Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-20

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 20

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

138 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 145▲ 2 vs year ago 136 · +1.5%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

242 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 234▲ 19 vs year ago 223 · +8.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. 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
Bulls	—	High	1,393	85.39	1,190	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,699	69.21	1,176	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,699	63.11	1,072	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,343	60.45	812	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,251	44.15	552	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	117.28/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	96	77.96/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	76	35.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	85	207.73/cwt	5

Every lot

25 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	—	—	1,175	78.28/cwt	70.00–82.00	920	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	96.06/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,652	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	35.65/cwt	32.00–42.00	421	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	57.43/cwt	54.50–60.50	745	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,309	50.19/cwt	47.50–53.50	657	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,364	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	853	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,407	64.67/cwt	62.00–66.00	910	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,699	69.21/cwt	67.50–71.50	1,176	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,699	63.11/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,072	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	179	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	204.55/cwt	170.00–225.00	168	3
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	195	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	—	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	62.41/cwt	55.00–70.00	53	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	100.04/cwt	90.00–105.00	87	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	176	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	105.62/cwt	95.00–115.00	98	8
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	188	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	83	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	100	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	85	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	103.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	108	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	108	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	221	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	111	105.03/cwt	100.00–110.00	117	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	106	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 145Year ago 136

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 242Last week 234Year ago 223

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	95.00–97.00	96.06
3	—	1,175	70.00–82.00	78.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	32.00–42.00	35.65
1	—	1,364	62.50	62.50
4	—	1,309	47.50–53.50	50.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,699	62.00–64.00	63.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,699	67.50–71.50	69.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,407	62.00–66.00	64.67
7	—	1,298	54.50–60.50	57.43

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	90.00–105.00	100.04
3	—	111	100.00–110.00	105.03
8	—	93	95.00–115.00	105.62
5	—	105	100.00–110.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	55.00–70.00	62.41
1	—	98	85.00	85.00
1	—	100	85.00	85.00
1	—	112	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	200.00	200.00
1	—	94	200.00	200.00
1	—	108	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	230.00	230.00
1	—	100	195.00	195.00
3	—	82	170.00–225.00	204.55

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.