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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 29

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 178▲ 68 vs year ago 133 · +51.1%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

233 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 241▼ 14 vs year ago 247 · −5.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold sharply higher, mostly

5.00-7.00 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	—	Average	1,559	93.93	1,464	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,757	78.97	1,388	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	74.13	1,253	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	68.58	939	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	54.94	616	18
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,243	73.77	917	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	121.02/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	98	65.64/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 3	94	40.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	68	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	107	116.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

30 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	—	—	1,559	93.93/cwt	72.50–101.00	1,464	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	39.92/cwt	31.50–47.50	367	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	65.54/cwt	62.50–69.00	759	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	56.71/cwt	50.00–59.50	673	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	66.15/cwt	60.00–71.00	892	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,421	74.25/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,055	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	77.48/cwt	76.50–78.50	1,188	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,742	73.01/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,272	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,757	78.97/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,388	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,243	73.77/cwt	70.00–78.00	917	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	108	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	216	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	124	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	167	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	Utility	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	72	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	29	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	72	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	240.00/cwt	225.00–255.00	202	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	88	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	84	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	65.29/cwt	55.00–85.00	61	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	93.16/cwt	80.00–105.00	88	10
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	197	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	75.06/cwt	70.00–80.00	77	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	103.10/cwt	95.00–120.00	107	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	108	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	243	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	111	64.86/cwt	50.00–80.00	72	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	105.13/cwt	100.00–110.00	119	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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 178Year ago 133

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 233Last week 241Year ago 247

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold sharply higher, mostly

5.00-7.00 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	—	70	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	15.00	15.00
2	—	64	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	94	80.00–105.00	93.16
1	—	88	95.00	95.00
2	—	113	100.00–110.00	105.13
5	—	104	95.00–120.00	103.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	205.00	205.00
2	—	84	225.00–255.00	240.00
1	—	108	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	70.00–80.00	75.06
1	—	72	40.00	40.00
2	—	111	50.00–80.00	64.86
3	—	93	55.00–85.00	65.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
1	—	112	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	135.00	135.00
1	—	108	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,742	70.00–75.50	73.01
2	—	1,533	76.50–78.50	77.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	920	31.50–47.50	39.92
10	—	1,187	50.00–59.50	56.71
4	—	1,158	62.50–69.00	65.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,757	78.00–80.00	78.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,348	60.00–71.00	66.15
6	—	1,421	72.00–77.00	74.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,559	72.50–101.00	93.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	70.00–78.00	73.77

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.