Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-02

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

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

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Mar 19Apr 2Apr 9 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 528 vs last sale 603▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

160 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 302▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 20.00-30.00 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	—	Average	1,370	60.00	822	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,700	53.07	902	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	51.51	648	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,568	49.95	783	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,153	39.59	456	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	61.73	819	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,316	63.50	836	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	87.38/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	97	53.48/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	87	22.48/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	82	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	90	110.08/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	88	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot

31 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	—	—	1,370	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	822	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	30.71/cwt	23.50–36.00	338	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	39.90/cwt	38.50–43.50	457	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	49.52/cwt	46.00–54.00	595	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	48.09/cwt	46.00–50.50	584	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	56.16/cwt	55.00–57.50	780	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	49.95/cwt	47.00–53.50	783	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,700	53.07/cwt	51.50–54.50	902	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,316	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	836	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	61.73/cwt	60.00–63.50	819	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	135.00/cwt	125.00–145.00	119	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	125.21/cwt	120.00–130.00	118	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	22.50/cwt	15.00–30.00	16	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	80	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	28	2
Bulls	—	Utility	82	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	122	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	58.15/cwt	35.00–65.00	50	7
Bulls	—	Number 3	87	19.94/cwt	15.00–25.00	17	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	54.03/cwt	40.00–75.00	50	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	139.84/cwt	120.00–155.00	131	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	65.04/cwt	60.00–70.00	62	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	60.29/cwt	50.00–70.00	62	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	87.83/cwt	85.00–90.00	91	9
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	87.50/cwt	85.00–90.00	96	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	75.00/cwt	65.00–85.00	83	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	33	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	126	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	63	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 Apr 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 603Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 160Last week 302Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	125.00–145.00	135.00
2	—	94	120.00–130.00	125.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	120.00–155.00	139.84
1	—	84	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	50.00–70.00	60.29
4	—	93	40.00–75.00	54.03
2	—	110	65.00–85.00	75.00
2	—	80	30.00–40.00	35.00
1	—	126	50.00	50.00
1	—	78	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	20.00	20.00
2	—	87	15.00–25.00	19.94
2	—	70	15.00–30.00	22.50
1	—	110	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	104	85.00–90.00	87.83
7	—	86	35.00–65.00	58.15
3	—	95	60.00–70.00	65.04
2	—	110	85.00–90.00	87.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,568	47.00–53.50	49.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	46.00–54.00	49.52
3	—	1,389	55.00–57.50	56.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,214	46.00–50.50	48.09
5	—	1,100	23.50–36.00	30.71
6	—	1,145	38.50–43.50	39.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,700	51.50–54.50	53.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,316	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,327	60.00–63.50	61.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	60.00	60.00

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.