Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-28

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-28

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 28

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

137 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 125▲ 5 vs year ago 132 · +3.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

156 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 142▼ 33 vs year ago 189 · −17.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. 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	—	High	1,690	88.36	1,493	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,847	71.23	1,316	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,610	67.40	1,085	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	66.55	846	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,136	51.91	590	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,411	79.48	1,121	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	113.30/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	100	75.12/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	90	31.75/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	98	98.33/cwt	3

Every lot

29 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	—	—	1,690	88.36/cwt	83.50–92.00	1,493	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	62.93/cwt	57.50–67.50	691	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	52.27/cwt	47.00–54.50	603	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	32.95/cwt	29.00–39.50	385	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	71.02/cwt	68.50–73.50	857	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	62.98/cwt	60.00–67.00	833	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,584	66.35/cwt	64.50–68.00	1,051	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,689	70.53/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,191	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,847	71.23/cwt	69.50–73.00	1,316	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,411	79.48/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,121	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	90	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	59	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	65	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	172	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	78	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	20.24/cwt	10.00–30.00	17	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	83	93.20/cwt	90.00–100.00	77	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	164	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	65	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	179	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	30.00/cwt	20.00–40.00	28	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	97.77/cwt	80.00–110.00	93	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	65.25/cwt	55.00–80.00	62	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	107.63/cwt	95.00–115.00	112	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	95	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	82.54/cwt	80.00–85.00	92	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	120	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	120	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	210	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	126	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 28, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 125Year ago 132

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 156Last week 142Year ago 189

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,690	83.50–92.00	88.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,411	75.00–84.00	79.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,689	69.00–72.00	70.53
6	—	1,584	64.50–68.00	66.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	29.00–39.50	32.95
5	—	1,098	57.50–67.50	62.93
5	—	1,154	47.00–54.50	52.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,206	68.50–73.50	71.02
5	—	1,323	60.00–67.00	62.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,847	69.50–73.00	71.23

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	105.00	105.00
3	—	83	90.00–100.00	93.20
3	—	114	100.00–110.00	104.94
4	—	104	95.00–115.00	107.63
7	—	95	80.00–110.00	97.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	10.00–30.00	20.24
2	—	94	20.00–40.00	30.00
1	—	78	30.00	30.00
1	—	110	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	75.00	75.00
1	—	106	90.00	90.00
2	—	112	80.00–85.00	82.54
3	—	95	55.00–80.00	65.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	175.00	175.00
1	—	84	195.00	195.00
1	—	92	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	65.00	65.00
1	—	100	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	165.00	165.00

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.