Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-01-02

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-02

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 2

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

233 head

▲ 46 vs last sale 187▲ 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

294 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 247▲ 294 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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	1,584	67.95	1,076	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,716	60.74	1,042	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	53.36	680	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	51.50	799	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,194	40.09	479	26

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	82.22/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	98	41.64/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	91	19.37/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	85	8.35/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	89	93.77/cwt	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

33 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. 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,584	67.95/cwt	67.00–69.50	1,076	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	29.13/cwt	12.00–40.00	331	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	58.75/cwt	58.00–59.50	702	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,226	44.56/cwt	42.50–47.00	546	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,234	49.33/cwt	48.00–53.00	609	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	52.38/cwt	48.00–55.50	675	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	51.50/cwt	49.00–55.50	799	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,716	60.74/cwt	56.50–64.50	1,042	12
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	74	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	87	151.73/cwt	140.00–160.00	132	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	104	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	12.60/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	—	Utility	77	7.53/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	83	17.53/cwt	15.00–20.00	15	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	160.24/cwt	155.00–165.00	135	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	45.16/cwt	30.00–55.00	38	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	62.03/cwt	60.00–70.00	58	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	37.42/cwt	30.00–45.00	35	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	93	24.84/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	165	2
Bulls	—	Utility	102	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	66.33/cwt	55.00–75.00	68	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	43.33/cwt	25.00–55.00	46	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	143	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	116	72.52/cwt	70.00–75.00	84	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	118	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	68	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Jan 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 233Last week 187Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 294Last week 247Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,584	67.00–69.50	67.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,552	49.00–55.50	51.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,716	56.50–64.50	60.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,226	42.50–47.00	44.56
8	—	1,234	48.00–53.00	49.33
10	—	1,136	12.00–40.00	29.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	58.00–59.50	58.75
11	—	1,288	48.00–55.50	52.38

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	55.00	55.00
7	—	103	55.00–75.00	66.33
3	—	85	30.00–55.00	45.16
4	—	116	70.00–75.00	72.52
5	—	93	60.00–70.00	62.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	106	25.00–55.00	43.33
1	—	86	45.00	45.00
2	—	93	30.00–45.00	37.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	20.00–30.00	24.84
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.60
2	—	83	15.00–20.00	17.53
1	—	108	15.00	15.00
1	—	118	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	5.00–10.00	7.53
1	—	102	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	130.00	130.00
2	—	84	155.00–165.00	160.24
2	—	94	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
1	—	104	15.00	15.00
1	—	88	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
3	—	87	140.00–160.00	151.73
1	—	74	100.00	100.00

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.