Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-07

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-07

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 7

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

144 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 150▼ 11 vs year ago 155 · −7.1%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

132 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 125▼ 107 vs year ago 239 · −44.8%

View

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 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,602	63.00	1,009	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,618	59.60	964	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	58.86	797	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,178	44.20	521	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	61.00	780	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	76.00	889	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	97.20/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	103	73.64/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	86	47.09/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	80	70.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	64	57.58/cwt	2

Every lot

27 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,170	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	889	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	33.99/cwt	25.50–40.00	389	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	47.30/cwt	41.50–51.50	546	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,276	53.33/cwt	52.50–55.00	680	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	61.74/cwt	60.00–64.00	815	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,381	56.62/cwt	54.50–60.00	782	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,602	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,009	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	59.60/cwt	57.50–62.00	964	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,278	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	780	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Jersey	64	57.58/cwt	55.00–60.00	37	2
Heifers	—	Number 2	80	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	56	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	71	55.07/cwt	50.00–60.00	39	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	80	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	136	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	44.76/cwt	35.00–55.00	37	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	81.04/cwt	70.00–85.00	70	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	65	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	72.45/cwt	70.00–75.00	67	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	174.95/cwt	170.00–180.00	166	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	86.96/cwt	80.00–95.00	83	8
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	93.77/cwt	90.00–100.00	97	8
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	52	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	73.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	76	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	77.57/cwt	70.00–85.00	86	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	96.23/cwt	95.00–100.00	110	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	98	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 May 7, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 150Year ago 155

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 132Last week 125Year ago 239

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 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
2	—	122	80.00	80.00
8	—	103	90.00–100.00	93.77
8	—	95	80.00–95.00	86.96
5	—	86	70.00–85.00	81.04
4	—	114	95.00–100.00	96.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	170.00–180.00	174.95
1	—	80	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	30.00	30.00
2	—	103	50.00	50.00
2	—	82	35.00–55.00	44.76
2	—	71	50.00–60.00	55.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	104	70.00–80.00	73.00
2	—	111	70.00–85.00	77.57
2	—	92	70.00–75.00	72.45
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
1	—	86	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	64	55.00–60.00	57.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,276	52.50–55.00	53.33
6	—	1,145	25.50–40.00	33.99
8	—	1,154	41.50–51.50	47.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,381	54.50–60.00	56.62
7	—	1,320	60.00–64.00	61.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	57.50–62.00	59.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,602	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,278	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	76.00	76.00

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.