Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week’s sale Holstein bull

calves sold 20.00-30.00 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	—	Average	1,378	85.16	1,173	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,863	80.01	1,491	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,617	72.61	1,174	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	70.94	936	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,250	57.95	725	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,505	85.76	1,291	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,206	78.71	949	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	199.68/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	93	129.01/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	97	83.71/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	69	10.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	93	191.03/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	82	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	87	135.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	118	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	205.05/cwt	200.00–210.00	215	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	197.35/cwt	180.00–205.00	221	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	169.09/cwt	135.00–205.00	157	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	127	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	268.31/cwt	260.00–275.00	260	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	69.63/cwt	64.50–80.50	887	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	40.52/cwt	33.00–48.50	438	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,863	80.01/cwt	79.50–80.50	1,491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,299	57.19/cwt	51.50–61.50	743	8
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,206	78.71/cwt	77.00–80.50	949	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,505	85.76/cwt	85.00–86.50	1,291	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	68	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	73.98/cwt	70.50–75.50	1,194	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	70.32/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,140	3
Bulls	—	—	1,241	82.20/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,020	4
Bulls	—	—	1,924	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,866	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	244	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	82	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	37	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	65.35/cwt	62.00–69.00	908	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	74.13/cwt	70.50–80.00	949	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	263.38/cwt	260.00–265.00	245	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	258	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	150.00/cwt	120.00–190.00	144	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	116	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	128	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	192.50/cwt	185.00–200.00	212	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	42.41/cwt	35.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	248	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	231.57/cwt	200.00–265.00	243	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	92.28/cwt	75.00–110.00	79	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	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

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 148Last week 192Year ago 125

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 172Last week 187Year ago 142

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week’s sale Holstein bull

calves sold 20.00-30.00 higher. 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
2	—	87	130.00–140.00	135.06
4	—	105	200.00–210.00	205.05
4	—	112	180.00–205.00	197.35
6	—	93	135.00–205.00	169.09
1	—	122	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	97	260.00–275.00	268.31
1	—	112	230.00	230.00
1	—	124	200.00	200.00
2	—	105	200.00–265.00	231.57
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	6.00	6.00
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	96	120.00–190.00	150.00
1	—	78	65.00	65.00
2	—	110	185.00–200.00	192.50
4	—	86	75.00–110.00	92.28
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	110.00	110.00
2	—	85	35.00–50.00	42.41
1	—	100	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	120.00	120.00
1	—	82	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	260.00–265.00	263.38
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,274	64.50–80.50	69.63
3	—	1,081	33.00–48.50	40.52
8	—	1,299	51.50–61.50	57.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,863	79.50–80.50	80.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,614	70.50–75.50	73.98
3	—	1,621	66.00–73.00	70.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	62.00–69.00	65.35
7	—	1,280	70.50–80.00	74.13
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,206	77.00–80.50	78.71
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	85.00–86.50	85.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,241	74.00–86.00	82.20
1	—	1,924	97.00	97.00

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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