Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-17

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

132 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 132▼ 26 vs year ago 158 · −16.5%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

269 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 233▼ 54 vs year ago 323 · −16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady. 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	1,516	80.00	1,213	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,928	75.80	1,461	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,694	69.86	1,184	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,412	67.62	955	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	51.32	604	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,315	71.39	939	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	130.06/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	97	75.76/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	92	40.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	85	171.72/cwt	5

Every lot

29 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	—	—	1,516	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,213	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	58.75/cwt	57.50–62.00	656	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	39.86/cwt	34.50–45.50	463	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,206	52.94/cwt	47.50–57.50	638	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	71.35/cwt	68.00–77.00	956	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,497	63.27/cwt	61.00–65.50	947	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	68.19/cwt	65.50–70.00	1,098	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,821	72.36/cwt	71.50–73.50	1,318	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,928	75.80/cwt	75.00–76.50	1,461	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,315	71.39/cwt	70.00–72.50	939	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	81	207.87/cwt	180.00–225.00	168	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	90	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	41	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	175	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	62	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	93	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	37	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	156	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	62.63/cwt	50.00–70.00	53	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	97	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	90	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	165	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	111.80/cwt	100.00–130.00	106	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	86.96/cwt	70.00–95.00	83	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	135.57/cwt	120.00–155.00	142	9
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	87.31/cwt	75.00–100.00	93	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	54	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	138	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	90	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	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 Sep 17, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 132Year ago 158

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 269Last week 233Year ago 323

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,516	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,162	34.50–45.50	39.86
4	—	1,117	57.50–62.00	58.75
10	—	1,206	47.50–57.50	52.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,928	75.00–76.50	75.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,497	61.00–65.50	63.27
7	—	1,340	68.00–77.00	71.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,610	65.50–70.00	68.19
4	—	1,821	71.50–73.50	72.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,315	70.00–72.50	71.39

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	110.00	110.00
1	—	110	125.00	125.00
9	—	95	100.00–130.00	111.80
9	—	105	120.00–155.00	135.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	50.00	50.00
1	—	112	80.00	80.00
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
3	—	95	70.00–95.00	86.96
4	—	84	50.00–70.00	62.63
4	—	106	75.00–100.00	87.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	35.00	35.00
1	—	108	50.00	50.00
1	—	78	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	150.00	150.00
1	—	76	205.00	205.00
1	—	94	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	81	180.00–225.00	207.87
1	—	92	190.00	190.00

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.