Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-23

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 23

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

141 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 145▼ 24 vs year ago 165 · −14.5%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

248 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 247▲ 3 vs year ago 245 · +1.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,542	81.43	1,255	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,721	63.64	1,096	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,382	63.15	873	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,200	46.58	559	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,617	71.29	1,153	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,516	77.50	1,175	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	114.38/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	93	66.03/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	85	22.24/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	84	245.00/cwt	1

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,352	70.26/cwt	69.00–71.50	950	2
Bulls	—	—	1,731	92.60/cwt	91.00–94.50	1,603	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	29.32/cwt	28.00–30.50	340	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	55.41/cwt	52.50–57.00	663	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	48.59/cwt	45.00–51.00	594	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	59.64/cwt	55.00–62.00	789	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,433	66.16/cwt	62.00–72.50	948	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,658	60.88/cwt	59.00–63.50	1,009	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,769	65.71/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,162	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,516	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,175	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,617	71.29/cwt	65.00–78.00	1,153	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	206	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	70	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	98	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	52.57/cwt	50.00–55.00	39	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	70.06/cwt	65.00–75.00	60	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	22.24/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	207	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	94.92/cwt	90.00–100.00	89	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	92.93/cwt	80.00–105.00	98	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	79	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	106	204.72/cwt	190.00–220.00	217	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	114	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	114	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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 145Year ago 165

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 248Last week 247Year ago 245

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. 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
2	—	114	100.00	100.00
4	—	94	90.00–100.00	94.92
5	—	105	80.00–105.00	92.93
1	—	120	95.00	95.00
2	—	85	65.00–75.00	70.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	15.00–30.00	22.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	50.00–55.00	52.57
3	—	105	70.00–80.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	140.00	140.00
1	—	90	230.00	230.00
2	—	106	190.00–220.00	204.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,516	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,222	45.00–51.00	48.59
2	—	1,160	28.00–30.50	29.32
3	—	1,197	52.50–57.00	55.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,433	62.00–72.50	66.16
6	—	1,323	55.00–62.00	59.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,769	64.00–69.00	65.71
3	—	1,658	59.00–63.50	60.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,617	65.00–78.00	71.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,352	69.00–71.50	70.26
2	—	1,731	91.00–94.50	92.60

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.