Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-09-02

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

215 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 194▲ 75 vs year ago 140 · +53.6%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

220 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 185▼ 21 vs year ago 241 · −8.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 15.00-20.00 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,720	90.00	1,548	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,672	67.13	1,123	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	59.70	776	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,175	43.14	507	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	86.00	1,082	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	121.27/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	103	102.54/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	70	25.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	64	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	86	174.59/cwt	6

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	—	—	1,720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,548	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	40.43/cwt	33.00–47.00	455	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	21.99/cwt	16.00–26.00	248	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	51.68/cwt	50.00–55.00	617	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	52.59/cwt	48.00–56.50	649	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	67.72/cwt	65.00–70.00	893	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,351	60.60/cwt	57.00–64.50	819	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	69.74/cwt	68.50–72.00	1,142	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,692	65.64/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,111	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,258	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,082	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	72	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	144	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	222.62/cwt	220.00–225.00	187	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	186.16/cwt	145.00–230.00	177	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	68	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	72	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	22	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	76	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	46	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	90.10/cwt	60.00–110.00	77	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	115.28/cwt	95.00–125.00	108	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	78	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	106.72/cwt	95.00–115.00	109	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	127.72/cwt	110.00–145.00	132	11
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	234	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	140	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	116	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	116	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	120	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	216	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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 194Year ago 140

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 220Last week 185Year ago 241

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,318	65.00–70.00	67.72
5	—	1,194	50.00–55.00	51.68
9	—	1,351	57.00–64.50	60.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	68.50–72.00	69.74
7	—	1,692	60.00–68.00	65.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,126	33.00–47.00	40.43
3	—	1,127	16.00–26.00	21.99
9	—	1,235	48.00–56.50	52.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,258	86.00	86.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	180.00	180.00
2	—	104	225.00	225.00

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	60.00	60.00
6	—	86	60.00–110.00	90.10
2	—	114	120.00–125.00	122.46
5	—	94	95.00–125.00	115.28
11	—	103	110.00–145.00	127.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	102	95.00–115.00	106.72
1	—	98	80.00	80.00
1	—	116	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	20.00	20.00
1	—	72	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	220.00–225.00	222.62
2	—	95	145.00–230.00	186.16
1	—	72	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	30.00	30.00

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.