Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-07-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 4
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
31 vs last sale 131 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
150 head
75 vs last sale 225 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Seeder dairy calves sold 25.00-50.00 higher.

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
BullsAverage1,40477.001,0811thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62859.439678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36550.616916thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19045.8054512

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1106121.39/cwt12
BullsNumber 210081.63/cwt11
BullsNumber 38825.99/cwt5
BullsUtility697.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 198225.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 18645.00/cwt45.00–45.00391
BullsNumber 1124125.00/cwt125.00–125.001551
BullsNumber 1112125.27/cwt105.00–145.001404
BullsNumber 1103130.94/cwt120.00–140.001356
BullsNumber 28438.10/cwt25.00–50.00322
BullsNumber 29778.32/cwt55.00–100.00763
BullsNumber 210397.23/cwt80.00–120.001003
BullsNumber 211198.37/cwt80.00–110.001093
BullsNumber 38420.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
BullsNumber 39635.00/cwt35.00–35.00341
BullsNumber 310850.00/cwt50.00–50.00541
BullsNumber 37512.47/cwt10.00–15.0092
BullsUtility8410.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtilityJersey545.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross98225.00/cwt225.00–225.002211
Bulls1,40477.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36550.61/cwt48.50–52.006916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65557.07/cwt55.00–60.009455
CowsLean 85-90%1,15247.47/cwt44.00–50.005477
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58263.35/cwt62.50–64.501,0023
CowsLean 85-90%1,32153.75/cwt53.50–54.007102
CowsLean 85-90%1,19336.59/cwt27.00–42.504373

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.