Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-11-12

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Nov 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

148 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 151▼ 44 vs year ago 192 · −22.9%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

243 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 263▲ 5 vs year ago 238 · +2.1%

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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-5.00 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,733	68.44	1,186	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,624	62.78	1,020	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,357	62.74	851	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,264	52.94	669	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,488	69.17	1,029	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,409	77.33	1,090	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,194	69.00	824	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	97.02/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	100	68.68/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	93	15.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	96	148.09/cwt	5

Every lot

24 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 · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	52.83/cwt	47.50–58.50	652	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,242	60.12/cwt	56.00–63.00	747	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	60.15/cwt	57.00–63.00	815	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,359	66.62/cwt	64.50–69.00	905	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,411	43.82/cwt	43.00–44.50	618	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	62.78/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,020	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,733	68.44/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,186	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,194	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	824	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,409	77.33/cwt	76.00–78.50	1,090	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,488	69.17/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,029	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	158.86/cwt	145.00–170.00	149	4
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	107	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	58.62/cwt	40.00–70.00	51	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	66.53/cwt	55.00–80.00	62	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	120.85/cwt	80.00–160.00	114	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	96.12/cwt	75.00–110.00	91	11
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	76.75/cwt	50.00–100.00	81	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	107	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	123	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	75.23/cwt	50.00–100.00	84	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	107.40/cwt	100.00–115.00	124	4

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 Nov 12, 2020

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 148Last week 151Year ago 192

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 243Last week 263Year ago 238

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-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	50.00–100.00	76.75
2	—	111	50.00–100.00	75.23
1	—	88	40.00	40.00
4	—	93	55.00–80.00	66.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	80.00–160.00	120.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	20.00	20.00
1	—	84	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	95	75.00–110.00	96.12
4	—	115	100.00–115.00	107.40
3	—	87	40.00–70.00	58.62
2	—	107	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	145.00–170.00	158.86
1	—	102	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,359	64.50–69.00	66.62
9	—	1,355	57.00–63.00	60.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	67.00–71.00	68.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,411	43.00–44.50	43.82
4	—	1,242	56.00–63.00	60.12
12	—	1,235	47.50–58.50	52.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,624	60.00–66.00	62.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,194	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,409	76.00–78.50	77.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,488	68.00–70.00	69.17

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.