Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold mostly steady. 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	1,799	74.27	1,336	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,666	70.39	1,173	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	65.05	1,119	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	62.45	838	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,301	51.16	665	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,354	91.00	1,232	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,343	77.34	1,039	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,266	65.00	823	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,352	106.00	1,433	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	151.91/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	93	103.87/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	79	46.08/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	84	10.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	89	151.55/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	110	35.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - 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	—	120	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	204	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	145.34/cwt	135.00–165.00	138	5
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,266	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	823	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	46	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	61.28/cwt	56.00–64.00	816	12
Bulls	—	—	1,799	74.27/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,336	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	63.65/cwt	59.50–67.00	1,056	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	77.34/cwt	73.00–81.00	1,039	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	56.45/cwt	54.00–60.00	773	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	206	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	532	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	126.22/cwt	100.00–140.00	133	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,843	67.86/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,251	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	131.24/cwt	120.00–140.00	112	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,666	70.39/cwt	67.00–73.50	1,173	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	97.58/cwt	80.00–115.00	82	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,286	50.39/cwt	46.00–53.50	648	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	48.10/cwt	45.00–55.00	36	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,352	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,433	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	144	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,354	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	110	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	67.15/cwt	65.00–68.50	929	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	36	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	146.67/cwt	140.00–150.00	164	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	149.70/cwt	140.00–165.00	159	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	224.64/cwt	210.00–240.00	189	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	133	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	219	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	120	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	125	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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Mar 25, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 163Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 182Last week 192Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold mostly steady. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	170.00	170.00
5	—	95	135.00–165.00	145.34
4	—	85	120.00–140.00	131.24
3	—	112	140.00–150.00	146.67
5	—	106	140.00–165.00	149.70
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	100.00–140.00	126.22
6	—	84	80.00–115.00	97.58
1	—	96	100.00	100.00
1	—	74	55.00	55.00
1	—	114	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	45.00–55.00	48.10
1	—	90	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	150.00	150.00
1	—	76	175.00	175.00
1	—	86	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
1	—	92	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	210.00	210.00
2	—	84	210.00–240.00	224.64
1	—	78	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	35.00	35.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,266	65.00	65.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	73.00–81.00	77.34
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,354	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,332	56.00–64.00	61.28
3	—	1,384	65.00–68.50	67.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,659	59.50–67.00	63.65
4	—	1,843	67.00–69.00	67.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	54.00–60.00	56.45
1	—	1,238	43.00	43.00
10	—	1,286	46.00–53.50	50.39
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,666	67.00–73.50	70.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,799	71.00–78.00	74.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,352	106.00	106.00

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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