Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

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	1,661	91.08	1,512	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,838	74.17	1,363	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,636	65.45	1,071	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,354	59.64	807	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,200	49.45	594	22
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,466	98.00	1,437	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,555	84.46	1,313	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,478	98.24	1,452	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,470	120.01	1,764	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	116.30	1,531	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,593	123.44	1,966	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	116.07	1,732	16

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	115.57/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	99	79.69/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	94	45.53/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	76	8.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	95	169.25/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 3	87	16.70/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	94	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

50 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 3	—	80	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	67.90/cwt	50.00–80.00	70	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	92	17.55/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	76	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	198	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	149	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	79.23/cwt	70.00–90.00	69	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	123.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	130	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	53.10/cwt	50.00–55.00	732	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,593	123.44/cwt	120.50–126.50	1,966	13
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,492	116.07/cwt	113.50–119.00	1,732	16
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	95.28/cwt	80.00–110.00	89	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	127.87/cwt	115.00–135.00	144	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,316	116.30/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,531	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	69.99/cwt	69.50–71.00	1,116	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,838	74.17/cwt	73.50–75.00	1,363	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	87.02/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,425	3
Bulls	—	—	1,683	95.14/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,601	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	59.87/cwt	56.00–62.00	815	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	64.61/cwt	63.00–69.50	848	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	46.11/cwt	43.00–47.50	555	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	65.22/cwt	62.00–68.00	1,073	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,470	120.01/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,764	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,478	98.24/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,452	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	51.77/cwt	49.00–54.00	620	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	904	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,555	84.46/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,313	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,466	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,437	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	189.79/cwt	180.00–200.00	178	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	84	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	159	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	196	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	152.33/cwt	135.00–170.00	160	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	165.00/cwt	150.00–180.00	158	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	65.21/cwt	55.00–80.00	61	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	104.91/cwt	95.00–115.00	110	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	45	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	91	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	51	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	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 462Last week 524Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 371Last week 372Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	35.00	35.00
3	—	103	50.00–80.00	67.90
2	—	76	15.00–20.00	17.50
1	—	114	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	180.00	180.00
1	—	124	160.00	160.00
2	—	96	150.00–180.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	120.00	120.00
6	—	87	70.00–90.00	79.23
5	—	106	120.00–125.00	123.02
7	—	93	80.00–110.00	95.28
9	—	113	115.00–135.00	127.87
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	55.00–80.00	65.21
6	—	105	95.00–115.00	104.91
1	—	124	85.00	85.00
2	—	82	50.00–60.00	55.00
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
1	—	114	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	15.00–20.00	17.55
1	—	76	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	180.00–200.00	189.79
1	—	70	120.00	120.00
1	—	86	185.00	185.00
1	—	112	175.00	175.00
2	—	105	135.00–170.00	152.33
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,378	50.00–55.00	53.10
19	—	1,361	56.00–62.00	59.87
7	—	1,313	63.00–69.50	64.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,594	69.50–71.00	69.99
14	—	1,645	62.00–68.00	65.22
1	—	1,644	55.00	55.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,838	73.50–75.00	74.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,204	43.00–47.50	46.11
13	—	1,198	49.00–54.00	51.77
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,593	120.50–126.50	123.44
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,492	113.50–119.00	116.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,316	115.00–117.00	116.30
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,470	119.00–121.00	120.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,638	85.00–89.00	87.02
3	—	1,683	94.00–98.00	95.14
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,478	94.00–101.00	98.24
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	81.00–89.00	84.46
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,466	98.00	98.00

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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