Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-03

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
26 vs last sale 134 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
258 head
8 vs last sale 250 258 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 steady-1.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold mostly steady.

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
BullsAverage1,57060.009422thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,86163.811,1883thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69059.149997thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35254.7374012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16243.1650212
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,34984.501,1402thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42175.941,0792thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110473.37/cwt18
BullsNumber 29945.04/cwt8
BullsNumber 38916.00/cwt5
BullsUtility788.33/cwt6
HeifersNumber 19615.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 19455.00/cwt55.00–55.00521
BullsNumber 112277.50/cwt75.00–80.00952
BullsNumber 18330.08/cwt25.00–35.00253
BullsNumber 111380.00/cwt70.00–95.00905
BullsNumber 110675.06/cwt70.00–80.00806
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82170.00/cwt170.00–170.001391
BullsNumber 212050.00/cwt50.00–50.00601
BullsNumber 28420.00/cwt20.00–20.00172
BullsNumber 29645.10/cwt40.00–50.00432
BullsNumber 210460.03/cwt55.00–65.00623
BullsNumber 37615.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 39615.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 310420.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
BullsNumber 38415.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
BullsUtility7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtility8610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsUtility10810.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsUtilityJersey585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtilityJersey665.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtilityJersey7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersNumber 19615.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
Bulls1,47468.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0021
Bulls1,66652.00/cwt52.00–52.008661
Dairy SteersChoice1,42175.94/cwt75.00–77.001,0792
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,34984.50/cwt84.50–84.501,1402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32958.34/cwt56.50–61.007754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36352.92/cwt51.50–53.507218
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69059.14/cwt55.00–62.509997
CowsLean 85-90%1,24044.96/cwt42.00–47.005584
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,86163.81/cwt63.00–65.001,1883
CowsLean 85-90%1,16033.94/cwt29.50–36.503944
CowsLean 85-90%1,08750.57/cwt49.00–53.505504

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.