Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-21

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 21

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 127▼ 27 vs year ago 152 · −17.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

142 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 193▼ 62 vs year ago 204 · −30.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,630	69.05	1,126	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	64.38	999	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	64.24	864	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,147	47.42	544	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	101.44/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	99	75.04/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	95	52.98/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	92	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	84	167.56/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	93	130.00/cwt	2

Every lot

26 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 · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	60.64/cwt	57.00–65.50	675	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	30.63/cwt	25.50–42.00	353	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	50.98/cwt	46.00–56.00	599	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	59.36/cwt	56.00–62.50	776	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,377	68.31/cwt	66.00–70.50	941	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	64.38/cwt	60.00–66.50	999	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,630	69.05/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,126	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	106	2
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	92	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	193	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	195.11/cwt	190.00–200.00	180	2
Heifers	—	Number 2	94	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	47	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	46	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	87	60.11/cwt	50.00–70.00	52	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	85.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	75	4
Bulls	—	Utility	92	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	92.67/cwt	85.00–105.00	86	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	93	54.95/cwt	50.00–60.00	51	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	197	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	69	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	163	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	87	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	98	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	87.50/cwt	85.00–90.00	96	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	98.31/cwt	90.00–105.00	111	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	98	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.

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

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 21, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 127Year ago 152

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 142Last week 193Year ago 204

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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
6	—	93	85.00–105.00	92.67
4	—	88	80.00–90.00	85.00
3	—	113	90.00–105.00	98.31
2	—	103	95.00	95.00
1	—	122	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	50.00–70.00	60.11
1	—	102	85.00	85.00
2	—	110	85.00–90.00	87.50
1	—	98	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	55.00	55.00
2	—	93	50.00–60.00	54.95
2	—	102	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	205.00	205.00
1	—	102	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	140.00	140.00
2	—	92	190.00–200.00	195.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,113	57.00–65.50	60.64
4	—	1,153	25.50–42.00	30.63
4	—	1,175	46.00–56.00	50.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,552	60.00–66.50	64.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,630	68.00–70.00	69.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,307	56.00–62.50	59.36
6	—	1,377	66.00–70.50	68.31

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.