Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,613	88.26	1,424	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,850	67.47	1,248	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,711	61.97	1,060	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	61.32	841	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,264	43.85	554	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,478	90.00	1,330	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	114.79/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	92	59.31/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	98	41.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	73	7.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	97	134.86/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	88	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Utility	—	78	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	62	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	86.83/cwt	60.00–110.00	82	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	119.95/cwt	115.00–130.00	127	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	32.75/cwt	29.00–39.50	374	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	185.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	189	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	88.26/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,424	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,428	57.05/cwt	53.50–61.50	815	8
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	61.58/cwt	59.50–63.50	789	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	185	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	47.95/cwt	41.00–53.50	640	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	59.30/cwt	45.00–85.00	55	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,850	67.47/cwt	63.50–74.00	1,248	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	181	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,478	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	118.91/cwt	100.00–130.00	134	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	68.16/cwt	65.50–74.50	872	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	58	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,711	61.97/cwt	55.50–65.00	1,060	10
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	94	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	71	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	134	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	230	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	152	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	125	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	49.04/cwt	40.00–60.00	42	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	111	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	196	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	46	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	136.82/cwt	85.00–190.00	105	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	99	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 178Last week 185Year ago 141

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 241Last week 205Year ago 248

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	5.00	5.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	6.00	6.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	60.00–110.00	86.83
4	—	106	115.00–130.00	119.95
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
1	—	86	50.00	50.00
4	—	113	100.00–130.00	118.91
1	—	122	110.00	110.00
1	—	130	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	205.00	205.00
1	—	102	225.00	225.00
1	—	76	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	93	45.00–85.00	59.30
1	—	106	80.00	80.00
5	—	85	40.00–60.00	49.04
1	—	110	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	60.00	60.00
1	—	112	30.00	30.00
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
1	—	102	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	180.00–190.00	185.00
1	—	98	185.00	185.00
1	—	82	185.00	185.00
1	—	112	175.00	175.00
2	—	77	85.00–190.00	136.82
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	40.00	40.00
1	—	120	60.00	60.00
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,143	29.00–39.50	32.75
2	—	1,282	59.50–63.50	61.58
13	—	1,335	41.00–53.50	47.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,428	53.50–61.50	57.05
5	—	1,280	65.50–74.50	68.16
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,850	63.50–74.00	67.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,711	55.50–65.00	61.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,613	85.00–92.50	88.26
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,478	90.00	90.00

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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