Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold mostly steady. Holstein

steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold

5.00-10.00 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	1,537	96.20	1,479	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,637	74.23	1,215	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	72.07	940	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,169	52.81	617	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	91.00	1,179	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,546	101.09	1,563	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	86.50	1,220	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,336	80.00	1,069	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,489	129.75	1,932	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,348	121.63	1,640	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,196	115.00	1,375	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,583	132.21	2,093	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,359	122.28	1,662	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,232	119.89	1,477	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	180.06/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	94	123.09/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	84	35.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	80	8.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	96	221.18/cwt	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	69.47/cwt	68.00–72.50	777	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,489	129.75/cwt	128.00–133.50	1,932	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,546	101.09/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,563	8
Steers	Select	—	1,232	119.89/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,196	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,375	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,336	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,069	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	76.01/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,007	12
Bulls	—	—	1,639	102.54/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,681	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,179	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,410	86.50/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,348	121.63/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,640	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,359	122.28/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,662	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,583	132.21/cwt	129.50–134.50	2,093	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	191.08/cwt	180.00–200.00	216	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	114	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	103	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	238.25/cwt	220.00–270.00	200	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	236.95/cwt	215.00–250.00	223	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	255	1
Bulls	—	—	1,456	91.12/cwt	83.00–100.00	1,327	5
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	72	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	43	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	215	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	249	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	263	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	146	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	161	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	65.22/cwt	60.00–75.00	49	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	88.57/cwt	70.00–115.00	74	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	133.87/cwt	110.00–180.00	124	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	249.87/cwt	235.00–260.00	255	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	165.73/cwt	120.00–185.00	172	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	32	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	248	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	37.23/cwt	22.00–46.00	382	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,319	59.25/cwt	50.00–64.50	782	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	72.74/cwt	68.50–75.00	1,204	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	76.83/cwt	76.00–78.50	1,234	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	67.77/cwt	64.50–71.00	869	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	192.82/cwt	185.00–200.00	199	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	114.20/cwt	95.00–125.00	96	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	229	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	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

Mon May 31, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 346Last week 354Year ago 427

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 290Last week 299Year ago 316

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold mostly steady. Holstein

steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold

5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,119	68.00–72.50	69.47
8	—	1,026	22.00–46.00	37.23
9	—	1,319	50.00–64.50	59.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,325	73.00–82.00	76.01
11	—	1,283	64.50–71.00	67.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,655	68.50–75.00	72.74
4	—	1,606	76.00–78.50	76.83
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,489	128.00–133.50	129.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,196	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,348	117.00–126.00	121.63
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,546	98.00–108.00	101.09
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,336	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	85.00–88.00	86.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,232	115.00–123.00	119.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,359	121.00–124.00	122.28
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,583	129.50–134.50	132.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,639	100.00–106.00	102.54
5	—	1,456	83.00–100.00	91.12
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,296	91.00	91.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	113	180.00–200.00	191.08
1	—	94	155.00	155.00
7	—	103	185.00–200.00	192.82
4	—	84	95.00–125.00	114.20
1	—	124	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	20.00	20.00
1	—	72	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	250.00	250.00
1	—	94	265.00	265.00
1	—	112	235.00	235.00
3	—	102	235.00–260.00	249.87
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	130.00	130.00
3	—	75	60.00–75.00	65.22
4	—	84	70.00–115.00	88.57
6	—	93	110.00–180.00	133.87
1	—	112	150.00	150.00
5	—	104	120.00–185.00	165.73
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	40.00	40.00
1	—	96	20.00	20.00
1	—	70	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	84	220.00–270.00	238.25
3	—	94	215.00–250.00	236.95
1	—	102	250.00	250.00
1	—	110	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00

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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