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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-03

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Jan 20Feb 3Feb 10 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

196 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 192▼ 65 vs year ago 261 · −24.9%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

248 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 245▼ 87 vs year ago 335 · −26.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks 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 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	1,814	97.50	1,769	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,796	81.47	1,463	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	76.41	1,047	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,599	76.03	1,216	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,209	62.44	755	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,306	111.58	1,457	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,454	129.00	1,876	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	166.19/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	100	122.61/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	93	30.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	88	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	89	130.00/cwt	6

Every lot

32 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,454	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,876	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,814	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,769	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	42.90/cwt	41.00–45.50	457	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	71.99/cwt	66.50–79.00	867	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,288	57.89/cwt	54.50–62.00	746	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	67.10/cwt	65.00–72.00	915	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	81.99/cwt	75.50–89.00	1,127	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,516	74.45/cwt	71.50–76.50	1,129	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,737	78.66/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,366	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,796	81.47/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,463	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,306	111.58/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,457	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	74	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	176	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	185	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	219	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	118	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	82	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	74	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	83	125.16/cwt	115.00–135.00	104	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	30.00/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	87	233.13/cwt	185.00–260.00	203	3
Bulls	—	Utility	88	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	140.98/cwt	125.00–170.00	133	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	100.64/cwt	60.00–130.00	95	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	102	142.23/cwt	120.00–160.00	145	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	207.50/cwt	175.00–240.00	216	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	106	159.89/cwt	155.00–170.00	169	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	49	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	112	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	252	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	122.83/cwt	85.00–160.00	139	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Feb 3, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 192Year ago 261

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 248Last week 245Year ago 335

Compared to last weeks 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 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,814	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,364	65.00–72.00	67.10
10	—	1,375	75.50–89.00	81.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	54.50–62.00	57.89
6	—	1,205	66.50–79.00	71.99
2	—	1,065	41.00–45.50	42.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,796	81.00–82.00	81.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,737	77.00–80.00	78.66
5	—	1,516	71.50–76.50	74.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,454	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,306	108.00–115.00	111.58

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	225.00	225.00
2	—	104	175.00–240.00	207.50
1	—	76	155.00	155.00
3	—	87	185.00–260.00	233.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	115.00–135.00	125.16
5	—	106	155.00–170.00	159.89
7	—	94	125.00–170.00	140.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	120.00–160.00	142.23
3	—	94	60.00–130.00	100.64
2	—	113	85.00–160.00	122.83
1	—	82	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
1	—	108	45.00	45.00
2	—	84	25.00–35.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	100.00	100.00
1	—	102	215.00	215.00
1	—	88	200.00	200.00
1	—	90	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
1	—	88	40.00	40.00

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.