Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Holstein

steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold

10.00-15.00 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	1,716	98.55	1,691	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,907	80.21	1,530	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,337	73.17	978	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,636	72.76	1,190	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,171	59.28	694	30
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,321	95.40	1,260	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	90.00	1,183	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,574	102.59	1,615	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,723	93.01	1,603	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,274	77.81	991	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,408	129.77	1,827	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,299	122.92	1,597	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,649	133.56	2,202	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,590	120.24	1,912	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,215	109.88	1,335	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	181.54/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	95	131.04/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	89	94.02/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	64	10.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	90	197.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	86	55.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	15.00/cwt	1

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
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	56	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	203.12/cwt	190.00–220.00	209	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	129.28/cwt	120.00–135.00	110	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	198	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	152	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	82	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	49	1
Bulls	Number 2Crossbred	—	93	80.48/cwt	65.00–95.00	75	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	106.81/cwt	96.00–138.00	1,939	11
Bulls	—	—	1,214	77.55/cwt	74.00–82.00	941	2
Bulls	—	—	1,694	86.32/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,462	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	88	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	105.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	100	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	10	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,723	93.01/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,603	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	122.92/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,408	129.77/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,827	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	148.21/cwt	125.00–170.00	141	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,274	77.81/cwt	70.00–85.00	991	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,321	95.40/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,260	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,649	133.56/cwt	126.50–139.00	2,202	12
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,574	102.59/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,615	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,314	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,183	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,590	120.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,912	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	71.98/cwt	67.00–75.50	879	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	37.57/cwt	21.00–47.00	348	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	70.82/cwt	66.00–73.50	1,122	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	181.98/cwt	140.00–210.00	171	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	200.90/cwt	190.00–205.00	227	6
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,907	80.21/cwt	78.50–81.50	1,530	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	76.65/cwt	75.50–77.50	1,334	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	61.07/cwt	54.00–66.50	755	16
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	152	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	255	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	101	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	78.19/cwt	74.00–82.50	1,041	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	68.65/cwt	66.50–73.00	921	10
Steers	Select	—	1,215	109.88/cwt	104.00–119.00	1,335	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	47	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	173.81/cwt	165.00–190.00	179	5

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 354Last week 501Year ago 412

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 299Last week 289Year ago 263

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Holstein

steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold

10.00-15.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	56	10.00	10.00
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
1	—	74	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	103	190.00–220.00	203.12
1	—	78	120.00	120.00
6	—	85	120.00–135.00	129.28
7	—	94	140.00–210.00	181.98
6	—	113	190.00–205.00	200.90
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	55.00	55.00
2	—	95	125.00–170.00	148.21
5	—	103	165.00–190.00	173.81
Bulls — Number 2 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	60.00	60.00
2	—	93	65.00–95.00	80.48
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	55.00	55.00
1	—	88	100.00	100.00
3	—	95	100.00–110.00	105.04
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	230.00	230.00
1	—	74	205.00	205.00
1	—	102	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	55.00	55.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,815	96.00–138.00	106.81
2	—	1,214	74.00–82.00	77.55
4	—	1,694	82.00–91.00	86.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	92.00–94.00	93.01
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,274	70.00–85.00	77.81
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,574	99.00–104.00	102.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,299	122.00–124.00	122.92
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,408	125.00–135.00	129.77
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,321	93.00–98.00	95.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,314	90.00	90.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,649	126.50–139.00	133.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	115.00–125.00	120.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	104.00–119.00	109.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,221	67.00–75.50	71.98
6	—	926	21.00–47.00	37.57
16	—	1,237	54.00–66.50	61.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,584	66.00–73.50	70.82
2	—	1,740	75.50–77.50	76.65
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,907	78.50–81.50	80.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,332	74.00–82.50	78.19
10	—	1,341	66.50–73.00	68.65

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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