Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-08-26

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 26

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

194 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 178▲ 59 vs year ago 135 · +43.7%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

185 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 205▼ 46 vs year ago 231 · −19.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week’s 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 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	1,148	82.50	947	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,761	73.67	1,297	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,429	66.67	952	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	66.65	1,076	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,202	49.60	596	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,487	107.59	1,600	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	86.53	1,170	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	93	89.52/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	94	75.15/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	97	33.75/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	95	148.33/cwt	3

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	—	—	1,148	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	947	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	60.91/cwt	60.50–61.50	689	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,174	39.22/cwt	32.00–46.00	460	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	51.96/cwt	48.00–57.00	641	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,362	70.91/cwt	69.00–74.50	966	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,459	64.74/cwt	61.00–68.00	945	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,614	66.65/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,076	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,761	73.67/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,297	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	86.53/cwt	79.00–94.00	1,170	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,487	107.59/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,600	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	216	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	214	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	72	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	36	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	83	62.65/cwt	50.00–75.00	52	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	75.53/cwt	50.00–95.00	63	8
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	145	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	101	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	87.64/cwt	80.00–95.00	91	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	103.47/cwt	95.00–115.00	109	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	115	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	126	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	101	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Aug 26, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 194Last week 178Year ago 135

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 185Last week 205Year ago 231

Compared last week’s 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 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,148	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	69.00–74.50	70.91
11	—	1,459	61.00–68.00	64.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,614	64.00–69.00	66.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,761	71.00–76.00	73.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,131	60.50–61.50	60.91
4	—	1,174	32.00–46.00	39.22
8	—	1,233	48.00–57.00	51.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,352	79.00–94.00	86.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,487	106.00–109.00	107.59

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	95.00–115.00	103.47
1	—	126	80.00	80.00
8	—	84	50.00–95.00	75.53
2	—	72	50.00	50.00
2	—	115	100.00	100.00
4	—	96	100.00–110.00	105.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	50.00–75.00	62.65
2	—	104	80.00–95.00	87.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	35.00	35.00
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
1	—	96	50.00	50.00
1	—	102	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	210.00	210.00
1	—	96	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00

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.