Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 loiwer. Holstein steers sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,791	81.90	1,467	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,872	65.30	1,222	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,784	57.97	1,034	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,313	54.11	710	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	37.63	438	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,380	95.00	1,311	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,488	83.56	1,243	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,503	94.14	1,415	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,290	89.00	1,148	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,365	109.86	1,500	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,407	104.46	1,470	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,443	95.72	1,381	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,609	110.82	1,783	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	107.75	1,616	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,363	103.30	1,408	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	125.36/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	103	99.13/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	85	37.01/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	81	15.04/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	92	103.26/cwt	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	95	115.39/cwt	100.00–140.00	110	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	134.22/cwt	130.00–140.00	152	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	133.86/cwt	120.00–145.00	139	13
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	138	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	157.20/cwt	150.00–165.00	118	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	170.00/cwt	160.00–180.00	177	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	108	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	49	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	33.01/cwt	20.00–45.00	24	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	141	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	94.39/cwt	80.00–115.00	90	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	82.41/cwt	75.00–90.00	72	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	106.04/cwt	70.00–125.00	112	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	105.04/cwt	100.00–120.00	119	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	137	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	112	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	32.47/cwt	30.00–35.00	28	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	98	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,365	109.86/cwt	109.00–112.50	1,500	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,609	110.82/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,783	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,380	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Utility	—	72	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	15.06/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	96.65/cwt	85.00–110.00	83	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,407	104.46/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,470	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,500	107.75/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,616	15
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,503	94.14/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,415	7
Bulls	—	—	1,771	80.42/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,424	11
Bulls	—	—	1,863	87.32/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,627	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,488	83.56/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,243	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,872	65.30/cwt	63.50–68.50	1,222	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	44.57/cwt	41.00–48.50	539	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	31.95/cwt	24.00–37.50	360	11
Steers	Select	—	1,363	103.30/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,443	95.72/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,381	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,290	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,148	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	58.15/cwt	57.50–59.00	773	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	52.60/cwt	48.00–55.50	687	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,784	57.97/cwt	55.00–60.00	1,034	6

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 514Last week 140Year ago 448

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 250Last week 100Year ago 327

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	95	100.00–140.00	115.39
7	—	113	130.00–140.00	134.22
13	—	104	120.00–145.00	133.86
6	—	86	85.00–110.00	96.65
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	45.00	45.00
2	—	73	20.00–45.00	33.01
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	95	80.00–115.00	94.39
2	—	87	75.00–90.00	82.41
4	—	106	70.00–125.00	106.04
4	—	113	100.00–120.00	105.04
1	—	130	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	15.00	15.00
2	—	85	10.00–20.00	15.06
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	150.00	150.00
2	—	75	150.00–165.00	157.20
2	—	104	160.00–180.00	170.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	35.00	35.00
2	—	85	30.00–35.00	32.47
1	—	98	25.00	25.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,365	109.00–112.50	109.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,407	100.00–109.00	104.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	92.00–98.00	95.72
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,609	110.00–112.00	110.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,500	105.00–110.00	107.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	101.00–106.00	103.30
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,488	75.00–89.00	83.56
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,503	94.00–95.00	94.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	89.00	89.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,771	75.00–86.00	80.42
3	—	1,863	86.00–89.00	87.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,872	63.50–68.50	65.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,210	41.00–48.50	44.57
11	—	1,126	24.00–37.50	31.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	57.50–59.00	58.15
8	—	1,306	48.00–55.50	52.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,784	55.00–60.00	57.97

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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