Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-16

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 16

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

165 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 125▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

132 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 205▲ 132 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 2.00-3.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. 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	1,522	78.94	1,201	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,776	62.05	1,102	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	58.85	742	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,662	57.29	952	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,184	45.86	543	18

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	93.89/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	95	54.15/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	96	32.95/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	89	97.50/cwt	4

Every lot

24 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	—	—	1,522	78.94/cwt	73.50–84.00	1,201	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	55.84/cwt	54.50–58.00	627	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	49.93/cwt	45.50–54.00	574	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	64.01/cwt	62.50–65.50	773	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,236	38.56/cwt	32.50–42.50	477	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	56.92/cwt	54.50–61.00	729	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,662	57.29/cwt	55.00–61.50	952	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,776	62.05/cwt	60.50–63.00	1,102	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	176	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	84	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	46	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	96	57.50/cwt	55.00–60.00	55	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	78	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	47	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	83	44.94/cwt	40.00–50.00	37	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	77.67/cwt	70.00–85.00	67	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	94.38/cwt	70.00–105.00	89	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	78	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	97.23/cwt	90.00–105.00	101	7
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	34.42/cwt	20.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	53	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	101.14/cwt	95.00–110.00	115	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	126	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	126	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	88	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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 132Last week 205Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	55.00–60.00	57.50
1	—	84	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	50.00	50.00
1	—	126	70.00	70.00
2	—	83	40.00–50.00	44.94
1	—	76	35.00	35.00
1	—	98	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
2	—	104	20.00–50.00	34.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	104	90.00–105.00	97.23
1	—	78	60.00	60.00
1	—	120	105.00	105.00
2	—	86	70.00–85.00	77.67
4	—	114	95.00–110.00	101.14
6	—	94	70.00–105.00	94.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	62.50–65.50	64.01
8	—	1,280	54.50–61.00	56.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,662	55.00–61.50	57.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,150	45.50–54.00	49.93
3	—	1,123	54.50–58.00	55.84
8	—	1,236	32.50–42.50	38.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,776	60.50–63.00	62.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,522	73.50–84.00	78.94

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.