Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-02-18

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 18

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 157▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

60 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 203▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,775	73.18	1,299	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	68.44	1,073	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,352	61.81	836	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,132	41.40	468	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	90.69/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	102	62.91/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	99	30.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	76	8.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	101	71.56/cwt	3

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 · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	28.81/cwt	21.00–35.00	301	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,151	54.53/cwt	53.50–55.00	628	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,229	45.06/cwt	44.00–46.00	554	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	56.51/cwt	54.00–60.00	725	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,456	69.76/cwt	67.50–73.50	1,016	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	61.35/cwt	58.50–63.50	913	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	70.02/cwt	65.00–72.50	1,110	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,775	73.18/cwt	72.50–74.00	1,299	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	32.34/cwt	25.00–40.00	30	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	116	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	174	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	—	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	78.77/cwt	75.00–80.00	68	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Utility	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	91.51/cwt	70.00–110.00	86	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	72.72/cwt	65.00–80.00	75	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	99.91/cwt	90.00–110.00	106	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	105	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	72.46/cwt	70.00–75.00	83	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	122	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	85	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 18, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 157Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 60Last week 203Year ago 0

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	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	94	70.00–110.00	91.51
1	—	110	95.00	95.00
4	—	106	90.00–110.00	99.91
4	—	86	75.00–80.00	78.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	70.00	70.00
2	—	103	65.00–80.00	72.72
1	—	84	40.00	40.00
2	—	114	70.00–75.00	72.46
1	—	76	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
1	—	112	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	25.00–40.00	32.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	58.50–63.50	61.35
9	—	1,585	65.00–72.50	70.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,044	21.00–35.00	28.81
3	—	1,229	44.00–46.00	45.06
3	—	1,151	53.50–55.00	54.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,775	72.50–74.00	73.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,456	67.50–73.50	69.76
6	—	1,283	54.00–60.00	56.51

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.