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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 13

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

192 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 187▲ 65 vs year ago 127 · +51.2%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

187 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 179▼ 6 vs year ago 193 · −3.1%

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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 40.00-60.00 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	—	Average	1,667	73.09	1,218	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,812	70.29	1,274	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,732	67.56	1,170	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,451	66.99	972	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	50.61	596	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	79.01	1,075	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	162.73/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	99	118.23/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	74	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	84	216.22/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	90	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot

27 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,667	73.09/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,218	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	53.54/cwt	49.00–57.00	617	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	37.26/cwt	5.00–45.50	433	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	64.00/cwt	60.50–68.00	792	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	63.61/cwt	59.00–66.50	917	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,459	70.38/cwt	67.50–74.00	1,027	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,701	66.34/cwt	63.50–69.00	1,128	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,794	69.99/cwt	69.50–70.50	1,256	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,812	70.29/cwt	69.00–71.50	1,274	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,360	79.01/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,075	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	72	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	173	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	302.44/cwt	300.00–305.00	260	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1	72	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	47	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	130.00/cwt	120.00–140.00	109	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	84	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	150.31/cwt	125.00–170.00	143	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	274	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	96	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	270	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	128.60/cwt	100.00–155.00	131	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	149.01/cwt	120.00–165.00	155	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	285	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	154.94/cwt	150.00–160.00	177	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	174	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.

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

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu May 13, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 187Year ago 127

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 187Last week 179Year ago 193

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 40.00-60.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	300.00–305.00	302.44
1	—	72	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	145.00	145.00
1	—	72	65.00	65.00
7	—	95	125.00–170.00	150.31
6	—	104	120.00–165.00	149.01
3	—	114	150.00–160.00	154.94
4	—	84	120.00–140.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	270.00	270.00
2	—	96	280.00–290.00	284.90
1	—	114	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	95.00	95.00
4	—	102	100.00–155.00	128.60
1	—	96	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,667	72.00–75.00	73.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,701	63.50–69.00	66.34
2	—	1,794	69.50–70.50	69.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,812	69.00–71.50	70.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,153	49.00–57.00	53.54
6	—	1,238	60.50–68.00	64.00
8	—	1,163	5.00–45.50	37.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,442	59.00–66.50	63.61
7	—	1,459	67.50–74.00	70.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	78.00–80.00	79.01

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.