Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, May 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Slaughter Cattle receipts
435 head
170 vs last sale 605 435 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
263 head
31 vs last sale 232 263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter heifers had no trend available.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week Holstien bull calves sold

10.00-20.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,57081.341,27711
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81660.001,0906thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31155.6272918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60954.028698thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12944.7950622
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,42676.501,0911thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,38876.271,0593thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,50568.981,0384thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,40093.001,3021thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,566110.791,73515
SteersChoiceAverage1,617103.921,68010
SteersSelectAverage1,71896.481,6582thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197112.51/cwt28
BullsNumber 29384.64/cwt12
BullsNumber 310549.99/cwt4
HeifersNumber 194123.60/cwt7
HeifersNumber 29470.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsNumber 193102.18/cwt95.00–115.00957
BullsNumber 1114105.80/cwt100.00–110.001216
BullsNumber 29583.23/cwt70.00–100.00798
BullsNumber 28794.89/cwt85.00–105.00832
BullsNumber 210690.00/cwt90.00–90.00951
BullsNumber 27670.00/cwt70.00–70.00531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60954.02/cwt51.00–55.508698
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33154.44/cwt48.50–58.5072514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24259.74/cwt59.00–60.507424
BullsNumber 310767.48/cwt65.00–70.00722
BullsNumber 311250.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsNumber 39415.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersNumber 29470.00/cwt70.00–70.00661
HeifersChoice1,40093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3021
CowsLean 85-90%1,08933.60/cwt31.00–36.003664
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,81660.00/cwt58.50–63.001,0906
CowsLean 85-90%1,14545.61/cwt42.50–50.0052215
CowsLean 85-90%1,10255.58/cwt53.50–57.506123
SteersChoice and Prime1,566110.79/cwt108.00–115.001,73515
SteersSelect1,71896.48/cwt93.00–100.001,6582
SteersChoice1,617103.92/cwt100.00–106.001,68010
HeifersNumber 19475.11/cwt70.00–80.00712
HeifersNumber 110065.00/cwt65.00–65.00651
HeifersNumber 18875.00/cwt75.00–75.00661
Dairy SteersSelect1,50568.98/cwt67.00–71.001,0384
Dairy SteersChoice1,38876.27/cwt72.00–80.001,0593
Dairy HeifersChoice1,42676.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0911
BullsNumber 1104105.02/cwt95.00–110.001095
BullsNumber 184112.01/cwt105.00–115.00945
BullsNumber 112490.00/cwt90.00–90.001121
BullsNumber 176115.00/cwt115.00–115.00871
Bulls1,69086.99/cwt80.00–100.001,4706
Bulls1,42774.55/cwt63.00–80.001,0645
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross75155.07/cwt150.00–160.001162
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102200.00/cwt200.00–200.002041
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80205.00/cwt205.00–205.001641
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100185.00/cwt165.00–205.001852

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.