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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 16

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

213 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 212▲ 81 vs year ago 132 · +61.4%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

214 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 220▼ 55 vs year ago 269 · −20.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 472 lb breaker cow deleted

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 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	—	High	1,359	81.77	1,111	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,903	75.01	1,427	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,702	68.19	1,160	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,403	63.21	886	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,161	49.86	579	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	133.08/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	95	85.78/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	100	39.99/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	79	6.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	88	221.63/cwt	3

Every lot

34 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,273	71.15/cwt	68.00–74.00	906	2
Bulls	—	—	1,532	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,578	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	938	36.63/cwt	21.00–47.50	344	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	62.61/cwt	60.50–64.50	741	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,256	52.91/cwt	48.50–59.00	665	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,391	64.13/cwt	59.00–69.00	892	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,407	70.78/cwt	69.50–71.50	996	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,421	53.78/cwt	52.00–56.00	764	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	62.63/cwt	60.00–64.50	996	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,813	73.75/cwt	72.00–75.50	1,337	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,903	75.01/cwt	74.50–75.50	1,427	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	87	229.94/cwt	225.00–235.00	200	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	185	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	70	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	32	1
Bulls	—	Utility	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	76	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	58.40/cwt	40.00–80.00	49	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	89.68/cwt	55.00–105.00	77	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	91	218.14/cwt	205.00–245.00	199	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	123.86/cwt	100.00–140.00	118	8
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	96	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	134	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	97	84.85/cwt	70.00–100.00	82	2
Bulls	—	Utility	98	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	101	37.48/cwt	35.00–40.00	38	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	235	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	133.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	139	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	110.00/cwt	95.00–125.00	116	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	113	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	245	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	116	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	64	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	117	130.09/cwt	120.00–140.00	152	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	124	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	205	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 Sep 16, 2021

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 212Year ago 132

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 214Last week 220Year ago 269

Correction: 472 lb breaker cow deleted

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,532	103.00	103.00
2	—	1,273	68.00–74.00	71.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,391	59.00–69.00	64.13
3	—	1,407	69.50–71.50	70.78
3	—	1,421	52.00–56.00	53.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,590	60.00–64.50	62.63
7	—	1,813	72.00–75.50	73.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,903	74.50–75.50	75.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	60.50–64.50	62.61
4	—	938	21.00–47.50	36.63
9	—	1,256	48.50–59.00	52.91

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	165.00	165.00
3	—	91	205.00–245.00	218.14
1	—	114	215.00	215.00
1	—	102	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
1	—	98	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ 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	—	97	70.00–100.00	84.85
2	—	113	100.00	100.00
1	—	70	45.00	45.00
5	—	84	40.00–80.00	58.40
4	—	105	95.00–125.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	50.00	50.00
7	—	86	55.00–105.00	89.68
8	—	95	100.00–140.00	123.86
2	—	117	120.00–140.00	130.09
3	—	104	130.00–140.00	133.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	101	35.00–40.00	37.48
1	—	82	30.00	30.00
1	—	116	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	205.00	205.00
2	—	87	225.00–235.00	229.94

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.