Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Holstein steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 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 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	1,603	83.39	1,337	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,554	63.18	982	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	61.77	775	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,136	46.19	525	16
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,246	89.00	1,109	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,477	86.41	1,276	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,459	95.00	1,386	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	80.67	1,207	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	112.55	1,624	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	108.79	1,375	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,532	115.51	1,770	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,441	111.24	1,603	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,492	101.23	1,510	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	145.90/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	101	93.90/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	90	42.98/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	81	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	97	97.03/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Steers	Select	—	1,492	101.23/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	112.55/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,624	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,459	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	111.72/cwt	105.00–115.00	136	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	79.65/cwt	60.00–100.00	91	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	100.43/cwt	90.00–110.00	94	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	185	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	64	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	47.45/cwt	45.00–50.00	48	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	65.36/cwt	50.00–80.00	55	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	114.21/cwt	95.00–130.00	116	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	91	42.58/cwt	35.00–50.00	39	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	230	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	150.54/cwt	140.00–165.00	157	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	147.63/cwt	140.00–155.00	165	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	149	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	108.79/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,375	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,477	86.41/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,276	4
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,246	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,109	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,441	111.24/cwt	108.50–115.00	1,603	16
Bulls	—	—	1,835	89.32/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,639	3
Bulls	—	—	1,526	81.41/cwt	73.00–88.00	1,242	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	61.83/cwt	59.00–64.50	951	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	66.55/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,060	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	65.90/cwt	61.50–75.50	813	14
Bulls	Utility	—	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	57.31/cwt	55.00–59.50	624	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	45.45/cwt	41.00–51.50	534	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	33.57/cwt	31.00–38.00	379	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	128.47/cwt	110.00–150.00	119	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	118.72/cwt	115.00–120.00	102	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	56.95/cwt	50.00–60.50	728	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,532	115.51/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,770	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,496	80.67/cwt	75.00–88.50	1,207	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	148	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	186	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 359Last week 514Year ago 350

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 265Last week 250Year ago 303

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
2	—	91	35.00–50.00	42.58
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	180.00	180.00
1	—	116	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	122	105.00–115.00	111.72
2	—	114	60.00–100.00	79.65
2	—	94	90.00–110.00	100.43
1	—	74	40.00	40.00
3	—	84	50.00–80.00	65.36
5	—	102	95.00–130.00	114.21
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	225.00	225.00
1	—	82	225.00	225.00
1	—	100	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
1	—	80	80.00	80.00
2	—	102	45.00–50.00	47.45
1	—	74	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	104	140.00–165.00	150.54
2	—	112	140.00–155.00	147.63
1	—	124	120.00	120.00
1	—	78	180.00	180.00
11	—	93	110.00–150.00	128.47
4	—	86	115.00–120.00	118.72
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	10.00	10.00
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,492	95.00–107.00	101.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,441	108.50–115.00	111.24
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,532	114.00–119.00	115.51
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	110.00–114.00	112.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	105.00–110.00	108.79
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,459	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,496	75.00–88.50	80.67
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,477	83.00–90.00	86.41
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,246	89.00	89.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,835	89.00–90.00	89.32
9	—	1,526	73.00–88.00	81.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,538	59.00–64.50	61.83
2	—	1,593	65.00–68.00	66.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,234	61.50–75.50	65.90
12	—	1,279	50.00–60.50	56.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	55.00–59.50	57.31
7	—	1,175	41.00–51.50	45.45
4	—	1,128	31.00–38.00	33.57

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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