Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-02

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-02

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 2

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 155▲ 47 vs year ago 100 · +47.0%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

234 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 235▲ 84 vs year ago 150 · +56.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	61.31	991	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,324	58.51	775	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,143	41.29	472	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,482	101.00	1,497	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,536	94.08	1,445	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	113.95/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	101	69.59/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	86	34.08/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	86	127.58/cwt	6

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,536	94.08/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,445	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,482	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,497	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	37.20/cwt	26.00–43.00	402	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	47.01/cwt	45.50–50.00	578	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	57.02/cwt	53.50–60.00	752	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	61.99/cwt	60.50–64.50	828	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,616	61.31/cwt	56.00–64.00	991	9
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	117	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	168	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	84	95.24/cwt	90.00–100.00	80	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	143	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	96	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	67	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	68	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	82	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	41	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	70	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	202	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	90.07/cwt	80.00–100.00	86	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	73.89/cwt	70.00–80.00	70	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	102	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	122	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	50.19/cwt	30.00–70.00	52	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	72.49/cwt	65.00–80.00	77	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	72	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	125.56/cwt	100.00–145.00	141	8
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	138	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 Jul 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 155Year ago 100

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 234Last week 235Year ago 150

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

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

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	90.00–100.00	95.24
1	—	96	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	150.00	150.00
1	—	84	200.00	200.00
1	—	92	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	80.00	80.00
1	—	102	120.00	120.00
1	—	120	115.00	115.00
7	—	95	80.00–100.00	90.07
8	—	112	100.00–145.00	125.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	50.00	50.00
2	—	110	60.00–70.00	65.00
4	—	95	70.00–80.00	73.89
4	—	106	65.00–80.00	72.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
2	—	103	30.00–70.00	50.19
1	—	68	25.00	25.00
1	—	74	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,482	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,336	60.50–64.50	61.99
7	—	1,319	53.50–60.00	57.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	26.00–43.00	37.20
5	—	1,230	45.50–50.00	47.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,616	56.00–64.00	61.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,536	93.00–95.00	94.08

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.