Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-09

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-09

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 9

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 16 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 75▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

205 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 160▲ 205 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 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply included

0 steers and heifers, 122 slaughter cows, 3 bulls and 0 feeder cattle. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,743	67.24	1,172	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,658	64.71	1,073	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	57.72	721	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,461	57.27	837	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	45.92	533	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	73.64/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	95	54.06/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	92	32.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	104	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	86	155.72/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	62	6.00/cwt	1

Every lot

29 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	—	—	1,743	67.24/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,172	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	46.33/cwt	42.50–51.50	513	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	34.49/cwt	32.00–36.50	394	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	56.31/cwt	51.00–61.00	696	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	62.66/cwt	61.00–64.50	811	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,425	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	791	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	57.27/cwt	56.00–58.50	837	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,658	64.71/cwt	62.50–68.00	1,073	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	62	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	207.57/cwt	205.00–210.00	158	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	86	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	87	204.96/cwt	200.00–215.00	178	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	104	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	36	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	30.27/cwt	25.00–35.00	22	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	76	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	126	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	62.50/cwt	60.00–65.00	54	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	86	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	92	70.05/cwt	65.00–75.00	64	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	58	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	127	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	61.02/cwt	50.00–70.00	62	5
Bulls	—	Utility	104	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	74	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	111	70.68/cwt	65.00–80.00	78	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	80	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	62	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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Apr 9, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 75Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 205Last week 160Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply included

0 steers and heifers, 122 slaughter cows, 3 bulls and 0 feeder cattle. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

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

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	50.00–70.00	61.02
2	—	74	25.00–35.00	30.27
1	—	114	70.00	70.00
1	—	96	60.00	60.00
1	—	86	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	92	65.00–75.00	70.05
7	—	111	65.00–80.00	70.68
2	—	86	60.00–65.00	62.50
1	—	124	50.00	50.00
1	—	106	70.00	70.00
1	—	76	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	35.00	35.00
1	—	86	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	130.00	130.00
1	—	84	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	25.00	25.00
1	—	104	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	6.00	6.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	205.00–210.00	207.57
3	—	87	200.00–215.00	204.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,658	62.50–68.00	64.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,107	42.50–51.50	46.33
2	—	1,425	55.50	55.50
2	—	1,143	32.00–36.50	34.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,236	51.00–61.00	56.31
2	—	1,294	61.00–64.50	62.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,461	56.00–58.50	57.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	65.00–71.00	67.24

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.