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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 15

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

152 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 147▼ 49 vs year ago 201 · −24.4%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

268 head

▲ 113 vs last sale 155▼ 2 vs year ago 270 · −0.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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	1,708	73.00	1,247	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,704	55.95	953	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,362	54.30	739	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	43.53	507	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,502	74.47	1,119	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,264	63.42	802	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	125.50/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	101	99.48/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	110	50.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	85	171.13/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	81	15.00/cwt	2

Every lot

27 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	—	—	1,708	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,247	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	34.30/cwt	25.00–38.50	385	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	44.18/cwt	40.50–49.00	512	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,236	53.91/cwt	51.00–55.00	666	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	56.47/cwt	55.50–59.00	711	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	52.12/cwt	48.50–55.50	764	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,693	54.82/cwt	52.00–57.50	928	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,754	61.04/cwt	59.50–62.50	1,071	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,264	63.42/cwt	59.50–67.50	802	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,502	74.47/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,119	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	171.13/cwt	150.00–185.00	145	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	70	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	119	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	185	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	87.68/cwt	80.00–95.00	74	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	71	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	92	95.87/cwt	80.00–125.00	88	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	82.53/cwt	80.00–85.00	78	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	192	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	194	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	105.07/cwt	80.00–125.00	107	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	135.06/cwt	125.00–145.00	142	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	112.50/cwt	105.00–120.00	126	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	133.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	152	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	116	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	151	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 Oct 15, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 147Year ago 201

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 268Last week 155Year ago 270

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady. 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
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
1	—	84	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	85	150.00–185.00	171.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	105	125.00–145.00	135.06
7	—	92	80.00–125.00	95.87
4	—	84	80.00–95.00	87.68
3	—	114	130.00–140.00	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	85.00	85.00
2	—	95	80.00–85.00	82.53
2	—	112	105.00–120.00	112.50
4	—	102	80.00–125.00	105.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	200.00	200.00
1	—	102	190.00	190.00
1	—	70	170.00	170.00
1	—	82	225.00	225.00
1	—	116	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,708	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,693	52.00–57.50	54.82
2	—	1,754	59.50–62.50	61.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	40.50–49.00	44.18
3	—	1,236	51.00–55.00	53.91
4	—	1,123	25.00–38.50	34.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,259	55.50–59.00	56.47
5	—	1,465	48.50–55.50	52.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,502	72.50–76.50	74.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,264	59.50–67.50	63.42

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.