Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-03-04

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

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

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

244 head

▲ 154 vs last sale 90▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

289 head

▲ 217 vs last sale 72▲ 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,883	70.46	1,326	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,923	63.49	1,221	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,802	57.54	1,037	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,442	54.23	782	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,256	38.86	488	31
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	69.58	957	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	119.25/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	100	78.73/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	86	26.25/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	98	15.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	93	113.75/cwt	4

Every lot

31 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,714	73.67/cwt	68.50–79.00	1,263	4
Bulls	—	—	1,716	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,647	1
Bulls	—	—	2,163	57.66/cwt	48.00–64.00	1,247	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	29.69/cwt	20.00–38.00	357	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,277	44.57/cwt	38.00–49.00	569	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,391	53.21/cwt	51.00–57.00	740	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,442	52.81/cwt	52.00–53.50	762	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,613	57.62/cwt	57.00–58.50	929	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,802	57.54/cwt	55.50–62.50	1,037	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,923	63.49/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,221	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	69.58/cwt	66.00–75.50	957	5
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	70	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	123	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	98	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	39	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	104	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	52	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	73	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	76	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	78	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	47	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	102.37/cwt	85.00–115.00	87	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	42.59/cwt	35.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	111.66/cwt	90.00–130.00	106	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	74.97/cwt	50.00–105.00	73	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	98	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	217.50/cwt	200.00–235.00	218	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	45	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	120.97/cwt	110.00–140.00	126	11
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	100.94/cwt	90.00–110.00	106	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	61	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	122.10/cwt	110.00–140.00	139	5
Bulls	—	Utility	120	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	18	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	149	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 Mar 4, 2021

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 90Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 289Last week 72Year ago 0

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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	—	120	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	120.00	120.00
5	—	114	110.00–140.00	122.10
7	—	85	85.00–115.00	102.37
7	—	95	90.00–130.00	111.66
11	—	104	110.00–140.00	120.97
1	—	78	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	45.00	45.00
2	—	73	15.00	15.00
1	—	98	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	98	50.00–105.00	74.97
1	—	110	55.00	55.00
2	—	85	35.00–50.00	42.59
5	—	105	90.00–110.00	100.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	200.00–235.00	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	175.00	175.00
1	—	100	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	50.00	50.00
1	—	98	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,163	48.00–64.00	57.66
4	—	1,714	68.50–79.00	73.67
1	—	1,716	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,391	51.00–57.00	53.21
3	—	1,613	57.00–58.50	57.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,802	55.50–62.50	57.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,442	52.00–53.50	52.81
16	—	1,277	38.00–49.00	44.57
13	—	1,202	20.00–38.00	29.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,923	63.00–64.00	63.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,375	66.00–75.50	69.58

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.