Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-20

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Apr 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Slaughter Cattle receipts
313 head
4 vs last sale 317 241 vs year ago 554 · 43.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
212 head
68 vs last sale 280 52 vs year ago 264 · 19.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

10.00-15.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,59683.051,3254thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73260.271,0442thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61159.489588thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34158.3578214
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15842.3849120
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,29679.761,0342thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,45887.981,2833thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,57078.051,2255thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,37466.469132thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,29883.621,0853thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,552107.941,67516
SteersChoiceAverage1,484101.981,51315
SteersSelectAverage1,51596.211,4585thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102117.29/cwt24
BullsNumber 210088.11/cwt13
BullsNumber 39048.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 184228.33/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,62690.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4631
Bulls1,58680.73/cwt79.00–83.001,2803
BullsNumber 1106115.00/cwt115.00–115.001222
BullsNumber 1120100.00/cwt95.00–105.001203
BullsNumber 184103.03/cwt95.00–110.00875
BullsNumber 1115113.97/cwt110.00–120.001315
SteersSelect1,51596.21/cwt90.00–102.001,4585
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,29679.76/cwt77.00–82.001,0342
Dairy SteersChoice1,57078.05/cwt74.00–80.001,2255
Dairy SteersSelect1,37466.46/cwt66.00–67.009132
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,45887.98/cwt83.50–94.001,2833
CowsLean 85-90%1,21551.14/cwt50.50–51.506213
CowsLean 85-90%1,13533.84/cwt29.00–38.503848
CowsLean 85-90%1,15947.06/cwt43.00–50.005459
HeifersChoice1,29883.62/cwt79.00–87.001,0853
SteersChoice and Prime1,552107.94/cwt105.00–112.001,67516
SteersChoice1,484101.98/cwt97.00–105.001,51315
BullsNumber 311265.00/cwt65.00–65.00731
BullsNumber 28680.00/cwt80.00–80.00691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33356.02/cwt53.50–60.007479
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73260.27/cwt60.00–60.501,0442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35562.54/cwt61.00–68.008475
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61159.48/cwt57.50–61.009588
BullsNumber 2116100.00/cwt100.00–100.001161
BullsNumber 29382.68/cwt75.00–95.00774
BullsNumber 210390.67/cwt80.00–105.00937
BullsNumber 37630.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 19399.32/cwt90.00–115.00926
BullsNumber 38250.00/cwt50.00–50.00411
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110180.00/cwt180.00–180.001981
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102212.06/cwt190.00–235.002162
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross108240.00/cwt240.00–240.002591
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross72222.50/cwt210.00–235.001602

How this sale compares

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.