Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-29

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 29

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 152▼ 34 vs year ago 197 · −17.3%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

248 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 268▼ 81 vs year ago 329 · −24.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 15.00-20.00 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	—	High	1,552	97.50	1,513	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,935	59.95	1,160	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	55.57	733	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,779	52.22	929	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,173	42.86	503	15
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,491	70.24	1,047	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	82.57/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	102	51.64/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	92	15.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	96	60.00/cwt	2

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	—	—	1,552	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,513	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	43.16/cwt	39.00–46.50	470	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	26.14/cwt	21.00–31.00	327	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	58.89/cwt	58.50–59.50	740	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,326	50.56/cwt	48.50–52.50	670	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	54.10/cwt	50.00–58.00	729	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,758	56.47/cwt	56.00–57.00	993	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,787	50.52/cwt	47.50–55.00	903	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,935	59.95/cwt	58.50–61.50	1,160	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,491	70.24/cwt	62.00–81.00	1,047	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	96	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	57.50/cwt	55.00–60.00	51	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	52.45/cwt	50.00–55.00	49	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	74.05/cwt	60.00–90.00	70	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	96	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	102	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	89.71/cwt	80.00–100.00	94	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	61.65/cwt	60.00–65.00	68	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	88.47/cwt	80.00–100.00	102	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	118	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	118	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 29, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 152Year ago 197

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 248Last week 268Year ago 329

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 15.00-20.00 lower. 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	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	114	30.00	30.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	98	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00
2	—	94	50.00–55.00	52.45
3	—	111	60.00–65.00	61.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	60.00–90.00	74.05
2	—	88	55.00–60.00	57.50
3	—	115	80.00–100.00	88.47
2	—	105	80.00–100.00	89.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	100.00	100.00
1	—	118	100.00	100.00
1	—	102	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	21.00–31.00	26.14
9	—	1,088	39.00–46.50	43.16
4	—	1,326	48.50–52.50	50.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,935	58.50–61.50	59.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,787	47.50–55.00	50.52
2	—	1,758	56.00–57.00	56.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,348	50.00–58.00	54.10
4	—	1,256	58.50–59.50	58.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,552	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,491	62.00–81.00	70.24

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.