Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-14

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 14

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

127 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 144▲ 16 vs year ago 111 · +14.4%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

193 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 132▲ 8 vs year ago 185 · +4.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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	1,714	74.55	1,278	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,711	67.75	1,159	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,324	66.83	885	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	52.22	597	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	109.04/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 2	99	65.03/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	94	94.14/cwt	6

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 · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	39.66/cwt	38.00–41.00	383	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	73.12/cwt	71.00–75.50	850	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	48.82/cwt	46.50–51.50	567	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,186	59.80/cwt	57.00–64.00	709	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	64.94/cwt	60.50–68.00	892	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,666	65.76/cwt	62.00–69.50	1,096	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,714	74.55/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,278	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,800	71.72/cwt	71.50–72.00	1,291	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	85	72.41/cwt	70.00–75.00	62	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	180	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	97	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	68	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1	78	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	62	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	82	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	41	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	77.59/cwt	70.00–85.00	66	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	198	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	67.34/cwt	60.00–75.00	62	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	103.77/cwt	100.00–105.00	100	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	93.88/cwt	80.00–100.00	97	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	66.84/cwt	50.00–80.00	69	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	218	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	112	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	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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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 14, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 144Year ago 111

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 193Last week 132Year ago 185

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	46.50–51.50	48.82
2	—	965	38.00–41.00	39.66
6	—	1,186	57.00–64.00	59.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,714	73.00–77.00	74.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	71.50–72.00	71.72
4	—	1,666	62.00–69.50	65.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	71.00–75.50	73.12
10	—	1,373	60.50–68.00	64.94

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	70.00–75.00	72.41
1	—	110	75.00	75.00
2	—	97	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
2	—	92	60.00–75.00	67.34
3	—	103	50.00–80.00	66.84
1	—	82	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	215.00	215.00
1	—	104	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	103	80.00–100.00	93.88
4	—	96	100.00–105.00	103.77
2	—	112	100.00	100.00
2	—	85	70.00–85.00	77.59
1	—	78	80.00	80.00

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.