Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-19

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Oct 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Slaughter Cattle receipts
453 head
47 vs last sale 500 112 vs year ago 341 · +32.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
433 head
31 vs last sale 402 57 vs year ago 376 · +15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,91056.001,0701thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75250.338828thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44250.3172521
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15540.0346219

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197115.25/cwt33
BullsNumber 29473.08/cwt10
BullsNumber 38518.33/cwt3
BullsUtility8410.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 193157.45/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1Beef Cross85177.24/cwt170.00–185.001512
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106170.00/cwt170.00–170.001801
BullsNumber 18587.40/cwt60.00–95.00747
BullsUtility9810.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtility7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45048.47/cwt46.00–52.5070315
BullsNumber 1105120.87/cwt115.00–125.001276
BullsNumber 1113124.04/cwt120.00–130.001405
BullsNumber 194110.12/cwt90.00–125.0010412
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93179.89/cwt170.00–190.001672
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104130.00/cwt130.00–130.001351
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,91056.00/cwt56.00–56.001,0701
CowsLean 85-90%1,22042.48/cwt36.00–45.505187
CowsLean 85-90%1,09833.60/cwt26.00–36.003698
CowsLean 85-90%1,15348.62/cwt47.00–50.505614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75250.33/cwt46.50–53.008828
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42254.90/cwt53.00–57.007816
BullsNumber 37110.00/cwt10.00–10.0072
BullsNumber 311435.00/cwt35.00–35.00401
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80140.00/cwt140.00–140.001121
BullsNumber 210597.61/cwt75.00–110.001024
BullsNumber 28346.61/cwt40.00–60.00393
BullsNumber 29577.74/cwt70.00–85.00742
BullsNumber 27645.00/cwt45.00–45.00341

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.