Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-08-12

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-12

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

178 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 193▲ 33 vs year ago 145 · +22.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

205 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 215▼ 29 vs year ago 234 · −12.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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	1,118	77.50	866	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,793	65.17	1,168	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,391	62.56	870	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,297	46.28	600	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	76.00	976	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	116.19/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	87	61.24/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	85	23.77/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	65	5.51/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	90	130.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	93	128.83/cwt	3

Every lot

24 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	—	—	1,118	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	866	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,286	54.06/cwt	50.00–56.00	695	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,315	33.30/cwt	24.00–43.00	438	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	60.38/cwt	57.00–64.00	830	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,432	68.02/cwt	66.50–70.50	974	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,793	65.17/cwt	61.00–70.00	1,168	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,284	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	976	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	90	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	117	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	185.74/cwt	150.00–220.00	175	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	65	5.51/cwt	5.00–6.00	4	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	68	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	68	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	75	38.27/cwt	35.00–40.00	29	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	77	17.53/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	57.57/cwt	45.00–80.00	48	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	76.88/cwt	50.00–90.00	65	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	238.26/cwt	235.00–245.00	224	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	67.77/cwt	50.00–80.00	64	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	103.84/cwt	80.00–115.00	99	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	100	90.00/cwt	80.00–100.00	90	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	101	104.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	106	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	110.00/cwt	100.00–115.00	124	5

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 Aug 12, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 193Year ago 145

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 205Last week 215Year ago 234

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	65	5.00–6.00	5.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	85	50.00–90.00	76.88
5	—	113	100.00–115.00	110.00
3	—	101	100.00–110.00	104.93
4	—	95	80.00–115.00	103.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	235.00–245.00	238.26
1	—	68	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	45.00–80.00	57.57
4	—	94	50.00–80.00	67.77
2	—	100	80.00–100.00	90.00
3	—	75	35.00–40.00	38.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	20.00	20.00
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
2	—	77	15.00–20.00	17.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	150.00–220.00	185.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,284	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,375	57.00–64.00	60.38
4	—	1,432	66.50–70.50	68.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,793	61.00–70.00	65.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,286	50.00–56.00	54.06
6	—	1,315	24.00–43.00	33.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,118	77.50	77.50

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.