	115.00
8	—	113	120.00–135.00	126.84
6	—	94	80.00–115.00	96.17
9	—	105	115.00–135.00	126.19
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
1	—	58	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	104	10.00	10.00
1	—	112	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	82	100.00–180.00	149.35
4	—	106	180.00–200.00	188.68
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	135.00–160.00	149.65
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
2	—	104	170.00–175.00	172.45
1	—	92	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	20.00	20.00
2	—	90	20.00–35.00	27.50

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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