Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady. Holstein steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 10.00-20.00 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	1,512	88.67	1,341	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	68.76	897	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,794	67.94	1,219	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	64.93	1,091	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,108	51.68	573	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,447	86.25	1,248	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,154	84.00	969	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,537	97.83	1,504	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	86.35	1,293	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,257	84.21	1,059	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,498	112.46	1,685	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,539	106.05	1,632	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,597	115.65	1,847	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	110.51	1,649	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,387	107.96	1,497	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	156.54/cwt	44
Bulls	Number 2	98	121.26/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	86	36.67/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	77	11.79/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	91	124.55/cwt	13

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	103	177.56/cwt	160.00–190.00	183	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	120.70/cwt	100.00–135.00	101	11
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	220.00/cwt	200.00–240.00	229	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	198.82/cwt	160.00–235.00	169	2
Bulls	Utility	—	83	15.18/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	60.17/cwt	57.50–62.50	714	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,794	67.94/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,219	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,539	106.05/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,632	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,492	110.51/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,649	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	71.30/cwt	67.50–76.50	911	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	64.93/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,091	9
Steers	Select	—	1,387	107.96/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,497	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	64.96/cwt	63.00–66.50	874	8
Bulls	—	—	1,807	95.39/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,724	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,497	86.35/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,293	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	32.69/cwt	16.00–44.00	336	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	53.75/cwt	48.00–57.50	581	8
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,154	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	969	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,257	84.21/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	239	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	126	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	227	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,447	86.25/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,498	112.46/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	101	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	2
Bulls	—	—	1,394	85.98/cwt	79.00–91.00	1,199	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	78	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,537	97.83/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,504	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,597	115.65/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,847	19
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	130	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	174.40/cwt	160.00–185.00	195	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	29	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	143.82/cwt	120.00–175.00	135	12
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	54.93/cwt	50.00–60.00	51	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	126.71/cwt	85.00–155.00	119	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	81	197.16/cwt	170.00–225.00	160	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	130.19/cwt	100.00–150.00	135	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	216	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	64	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	42	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	82	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	47.53/cwt	45.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	144.69/cwt	110.00–180.00	163	2

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

Mon Mar 22, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 433Last week 359Year ago 603

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 290Last week 265Year ago 302

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	160.00–190.00	177.56
11	—	84	100.00–135.00	120.70
7	—	112	160.00–185.00	174.40
12	—	94	120.00–175.00	143.82
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	200.00–240.00	220.00
2	—	85	160.00–235.00	198.82
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00–20.00	15.18
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	35.00	35.00
1	—	104	75.00	75.00
2	—	75	20.00	20.00
2	—	84	30.00–40.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	94	85.00–155.00	126.71
7	—	104	100.00–150.00	130.19
2	—	75	45.00–50.00	47.53
2	—	113	110.00–180.00	144.69
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	230.00	230.00
1	—	126	180.00	180.00
1	—	72	180.00	180.00
2	—	81	170.00–225.00	197.16
1	—	96	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	101	50.00	50.00
3	—	92	50.00–60.00	54.93
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	65.00	65.00
1	—	82	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,187	57.50–62.50	60.17
4	—	1,027	16.00–44.00	32.69
8	—	1,080	48.00–57.50	53.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,794	67.00–69.00	67.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,278	67.50–76.50	71.30
8	—	1,345	63.00–66.50	64.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,680	63.00–67.00	64.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,539	105.00–109.50	106.05
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,498	111.00–114.00	112.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,492	108.00–114.00	110.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,387	107.00–109.00	107.96
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,597	113.00–119.50	115.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,807	94.00–97.00	95.39
5	—	1,394	79.00–91.00	85.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	84.00–88.00	86.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,257	81.00–87.00	84.21
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	96.00–101.00	97.83
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,154	84.00	84.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,447	82.00–92.00	86.25

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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