Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-11-19

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Slaughter Cattle · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Nov 19

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

163 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 148▼ 5 vs year ago 168 · −3.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

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	1,579	83.50	1,318	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,755	65.68	1,153	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,691	59.63	1,008	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	59.29	794	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,209	41.85	506	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,554	77.84	1,210	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,624	82.50	1,340	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,290	70.50	909	1thin

Every lot

12 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	—	—	1,498	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,198	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,444	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	35.11/cwt	28.00–40.00	396	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	677	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,272	44.35/cwt	43.00–46.00	564	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	63.87/cwt	62.50–66.50	848	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,346	56.37/cwt	51.00–60.50	759	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,691	59.63/cwt	54.00–61.50	1,008	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,755	65.68/cwt	64.50–66.50	1,153	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,554	77.84/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,210	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,290	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	909	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,624	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,340	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 Nov 19, 2020

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

Receipts 163Last week 148Year ago 168

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,128	28.00–40.00	35.11
7	—	1,272	43.00–46.00	44.35
1	—	1,168	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,346	51.00–60.50	56.37
7	—	1,328	62.50–66.50	63.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,691	54.00–61.50	59.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,755	64.50–66.50	65.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,498	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,660	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,554	73.00–80.00	77.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,624	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	70.50	70.50

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.