Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-08

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 8

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 155▼ 7 vs year ago 154 · −4.5%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

155 head

▼ 147 vs last sale 302▼ 115 vs year ago 270 · −42.6%

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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 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	—	Average	1,318	68.00	896	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,383	53.76	744	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	52.49	886	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	38.93	443	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,568	73.00	1,145	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	129.15/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	96	85.93/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	94	48.27/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	80	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	98	155.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	85	15.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot

28 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	—	—	1,318	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	896	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	32.52/cwt	22.50–38.50	346	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	45.33/cwt	41.00–49.50	550	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,372	52.13/cwt	46.50–56.00	715	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,428	60.29/cwt	59.50–61.50	861	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,688	52.49/cwt	47.50–57.00	886	11
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,568	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,145	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	150	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	153	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	75	52.80/cwt	45.00–60.00	40	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	133	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	44	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	162.80/cwt	150.00–175.00	133	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	92.08/cwt	80.00–100.00	79	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	87	64.83/cwt	50.00–80.00	56	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	169	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	99	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	91.55/cwt	75.00–115.00	86	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	101	44.90/cwt	35.00–55.00	45	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	130.68/cwt	120.00–140.00	136	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	116	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	106	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	148	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	176	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	134.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	152	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	104	2

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 8, 2020

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 155Year ago 154

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 155Last week 302Year ago 270

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 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	160.00	160.00
1	—	102	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	55.00	55.00
2	—	101	35.00–55.00	44.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	104	120.00–140.00	130.68
5	—	86	80.00–100.00	92.08
2	—	94	105.00	105.00
3	—	113	130.00–140.00	134.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	45.00–60.00	52.80
2	—	87	50.00–80.00	64.83
3	—	105	110.00	110.00
2	—	115	90.00	90.00
5	—	94	75.00–115.00	91.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	160.00	160.00
1	—	94	180.00	180.00
1	—	76	175.00	175.00
2	—	82	150.00–175.00	162.80
1	—	106	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,213	41.00–49.50	45.33
7	—	1,064	22.50–38.50	32.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	59.50–61.50	60.29
12	—	1,372	46.50–56.00	52.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,688	47.50–57.00	52.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,318	68.00	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,568	73.00	73.00

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.