Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale 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	—	Low	1,472	87.55	1,289	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,769	82.80	1,465	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	72.85	1,003	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,688	71.63	1,209	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,183	53.43	632	24
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,529	94.53	1,445	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,102	93.00	1,025	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	137.20/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	94	85.78/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	91	30.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	84	15.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	94	158.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	80	30.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	58	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

35 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	UtilityJersey	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	117	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	114.82/cwt	110.00–120.00	131	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	95.28/cwt	75.00–110.00	80	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	111.86/cwt	100.00–125.00	107	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	53	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,769	82.80/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,465	2
Bulls	—	—	1,312	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	892	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,529	94.53/cwt	91.00–103.00	1,445	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	67.77/cwt	62.00–72.00	995	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	214	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	232.53/cwt	230.00–235.00	198	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	66.64/cwt	63.00–69.00	852	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	46	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	43.80/cwt	32.00–48.50	485	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	83.45/cwt	80.00–90.00	79	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	57.78/cwt	50.50–61.00	705	10
Heifers	Number 2	—	76	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	76.66/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,003	8
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	75.38/cwt	74.50–76.00	1,310	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	69.13/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,144	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	32.50/cwt	25.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	Utility	—	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 3Crossbred	—	80	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	28	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	94.07/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,102	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	195.05/cwt	190.00–200.00	181	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	69	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	99.81/cwt	85.00–105.00	104	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	126	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	145	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	167	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Jul 8, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 185Year ago 149

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 264Last week 224Year ago 254

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale 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 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	110.00–115.00	112.50
2	—	114	110.00–120.00	114.82
3	—	84	75.00–110.00	95.28
6	—	96	100.00–125.00	111.86
1	—	126	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	230.00–235.00	232.53
2	—	93	190.00–200.00	195.05
1	—	74	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	60.00	60.00
3	—	95	80.00–90.00	83.45
2	—	86	80.00	80.00
5	—	104	85.00–105.00	99.81
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00
2	—	98	25.00–40.00	32.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	210.00	210.00
1	—	92	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	40.00	40.00
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	58	5.00	5.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,769	81.00–84.50	82.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,468	62.00–72.00	67.77
8	—	1,308	74.00–79.00	76.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,278	63.00–69.00	66.64
10	—	1,108	32.00–48.50	43.80
10	—	1,221	50.50–61.00	57.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,738	74.50–76.00	75.38
6	—	1,655	65.00–72.00	69.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,312	68.00	68.00
3	—	1,525	91.00–97.00	94.07
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,529	91.00–103.00	94.53
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,102	93.00	93.00

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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