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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 11

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

319 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 244▲ 157 vs year ago 162 · +96.9%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

279 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 289▲ 42 vs year ago 237 · +17.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,833	79.33	1,454	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,676	65.26	1,094	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	61.72	1,042	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,374	58.82	808	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	45.51	552	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,475	86.00	1,269	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,397	78.45	1,096	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	96.00	1,394	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	135.24/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	94	81.38/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	96	47.49/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	75	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	89	145.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	86	15.00/cwt	1

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,452	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,394	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,748	78.11/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,365	3
Bulls	—	—	2,086	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,731	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	54.79/cwt	53.50–56.00	569	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	47.60/cwt	40.00–53.00	581	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,282	34.06/cwt	28.00–40.00	437	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	55.82/cwt	52.50–60.50	759	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	71.80/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,030	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,676	65.26/cwt	65.00–65.50	1,094	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,688	61.72/cwt	58.00–65.00	1,042	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,397	78.45/cwt	72.00–85.00	1,096	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,475	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,269	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	168	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	206	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	133	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	72	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	36	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	47.57/cwt	45.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	112.73/cwt	95.00–125.00	95	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	59	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	27.47/cwt	25.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	—	Utility	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	158	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	197	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	121.80/cwt	105.00–135.00	114	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	101	209.90/cwt	200.00–220.00	212	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	108.18/cwt	100.00–115.00	111	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	140.02/cwt	130.00–150.00	146	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	68	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	90	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	136.08/cwt	125.00–145.00	154	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	134.84/cwt	125.00–145.00	165	2

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Mar 11, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 319Last week 244Year ago 162

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 279Last week 289Year ago 237

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
1	—	104	65.00	65.00
2	—	85	25.00–30.00	27.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	86	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	104	130.00–150.00	140.02
1	—	72	50.00	50.00
2	—	122	125.00–145.00	134.84
6	—	84	95.00–125.00	112.73
6	—	94	105.00–135.00	121.80
5	—	113	125.00–145.00	136.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	180.00	180.00
1	—	94	210.00	210.00
2	—	101	200.00–220.00	209.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	70.00	70.00
1	—	112	80.00	80.00
2	—	76	45.00–50.00	47.57
3	—	103	100.00–115.00	108.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	150.00	150.00
1	—	84	200.00	200.00
1	—	96	215.00	215.00
1	—	102	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	67.00–77.00	71.80
13	—	1,360	52.50–60.50	55.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,688	58.00–65.00	61.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,220	40.00–53.00	47.60
2	—	1,038	53.50–56.00	54.79
4	—	1,282	28.00–40.00	34.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,676	65.00–65.50	65.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	73.00–80.00	78.11
1	—	2,086	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,452	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	72.00–85.00	78.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	86.00	86.00

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.