Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-23

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 23

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

142 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 165▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

122 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 132▲ 122 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 2.00-4.00 lower. 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	1,596	70.92	1,132	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	52.24	724	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,669	51.81	865	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,596	51.63	824	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,163	37.31	434	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	122.98/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	93	79.97/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	102	57.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	83	199.90/cwt	5

Every lot

20 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	—	—	1,596	70.92/cwt	60.50–78.00	1,132	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	33.24/cwt	21.00–38.50	356	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	56.35/cwt	54.50–58.00	718	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,287	42.73/cwt	40.50–45.50	550	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,422	50.87/cwt	48.00–54.00	723	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,596	51.63/cwt	48.00–54.50	824	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,669	51.81/cwt	50.00–54.50	865	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	189.47/cwt	170.00–210.00	144	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	152	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	91	215.27/cwt	190.00–240.00	196	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	51	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	91.32/cwt	85.00–95.00	78	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	48	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	242.77/cwt	230.00–255.00	223	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	83.72/cwt	75.00–90.00	77	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	103.96/cwt	95.00–115.00	98	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	101	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	114	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	57.50/cwt	50.00–65.00	59	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	96.60/cwt	90.00–100.00	100	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	111	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	128	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Apr 23, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 165Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 122Last week 132Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. 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
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	111	110.00–120.00	115.05
2	—	101	110.00–115.00	112.48
4	—	94	95.00–115.00	103.96
4	—	85	85.00–95.00	91.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	230.00–255.00	242.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	50.00–65.00	57.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	92	75.00–90.00	83.72
3	—	104	90.00–100.00	96.60
2	—	88	50.00–60.00	55.00
1	—	78	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	170.00–210.00	189.47
1	—	80	190.00	190.00
2	—	91	190.00–240.00	215.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,596	60.50–78.00	70.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,596	48.00–54.50	51.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,422	48.00–54.00	50.87
3	—	1,274	54.50–58.00	56.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,070	21.00–38.50	33.24
6	—	1,287	40.50–45.50	42.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,669	50.00–54.50	51.81

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.