Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-13

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 13

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 132▼ 18 vs year ago 163 · −11.0%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

234 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 227▲ 18 vs year ago 216 · +8.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,481	84.60	1,253	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,679	64.03	1,075	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,709	60.29	1,030	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,385	58.96	817	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,202	43.77	526	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,232	65.00	801	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	133.69/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	96	96.89/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	83	34.94/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	87	208.73/cwt	4

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,481	84.60/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,253	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,141	35.80/cwt	33.00–41.50	408	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	49.46/cwt	43.00–53.50	616	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	61.68/cwt	60.00–62.50	847	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	57.87/cwt	53.00–61.00	804	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,679	64.03/cwt	63.00–65.00	1,075	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,709	60.29/cwt	58.50–63.00	1,030	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,232	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	801	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	66	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	106	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	185	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	232.45/cwt	230.00–235.00	223	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	22	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	76	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	107.08/cwt	100.00–115.00	92	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	86	36.59/cwt	25.00–50.00	31	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	109.93/cwt	100.00–115.00	102	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	209.89/cwt	200.00–220.00	199	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	94.08/cwt	80.00–115.00	89	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	137.61/cwt	130.00–145.00	146	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	127	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	143.65/cwt	130.00–160.00	162	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	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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Thu Aug 13, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 132Year ago 163

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 234Last week 227Year ago 216

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. 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
2	—	1,481	81.00–89.00	84.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,232	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,709	58.50–63.00	60.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,679	63.00–65.00	64.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,373	60.00–62.50	61.68
10	—	1,390	53.00–61.00	57.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	33.00–41.50	35.80
7	—	1,245	43.00–53.50	49.46

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
3	—	93	100.00–115.00	109.93
3	—	113	130.00–160.00	143.65
4	—	106	130.00–145.00	137.61
5	—	86	100.00–115.00	107.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	90.00	90.00
1	—	110	115.00	115.00
4	—	95	80.00–115.00	94.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	30.00	30.00
3	—	86	25.00–50.00	36.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	200.00–220.00	209.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	160.00	160.00
1	—	88	210.00	210.00
2	—	96	230.00–235.00	232.45

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.