Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale 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	—	Average	1,646	86.64	1,426	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,920	76.12	1,462	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,708	71.99	1,230	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	71.00	932	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,283	51.39	659	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,533	90.46	1,387	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	100.00	1,402	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	124.53	1,770	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	138.03/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	96	76.22/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	85	30.00/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	75	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	94	139.54/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	84	20.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

39 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 3	—	98	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	34	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	110.24/cwt	95.00–125.00	104	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	126.38/cwt	120.00–130.00	131	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	158	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	143	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	207.56/cwt	205.00–210.00	170	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	56.59/cwt	50.00–60.00	46	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	113.07/cwt	100.00–130.00	115	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	97	64.74/cwt	40.00–90.00	63	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	20.00/cwt	10.00–30.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	220	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	212	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	220	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	43	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	77.50/cwt	75.00–80.00	68	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	47.07/cwt	30.00–60.00	44	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	228	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,533	90.46/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,387	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,402	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,402	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	65.40/cwt	60.00–67.00	945	4
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	151	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,380	54.92/cwt	50.00–61.50	758	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	45.50/cwt	42.00–49.00	510	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,920	76.12/cwt	74.50–78.00	1,462	5
Bulls	—	—	1,567	80.42/cwt	75.00–83.50	1,260	4
Bulls	—	—	1,752	94.93/cwt	92.50–98.00	1,663	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	124.53/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,770	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	74.73/cwt	72.00–77.00	915	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	70.15/cwt	68.00–73.50	1,220	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,662	74.75/cwt	74.00–75.50	1,242	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 (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 185Last week 158Year ago 147

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 224Last week 189Year ago 234

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	35.00	35.00
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	76	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	126	80.00	80.00
3	—	82	50.00–60.00	56.59
3	—	102	100.00–130.00	113.07
2	—	97	40.00–90.00	64.74
1	—	78	55.00	55.00
1	—	110	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	95.00–125.00	110.24
4	—	104	120.00–130.00	126.38
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
2	—	88	75.00–80.00	77.50
2	—	112	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	180.00	180.00
1	—	90	235.00	235.00
1	—	100	220.00	220.00
1	—	114	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	140.00	140.00
2	—	82	205.00–210.00	207.56
1	—	110	200.00	200.00
1	—	98	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	10.00–30.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	30.00–60.00	47.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	84.00–95.00	90.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,402	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,445	60.00–67.00	65.40
6	—	1,224	72.00–77.00	74.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	50.00–61.50	54.92
3	—	1,120	42.00–49.00	45.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,920	74.50–78.00	76.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,739	68.00–73.50	70.15
2	—	1,662	74.00–75.50	74.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,567	75.00–83.50	80.42
3	—	1,752	92.50–98.00	94.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,421	122.00–127.00	124.53

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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