Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-03-18

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▼ 156 vs last sale 319▲ 16 vs year ago 147 · +10.9%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

192 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 279▼ 10 vs year ago 202 · −5.0%

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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 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	1,857	68.77	1,277	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,726	62.04	1,071	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	60.40	794	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,201	49.38	593	28
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,386	62.00	859	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	152.34/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	100	109.25/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	91	38.24/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	96	37.50/cwt	2

Every lot

25 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%	1,194	37.68/cwt	33.00–42.50	450	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,199	49.62/cwt	44.50–54.50	595	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	57.74/cwt	55.00–64.50	698	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	65.34/cwt	63.00–68.00	853	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	58.75/cwt	53.50–62.50	774	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,064	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,737	61.66/cwt	60.00–64.50	1,071	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,857	68.77/cwt	65.50–69.50	1,277	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,386	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	859	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	21	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	189	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	83	27.29/cwt	10.00–45.00	23	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	124.49/cwt	100.00–135.00	106	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	90.94/cwt	60.00–115.00	77	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	155.45/cwt	125.00–210.00	148	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	97	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	97	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	128	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	159.85/cwt	145.00–175.00	165	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	48.29/cwt	30.00–75.00	50	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	112	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	218	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	142.17/cwt	130.00–155.00	161	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	123.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	140	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	152.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	183	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Mar 18, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 319Year ago 147

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 192Last week 279Year ago 202

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 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	145.00–175.00	159.85
2	—	120	150.00–155.00	152.50
6	—	85	100.00–135.00	124.49
7	—	95	125.00–210.00	155.45
2	—	113	130.00–155.00	142.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	230.00	230.00
1	—	112	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00–45.00	27.29
3	—	103	30.00–75.00	48.29
1	—	70	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	97	100.00	100.00
4	—	113	120.00–130.00	123.67
3	—	85	60.00–115.00	90.94
1	—	102	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	35.00	35.00
1	—	100	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,386	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,305	63.00–68.00	65.34
18	—	1,318	53.50–62.50	58.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,624	65.50	65.50
9	—	1,737	60.00–64.50	61.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	55.00–64.50	57.74
14	—	1,199	44.50–54.50	49.62
6	—	1,194	33.00–42.50	37.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,857	65.50–69.50	68.77

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.