Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-02-25

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 25

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 50▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

72 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 60▲ 72 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,645	74.86	1,231	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,954	65.88	1,287	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	57.80	971	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	55.09	734	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,246	39.68	495	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,484	78.66	1,167	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,290	76.00	980	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,238	87.00	1,077	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	116.09/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	98	79.07/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	91	26.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	89	10.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	92	93.36/cwt	6

Every lot

36 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	—	—	1,338	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,144	1
Bulls	—	—	1,706	72.73/cwt	65.50–80.50	1,241	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	33.87/cwt	31.00–36.00	402	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,294	44.32/cwt	40.00–46.50	574	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,321	53.62/cwt	48.50–58.50	708	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,398	63.53/cwt	58.50–70.00	888	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	57.80/cwt	52.00–60.50	971	12
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,954	65.88/cwt	65.50–66.50	1,287	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,238	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,077	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,290	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	980	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,484	78.66/cwt	68.50–86.00	1,167	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	122	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	132	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	95	18.39/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	3
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	194	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	72	32.57/cwt	30.00–35.00	23	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	74	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	26	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	81	57.05/cwt	45.00–80.00	46	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	88.69/cwt	75.00–95.00	76	7
Bulls	—	Utility	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	138	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	72.45/cwt	70.00–75.00	67	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	92.08/cwt	85.00–105.00	86	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	93.83/cwt	75.00–130.00	96	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	126.97/cwt	120.00–135.00	133	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	43	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	127.28/cwt	110.00–145.00	144	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	102.26/cwt	90.00–120.00	116	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	174.76/cwt	140.00–190.00	199	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	120	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	84	1
Bulls	—	Utility	120	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	18	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	159	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 25, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 72Last week 60Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,238	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,484	68.50–86.00	78.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,706	65.50–80.50	72.73
1	—	1,338	85.50	85.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,321	48.50–58.50	53.62
4	—	1,398	58.50–70.00	63.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,680	52.00–60.50	57.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,187	31.00–36.00	33.87
10	—	1,294	40.00–46.50	44.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,954	65.50–66.50	65.88

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	70.00–75.00	72.45
1	—	120	70.00	70.00
2	—	72	30.00–35.00	32.57
3	—	81	45.00–80.00	57.05
4	—	113	90.00–120.00	102.26
6	—	102	75.00–130.00	93.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	86	75.00–95.00	88.69
5	—	93	85.00–105.00	92.08
5	—	105	120.00–135.00	126.97
5	—	113	110.00–145.00	127.28
1	—	74	35.00	35.00
1	—	122	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	120	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	114	140.00–190.00	174.76
1	—	92	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	20.00	20.00
1	—	82	20.00	20.00
1	—	108	40.00	40.00
1	—	98	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	165.00	165.00
1	—	88	150.00	150.00
1	—	102	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	15.00–20.00	18.39

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.