Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-03

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

140 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 135▼ 82 vs year ago 222 · −36.9%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

241 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 231▲ 28 vs year ago 213 · +13.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 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	1,382	82.40	1,139	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,357	60.63	823	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,679	59.33	996	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,281	43.63	559	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	143.24/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	93	82.21/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	98	50.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	91	147.00/cwt	5

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,382	82.40/cwt	74.50–89.00	1,139	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,281	49.93/cwt	45.00–52.00	640	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,281	37.33/cwt	28.00–42.50	478	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	58.32/cwt	54.50–61.50	781	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	64.79/cwt	62.50–66.00	899	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,679	59.33/cwt	55.50–61.50	996	9
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	156	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	167	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	203	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	55	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	106	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	64	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	72	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	32	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	152	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	90	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	29	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	82.35/cwt	65.00–110.00	70	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	111.82/cwt	100.00–125.00	104	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	97	218.42/cwt	205.00–230.00	212	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	214	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	77.60/cwt	75.00–80.00	81	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	125.76/cwt	110.00–145.00	132	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	117	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	112	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	73	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	150.03/cwt	140.00–160.00	171	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	149	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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 135Year ago 222

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 241Last week 231Year ago 213

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 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
5	—	114	140.00–160.00	150.03
1	—	124	120.00	120.00
2	—	84	105.00–110.00	107.50
6	—	93	100.00–125.00	111.82
6	—	105	110.00–145.00	125.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	45.00	45.00
2	—	104	75.00–80.00	77.60
2	—	111	100.00–110.00	105.05
5	—	85	65.00–110.00	82.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	35.00	35.00
1	—	112	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	205.00	205.00
1	—	102	210.00	210.00
3	—	97	205.00–230.00	218.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	60.00	60.00
1	—	106	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	190.00	190.00
1	—	90	225.00	225.00
1	—	78	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,382	74.50–89.00	82.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,387	62.50–66.00	64.79
9	—	1,340	54.50–61.50	58.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,679	55.50–61.50	59.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,281	45.00–52.00	49.93
7	—	1,281	28.00–42.50	37.33

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.