Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-12-17

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 17

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▼ 80 vs last sale 144▼ 150 vs year ago 214 · −70.1%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

167 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 217▼ 88 vs year ago 255 · −34.5%

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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	1,426	64.00	913	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	52.83	846	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,395	49.77	694	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,155	42.33	489	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	116.20/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	93	70.01/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	90	17.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	69	7.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	102	85.00/cwt	2

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,426	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	913	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,122	35.51/cwt	34.00–39.50	398	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	44.81/cwt	39.50–49.50	523	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	49.82/cwt	46.00–52.50	694	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,398	56.94/cwt	55.00–59.00	796	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	42.34/cwt	41.00–44.00	594	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,556	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	755	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	893	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	135	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	104	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	36	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	89	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	87.56/cwt	85.00–90.00	75	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	98.75/cwt	85.00–115.00	93	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	76.68/cwt	75.00–80.00	73	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	97	144.83/cwt	120.00–170.00	140	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	121.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	128	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	116.13/cwt	100.00–125.00	131	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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 144Year ago 214

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 167Last week 217Year ago 255

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	120.00–125.00	121.62
2	—	86	85.00–90.00	87.56
7	—	94	85.00–115.00	98.75
4	—	113	100.00–125.00	116.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	58	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	75.00–80.00	76.68
1	—	86	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	74	120.00	120.00
3	—	97	120.00–170.00	144.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,393	46.00–52.50	49.82
2	—	1,404	41.00–44.00	42.34
2	—	1,398	55.00–59.00	56.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,122	34.00–39.50	35.51
11	—	1,167	39.50–49.50	44.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,624	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,556	48.50	48.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,426	64.00	64.00

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.