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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

155 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 143▼ 5 vs year ago 160 · −3.1%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

302 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 271▲ 44 vs year ago 258 · +17.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold mostly 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	1,326	70.41	934	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,714	59.62	1,022	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,455	52.72	767	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,208	43.49	525	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	115.21/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	95	81.56/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 3	97	31.67/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	93	173.49/cwt	3

Every lot

20 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	—	—	1,100	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	616	1
Bulls	—	—	1,439	77.62/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,117	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	34.83/cwt	30.00–39.00	381	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,265	47.82/cwt	44.50–52.50	605	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	52.72/cwt	50.00–56.00	767	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,685	56.31/cwt	53.00–60.00	949	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,751	63.75/cwt	60.50–66.00	1,116	4
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	175.24/cwt	170.00–180.00	147	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	187	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	87.95/cwt	80.00–90.00	76	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	158	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	92	97.95/cwt	85.00–105.00	90	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	67.34/cwt	60.00–75.00	62	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	92	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	110	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	134.83/cwt	110.00–160.00	139	7
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	135.24/cwt	120.00–155.00	153	3

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 143Year ago 160

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 302Last week 271Year ago 258

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold mostly steady. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	25.00	25.00
1	—	110	35.00	35.00
1	—	88	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	103	110.00–160.00	134.83
3	—	113	120.00–155.00	135.24
5	—	86	80.00–90.00	87.95
7	—	92	85.00–105.00	97.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	110.00	110.00
2	—	92	60.00–75.00	67.34

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	170.00	170.00
2	—	84	170.00–180.00	175.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,439	77.00–78.00	77.62
1	—	1,100	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,685	53.00–60.00	56.31
4	—	1,751	60.50–66.00	63.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,265	44.50–52.50	47.82
4	—	1,094	30.00–39.00	34.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,455	50.00–56.00	52.72

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.