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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-28

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 28

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917

← Dec 14Dec 28Jan 4 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

456 head

▼ 201 vs last sale 657▲ 102 vs year ago 354 · +28.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

513 head

▲ 147 vs last sale 366▲ 111 vs year ago 402 · +27.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien 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	—	Low	1,747	72.46	1,266	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,591	53.57	852	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,349	51.55	695	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,231	38.18	470	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,576	91.00	1,434	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	73.00	949	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,561	92.78	1,448	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,330	80.95	1,077	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,108	102.00	1,130	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,672	110.08	1,841	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	107.69	1,565	11

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	103.16/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	88	56.37/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	97	27.42/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	85	11.44/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	96	90.35/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	86	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,453	107.69/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,565	11
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,672	110.08/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,841	11
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,108	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,130	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,731	75.99/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,315	9
Bulls	—	—	1,821	56.56/cwt	51.00–65.00	1,030	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	33.17/cwt	22.00–38.00	406	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	43.64/cwt	41.00–47.00	540	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	58.43/cwt	54.50–63.50	762	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,361	49.71/cwt	46.00–53.50	677	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,591	53.57/cwt	51.00–57.00	852	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,330	80.95/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,077	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,561	92.78/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,448	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	949	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,576	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,434	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	151	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	133	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	31.52/cwt	25.00–40.00	30	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	103	129.13/cwt	100.00–160.00	133	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	36.43/cwt	30.00–40.00	27	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	65.56/cwt	50.00–85.00	55	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	45.00/cwt	40.00–50.00	38	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Utility	91	12.53/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	92	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	69	7
Bulls	—	Number 3	92	27.34/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	65.30/cwt	55.00–75.00	61	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	168	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	173.14/cwt	140.00–205.00	177	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	102	96.10/cwt	90.00–100.00	98	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	83.23/cwt	80.00–90.00	86	3
Bulls	—	Utility	108	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	100.00/cwt	95.00–105.00	112	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	29	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	120	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	216	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	104	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Dec 28, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 456Last week 657Year ago 354

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 513Last week 366Year ago 402

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien 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 — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	91	10.00–15.00	12.53
2	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	108	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	92	70.00–80.00	75.00
9	—	102	90.00–100.00	96.10
3	—	84	50.00–85.00	65.56
5	—	112	95.00–105.00	100.00
1	—	122	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	180.00	180.00
2	—	96	170.00–180.00	175.00
1	—	76	150.00	150.00
2	—	102	140.00–205.00	173.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	80.00–90.00	83.23
4	—	84	40.00–50.00	45.00
4	—	74	30.00–40.00	36.43
5	—	93	55.00–75.00	65.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	20.00–35.00	27.34
1	—	114	25.00	25.00
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	25.00–40.00	31.52
1	—	102	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	145.00	145.00
2	—	103	100.00–160.00	129.13
1	—	86	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	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
11	—	1,238	41.00–47.00	43.64
12	—	1,225	22.00–38.00	33.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	54.50–63.50	58.43
15	—	1,361	46.00–53.50	49.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,591	51.00–57.00	53.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	79.00–83.00	80.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,561	85.00–97.00	92.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,672	107.00–114.50	110.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,453	105.00–109.00	107.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,821	51.00–65.00	56.56
9	—	1,731	70.00–83.00	75.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,576	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,108	102.00	102.00

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.