Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-10-24

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
19 vs last sale 201 182 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 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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
BullsAverage1,91567.941,3014thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75959.971,0552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67952.188767thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26050.5063611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06734.203659thin
SteersSelectAverage1,28874.509601thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110298.81/cwt12
BullsNumber 29649.96/cwt9
BullsNumber 39416.03/cwt5
BullsUtility758.75/cwt4
HeifersNumber 184157.07/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

25 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 18640.00/cwt40.00–40.00341
BullsNumber 19681.81/cwt75.00–95.00793
BullsNumber 110688.46/cwt80.00–100.00943
BullsNumber 111391.62/cwt90.00–95.001043
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80190.00/cwt190.00–190.001521
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112170.00/cwt170.00–170.001901
BullsNumber 28422.38/cwt20.00–25.00192
BullsNumber 29550.25/cwt35.00–60.00483
BullsNumber 210363.54/cwt55.00–80.00654
BullsNumber 39815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 38215.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
BullsNumber 310317.57/cwt15.00–20.00182
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtility8210.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78135.00/cwt135.00–135.001051
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85162.59/cwt155.00–170.001384
Bulls1,91567.94/cwt63.50–71.501,3014
SteersSelect1,28874.50/cwt74.50–74.509601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31955.36/cwt54.00–57.007302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24749.42/cwt46.00–53.006169
CowsLean 85-90%1,06918.54/cwt12.00–26.001982
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,75959.97/cwt59.50–60.501,0552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67952.18/cwt48.00–56.508767
CowsLean 85-90%1,06738.67/cwt37.00–42.504137

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.