Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-03-12

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 12

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

162 head

▼ 249 vs last sale 411▲ 162 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

237 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 327▲ 237 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	1,676	75.73	1,269	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,701	67.12	1,142	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	60.76	950	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,322	60.01	793	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,157	49.82	576	28
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,473	73.68	1,085	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,292	71.00	917	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	90.78/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	99	67.41/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	95	25.16/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	84	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	92	40.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	7.50/cwt	2

Every lot

30 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	—	—	1,676	75.73/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,269	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	49.81/cwt	44.00–54.50	549	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	28.56/cwt	20.00–42.00	345	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	63.77/cwt	63.00–65.50	775	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,273	58.95/cwt	56.00–61.00	750	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	57.86/cwt	52.00–62.00	800	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,564	60.76/cwt	57.00–64.50	950	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,701	67.12/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,142	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,292	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	917	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,473	73.68/cwt	68.00–77.00	1,085	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	37	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	2
Bulls	—	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	81	26.72/cwt	25.00–30.00	22	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	66.72/cwt	60.00–70.00	57	3
Bulls	—	Utility	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	87.15/cwt	70.00–105.00	82	8
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	25.21/cwt	15.00–35.00	24	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	77.56/cwt	65.00–95.00	76	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	165	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	81.08/cwt	70.00–90.00	84	10
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	92.87/cwt	40.00–125.00	98	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	73.04/cwt	50.00–100.00	82	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	103.41/cwt	100.00–110.00	119	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	116	35.26/cwt	20.00–50.00	41	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	76.94/cwt	60.00–95.00	95	2

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 411Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 237Last week 327Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,273	56.00–61.00	58.95
3	—	1,209	20.00–42.00	28.56
18	—	1,103	44.00–54.50	49.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	63.00–65.50	63.77
7	—	1,383	52.00–62.00	57.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,701	65.00–69.00	67.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,564	57.00–64.50	60.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,292	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	68.00–77.00	73.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,676	70.00–79.50	75.73

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	105	40.00–125.00	92.87
8	—	94	70.00–105.00	87.15
3	—	115	100.00–110.00	103.41
3	—	85	60.00–70.00	66.72
2	—	124	60.00–95.00	76.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	116	20.00–50.00	35.26
2	—	94	15.00–35.00	25.21
2	—	74	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	70.00–90.00	81.08
4	—	98	65.00–95.00	77.56
3	—	112	50.00–100.00	73.04
3	—	81	25.00–30.00	26.72
2	—	78	25.00	25.00
1	—	120	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	78	10.00	10.00

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.