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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 4

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

261 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 202▲ 115 vs year ago 146 · +78.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

335 head

▲ 182 vs last sale 153▲ 95 vs year ago 240 · +39.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. 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	1,668	67.53	1,126	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,717	60.07	1,031	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,337	59.44	795	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,224	46.49	569	26
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,594	80.87	1,289	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Standard	Average	1,758	76.00	1,336	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	122.11/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	104	82.09/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	95	41.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	76	9.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	98	102.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	92	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

33 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 · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	36.76/cwt	34.00–40.00	405	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,219	54.41/cwt	52.50–56.50	663	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,267	46.56/cwt	41.50–49.50	590	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,324	57.01/cwt	52.50–59.50	755	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	63.32/cwt	60.00–65.50	860	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,643	62.66/cwt	60.00–66.50	1,030	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,668	67.53/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,126	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,780	57.85/cwt	56.50–59.00	1,030	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,594	80.87/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,289	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Standard	1,758	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,336	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	134	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	92	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	112	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	50	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	168	1
Bulls	—	Utility	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	82.69/cwt	70.00–95.00	71	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	67.66/cwt	60.00–75.00	62	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	105.11/cwt	85.00–110.00	99	6
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	105	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	205	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	120.01/cwt	110.00–130.00	126	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	84.17/cwt	70.00–105.00	88	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	122.63/cwt	110.00–135.00	137	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	90.27/cwt	80.00–100.00	102	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	116	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	215	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	128	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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 261Last week 202Year ago 146

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 335Last week 153Year ago 240

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	105	110.00–130.00	120.01
4	—	86	70.00–95.00	82.69
4	—	112	110.00–135.00	122.63
6	—	94	85.00–110.00	105.11
1	—	122	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
1	—	76	45.00	45.00
1	—	104	30.00	30.00
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	195.00	195.00
1	—	116	185.00	185.00
1	—	82	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	60.00–75.00	67.66
2	—	113	80.00–100.00	90.27
6	—	105	70.00–105.00	84.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00
1	—	94	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	45.00	45.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,594	76.00–86.00	80.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,758	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,358	60.00–65.50	63.32
16	—	1,324	52.50–59.50	57.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	60.00–66.50	62.66
7	—	1,780	56.50–59.00	57.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,267	41.50–49.50	46.56
6	—	1,219	52.50–56.50	54.41
5	—	1,103	34.00–40.00	36.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	67.00–68.00	67.53

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.