Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-17

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
47 vs last sale 154 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
270 head
0 vs last sale 270 270 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. Feeder dairy calves also sold 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
BullsAverage1,84358.111,0715thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,65456.509359thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36251.5470211
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13837.1342215

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110286.00/cwt21
BullsNumber 29941.82/cwt8
BullsNumber 39320.00/cwt3
BullsUtility808.33/cwt6
HeifersNumber 19590.06/cwt4
HeifersNumber 210415.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing685.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

30 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 112085.00/cwt85.00–85.001021
BullsNumber 18736.64/cwt35.00–40.00323
BullsNumber 19451.54/cwt40.00–70.00484
BullsNumber 110573.71/cwt70.00–85.00774
BullsNumber 111580.02/cwt75.00–85.00925
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96177.50/cwt175.00–180.001702
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103177.48/cwt175.00–180.001832
BullsNumber 28420.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
BullsNumber 211450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 29330.07/cwt20.00–40.00283
BullsNumber 210558.12/cwt45.00–65.00613
BullsNumber 38215.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 39815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 310030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsUtility685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility8510.00/cwt10.00–10.0093
BullsUtilityJersey665.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtilityJersey8810.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
HeifersNumber 19525.00/cwt25.00–25.00242
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94155.11/cwt150.00–160.001462
HeifersNumber 210415.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
Bulls1,84358.11/cwt50.00–65.001,0715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29754.31/cwt53.50–55.507043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38650.50/cwt48.00–53.007008
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76259.88/cwt58.00–61.501,0554
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56853.79/cwt52.50–55.008435
CowsLean 85-90%1,18045.98/cwt45.50–46.505432
CowsLean 85-90%1,10629.53/cwt22.00–37.003276
CowsLean 85-90%1,15341.12/cwt37.00–44.004747

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.