Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-30

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 30

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 142▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

125 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 122▲ 125 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 steady-1.00 higher.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	1,758	67.97	1,195	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,805	59.52	1,074	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,672	55.70	931	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	53.50	705	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,199	43.10	517	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,522	73.00	1,111	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	98.23/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	94	73.48/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	86	26.49/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	93	107.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	81	60.00/cwt	2

Every lot

23 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	—	—	1,758	67.97/cwt	57.00–76.00	1,195	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	51.93/cwt	49.50–54.00	556	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	45.38/cwt	41.00–48.00	526	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	57.81/cwt	56.00–59.50	742	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	51.93/cwt	48.50–55.50	690	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,358	32.84/cwt	26.50–35.50	446	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,672	55.70/cwt	54.00–57.00	931	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,805	59.52/cwt	55.00–62.00	1,074	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,522	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,111	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2	78	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	47	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	84	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	50	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	57	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	147	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	160	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	63.70/cwt	50.00–70.00	54	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	70.00/cwt	60.00–80.00	60	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	85.30/cwt	70.00–115.00	80	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	32.23/cwt	20.00–45.00	30	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	84.05/cwt	80.00–100.00	87	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	100.94/cwt	95.00–110.00	105	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	103.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	116	5

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 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 142Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 125Last week 122Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher.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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	94	70.00–115.00	85.30
5	—	112	100.00–110.00	103.98
5	—	104	95.00–110.00	100.94
2	—	86	60.00–80.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	20.00–45.00	32.23
1	—	70	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
5	—	103	80.00–100.00	84.05
3	—	85	50.00–70.00	63.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	190.00	190.00

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	60.00	60.00
1	—	84	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	49.50–54.00	51.93
7	—	1,159	41.00–48.00	45.38
5	—	1,358	26.50–35.50	32.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,672	54.00–57.00	55.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,329	48.50–55.50	51.93
4	—	1,284	56.00–59.50	57.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,805	55.00–62.00	59.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,522	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	57.00–76.00	67.97

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.